Gender in a transitional era : changes and challenges / edited by Amanda R. Martinez and Lucy J. Miller.

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Gender in a Transitional Era addresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Martinez, Amanda R., 1982- (Editor)
Miller, Lucy J., 1981- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
Subjects:
Sex role.
Women > Identity.
Women > Social conditions.
Feminism.
Physical Description:xiv, 312 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Gender in a transitional era / Amanda R. Martinex and Lucy J. Miller
  • Section I: Parental identities, advice, and self-help
  • Are you managing it all? Just read this: Working mothers search for work-life balance through therapeutic discourse and self-help texts / Katherin J. Denker
  • Valuing work, valuin family: A comparison of "balance" discourse targeting mothers and fathers / Elizabeth Fish Hatfield
  • Mommy bloggers: Who they are, what they write about, and how they are shaping motherhood in the twenty-first century / Brittney D. Lee and Lynne M. Webb
  • Section II: Gender performances and role expectations in media
  • Masculinity and the American Dream in American Dreams / art Herbig
  • Isn't that Bromantic? Rearticulationg male emotionality and homosocial intimacy in Hollywood's BromCom / Ryan Castill and Ashley N. Mack
  • Cattiness as credibility in neoliberalism / Krista McQueeney and Kim Hong Nguyen
  • Section II: (inter)acting within organizational and social spaces
  • Sacralizing the politics of visibility: Comiong out, spirituality, and gay clergy / Leland G. Spencer
  • Disciplining the transgender body: Transgender microaggresions in a transitional era / Lucy J. Miller
  • Emerging adults' casual sexu invovlemtns and the ideal worker norm / Kendra Knight and Benjamin Wiedmaier
  • Computer-mediated leadership and disciplinary action: Using new technology to dismantle the social sterotypes and gender performances that invade face-to-face communication / Ashely K. Barrett and David W. Schlueter
  • Section IV: Tensions and negotiations on politics, helath, and & feminism(s)
  • "War on Women": Democrats' interpretations of messages regarding women's health at the 2012 democratic national convention / Jillian A. Tullis and Margaret M. Quinlan
  • Savvy and suspectible: Diverse American women discuess beauty, body image, and identity in meida / Amanada R. Martinez
  • Reclaiming connections: Constructing a web-of-feminisms / Debbie S. Dougherty and Katherine J. Denker.