Subverting Social Inequalities

Gender as a Social Reality
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-77491-814-2
Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: AAP Insights in Women’s and Gender Studies: Reshaping Identities

With the goal to facilitate advancing gender equality in challenging times, this volume investigates gender inequality in several areas and advocates for equality of rights for men and women as a prerequisite for a peaceful, wealthy, and sustainable world.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Srivastava, Akanksha

Krishnan, Chitra

Maheshwari, Disha

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Rechtssoziologie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtssoziologie, Rechtspsychologie, Rechtslinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Vibhuti Patel, Vice President, Indian Association for Women‘s Studies Introduction 1. Gender Bias, Internalization, and Reinforcement in Classroom Discourse: A Case Study of Communicative English Classrooms in Vietnam 2. A Narrative Enquiry into Intersections of Professional Identity and Gender Identity Construction in Academia 3. Gender-Based Socialization Within the Formal System of Education: With Special Reference to Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) Learners Occupying the Classrooms 4. The Girl-Child Education: An Assessment of the Gender-Illiteracy Nexus in Nigeria 5. Gender Disparity in the Adoption of ICT 6. Gender Difference in Mathematics Performance: A Global Perspective 7. Influence of the ‘Gender School Concept’ on Gender Role Behavior and Gender Equality: A Sri Lankan Context 8. "They‘re Already on the Moon While We‘re Still Stuck in the Stone Age": Exploring the Language of Gender (In)Equality in German Workplaces from an Employee‘s Perspective 9. Feminization of the Labor Force in the Waste Sector: A Case Study of Kerala, India 10. The Paradox of Gender Equality in the Corporate World 11. "When People Heard I Was Going Instead of My Husband, Everyone Was Shocked and Discriminated Against Us": Exploring the Gendering of Professional Mobility from the Perspective of a Non-Elite Migrant 12. Inequality in the Land of Opportunity: A Case Study on the Gender Differences in Pursuing the American Dream for Indian Immigrants 13. A Study on Barriers Women Face to Sustain Educational Leadership Positions in Sri Lanka: How Sri Lanka Educational Administrative Service Female Officers Cope with the Barriers 14. Navigating Uncertainty: Advancing Gender Equality in Challenging Times 15. Indian Women Entrepreneurs: Challenges and Emerging Issues 16. Gender Equality: The Need of the Hour in Times of Uncertainty

Über Autor(innen)

Akanksha Srivastava, PhD, is an experienced academician, writer, and editor with over 15 years of
experience in the education industry. She is an Associate Professor with the School of Education,
Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. In addition to her work as an editor, she is also an
accomplished author. Her research interests include the intersection of inclusion with a focus on
women’s experiences, on which she has published extensively. As the editor of this volume, Dr.
Srivastava brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore the various themes and topics
related to the history of gender and sexuality in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the USA.

Disha Maheshwari, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Education at Sharda
University, India. She was a Commonwealth Scholar at the Centre for Applied Linguistics,
University of Warwick, Coventry, England. At Sharda University, she teaches courses on gender
studies, communication, and research methodology in education (qualitative) at the undergraduate
and postgraduate levels and on pedagogy at PhD level. She has presented her research work
around the world, including at Cambridge, Stockholm, Hong Kong, Warwick, Oslo (virtual),
Tamil Nadu, Punjab, etc. Her areas of interest are gender and education, discourse and identity, and
higher education pedagogy.

Chitra Krishnan, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Human Resource Management and Behavioral
Science at the Symbiosis Centre for Management Studies, Noida, India. She has a number of
publications in acclaimed journals at the national and international levels and has also participated
in many national and international conferences. She is passionate about writing and has seven
books to her credit with international publishers. She has been a member of the review committees
for conferences and journals. Her area of interest includes human resource management,
organizational behavior, talent management, diversity management, employee satisfaction,
knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and emotional intelligence.