Free Download Lynne Haney, "Inventing the Needy: Gender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary"
English | 2002 | pages: 353 | ISBN: 0520225716, 0520231023 | PDF | 1,9 mb
Inventing the Needy offers a powerful, innovative analysis of welfare policies and practices in Hungary from 1948 to the last decade of the twentieth century. Using a compelling mix of archival, interview, and ethnographic data, Lynne Haney shows that three distinct welfare regimes succeeded one another during that period and that they were based on divergent conceptions of need. The welfare society of 1948-1968 targeted social institutions, the maternalist welfare state of 1968-1985 targeted social groups, and the liberal welfare state of 1985-1996 targeted impoverished individuals. Because they reflected contrasting conceptions of gender and of state-recognized identities, these three regimes resulted in dramatically different lived experiences of welfare.

Free Download Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, & Culture By Julia T. Wood; Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
2017 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 130528027X | PDF | 6 MB
Written by leading gender communication scholars Julia T. Wood and Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz, GENDERED LIVES: COMMUNICATION, GENDER, & CULTURE, 12E provides an engaging introduction to the field, equipping students with the tools, knowledge, and insight to think critically about gender and society. Introducing the latest theories, research, and pragmatic information, the text demonstrates the multiple--and often interactive--ways that a person's views of masculinity and femininity are shaped within contemporary culture. It uses a conversational, first-person writing style and offers balanced coverage of different sexes, genders, and sexual orientations. The 12th Edition is packed with new references and coverage of new topics, including work-life balance, transgender issues on campus, bullying in school, gender and health, reproductive violence, and more. It also provides expanded coverage of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender people throughout.

Free Download Gendered Lives: Communication, Gender, & Culture By Julia T. Wood
2015 | 341 Pages | ISBN: 1285075935 | PDF | 6 MB
Written by leading gender communication scholar Julia T. Wood, GENDERED LIVES, 11E introduces you to theories, research, and pragmatic information, demonstrating the multiple and often interactive ways that one's views of masculinity and femininity are shaped within contemporary culture. With the most up-to-date research, balanced perspectives of masculinity and femininity, a personal introduction to the field, and a conversational first-person writing style, this engaging text encourages you to think critically about gender and society.

Free Download Gender By V. Geetha
2002 | 149 Pages | ISBN: 8185604452 | PDF | 85 MB
Shows how gender identities mesh with those constituted by caste, class, religion and sexual preferences, forming a set of arrangements that have evolved through history. This book enables the reader to undertake a critical analysis of what we consider to be normal and given, to ask questions, to take stock of the self and the world.About the AuthorV. Geetha writes in Tamil and in English on history, culture and gender. She is an editor with Tara ✅Publishers, Chennai. She has co-authored with S. V. Rajadurai, Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium: From Iyothee Thass to Periyar (Calcutta: Samya, 1998). Maithreyi Krishnaraj, a pioneering scholar in women's studies, was formerly professor and director, Research Centre for Women's Studies, SNDT Women's University, Mumbai. She continues to be engaged in women's studies through her writing, teaching and research.

Free Download Jyoti Atwal, "Gender and History"
English | ISBN: 0367759721 | 2022 | 312 pages | PDF | 14 MB
This book provides an overview of Irish gender history from the end of the Great Famine in 1852 until the foundation of the Irish Free State in 1922. It builds on the work that scholars of women's history pioneered and brings together internationally regarded experts to offer a synthesis of the current historiography and existing debates within the field. The authors place emphasis on highlighting new and exciting sources, methodologies, and suggested areas for future research. They address a variety of critical themes such as the family, reproduction and sexuality, the medical and prison systems, masculinities and femininities, institutions, charity, the missions, migration, 'elite women', and the involvement of women in the Irish nationalist/revolutionary period. Envisioned to be both thematic and chronological, the book provides insight into the comparative, transnational, and connected histories of Ireland, India, and the British empire.

