Bücher der Reihe Feminist Perspectives

Feminist Perspectives on the Body bridges the gap between the exisiting high level, theoretical texts which have helped to develop this extremely popular new area and the growing number of students from a variety of disciplines who are interested in gaining a basic understanding of the key issues and topics involved.

The Feminist Perspectives Series seeks to provide concise, accessible and engaging introductions to key feminist topics and debates. This text examines how sociology has been transformed under the influence of feminism.

This book addresses a key topic which is of considerable contemporary relevance with the feminising of the political scene under the latest Labour Government.

The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking. feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection questions the assumptions made in such works and the ideologies that underpin them.

Feminist Perspectives on Language provides an accessible introduction to this complex area which redresses the balance of current feminist texts which tend to concentrate on discourse analysis and fail to emphasise the connections with feminist thought in other disciplines, such as sociology and politics.

This work aims to provide a synthesis of theory, relating to the fields of disability studies and feminism. Theory is combined with practice via case study examples.

Examines the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective. This book provides an analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging from land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.

Examining specific areas of family law from a feminist perspective, this book assesses the impact that feminism has had upon family law. It takes the view that family law cannot be defined in a traditional way. It explores issues of legal and political preoccupation such as civil partnerships, home-sharing, reproductive technologies, and more.

Examining the critical area of land law from a feminist perspective, this book provides an original and critical analysis of the gendered intersection between law and land; ranging from land use and ownership in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.

Examining specific areas of family law from a feminist perspective, this book assesses the impact that feminism has had upon family law. It explores issues of legal and political preoccupation, such as civil partnerships, home-sharing, reproductive technologies and new initiatives in regulating family practices through criminal law.