Threshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies

Ways of Seeing, Thinking, and Knowing

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ID23517325
AuthorsChristie Launius, HOLLY HASSEL (0000-0002-7714-6388)
Year2014
Pages204
Publication date2014-12-17
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueThreshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315765150
OpenAlexW4238119392
ISBN9781315765150
Open LibraryOL33514286M
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies: Ways of Seeing, Thinking, and Knowing is a textbook designed primarily for introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies courses with the intent of providing both a skills- and concept-based foundation in the field. The text is driven by a single key question: "What are the ways of thinking, seeing, and knowing that characterize women’s and gender studies and are valued by its practitioners?" Rather than taking a topical approach, Threshold Concepts in Women’s and Gender Studies develops the key concepts and ways of thinking that students need in order to develop a deep understanding and to approach material like feminist scholars do, across disciplines. This book illustrates four of the most critical concepts in women’s and gender studies: the social construction of gender; privilege and oppression; intersectionality; and feminist praxis, and grounds these concepts in multiple illustrations.

Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Psychology · Études sur les femmes · Feminism · Féminisme · Frauenforschung · General · Genus (socialt kön) · Genusforskning · Geschlechterforschung · Kvinnoforskning · Rôle selon le sexe · Sex role · Social Science · Women's Studies

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