Free Download Carol Colatrella, "Feminism's Progress: Gender Politics in British and American Literature and Television Since 1830 "
English | ISBN: 1438493932 | 2023 | 346 pages | EPUB, PDF | 772 KB + 2 MB
Explores how popular novels, short stories, and television shows from the United States and Britain illustrate the positive effects of feminism and promote gender equity.

Free Download Extreme Britain: Gender, Masculinity and Radicalisation by Elizabeth Pearson
English | 21 Dec. 2023 | ISBN: 1787389464, 0197772072 | True EPUB | 280 pages | 7.1 MB
Young women bound for Islamic State, or "Free Speech" protests for Tommy Robinson-radicalization spans ideologies. Though an often-used term, the process of radicalization is not well understood, and the role of gender within it is often ignored. This book reveals the centrality of gender to radicalization, using primary research among two of Britain's key extremist movements: the banned Islamist group al-Muhajiroun, and those networked to it; and the anti-Islam radical right, including the English Defence League and Britain First.

Free Download Alexis Henshaw, "Digital Frontiers in Gender and Security: Bringing Critical Perspectives Online "
English | ISBN: 1529226279 | 2023 | 232 pages | PDF | 14 MB
Exploring the digital frontiers of feminist international relations, this book investigates how gender can be mainstreamed into discourse about technology and security. With a focus on big data, communications technology, social media, cryptocurrency and decentralized finance, the book explores the ways in which technology presents sites for gender-based violence. Crucially, it examines potential avenues for resistance at these sites, especially regarding the actions of major tech companies, surveillance by repressive governments and attempts to use the Global South as a laboratory for new interventions. The book draws valuable insights that will be essential to researchers in international relations, security studies and feminist security studies.

Free Download Behind the Mask Gender Hybridity in a Zapotec Community By Alfredo Mirandé
2017 | 284 Pages | ISBN: 0816539553 | PDF | 3 MB
The image of biologically male people dancing while dressed in the traditional, colorful attire of Zapotec, Juchiteca, females stands in sharp contrast to the prevailing view of Mexico as the land of charros, machismo, and unbridled ranchero masculinity. These indigenous people are called los muxes, and they are neither man nor woman, but rather a hybrid third gender.After seeing a video of a muxe vela, or festival, sociologist Alfredo Mirandé was intrigued by the contradiction between Mexico's patriarchal reputation and its warm acceptance of los muxes. Seeking to get past traditional Mexican masculinity, he presents us with Behind the Mask, which combines historical analysis, ethnographic field research, and interviews conducted with los muxes of Juchitán over a period of seven years. Mirandé observed community events, attended muxe velas, and interviewed both muxes and other Juchitán residents. Prefaced by an overview of the study methods and sample, the book challenges the ideology of a male-dominated Mexican society driven by the cult of machismo, featuring photos alongside four appendixes.Delving into many aspects of their lives and culture, the author discusses how the muxes are perceived by others, how the muxes perceive themselves, and the acceptance of a third gender status among various North American indigenous groups. Mirandé compares traditional Mexicano/Latino conceptions of gender and sexuality to modern or Western object choice configurations. He concludes by proposing a new hybrid model for rethinking these seemingly contradictory and conflicting gender systems.

Free Download Elina M Salminen, "Age, Gender and Status in Macedonian Society, 550-300 BCE: Intersectional Approaches to Mortuary Archaeology "
English | ISBN: 1399524445 | 2023 | 328 pages | PDF | 33 MB
Building on the largest sample of Archaic to Hellenistic burials from Macedon synthesized to date, this work provides new insight into the society that gave birth to Philip II and Alexander the Great. An intersectional focus on gender, age, and status reveals the lives of Macedonians only rarely discussed, from non-elite men to women and children. Through quantitative analysis and case-studies, the reader gets a view of the complexity and nuance of a society sometimes reduced to mighty warriors and fierce royal women. Change over time is also discussed, introducing depth into the historical narrative that is largely limited to the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods. Finally, the book addresses the promise and challenges of applying intersectionality, a framework that is immensely fruitful but which was developed for contemporary contexts, to archaeological contexts.