Women In Culture

Author : Bonnie Kime Scott,Susan E. Cayleff,Anne Donadey,Irene Lara
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781119120193

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Women in Culture by Bonnie Kime Scott,Susan E. Cayleff,Anne Donadey,Irene Lara Pdf

The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the perspectives of diverse global locations. Its strong humanities content, including illustrations and creative writing, uniquely embraces the creative aspects of the field. Each of the ten thematic chapters lead to creative readings, introducing a more Readings throughout the text encourage intersectional thinking amongst students humanistic angle than is typical of textbooks in the field This textbook is queer inclusive and allows students to engage with postcolonial/decolonial thinking, spirituality, and reproductive/environmental justice A detailed timeline of feminist history, criticism and theory is provided, and the glossary encourages the development of critical vocabulary A variety of illustrations supplement the written materials, and an accompanying website offers instructors pedagogical resources

Author : Ruth Behar,Deborah A. Gordon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520202082

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Women Writing Culture by Ruth Behar,Deborah A. Gordon Pdf

Extrait de la couverture : ""Here, for the first time, is a book that brings women's writings out of exile to rethink anthropology's purpose at the end of the century. ... As a historical resource, the collection undertakes fresh readings of the work of well-known women anthropologists and also reclaims the writings of women of color for anthropology. As a critical account, it bravely interrogates the politics of authorship. As a creative endeavor, it embraces new Feminist voices of ethnography that challenge prevailing definitions of theory and experimental writing."

Author : Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo,Louise Lamphere,Joan Bamberger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0804708517

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Woman, Culture, and Society by Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo,Louise Lamphere,Joan Bamberger Pdf

Female anthropologists scan patterns and changes in women's roles in various social systems

Author : Susan Shifrin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351872058

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Women as Sites of Culture by Susan Shifrin Pdf

Exploring the ways in which women have formed and defined expressions of culture in a range of geographical, political, and historical settings, this collection of essays examines women's figurative and literal roles as "sites" of culture from the 16th century to the present day. The diversity of chronological, geographical and cultural subjects investigated by the contributors-from the 16th century to the 20th, from Renaissance Italy to Puritan Boston to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to post-war Japan, from parliamentary politics to the politics of representation-provides a range of historical outlooks. The collection brings an unusual variety of methodological approaches to the project of discovering intersections among women's studies, literary studies, cultural studies, history, and art history, and expands beyond the Anglo- and Eurocentric focus often found in other works in the field. The volume presents an in-depth, investigative study of a tightly-constructed set of crucial themes, including that of the female body as a governing trope in political and cultural discourses; the roles played by women and notions of womanhood in redefining traditions of ceremony, theatricality and spectacle; women's iconographies and personal spaces as resources that have shaped cultural transactions and evolutions; and finally, women's voices-speaking and writing, both-as authors of cultural record and destiny. Throughout the volume the themes are refracted chronologically, geographically, and disciplinarily as a means to deeper understanding of their content and contexts. Women as Sites of Culture represents a productive collaboration of historians from various disciplines in coherently addressing issues revolving around the roles of gender, text, and image in a range of cultures and periods.

Author : Lesley Twomey,Lesley K. Twomey
Publisher : Intellect (UK)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Women
ISBN : 1841508500

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Women in Contemporary Culture by Lesley Twomey,Lesley K. Twomey Pdf

Investigates how women construct their roles within the public sphere and highlights the ways in which traditional versus modern values have an impact on female identity in France and Spain.

Author : Julie C. Dunbar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351857451

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Women, Music, Culture by Julie C. Dunbar Pdf

Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction, Second Edition is the first undergraduate textbook on the history and contribution of women in a variety of musical genres and professions, ideal for students in courses in both music and women's studies. A compelling narrative, accompanied by over 50 guided listening examples, brings the world of women in music to life, examining a community of female musicians, including composers, producers, consumers, performers, technicians, mothers, and educators in art music and popular music. The book features a wide array of pedagogical aids, including a running glossary and a comprehensive companion website with streamed audio tracks, that help to reinforce key figures and terms. This new edition includes a major revision of the Women in World Music chapter, a new chapter in Western Classical "Work" in the Enlightenment, and a revised chapter on 19th Century Romanticism: Parlor Songs to Opera. 20th Century Art Music.

