Gender Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Imagining Masculinities

   Spatial and Temporal Representation and Visual Culture

   By Katarzyna Kosmala

   Series: Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality

   This book examines the intersections between debates in critical studies of men and masculinities and debates on visual representation, investigating representations of men and masculinities in contemporary culture and examples of visual art that deconstruct those representations. It attends to...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Fleeing Homophobia

   Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum

   Edited by Thomas Spijkerboer

   Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to the topic, the book identifies and analyzes...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Feminist Geopolitics

   At the Sharp End

   Edited by Deborah P. Dixon, Sallie A. Marston

   Building on a trans-disciplinary, feminist project that foregrounds the bodies of those at the ‘sharp end’ of various forms of international activity, such as immigration, development and warfare, the chapters included in this book cover a variety of sites, concerns, and hopes. These range from the...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Feminist Criminology

   By Claire Renzetti

   Series: Key Ideas in Criminology

   Feminist criminology grew out of the Women’s Movement of the 1970s in response to the neglect of women by, and the male dominance of, mainstream criminology. Examining feminist theoretical perspectives and empirical research in criminology, this key book investigates their impact on the discipline,...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
5. Sex Trafficking

   A Private Law Response

   By Tsachi Keren-Paz

   Sex Trafficking: A Private Law Response examines existing and potential causes of action against sex traffickers, clients and the state and argues for fair and effective private law remedies. Combining a theoretical inquiry about the borders of liability in torts and restitution with a political...

   Published May 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Gender and Neoliberalism in India

   The All India Democratic Women’s Association and Globalization Politics

   By Elisabeth Armstrong

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   This book explores how one socialist women’s organization based in India has flourished in neoliberalism’s shadow. From 1991 to the present, the doctrine of liberalization has guided Indian politics and economic policy. These neoliberal measures have vastly reduced poverty alleviation schemes,...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
7. Gender, Violence, and Law

   By Melanie Randall

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   The law has been the major site of advocacy, reform efforts and social change in relation to a variety of complex social problems. Gendered violence is one of them. After nearly three decades of advocacy and law reform, what can we understand about current legal responses to, and engagement with,...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
8. Nationbuilding, Gender and War Crimes in South Asia

   By Bina D’Costa

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   This book gives a detailed political analysis of nationbuilding processes and how these are closely linked to statebuilding and to issues of war crime, gender and sexuality, and marginalization of minority groups. With a focus on the Indian subcontinent, the author demonstrates how the state...

   Published May 6th 2013 by Routledge
9. Death of Feminism?

   Is Popular & Commercial Culture Undermining Women's Rights?

   Edited by Penny Griffin

   Series: Popular Culture and World Politics

   This volume seeks to offer a critical, innovative and empirically driven interrogation of the international political economy of cultures of production and consumption in Western market societies, investigating the reproduction of Western popular and commercial culture (including its products and...

   Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
10. Women Exiting Prison

    Critical Essays on Gender, Post-Release Support and Survival

    Edited by Bree Carlton, Marie Segrave

    Series: Routledge Studies in Crime and Society

    Women’s incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world. While there have been efforts to implement reform, particularly in countries such as Canada, UK, US and Australia, the growing evidence...

    Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge