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* This is one of the first books to look at the history of infertility. The author argues that there is a hidden history of involuntary childlessness* This book analyses why the medical profession dislikes examining the male reproductive system.

This is the first book which examines the nature and significance of a feminist critique in anthropology. It offers a clear introduction to, and balanced assessment of, the theoretical and practical issues raised by the development of a feminist anthropology. Henrietta Moore situates the development of a feminist approach in anthropology within the context of the discipline, examining the ways in which women have been studied in anthropology - as well as the ways in which the study of gender has influenced the development of the discipline anthropology. She considers the application of feminist work to key areas of anthropological research, and addresses the question of what social anthropology has to contribute to contemporary feminism. Throughout the book Henrietta Moore's analysis is informed by her own extensive fieldwork in Africa and by her concern to develop anthropological theory and method by means of feminist critique. This book will be of particular value to students in anthropology, women's studies and the social sciences.

Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of `youth' and `adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of `crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, `teenage pregnancy' and `delinquency'. This book considers research in psychology, sociology, education, criminology and cultural studies in order to assess these accounts. The author offers a critical review of a wide range of findings about young people in areas as diverse as education and training, leisure, family life and sexuality. She shows that whilst youth research texts do not reflect young people's experiences in any straightforward manner, they do indicate the various complex and contradictory ways in which `youth', `adolescence' and specific groups of young people are represented in contemporary western societies. In so arguing, she presents new terms for thinking about the position of young people today. This is an important new text accessibly written for students of sociology, social psychology and contemporary culture in both Britain and the USA. It will also be of great interest to social science researchers in a range of other disciplines.

Women's awareness of the threat and reality of sexual violence is now perhaps more than ever publicly acknowledged. Yet this fact continues to be almost wholly ignored. This new study, based on in-depth interviews with 60 women, is the first to cover the experience of a range of forms of sexual violence over women's lifetimes. Drawing on feminist theory, developing a critique of male research and quoting extensively from the women interviewed, it developes feminist thought in several key areas: the similarities and differences between forms of sexual violence; the ways women define their experiences; and the strategies women use in resisting, coping with and surviving sexual violence. The author stresses the importance for all women of recognizing the incidents of sexual violence in their lives and seeing themselves and other women as survivors rather than victims. In highlighting the ways in which the media, the criminal justice system and even the "e;helping"e; profess ions contribute to the trivialization of sexual violence, she demonstrates the necessity of women organizing collectively to end this suffering.

This book marks a radical and powerful intervention in traditional arguments about pornography. Kappeler re-examines the artistic distinctions between fantasy and reality, pornography and erotica, and challenges the legal definition of obscenity as well as the intellectual defence of 'freedom of expression'. By linking images of actual violence with the imaginative portrayal of women in the realm of the aesthetic, she establishes vital connections between modes of representation and social forms of power and domination. It is essential reading for anyone concerned with issues of pornography and sexual politics and related debates in literary criticism and cultural studies.

This edited collection questions the assumptions about feminist perspectives on contract law made in mainstream textbooks and the ideologies that underpin them, drawing attention to the ways in which the law of contract has facilitated the virtual exclusion of women, the feminine and the private sphere from legal discourse.

Uses the failure of women to fit within male models of both law and theory as a way to rethink legal questions, including the meaning of equality, freedom, justice and citizenship. This collection of essays on feminist theory includes concern about the way in which queer theory, and critical race theory intersect with feminist theory.

Provides a survey and critique of the research material concerned with the sexual division of labour. The result is an account of how women's lives have changed over the last 250 years. Harriet Bradley draws on her own research, and addresses issues of gender, work and inequality.

Although a critical approach can be glimpsed in journal articles and student texts, this collection of essays draws together both feminist and critical material. It is written by feminists and deals with equity and trusts as a whole.

Criminal law has traditionally been taught and analysed as if criminal law doctrine has no connection with questions of criminalisation, crime detection, all of which are affected by gender. This book seeks to fill these gaps by looking at the areas in which gender affects the way that suspected criminals and their victims are treated.

A collection of interdisciplinary socio-legal essays, which explore the relationship between childhood, gender and the law. Drawing on a range of feminist and critical theories and research, these original essays challenge the gender neutrality of law; and explore the shifting constructions of childhood by law, legal practice and popular culture.

Whilst equal pay, maternity rights and sex discrimination have received attention from feminist scholars, there is an increasing awareness that the whole working environment needs to be examined. This text presents a discussion of traditional and less obvious aspects of employment.

Feminist Perspectives on Tort brings together acknowledged experts in these two areas to pursue a distinctly feminist approach to the major areas of tort law.

Feminist Perspectives on Ethics is a unique guide to the development of feminist thought on ethics and moral agency and applies these ideas to a number of topics which are relevant to women's lives from the everyday, such as the family, friendship and sexuality to the more controversial, such as abortion, pornography and ecofeminism.

This is an outstanding collection of essays which brings together for the first time the work of a group of writers well--known in the Marxist--feminist tradition. The essays range from Marx to Foucault and go beyond them to offer genuine advances in the way social and political life can be reconceptualized in the light of feminist critique.

The creation of 'test--tube babiesa acted as a spur to public debate about the implications of research on embryos, in vitro fertilization, surrogate motherhood, and the whole range of technologies concerned with human reproduction.

This text provides an introduction to the concepts, theories and results of environmental sociology from a feminist perspective. It includes coverage of sustainable development and ecofeminism, as well as issues surrounding the relationship between environment and society.

Examining specific areas of family law from a feminist perspective, this book assesses the impact that feminism has had upon family law. It explores issues of legal and political preoccupation, such as civil partnerships, home-sharing, reproductive technologies and new initiatives in regulating family practices through criminal law.

Examining the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective, this book provides an original and critical analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging from land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.

Examining specific areas of family law from a feminist perspective, this book assesses the impact that feminism has had upon family law. It takes the view that family law cannot be defined in a traditional way. It explores issues of legal and political preoccupation such as civil partnerships, home-sharing, reproductive technologies, and more.

Examines the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective. This book provides an analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging from land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.

This work aims to provide a synthesis of theory, relating to the fields of disability studies and feminism. Theory is combined with practice via case study examples.

Feminist Perspectives on Language provides an accessible introduction to this complex area which redresses the balance of current feminist texts which tend to concentrate on discourse analysis and fail to emphasise the connections with feminist thought in other disciplines, such as sociology and politics.

The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking. feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection questions the assumptions made in such works and the ideologies that underpin them.

This book addresses a key topic which is of considerable contemporary relevance with the feminising of the political scene under the latest Labour Government.

The Feminist Perspectives Series seeks to provide concise, accessible and engaging introductions to key feminist topics and debates. This text examines how sociology has been transformed under the influence of feminism.

Feminist Perspectives on the Body bridges the gap between the exisiting high level, theoretical texts which have helped to develop this extremely popular new area and the growing number of students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key issues and topics involved.