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Feminist Theory

This work is a comprehensive examination of the core issues of sexual politics, including political solidarity among women, men as partners in struggle, and the feminist movement to end violence.

Gender: a World History

Ranging from prehistory to the present, Susan Kingsley Kent presents a chronological picture of gender across the globe, examining our everyday understandings of women and men, masculinity and femininity, and sexual difference in general.

Gendered Lives

Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender & Culture, written by leading gender communication scholars, offers a balanced perspective of masculinity and femininity, demonstrating the ways views of gender are shaped within contemporary culture.

Gender Outlaw

"I know I'm not a man . . . and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not a woman, either. . . . . The trouble is, we're living in a world that insists we be one or the other." With these words, Kate Bornstein ushers readers on a funny, fearless, and wonderfully scenic journey across the terrains of gender and identity.

Gender Outlaws

Gender Outlaws includes essays, commentary, comic art, and conversations from a diverse group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives.

A Guide to Gender (2nd Edition)

Where do we start, when it comes to learning about something that's everywhere, infused into everything, and is often one of the primary lenses through which we see ourselves and others? This book, by social justice advocate Sam Killermann, uses clear language, helpful examples, and a bit of humor to help the medicine go down.

Transgender History, Second Edition

Covering American transgender history from the mid-twentieth century to today, Transgender History takes a chronological approach to the subject of transgender history, with each chapter covering major movements, writings, and events.

Invisible Women

Data treats men as the default and women as atypical. It also fails to take into account gender, creating bias and discrimination in our systems. Women pay tremendous costs for this bias in time, money, sometimes with their lives. Caroline Criado Perez investigates the shocking root cause of gender inequality and research in Invisible Women, built on hundreds of studies in the US, the UK, and around the world.

George (Melissa)

When people look at Melissa, they think they see a boy named George. But she knows she's not a boy. She knows she's a girl. Melissa thinks she'll have to keep this a secret forever. Then her teacher announces that their class play is going to be Charlotte's Web. Melissa really, really, REALLY wants to play Charlotte. But the teacher says she can't even try out for the part... because she's a boy. With the help of her best friend, Kelly, Melissa comes up with a plan. Not just so she can be Charlotte -- but so everyone can know who she is, once and for all.

The Handmaid's Tale (Graphic Novel)

In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War in this graphic novel adaptation, realized by artist Renée Nault.

Girl Mans Up

All Pen wants is to be the kind of girl she's always been. So why does everyone have a problem with it? Old-world parents, disintegrating friendships, and strong feelings for other girls drive Pen to see the truth--that in order to be who she truly wants to be, she'll have to man up.

Julián Is a Mermaid

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. When Julián gets home, daydreaming of the magic he's seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress. But what will Abuela think about the mess he makes -- and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out--without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

Gender Identity (eBook)

One of the most important topics in contemporary society, gender identity is a term many young people are familiar with and are using to express themselves. This thoughtful guide defines gender identity, explores the history of this topic, and examines the different ways gender identity is viewed today.

Gender Trouble (eBook)

Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Judith Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality. Thrilling and provocative, few other academic works have roused passions to the same extent.

Great Events From History: LGBTQ Events (eBook)

Provides a two volume set that contains a chronological analysis of the historical events that have identified, defined, and legally established the rights of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities.

Principles of Sociology: Group Relationships and Behavior (eBook)

Principles of Sociology: Group Relationships & Behavior is the second title in Salem's Principles of Sociology series. This series is intended to introduce students and researchers to the fundamentals of important and far-reaching topics in sociology using easy-to-understand language.

The Shape of Sex : Nonbinary Gender From Genesis to the Renaissance (eBook)

The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E.

The Social Life of Gender (eBook)

This book discusses gender as an organizing principle of institutions, history, and unequal interpersonal relations. It will develop students’ capacity to use gender analysis to question social life more broadly, presenting a critical sociology based on the unique insights gleaned from the study of gender. It explores culture, geopolitics, and the economy, providing students with a succinct, accessible, and critical grasp of core debates in the sociology of gender.