Author : Jocelynne A. Scutt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319449388

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Women, Law and Culture by Jocelynne A. Scutt Pdf

This book explores cultural constructs, societal demands and political and philosophical underpinnings that position women in the world. It illustrates the way culture controls women's place in the world and how cultural constraints are not limited to any one culture, country, ethnicity, race, class or status. Written by scholars from a wide range of specialists in law, sociology, anthropology, popular and cultural studies, history, communications, film and sex and gender, this study provides an authoritative take on different cultures, cultural demands and constraints, contradictions and requirements for conformity generating conflict. Women, Law and Culture is distinctive because it recognises that no particular culture singles out women for 'special' treatment, rules and requirements; rather, all do. Highlighting the way law and culture are intimately intertwined, impacting on women – whatever their country and social and economic status – this book will be of great interest to scholars of law, women’s and gender studies and media studies.

Author : Lucinda Joy Peach
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998-03-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 155786649X

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Women in Culture by Lucinda Joy Peach Pdf

This anthology collects key texts on women in culture and offers an ideal introduction, for students in women's studies and feminism, to the cultural dimensions of women's experience today.

Author : Rosalind Marsh
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789205923

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Women and Russian Culture by Rosalind Marsh Pdf

The image of women in Russian culture has undergone profound changes: from the origins of modern Russian literature in the eighteenth century until the Revolution of 1917, when women were a source of fascination for Russian writers, to the socialist realism period, during which public discussion of the representation of women in literature rapidly declined and the "woman question" was declared to have been "resolved," to a reappraisal of the position of women since the 1980s. This collection of essays by leading western and Russian specialists contains new insights and updates previous research into the role of women in Russian culture in the last two centuries and contributes to two exciting and growing research areas: the feminist critique of work by Russian male authors and the study of Russian women writers. Moreover, whereas most previous studies have concentrated on the aesthetic qualities of works by women writers, this collection includes both close textual analysis and the discussion of biographical, historical, and political questions relating both to the representation of women and women's culture. The aim is not to present aunified manifesto, but rather to bring together a spectrum of approaches and positions within their common focus on the relationship between women and culture in Russia. Contributors: R. Marsh, A. Barker, J. Andrew, D. Greene, I. Kazakova, C. Schuler, S. Graham, K. Hodgson, N. Kolchevska, N. Cornwell, J. Curtis, M. Katz, M. Ledkovsky, P.I. Barta, A. Darmodekhina, D. Gillespie, N. Zhuravkina, B. Lanin, S. Carsten, A. Tait

Author : Laine Zisman Newman
Publisher : Women’s Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780889616158

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Women and Popular Culture in Canada by Laine Zisman Newman Pdf

The first book of its kind, this volume explores women and non-binary people in popular culture in Canada, with a focus on intersectional analysis of settler colonialism, race, white privilege, ability, and queer representations and experiences in diverse media. The chapters include discussions of film, television, videogames, music, and performance, as well as political events, journalism, social media, fandom, and activism. Throughout this collection, readers are encouraged to think carefully about the role women play in the cultural landscape in Canada as active viewers, creators, and participants. Covering a wide range of topics from historical perspectives to recent events, media, and technologies, this collection acts as an introduction, an archive, and a continuing commitment to lifting the voices and stories of women and popular culture in Canada. This book is a must-read for gender studies and media studies courses that focus on popular culture, Canadian feminism, and Canadian media. FEATURES includes questions for critical thought that stimulate discussion focuses on intersections of race, gender, ability, and sexuality provides contemporary Canadian content from an interdisciplinary and intersectional lens

Author : Judith Friedlander
Publisher : Midland Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X001065884

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Women in Culture and Politics by Judith Friedlander Pdf

Author : Angela Y. Davis
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307798503

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Women, Culture & Politics by Angela Y. Davis Pdf

A collection of speeches and writings by political activist Angela Davis which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality.

