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  • Resexualising Later Life

    Performances of Older Sexual Citizenship

    by Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Feliciano Posada Villar, Ricardo Iacub, Eir-Anne Edgar, Megan Todd, Chris Wells, Barbara L. Marshall, Liat Ayalon, Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Chris Beasley, Mary Holmes, Nathalie Huitema, Tineke Roelofs, Susan Gillen ...
    Series series Sex and Intimacy in Later Life
    Building on the work of the previous volumes in the Sex and Intimacy in Later Life series, this book explores how resexualisation may take place in later life.Drawing on transdisciplinary and international content, it provides a theoretically and experientially informed overview and discussion of resexualisation, highlighting important areas of research in a nascent area of study.This volume ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • Internet Dating

    Intimacy and Social Change

    by Chris Beasley, Mary Holmes ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Internet Dating deals primarily with the experiences of UK and Australian daters, examining their online accounts to see what kinds of narratives, norms, emotions and ‘chemistry’ shape their dating.Has the emergence and growth of internet dating changed the dating landscape for the better? Most commentators, popular and academic, ask whether online dating is more efficient for individuals than ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Elizabeth

    the feisty feminist

    by Mary Holmes ...
    Early women's rights and fighting for the vote, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy led the way.Fifty percent of the population had no legal rights and belonged to their fathers and husbands when Elizabeth was born. British women were powerless, and domestic violence was legally acceptable.How did all this change? Born in Manchester, Elizabeth saw women in dire poverty and her family were involved in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Young Refugees and Forced Displacement

    Navigating Everyday Life in Beirut

    by Liliana Riga, Mary Holmes, Arek Dakessian, Johannes Langer, David Anderson ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    Young Refugees and Forced Displacement is about young Syrian and Iraqi refugees navigating the complex realities of forced displacement in Beirut. It is based on a British Academy funded two-year project with 51 displaced youths aged 8 to 17 and under the care of three local humanitarian organisations. Focus groups, interviews and innovative arts-based methods were used to learn about their ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Being Sociological

    by Sara Salman, Daniel R. Smith, Suzanne Woodward, Adrian Franklin, Kate Huppatz, Mary Holmes, Raelene Wilding, Farzana Shain, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Dylan Taylor, David Bartram, Luke Goode, Chris Rojek, Stephanie Baker, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Tracey McIntosh, Dr Lucy Mayblin ...
    Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • What is Gender?

    Sociological Approaches

    by Mary Holmes ...
    Is gender something done to us by society, or something we do? What is the relationship between gender and other inequalities?What is Gender? explores these complex and important questions, helping readers to critically analyse how women′s and men′s lives are shaped by the society in which they live. The book offers a comprehensive account of trends in sociological thinking, from a material and ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Distance Relationships

    Intimacy and Emotions Amongst Academics and their Partners In Dual-Locations

    by Mary Holmes ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Drawing on interviews with UK couples in distance relationships, this book seeks to explain, evaluate and advance sociological debates about intimate life. It provides a rich and human perspective on how bodies, emotions and connections to others are key in maintaining intimate relationships. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Sociology for Optimists

    by Mary Holmes ...
    Breaking away from the idea that sociology only ever elaborates the negative, Sociology for Optimists shows that sociology can provide hope in dealing with social issues through critical approaches that acknowledge the positive.From politics and inequality to nature and faith, Mary Holmes shows how a critical and optimistic sociology can help us think about and understand human experience not just ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • Heterosexuality in Theory and Practice

    by Chris Beasley, Heather Brook, Mary Holmes ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality
    This book explores heterosexualities in their complex and everyday expressions. It engages with theories about the intersection of sexuality with other markers of difference, and gender in particular. The outcome will productively upset equations of heterosexuality with heteronormativity and accounts that cast heterosexuality in "sex critical, sex as danger" terms. Queer/feminist ‘pro-sex’ ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Gender and Everyday Life

    by Mary Holmes ...
    Series series The New Sociology
    Why are we so insistent that women and men are different? This introduction to gender provides a fascinating, readable exploration of how society divides people into feminine women and masculine men. Gender and Everyday Life explores gender as a way of seeing women and men as not just biological organisms, but as people shaped by their everyday social world. Examining how gender has been ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Key Concepts in Gender Studies

    by Jane Pilcher, Imelda Whelehan ...
    Series series SAGE Key Concepts series
    The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field.Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming.Each of the entries:begins with a concise definitionoutlines the history of each term and the debates surrounding ... Read more

    $56.69 USD

  • The Aftermath of Feminism

    Gender, Culture and Social Change

    by Angela McRobbie ...
    Series series Culture, Representation and Identity series
    In this trenchant inquiry into the state of feminism, Angela McRobbie breaks open the politics of sexual equality and ′affirmative feminism′ and sets down a new theory of gender power. Challenging the most basic assumptions of the ′end′ of feminism, this book argues that invidious forms of gender re-stabilisation are being re-established. Consumer and popular culture encroach on the terrain of so ... Read more

    $71.99 USD