Encyclopedia of sex and gender /

Encyclopedia of sex and gender / Fedwa Malti-Douglas, editor-in-chief. - Detroit : Macmillan Reference, c2007. - 4 v. : ill. 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

index. v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-I -- v. 3. J-P -- v. 4. Q-Z

of sexuality and the body of social institutions and the structures of representation.Topics of individual entries include such diverse themes as changing conceptions of " the feminine" the family, and masculinity,religion, morality.cultural images,medical practice,public health,economy and society etc..Includes more than 730 entries written by contributors from 19 countries.Each signed entry contains a bibliography,and some 250 photos and illustrations, thematic outline,cumulativ e index and cross references. other examine issues of identity, status,class,ethnicity,race, and nation Encompasses various concepts of sex and gender that have arisen from the critical study of those subjects worldwide, as well as the emerging reimaginationof the more traditional humanities and social sciences.Contains theoretical essays which address issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social levels

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