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1. Navigating Contemporary Iran

   Challenging Economic, Social and Political Perceptions

   Edited by Eric Hooglund, Leif Stenberg

   Series: Routledge Advances in Middle East and Islamic Studies

   This detailed examination of contemporary Iran addresses the most important current social, political, and economic issues facing the nation and the way it is perceived by the outside world. The volume brings together some of the most important scholars and researchers in the field, working in such...

   Published February 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. A Philosophical Investigation of Rape

   The Making and Unmaking of the Feminine Self

   By Louise du Toit

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s or ‘feminine’ subjectivity and selfhood. She demonstrates how the...

   Published February 2nd 2012 by Routledge
3. Working with Affect in Feminist Readings

   Disturbing Differences

   Edited by Marianne Liljeström, Susanna Paasonen

   Series: Transformations

   Affect has become something of a buzzword in cultural and feminist theory during the past decade. References to affect, emotions and intensities abound, their implications in terms of research practices have often remained less manifest. Working with Affect in Feminist Readings: Disturbing...

   Published January 30th 2012 by Routledge
4. Women at the Threshold of Globalization

   By Narendar Pani, Nikky Singh

   The popular perception of globalisation is rooted in its image of dissolving senses of distance and boundaries. It is so preoccupied with the technology that enables globalisation that little attention is paid to questions of ‘how’ and ‘where’ the circuits of globalisation actually get realised....

   Published January 12th 2012 by Routledge India
5. The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship

   Enterprise, Home and Household in London, c. 1800-1870

   By Alison Kay

   Series: Routledge International Studies in Business History

   The Foundations of Female Entrepreneurship explores the relationship between home, household headship and enterprise in Victorian London. It examines the notions of duty, honor and suitability in how women’s ventures are represented by themselves and others and engages in a comparison of the...

   Published January 11th 2012 by Routledge
6. Protection of Sexual Minorities since Stonewall

   Progress and Stalemate in Developed and Developing Countries

   Edited by Phil C.W. Chan

   The Stonewall Riot in New York in 1969 marked the birth of the sexual minority rights movement worldwide. In the subsequent four decades, equality and related rights on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity have been enshrined in many African, Asian, Australasian, European and North...

   Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge
7. Chinese Male Homosexualities

   Memba, Tongzhi and Golden Boy

   By Travis S. K. Kong

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   This book presents a groundbreaking exploration of masculinities and homosexualities amongst Chinese gay men. It provides a sociological account of masculinity, desire, sexuality, identity and citizenship in contemporary Chinese societies, and within the constellation of global culture. Kong...

   Published December 30th 2011 by Routledge
8. Tools of Justice

   Non Discrimination and the Indian Constitution

   By Kalpana Kannabiran

   In the years since independence, the Indian subcontinent has witnessed an alarming rise in violence against marginalized communities, with an increasing number of groups pushed to the margins of the democratic order. Against this background of violence, injustice and the abuse of rights, this book...

   Published December 30th 2011 by Routledge India
9. Philosophical Inquiries into Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering

   Maternal Subjects

   Edited by Sheila Lintott, Maureen Sander-Staudt

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   Philosophical inquiry into pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering is a growing area of interest to academic philosophers. This volume brings together a diverse group of philosophers to speak about topics in this reemerging area of philosophical inquiry, taking up new themes, such as maternal...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
10. The Black Female Body in American Literature and Art

    Performing Identity

    By Caroline Brown

    Series: Routledge Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature

    This book examines how African-American writers and visual artists interweave icon and inscription in order to re-present the black female body, traditionally rendered alien and inarticulate within Western discursive and visual systems. Brown considers how the writings of Toni Morrison, Gayl Jones,...

    Published December 20th 2011 by Routledge