Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives - Softcover

Kirk, Gwyn; Okazawa-Rey, Margo

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9780767416436: Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767416430 ISBN 13: 9780767416436

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 2000

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This interdisciplinary, multicultural text-reader provides an introduction to women's studies by examining the diversity of U.S. women's lives across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and age, and within a global context. The chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic and include explanations of key concepts and ideas, statistical information, and references to the subsequent reading selections. Questions to frame your reading follow the introductory sections and precede the readings, providing an easy transition for the student.

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About the Author:

Gwyn Kirk is a founder member of the East Asia-US-Puerto Rico Women's Network Against Militarism. She has taught women's studies courses at a range of U.S. academic institutions, including Antioch College where she chaired the Women's Studies Program (1992-1995). She held the Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Chair in Women's Studies at Hamilton College (1999-2001), a joint appointment with Margo Okazawa-Rey. She received a Rockefeller Fellowship in Women's Studies (University of Hawaii, 2002). Current research concerns the impact of military operations on the environment. Key interests include grassroots activism for sustainability and genuine security. Gwyn Kirk holds a Ph.D. in political sociology from the London School of Economics.

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