Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge
Cheris Kramarae, Dale SpenderSubject Areas and Selected Contents: Arts and Literature--Performance art; Quilting; Women in pop music... -Business Management--Entrepreneurs; Equal opportunity; Networking; Telecommuting... Culture and Communication--Images of women around the world; Women as consumers/producers of culture... Ecology and the Environment--Ecological disasters; Furs and fashion; Occupational health & safety... Economy and Development--Family wage; Globalization; Maternity leave; Occupational segregation; Third World... Education--Assertiveness training; Co-education; women's education around the world... Health and Sexuality--Depression; Eating disorders; Fitness and nutrition; Midwives; Sexual difference... History and Philosophy of Feminism--18th Century feminism; feminism in Central and South America, Eastern Europe and around the world; Postmodern Feminism... Households and Families Domestic labor; Legal and religious traditions in households and families in the Caribbean, Middle East, and worldwide; Lesbian marriage; Sati (Suttee)... Politics and the State--Citizenship; Human rights; Identity politics; Justice; country-by-country overviews... Science and Technology--Experiments on women; Feminist methods in the social sciences; Psychoanalysis; Scientific sexism and racism... Spirituality and Religion--Feminist ethics; Quakers; Religious communities; Wicca; Women in the clergy... Violence and Peace--Infanticide; Street harassment; country-by-country surveys of violence and women... Women's Studies--Lesbian studies; Men's studies; country-by-country surveys... and much more...
This set is destined to become the resource of choice in the field of women's studies. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, with a variety of valuable reference tools, including bibliographies at the end of all articles.