Gender and Women's Studies Second Edition: Critical Terrain

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Gender and Womens Studies provides an essential introduction to key issues approaches and concerns of the field. This comprehensive anthology celebrates a diversity of influential feminist thought on a broad range of topics using analyses sensitive to the intersections of gender race class ability age and sexuality. Drawing on contemporary and classic pieces the carefully selected and edited readings centre Indigenous racialized disabled and queer voices. With over sixty percent new content this thoroughly updated second edition contains infographics and original activist artwork; a new section on gender migration and citizenship; and new chapters on sex work as labour the politics of veiling trans and queer identities Indigenous sovereignty decolonization masculinity online activism and contemporary social justice movements including Black Lives Matter and Idle No More. Concerned with the past present and future of gender identity gendered representations feminism and activism this book is an indispensable resource for students in gender and womens studies classrooms across Canada and the United States. Features: Sixty percent new content featuring diverse authors and issues Multiple genres and styles to engage students: scholarly articles interviews fact sheets reports blog posts poetry artwork and personal narratives Includes Canadian North American Indigenous and global content