Women and Inequality in the 21st Century

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-138-23978-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 388 Seiten, Format (B × H): 228 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: New Critical Viewpoints on Society

Recent books have drawn attention to an unfinished gender revolution and the reversal of gender progress. However, this literature primarily focuses on gender inequality in the family and its effect on women’s career and family choices. While an important topic, these works are critiqued for being particularly attentive to the concerns of middle-class, heterosexual, White women and ignoring or erasing the issues and experiences of the vast majority of women throughout the United States (and other countries).

Women and Inequality in the 21st Century is an edited collection that addresses this dearth in the current literature. This book examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a "nexus of power relations." It addresses the experiences of immigrant women of color, aging women, normative gender constraints faced by lesbian and gender non-conforming individuals assigned the female gender at birth, religious constraints on women’s sexual expression, and religious and ethnic barriers impeding access to equality for women across the globe. Contributors to this collection reflect varying fields of inquiry—including sociology, psychology, theology, history, and anthropology. Their works employ empirical research methods, hermeneutic analysis, and narrative to capture the unique gender experiences and negotiations of diverse 21st-century women.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Slatton, Brittany

Brailey, Carla

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Inequality and the Complex Positionalities of 21st Century Women Part I. An Unrealized Democracy 1. Beauty and the Beast of Inequality: A Historical Synopsis of Women’s Images as Barriers in American Labor, Politics and Entertainment 2. Proper Defectum Sexus: Male Privilege over a Woman’s Body 3. Democracy, Power, and Work Part 2: Negotiating Inequitable Terrain 4. Unfiltered: Male Strangers’ Sexist Behavior Towards Women 5. I am American! Taiwanese Immigrant Women Battling Everyday Racism 6. Queer Faces, Unsafe Spaces: Everyday Discrimination Experiences of Lesbian and Gender Non-Conforming Women 7. But I'm the Lucky One: A Narrative 8. Actors of Discourse: Gender Performativity in Women’s Leadership 9. The Cultural Negotiations of Gender through Religion among Algerian Kabyle Part 3. Psychosocial Effects of Inequality 10. Hair Stress: Physical and Mental Health Correlates of African American Women’s Hair Care Practices 11. Gender, Arthritis and Feelings of Sexual Obligation in Older Women 12. I’m a Survivor’: Reconsidering Identity, Stigma, and Institutions for Domestic Violence Part 4. Key Debates in Women’s Inequality 13. Is there Liberation for the Single, Saved, and Sexually Repressed 14. Sex Work: Free and Equal? 15. Reclaiming Women’s Rights to Freedom of Religion: An Assessment of the Political and Legal Complexities Affecting the Domestication of CEDAW and the AU Women’s Protocol in Nigeria Part 5. Pushing Back: Resistance and Activism 16. I’m Going to Get What I Want: Black Women’s Sexual Agency as a Form of Resistance 17. Raise Your Banner High! Mounting a Take Back the Night Event: Civic Engagement and Feminist Practice on a University Campus 18. Insisting on Intersectionality in the Vagina Monologues

Über Autor(innen)

Brittany C. Slatton is Associate Professor of Sociology at Texas Southern University. Dr. Slatton’s recent books include Mythologizing Black Women (2014) and Hyper Sexual Hyper Masculine? Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Identities of Contemporary Black Men (2014). You can find her scholarly articles in journals such as Sociology Compass, Socius, and Genders. In Fall 2017, she served as the prestigious Langston Hughes Visiting Professor at the University of Kansas.

Carla D. Brailey currently serves as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Texas Southern University. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Brailey participates in New Leaders Council (NLC), Houston Chapter, serves as the Chair of KeyPac and on the Advisory Council for Sankofa Institute, and was recently selected for Leadership Houston’s Class XXXIV. Dr. Brailey also served in the former Mayor Adrian Fenty’s Cabinet as the Executive Director of Community Affairs and Senior Advisor for Religious Affairs for the District of Columbia.