Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives

by Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey

Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives, Seventh Edition, is an interdisciplinary text-reader that provides an introduction to women's and gender studies within a global context by examining the diversity of US women's lives across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender expression, disability, age, and immigration status. Substantial chapter introductions provide statistical information and explanations of key concepts and ideas as a context for the reading selections. Each chapter includes reading questions and suggestions for taking action, to help students link what they learn to their own lives and to the world around them.

640 pages, Paperback

Published August 16, 2019

About the author

Gwyn Kirk is a scholar-activist concerned with genuine security and a sustainable world. She has taught women’s and gender studies at US universities and colleges for 30 years. She publishes a textbook/anthology, Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives, co-edited with Margo Okazawa-Rey, and has written widely on ecofeminism, militarism, and women’s peace organizing. She holds a PhD in sociology from the London School of Economics.

Gwyn Kirk is a founding member of the International Women’s Network Against Militarism, and Women for Genuine Security, the US-based group in that Network. She co-directed the 2012 documentary, Living Along the Fenceline, featuring grassroots women leaders from South Korea to Puerto Rico whose communities are affected by the U.S. military presence in their backyards. She has written scripts and designed outfits for Fashioning Resistance to Militarism, a popular education project.

Reviews

[Ale Cerron]

A great introduction to several sociological and economic theories, that ultimately ends up falling just a bit short in some areas. Some topics that should be expanded upon are simply not, but I assume this is simply the price to pay for such a comprehensive introductory book.

[Mills College Library]

305.42097 K591 2020