| Description |
1 online resource (4 volumes (1682 pages)) : illustrations |
| Series |
Gale eBooks
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Preface -- Introduction -- List of articles -- List of contributors -- Thematic outline -- Encyclopedia of sex and gender A-C -- Volume 2. Encyclopedia of sex and gender D-I -- Volume 3. Encyclopedia of sex and gender J-P -- Volume 4. Encyclopedia of sex and gender Q-Z -- Index. |
| Summary |
Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation. Topics include changing conceptions of "the feminine," the family and masculinity, religion, morality, cultural images, medical practice, public health, economy and society and many more. |
| Subject |
Sex -- Encyclopedias.
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Sex -- Social aspects.
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Gender identity -- Encyclopedias.
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Sex role.
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Sexual ethics.
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Sex -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Hygiene, Sexual.
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| Added Author |
Malti-Douglas, Fedwa, editor.
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Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Encyclopedia of sex and gender. Detroit, Mich. : Macmillan Reference USA, c2007 9780028659602 |
| ISBN |
9780028661155 (electronic book) |
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002866115X (electronic book) |
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9780028659602 (set) |
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0028659600 (set) |
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9780028659619 (v. 1) |
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0028659619 (v. 1) |
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9780028659626 (v. 2) |
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0028659627 (v. 2) |
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9780028659633 (v. 3) |
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0028659635 (v. 3) |
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9780028659640 (v. 4) |
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0028659643 (v. 4) |
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