Gender: Matter

by Stacy Alaimo (Editor)

As part of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies, Gender: Matter discusses and analyzes feminist engagements with matter and materiality. The volume traces specific material phenomena across natural sciences, social sciences, as well as the humanities and the arts, examining the role matter plays in feminist, queer, and other social and political theories. The volume also grapples with how changes to matter, or the biophysical world, affect what sex and gender may mean in the twenty-first century. Gender: Matter features twenty-seven chapters arranged thematically in four parts: Embodied Humans; More-Than-Human Worlds; Circulation, Transfers, Interchanges; and Future Matters. An introduction, a glossary of key terms, and an index provide additional context and assistance to students, instructors, and general readers.

451 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2017