This book uses one of the most popular accessories of childhood, the Barbie doll, to explain key aspects of cultural meaning. Some readings would see Barbie as reproducing ethnicity and gender in a particularly coarse and damaging way - a cultural icon of racism and sexism. Rogers develops a broader, more challenging picture. She shows how the ...
In this volume, first published in 1983, Professor Rogers examines the usefulness of a phenomenological approach to sociology. Her broad purpose is to demonstrate the theoretical and methodological advantages phenomenological sociology holds. Thus she offers a selective, introductory exposition of phenomenology, highlighting its relevance for ...
This combination text and reader provides an introduction to contemporary feminist theory oriented toward undergraduates as well as master's-level students. Its organization around substantive topics and issues rather than conventional categories of feminist thinking effectively conveys the breadth and depth of feminist theorizing, demonstrating ...
A highly accessible overview of the central themes of women's studies, suitable for introductory reading in undergraduate courses or for a more general audience's introduction to the meaning of feminism and its relevance as a progressive force in society. The authors tackle six broad topics that dominate the field and are key to understanding ...
This reader in multicultural social theory provides selections from a wide range of multicultural theorists that include feminist, queer, Afrocentric, native American, Chicana and Asian American perspectives.
An overview of the subject of women's studies, which should be suitable for introductory reading in undergraduate courses, or for a more general audience's introduction to the meaning of feminism and its relevance as a progressive force in society. Mary Rogers and C.D. Garrett examine women's studies in terms of its central themes over the last ...
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