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1 online resource (vi, 268 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Intro; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part 1: Literary Representations of Gender; "All in Her Head"; Scandinavian Models for Female Emancipation in Britain; Gender Representation in a Report to an Academy and Its Adaptations; Part 2: Gender Equality and Violence against Women; Tears No More? Gender Violence in Juarez City; Securitization, Women's Reproductive Rights, and Gender Equality in Japan; Part 3: Gender and Communication; The Universality and Variety of the Women Are Animals Conceptual Metaphor Across European Languages; 'I Don't like Women'; Matka Polka and D'evka-Branka |
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Part 4: Gender Roles in Work and PoliticsThe Increasing Role of Female Top Managers in Banks on the Russian Market; Determinants and Patterns of Gender Wage Discrimination in Pakistan; Women's Political Representation in Post-Communist Romania; Equality of Opportunities and Interest of Professional Male and Female Soldiers in Individual Types of Military Professions in the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic; Part 5: Gender and Culture; Forms of Cultural Representation and Power of Females in Adventure and Action Films; Homosexuality and Contemporary Social Stance; Failure of Masculinity |
| Summary |
While gender issues are almost always multidimensional and complex, this book discusses them from a cultural angle and with a focus on crossing borders, to represent their concepts meaningfully and to illuminate their realities as sharply as possible. Its five parts detail specific aspects and issues within that focus, namely communication, literary representation, equality and violence, work and politics, and cross-cultural connections. This combination of a wide topical range with specific discussions of gender issues makes the volume's insights worthwhile for a wide range of readers, from i. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Sex role.
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Sex role. |
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Electronic books.
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Cross-cultural studies.
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| Subject |
Gender roles. |
| Added Author |
Gunesch, Konrad, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Crossing borders in gender and culture. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ; Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 9781527513556 (OCoLC)1047428339 |
| ISBN |
9781527516830 (electronic book) |
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1527516830 (electronic book) |
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9781527513556 |
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1527513556 |
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