Women's lives
Subtitle: multicultural perspectives
By: Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey
Contributors: Okazawa-Rey, Margo, author
Edition: Sixth edition.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 615
ISBN-13: 9780073512341
Subjects: Social conditions; Economic conditions; Feminism; Women
Description: The sixth edition of Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives relies on the analyses, principles, and style of earlier editions, but with substantial changes to take account of recent scholarship. Women's Lives offers an introduction to women's studies and examines the lives of U.S. women within a global context as well as across race, class, nationality, sexuality, culture, age, and disability.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Women's studies, women's lives : knowing and understanding; title: Untangling th e f"-word; title: Theories and theorizing : integrative frameworks for understanding; title: Identities and social locations : who am I? who are my people?; title: Our bodies, ourselves; title: Women's sexuality; title: Women's bodies, women's health; title: Violence against women; title: Women's places : home and work in a globalizing world; title: Making a home, making a living; title: Living in a globalizing world; title: Security and sustainability; title: Women, crime, and criminalization; title: Women and the military, war, and peace; title: Women and the environment; title: Activism and change; title: Creating change : theory, vision, and action; title: Glossary G-1; title: References R-1; title: Credits C-1; title: Name index I-1; title: Index I-7; title: About the authors A-1.