Gender Relations in Global Perspective: Essential Readings

by Nancy Cook (editor)

Gender Relations in Global Perspective is truly multidisciplinary. It is partially drawn from the work of sociologists, but articles written by gender scholars from the disciplines of Cultural studies, history, political science, geography, and literary theory, are also included. The readings examine historically persistent, cross-culturally relevant, and empirically grounded concerns such as men's position in the family and women's relationship to work, media and the global economy, as well as the gendered problems of violence, sexuality and reproduction, and racism.

377 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Garconniere · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth reading for anyone interested in Feminism 101. Wonderful example of compelling intersectional analysis, covering lots of ground without tokenizing subjects. The stand out article for me was "Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets it First: Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Candra K. Gill.