Gender - Nature

Gender: Nature retraces feminist and queer engagements with biology and science in scholarship, activism, art, and everyday life. The volumeâ s 25 chapters are organized in 5 categoriesâ disciplines, fields, maps, displays, and transgressionsâ and discuss the specific questions feminists and woman scientists have asked as well as the themes they have focused on. Such themes include history, medicine and health, literature and science, rural and urban environments, nature in the laboratory and museum, food, and sexuality. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index.

Product details

• Assisted by: Renee C. Hoogland (Editor), Iris Van Der Tuin (Editor), Iris Van Der Tuin (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9780028663210
• ISBN: 978-0-02-866321-0
• No. of pages: 475
• Dimensions: 205 mm x 261 mm x 35 mm
• Weight: 1236 g
• Series: MacMillan Interdisciplinary Ha; Gender; MacMillan Interdisciplinary Ha
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories