Palgrave Macmillan

This book examines how gender and heterosexuality structure the lived experiences of people in living apart together (LAT) relationships in contemporary Chinese society. Using in-depth interview data...

This book presents a historical overview of the Indonesian film industry, the relationship between censorship and representation, and the rise of Islamic popular culture. It considers scholarship on...

This book provides balanced critical linguistic and literary representations of gender and power relations in Ghanaian and Nigerian texts, contrary to most existing literary and linguistic studies on...

Gender and Mobility in Africa: Borders, Bodies and BoundariesAuthor: Kalpana HiralalPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jul 20, 2018Number of Pages: 259 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

Gender and Place in Chicana/O Literature: Critical Regionalism and the Mexican American SouthwestAuthor: Melina V. Vizca?no-Alem?nPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Sep 22, 2017Number of...

This book explores the practices and the politics of relatable femininity in intimate digital social spaces. Examining a GIF-based digital culture on Tumblr, the author considers how young women...

The first book to examine Stoicism from the point of view of genderBrings gender from the margins into the center of philosophical inquiry, and casts new light on many familiar Stoic texts as well as...

This book describes the early career outcomes for female creative graduates in Australia and the UK. It applies the international UNESCO model of the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) to...

This book is a unique exploration into the gendered politics of the economic crisis in Europe. It focuses, firstly, on the changes in the political and economic decision-making institutions and...

Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change: Social Policy Reform and Innovation in ChileAuthor: Silke StaabPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Feb 10, 2017Number of Pages: 254 pagesBinding:...

This book takes a broad look at conceptual and practical applications of gender budgeting in Europe. It comprises three linked sections that work through conceptual definitions of gender budget...

Analyses and critiques existing strategies for improving gender equality on corporate boards Includes contributions from politicians, practitioners and policy-makersCritically reflects on elements on...

Analyses and critiques existing strategies beyond quotas for improving gender equality on corporate boards Includes contributions from politicians, practitioners and policy-makers Critically reflects...

Few aspects of social policy have been more controversial than the effects of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) on gender relations and policy outcomes on gender relations are linked to policy...

This open access book explores the intersection of gender and climate change, suggests ways in which innovative technologies can accelerate climate relief actions, and offers strategies for...

This book explores the contexts for gender identity development in early childhood education, examining how early childhood educators' views on children's gender identity influence their practice in...

Gender in Human Rights and Transitional JusticeAuthor: John Idriss LahaiPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jul 24, 2017Number of Pages: 272 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10:...

Gender in Spanish Urban Spaces: Literary and Visual Narratives of the New MillenniumAuthor: Maria C. DifrancescoPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Jan 17, 2018Number of Pages: 402...

This book investigates the gender revolution in urban planning and public policy. Building on feminist urban studies, it introduces the concept of genderfication as a means of understanding the...

This is the first book to critically examine the recruitment and working practices of screenwriters. Drawing on interviews with screenwriters and those that employ them, Natalie Wreyford provides a...

In this book, leading gender scholars survey the contribution of feminist scholarship to new norms and knowledge in diverse areas of political science and related political practice. They provide new...

This book reframes gender and education issues from a feminist and capabilities perspective through a multi-generational study of women as teachers. It explores how different understandings of...

This book explores gender norms and women's rights in the age of AI. The author examines how gender dynamics have evolved in the spheres of work, self-image and safety, and education, and how these...

This book analyses the gender roles and political contexts of spy fiction narratives published during the years of the Cold War. It offers an introduction to the development of spy fiction both in...

Drawing both on historical accounts of the emotions and on contemporary affect theory, this book explores the intersection of social constructions of sex and gender with the development of norms for...

Features an afterword by Margaret Ezell and contributions from a range of internationally recognised scholarsAddresses collaborative authorship - a topic widely discussed in current authorship...

This collection provides a comparative analysis of care arrangements in relation to issues of gender and transnational migration, social policy and labour migration in East Asia. Bridging the key...

This book explores the intersection of gender and disability in the context of tourism. In part, the book foregrounds feminist theorising of intersectionality by examining how gender can overlap with...

This book analyses gendered language in Italian, shedding light on how the Italian language constructs and reproduces the social imbalance between women and men, and presenting indirect and direct...

This volume documents the life uncertainties revealed by migrants' biographies. For international migrants, life journeys are less conventional or patterned, while their family, work, and educational...