| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Part I: Identities and Perceptions (Introduction by D'Lane R. Compton) -- 1. Blogging My Academic Self: Jenny Davis -- 2. The Gendered Characteristics of Facebook Interaction : Nathalie Delise -- 3. Negotiating Gay Male Christian Identities: Brandi Woodell -- 4. Tomboys in the Work of Carson McCullers: Emily Knox -- Part II: Culture, Stereotypes, and Stigma (Introduction by D. Nicole Farris) -- 5. Violent Environment: Women and Frontier Coffey County, Kansas: 1855-1880 (Lisa Bunkowski, and Amanda Hedstrom -- 6. Gender Specific Stereotypes in Television Advertisements: D. Nicole Farris -- 7. Carmen Tafolla: Chicana Writer, from the Whispers of Her People: Manuel Medrano -- 8. The Social Construction and Resistance of Menstruation as a Public Spectacle: Ashly Patterson -- 9. Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Cyberspace: Jesus Smith -- Part III: Social Problems and Applications (Introduction by Mary Ann Davis) -- 10. Punishing Abused Women: A Retrospective on a Ms. Magazine Blog: Dianne Bartlow -- 11. Constructing Gay Male and Lesbian Foster Families: Mary Ann Davis -- 12. Sex Differences in Adult Mortality: Some Evidence from Taiwan and the United States: Yu Ting Chang -- 13. Gendered Helping Behaviors and Place Attachment in New Orleans' Upper 9th Ward: Jenny Savely |
| Summary |
This collection highlights and extends contemporary women's and gender studies by presenting theoretical analyses and innovative research conceptualizations, applications and methodologies via a diverse variety of popular-in-the-classroom topics, such as changing masculinities; comedic/dramatic portrayals of ethnicity and discrimination; stigma and differences within mainstream media gender stereotypes; intersections of gendered and sexual identities in social media and fundamental institutions. These topics emphasize relevant issues and nuances within popular culture, identities and perception |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 7, 2014) |
| Subject |
Social perception.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Identity (Psychology)
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Sexism.
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Social Perception
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Stereotyping
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
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Droit.
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Sciences sociales.
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Sciences humaines.
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Identity (Psychology)
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Sexism
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Social perception
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Stereotypes (Social psychology)
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Sexuality.
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Sexology.
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Gender identity.
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Gender.
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Sexual practices.
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Sex (Act)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Farris, Demetrea Nicole, editor.
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Davis, Mary Ann, editor.
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Compton, D'Lane R. (D'Lane Rebecca), 1977- editor
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| ISBN |
9789401787185 |
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9401787182 |
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9401787174 |
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9789401787178 |
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