Gender in Focus : : Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics.

• Author: Zamfira, Andreea.
• TeilnehmendeR: Montlibert, Christian de.; Radu, Daniela.
• Place / Publishing House: Leverkusen-Opladen : : Verlag Barbara Budrich,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Gender in Focus. Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION. The Interplay between Identities, Codes, Stereotypes and Politics in Studying Gender in Western and Non-Western Societies (Andreea ZAMFIRA, Christian de MONTLIBERT and Daniela RADU) -- PART ONE SEXUAL BODIES AND GENDER IDENTITIES AROUND THE WORLD -- CHAPTER I Speaking to the Spirits: Thinking Comparatively about Women in Asian Indigenous Beliefs (Barbara Watson ANDAYA) -- CHAPTER II The Bissu: Study of a Third Gender in Indonesia (Leonard Y. ANDAYA) -- CHAPTER III How Globalization and the Neoliberal Turn Are Shaping Gender Relations in Hanoi (Sarah MURRU) -- CHAPTER IV Gender and Asexuality in Academic Sources (Petra FILIPOVÁ) -- PART TWO CODES WITHIN WOMEN'S AUTO AND HETERO-REPRESENTATIONS -- CHAPTER V Communist Dictatorship vs. Romanian Women Poets' Discourse of Resistance in the 70s and 80s (Daniela MOLDOVEANU) -- CHAPTER VI Corporeality and Sexuality in Women's Autofictions: A Few Romanian Examples (Florina-Elena PÎRJOL) -- CHAPTER VII Diffused Gender Codes and Transcultural Outcomes in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Lowland (Adriana Elena STOICAN) -- CHAPTER VIII The Politics of the Feminine Body: A Manifesto and Three TV Series (Viorella MANOLACHE) -- PART THREE GENDER STEREOTYPES, COUPLE/FAMILY CONFIGURATIONS AND REPRODUCTION -- CHAPTER IX Gender Stereotypes in Emmanuel Lévinas' Concept of Subject (Marzena ADAMIAK) -- CHAPTER X The Division of Labor within the Family and Altruism: A Feminist Critique of Becker's Models (Oana CRUSMAC) -- CHAPTER XI Consequences of Intimacy and Violence in the Couple Relationships of Young Romanians on Their Future Life Plans (Cristina FALUDI) -- CHAPTER XII Is My Reproductive Body Rightfully Mine? About Abortion and Individual Choice in Post-communist Romania (Andrada NIMU and Andreea ZAMFIRA).

PART FOUR SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONSTRAINTS ON WOMEN -- CHAPTER XIII The Influence of Academic Self-concept on the Study Program Choice of Computer Scientists (Silvia FÖRTSCH and Ute SCHMID) -- CHAPTER XIV Women in Academic Medicine: The 'Leaking' Process in Italy (Rita BIANCHERI and Silvia CERVIA) -- CHAPTER XV Female Labor Market Participation in Serbia (Natalija PERIŠIĆ and Jelena TANASIJEVIĆ) -- CHAPTER XVI Socio-cultural Factors Structuring Women's Access to Land and Natural Resources in Northwest Cameroon (Ngambouk Vitalis PEMUNTA) -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- Index.