Author : Rebecca Corbett
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824872076

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Cultivating Femininity by Rebecca Corbett Pdf

The overwhelming majority of tea practitioners in contemporary Japan are women, but there has been little discussion on their historical role in tea culture (chanoyu). In Cultivating Femininity, Rebecca Corbett writes women back into this history and shows how tea practice for women was understood, articulated, and promoted in the Edo (1603–1868) and Meiji (1868–1912) periods. Viewing chanoyu from the lens of feminist and gender theory, she sheds new light on tea’s undeniable influence on the formation of modern understandings of femininity in Japan. Corbett overturns the iemoto tea school’s carefully constructed orthodox narrative by employing underused primary sources and closely examining existing tea histories. She incorporates Pierre Bourdieu’s theories of social and cultural capital and Norbert Elias’s “civilizing process” to explore the economic and social incentives for women taking part in chanoyu. Although the iemoto system sought to increase its control over every aspect of tea, including book production, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century popular texts aimed specifically at women evidence the spread of tea culture beyond parameters set by the schools. The expansion of chanoyu to new social groups cascaded from commoner men to elite then commoner women. Shifting the focus away from male tea masters complicates the history of tea in Japan and shows how women of different social backgrounds worked within and without traditionally accepted paradigms of tea practice. The direct socioeconomic impact of the spread of tea is ultimately revealed in subsequent advances in women’s labor opportunities and an increase in female social mobility. Through their participation in chanoyu, commoner women were able to blur and lessen the status gap between themselves and women of aristocratic and samurai status. Cultivating Femininity offers a new perspective on the prevalence of tea practice among women in modern Japan. It presents a fresh, much-needed approach, one that will be appreciated by students and scholars of Japanese history, gender, and culture, as well as by tea practitioners.

Author : Rosemarie Buikema,Anneke Smelik
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1856493121

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Women's Studies and Culture by Rosemarie Buikema,Anneke Smelik Pdf

This major introduction to feminist cultural studies provides an important new synthesis of the feminist critique of culture. It also brilliantly reflects the interdisciplinary approach of cultural studies. The book opens with an exploration of the development of feminist academic practice and an overview of the full range of feminist theory. It includes full coverage of the equality/difference debate. Chapters then examine the impact of women's studies on linguistics, literary theory, popular culture, history, film theory, art history, theatre studies and musicology. Part two explores the politics, theories and methods of feminist study including psychoanalysis, black criticism, lesbian studies and semiotics. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs a lively and accessible explanation of how feminism has taken culture and its academic study by storm.

Author : Marian Meyers
Publisher : Hampton Press (NJ)
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131745866

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Women in Popular Culture by Marian Meyers Pdf

"Marian Meyers's latest anthology takes a new look at a wide range of contemporary images of women within the media to examine the meanings behind the representations of women in popular culture. This book explores what the representation of women says about their positions in society, the factors that shape representation, and the roles that gender, race, class, ethnicity and sexual orientation play within the mediated portrayal of women." "Drawing primarily on qualitative textual analysis of film, reality TV, advertising, the news, children's programming, soap operas, TV drama, and more, this book situates the representation of women in popular culture along a continuum ranging from stereotypical portrayals that underscore women's bodies as pornographic spectacle to more positive and hopeful depictions. And it argues that the contemporary portrayals of women within popular culture are shaped by two major trends: the mainstreaming of pornography and its resultant hypersexualization of women and girls, and the commodification of those images for a global market."--BOOK JACKET.