Claudia Keller
The Heinrich Böll Foundation's Representative Office in
Russia together with the publishing house "Zvenya" published the book
"Gender for Dummies."
The book is not only for specialists, though it was
written by scientists such as sociologists, historians, psychologists and
linguists who are for many years involved in gender issues. It is addressed to
the "Dummies" –the most grateful reading audience. Personal
experiences help people to identify the problems associated with their own life
as woman or man, and the authors help to understand the problems.
Content
- Introduction. Whom This Book Is Addressed To.
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Biological Facts and Political Interpretations: "We have been ruthlessly divided
into women and men ..." (I. Tartakovskaya) -
How Stereotypes Are Imposed: Women's and men's psychology on the shelves of bookstores,
or "Bon appetit, but separate the wheat from the chaff" (L. Semenova) -
History and Modernity: The
Gender Order in Russia (E. Zdravomyslova, A. Temkina) -
Emerge of Gender: Who and What
Helps Us To Become Ourselves As Well As Women And
Men (E.Omelchenko) -
Masculinity: All men - Bastards?
(I. Tartakovskaya) -
Work: Happiness- in Working?
(I. Tartakovskaya) -
Family: From Past to Future
(O. Stoyunina-Zdravomyslova) -
Reproductive Issues: The
Social Production of Sexuality (E. Zdravomyslova, A. Temkina) -
A Believer: Gender Science and
Religion (T. Barchunova) -
Representation: Images of Men
and Women in the Arts (I. Samorukova) -
Feminism or the History of
Women's Struggle for Human Rights "A Chicken is not a bird ..." (L. Popkova, E. Zhidkova)
The book (in Russian) can be downloaded in this article as PDF
version.