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Women's voices, feminist visions : classic and contemporary readings

As a leading introductory women's and gender studies reader, Shaw and Lee's Women's Voices, Feminist Visions offers an excellent balance of classic, conceptual, and experiential selections including new contemporary readings. This student-friendly text provides short and accessible readings reflecting the diversity of women's experiences. With each new edition, the authors keep the framework essays and selections of readings fresh and interesting for students. Each chapter provides a variety of learning activities, activist profiles, ideas for activism, and other sidebars that engage students with the text material in various ways. New Features: Revised chapter framework essays include new statistics and information that reflect the most up-to-date research and theory in the field. New contemporary readings cover topics including Cisgender privilege, fashion, social media, marriage equality, office romance, anti-LGBTQ violence, fracking, reproductive justice, and women's health
Print Book, English, 2014
Sixth edition View all formats and editions
McGraw-Hill, education, New York, NY, 2014
xvi, 767 pages ; 24 cm
9780078027000, 9780073512327, 0078027004, 007351232X
862041473
Women's and Gender Studies: Perspectives and Practices
Systems of Privilege and Inequality
Learning Gender
Inscribing Gender on the Body
Media and Culture
Sex, Power, and Intimacy
Health and Reproductive Justice
Family Systems, Family Lives
Work Inside and Outside the Home
Resisting Gender Violence
State, Law, and Social Policy
Religion and Spirituality
Activism, Change, and Feminist Futures
Includes index