The Trials of Masculinity- ANGUS MCLARE

The Trials of Masculinity- ANGUS MCLARE

Ideas of masculinity, which a generation ago seemed mostly unproblematic, have become a major subject of historical inquiry, and the period that has aroused the most extreme interest is the turn of the twentieth century, when a sense of crisis seized much of western Europe and The united states. In The Studies of Masculinity Angus McLaren seeks to increase these research. Geographically, he roams from western Canada and the United States to key Europe, with a concentration on England and Portugal. His subject is the social and cultural structure of the boundaries of normative masculinity--and the critical role in this process of the identification of various sorts of deviance. He identifies a selection of legal trials in which issues of proper masculine personality, conduct, and sexuality sharply emerged, and he makes use of these as points of entry into the swirl of opinions--popular and professional, legal, medical, and political--that such cases aroused.

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The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir: Ambiguity, Conversion, Resistance

 

Studies of Simone de Beauvoir have mostly concentrated on her literature, her life, and her famous 1949 work, The Second Sex, and the continued emphasis has been on Beauvoir's views on gender. The Philosophy of Simone de Beauvoir places her theory of women's "otherness" in the context of a number of contemporary theories on a similar subject. While gender takes its place among these, Professor Deutscher counterbalances its grip on our memory of Beauvoir's ideas by situating it in the context of our relationship to ageing, to generational difference, and to race and cultural difference. By differentiating the many aspects of "otherness," Beauvoir revisited some of the concepts of reciprocity, ambiguity, and ethics for which she is best remembered.

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Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret A. Simons, "Feminist Writings"

Simone de Beauvoir, Margaret A. Simons, "Feminist Writings"

By turns surprising and revelatory, this sixth volume in the Beauvoir Series presents newly discovered writings and lectures while providing new translations and contexts for Simone de Beauvoir's more familiar writings. Spanning Beauvoir's career from the 1940s through 1986, the pieces explain the paradoxes in her political and feminist stances, including her famous 1972 announcement of a "conversion to feminism" after decades of activism on behalf of women. Feminist Writings documents and contextualizes Beauvoir's thinking, writing, public statements, and activities in the services of causes like French divorce law reform and the rights of women in the Iranian Revolution. In addition, the volume provides new insights into Beauvoir's complex thinking and illuminates her historic role in linking the movements for sexual freedom, sexual equality, homosexual rights, and women's rights in France.

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Gender and Crime by Ms Marisa Silvestri

Gender and Crime by Ms Marisa Silvestri

 

Gender and Crime (Key Approaches to Criminology) By Ms Marisa Silvestri, Dr Chris Crowther-Dowey * Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd * Number Of Pages: 272 * Publication Date: 2008-04-14 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1412911990 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781412911993 Product Description This text provides a much-needed, comprehensive critical introduction to debates about the relationship between gender and crime. Bringing together both feminist and masculinist perspectives, the book is a 'one stop shop' for gaining knowledge and understanding of the field of gender and crime as a whole. In addition to offering an overview of key themes and issues, Silvestri and Crowther-Dowey breathe new life into existing and well-rehearsed debates by considering the usefulness of drawing on a human rights discourse for making sense of gender, crime and criminal justice. In re-thinking the experiences of women and men as offenders, victims and criminal justice professionals within a human rights framework, the authors encourage a fresh approach to traditional debates about gender and crime. The book integrates empirical, theoretical and policy-related materials in order to encourage a thorough understanding of the field. Complex ideas and debates are grounded with reference to real life examples. The learning process is supported through the use of chapter overviews, key terms, study questions and suggestions for further reading. Gender and Crime is essential reading for students and academics in criminology, sociology, social policy and gender studies.

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Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice by Sandra Walklate

Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice 

by Sandra Walklate

This book provided a lucid and highly acclaimed introduction to gender issues in crime and criminal justice, central to any understanding of crime and criminal justice policy and practice. This second edition has been updated to take full account of recent developments, particularly in the areas of policing, crime prevention, restorative justice and legislation relating to sexual offenses and the nature and impact of crime on women — in particular the Sexual Offences Act 2003. The book is divided into three main sections. The first considers different ways of theorizing about gender and the relative impact of this on thinking about crime and criminal victimization; the second considers some of the evidence in relation to people’s gendered experiences of crime and criminal victimization; and the third considers how those working within the criminal justice system, and the policies that are put in place, work to sustain or change those experiences of crime and criminal victimization in relation to gender. 

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