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The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field. Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming. Each of the entries: • begins with a concise definition • outlines the history of each term and the debates surrounding it • includes illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field • offers examples which allow a critical re-evaluation of the concept • is cross-referenced with the other key concepts • ends with guidance on further reading. A must-buy for undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of social science and humanities disciplines.
Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity
The concepts of race and ethnicity are often used interchangeably. However, both this practice and each of the individual concepts themselves are the subjects of extensive debate. The everyday, commonsense meaning of race entails the idea that the human population is made up of a number of biologically different groups. Within this understanding, a person’s body and especially their skin colour is often regarded as determining their membership of a racial group. The idea of a biologically differentiated human population was promoted by nineteenth-century scientists, and was subsequently used to justify ideologically the hierarchal division of humans into dominant and subjected racial groupings. By the middle of the twentieth century, with increased understanding of genetics, it was widely established that there is, in fact, ...
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