This landmark text introduces readers to the field of women's studies by analyzing the contradictions between social and cultural "givens" and the realities that women face in society. Written collectively by nine authors from various disciplines, Women's Realities, Women's Choices, Fourth Edition, has been updated to incorporate the latest research and statistics in the field. Covering the most recent developments in politics, labor, family life, religion, and culture, the book also features extensive research on relevant social issues, such as the impact of the post Soviet world on women's lives, the experience of homosexuality in family life, and the effects of economic globalization on women worldwide. Examining women as individuals, as family members, and as a force in the greater social fabric, Women's Realities, Women's Choices remains the most timely, comprehensive, and compelling introduction to the field of women's studies. New to This Edition * An updated conceptual organization * A focus on transnational feminism and globalization * An entire chapter devoted to intersectionality and differences among women * Updates to every chapter, reflecting changes in the field and in the world

Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies

Politics & Social Sciences

Chinn, Sarah

Alcoff, Linda Martín

Brown, Jacqueline Nassy

Denmark, Florence

Helly, Dorothy O.

Hune, Shirley

Oza, Rupal

POMEROY, Sarah B.

Somerville, Carolyn M.

Women's Studies

Oxford University Press

The 1960s are commonly considered to be the beginning of a distinct "teenage culture" in America. But did this highly visible era of free love and rock 'n' roll really mark the start of adolescent defiance? In Inventing Modern Adolescence Sarah E. Chinn follows the roots of American teenage identity further back, to the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She argues that the concept of the "generation gap"—a stereotypical complaint against American teens—actually originated with the division between immigrant parents and their American-born or -raised children. Melding a uniquely urban immigrant sensibility with commercialized consumer culture and a youth-oriented ethos characterized by fun, leisure, and overt sexual behavior, these young people formed a new identity that provided the framework for today's concepts of teenage lifestyle.Addressing the intersecting issues of urban life, race, gender, sexuality, and class consciousness, Inventing Modern Adolescence is an authoritative and engaging look at a pivotal point in American history and the intriguing, complicated, and still very pertinent teenage identity that emerged from it.

Inventing Modern Adolescence: The Children of Immigrants in Turn-of-the-Century America (Series in Childhood Studies)

Teen & Young Adult

Rutgers University Press

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