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"Queering Desire" explores, with unprecedented interdisciplinary scope, contemporary configurations of lesbian, bi, queer women's and non-binary people's experiences of identity and desire. Taking an intersectional feminist approach and incorporating new and established identities such as non-binary, masculine of centre (MOC), butch and femme, this collection examines how the changing landscape for gender and sexual identities impacts on queer culture in productive and transformative ways. Within queer studies, explorations of desire, longing and eroticism have often neglected AFAB, transfeminine and non-binary people's experiences. Through twenty-five newly commissioned chapters, a diverse range of authors, from early career researchers to established scholars, stage conversations at the cutting edge of sexuality studies. Queering Desire advances our understanding of contemporary lesbian and queer desire from an inclusive perspective that is supportive of trans and non-binary identities. This innovative interdisciplinary collection is an excellent resource for scholars, undergraduate, and postgraduate students interested in gender, sexuality and identity across a range of fields, such as queer studies, feminist theory, anthropology, media studies, sociology, psychology, and history. history, and social theory. In foregrounding female and non-binary experiences, this book constitutes a timely intervention

Introduction: what is urban fantasy? / Amanda Jo Hobson and U. Melissa Anyiwo -- Creating the urban fantasy heroine: gender displacement in Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series / Candace Benefiel -- Empowering or fetishizing: Wonder Woman takes the Bechdel test / Sarah A. Smith -- The vampiric nature of transmedia storytelling in the Buffyverse / Jenna Guitar -- Bewitching bodies: sex, violence, and magic in urban fantasy / Amanda Jo Hobson -- Fighting and feminist expression: the Argent family and the limits of female agency in Teen Wolf / Lauren Rocha -- Tough women, patriarchal violence, and the problem of non-intersectional feminism in Les Wiseman's Underworld series / Ana G. Gal -- The problematic fan-girl: Cassandra Clare's gendered revisions in the Mortal Instruments series / Cait Coker -- A monstrous narrative: unraveling gender and ethnic archetypes in Showtime's Penny Dreadful / U. Melissa Anyiwo -- The urban fantasy classroom / U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson -- The urban fantasy universe: or what to read or watch next / U. Melissa Anyiwo and Amanda Jo Hobson.

"The underlying theme of this edited collection is gendered citizenship, as well as the challenges and limits that confront the gendering of citizenship. It critiques the notion of the genderless nation-state citizen in both analytical and policy terms and contexts and necessarily engages with at least three major sets of contradictions or tensions: limitations on achieving gender equal or gender equitable citizenship; relations and differences between gender equality policy, diversity policy, and gender mainstreaming; and interplays of academic analyses of and practical interventions on gendered citizenship. Contributors from diverse scientific disciplines and academic backgrounds aim to provide a better understanding of the challenges that societies within Europe and elsewhere face vis-a-vis diversity, regionalism, transnationalism, and migration."--

This book explores gender stereotyping and gender inequalities in secondary education in England, Hungary and Italy. The authors highlight the importance of addressing student and teacher attitudes if long-term changes in mindset are desired, as well as the underlying stereotypes that persist and linger in these educational contexts. Promoting a whole-school culture change approach, this book explores views of gender stereotypes from teachers and students concerning subject and career choices, as well as collaborative work with teachers, experts and NGOs in implementing and evaluating gender equality charters. Drawing on extensive research, this book employs an intersectional and cross-country approach: while the authors acknowledge the challenges and opportunities of researching gender equality frameworks across different countries, ultimately these link to the UN Sustainable Development goal of gender equality.

Wo immer Männer unter sich sind, kommt irgendwann mannmännlicher Sex ins Spiel, sei es in Studentenverbindungen, beim Militär, im Gefängnis oder einfach unter guten Kumpels. Handelt es sich dabei um Ausrutscher, die nichts zu bedeuten haben, oder um eine unverzichtbare »Zutat« zur heterosexuellen Persönlichkeit? Jane Ward zeigt, dass die Begriffe hetero- und homosexuell nur wenig über Art und Ausmaß der tatsächlich praktizierten Sexualität aussagen, ja, dass diese streng binäre Unterscheidung der Realität nicht wirklich gerecht wird. Auch wenn amerikanische und europäische Männlichkeiten offenbar deutliche Unterschiede aufweisen: Ein erfrischender Beitrag zur Genderdebatte, der den Kern emanzipatorischer Politik berührt.

Over the last decade workforce diversity has attracted much scientific attention. Given the shortage of literature on issues related to homosexual, bisexual and transgender employees, compared to other facets of workforce diversity, this book opens up new perspectives on this issue. Emphasis is placed on the equal consideration of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Thus the predominance of lesbian and gay issues in LGBT research (and practice), will be contrasted by an explicit consideration of the unique experiences, stressors and related needs of bisexual and transgender employees. Contributions provide deeper insights into the differing experiences the whole spectrum of LGBT employees make in the workplace in different national and occupational contexts. Furthermore, the collection offers contextualized insights for evaluating and conceptualizing organizational initiatives aiming at a higher level of inclusion for LGBT employees

Drawing on extensive field research conducted in North America and Britain over a twenty year period, this book challenges masculine myth making. Mindful of a rich sociological tradition that seeks to understand the social world as lived and experienced, the authors provide insights that are likely to challenge common perceptions of various groups of men and boys, their diverse physical cultures, shared ways of being and identities.

Long description: Mit ihrer Ablehnung des Preises für Zivilcourage auf dem letzten Christopher Street Day in Berlin sorgte Judith Butler für Aufsehen. Ihre Begründung: Die Veranstaltung sei zu kommerziell und beschäftige sich nicht ausreichend mit Problemen wie Rassismus und komplexen Diskriminierungen. Damit führt die Philosophin konsequent ihren jahrzehntelangen wissenschaftlichen und politischen Einsatz für die Geschlechterforschung fort. Paula-Irene Villa stellt in ihrer überarbeiteten und aktualisierten Einführung Butlers Werk in den Kontext der zeitgenössischen Diskussionen, geht auf die internationale Rezeption ein und hilft, die abstrakte Sprache der wohl wichtigsten Theoretikerin der Geschlechterforschung zu entschlüsseln.