Gender Studies

Each year an estimated 44 million abortions occur causing around 47,000 deaths, virtually all in the developing countries. Bringing together a wealth of information from around the world, this book argues that the time has come for a second great change in legislation, advocating a shift towards the..

Provocative study of women who chose to be childless based on extensive interviews with women aged between 40 and 78. A significant contribution to debates about choice, the private and the public, gender and diversity...

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

In this book, eighteen contributors look at the way gender is inscribed and reproduced by and through information and communication technologies...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian life in the Western world throughout the ages...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Employing Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady explores the relationship women have with themselves and explores the link between debilitating practices of self-surveillance and the broader mechanisms of social control...

Linda Gannon challenges traditional assumptions that aging in women is defined by the menopause. She argues that crucial determinants of well-being in aging women are physical competence, social skills and economic dependence...

This book challenges the universal notion of 'citizenship' by focusing on the diversity of situations women in this region have found themselves in since the end of the 80's, looking at the challenges and struggles they have faced to assert themselves as citizens and their citizenship rights. Featur..

A historical perspective on the often-neglected place of women in Japan's economy, concluding with an illuminating present-day case study...