Études de genre

Le genre façonne chaque aspect de nos vies, des relations personnelles aux dynamiques culturelles de pouvoir, et les penseurs les plus influents d'aujourd'hui examinent ces forces avec un regard neuf et des perspectives audacieuses. Ces ouvrages captivants remettent en question les idées reçues sur le féminisme, la sexualité et les normes sociales, tout en proposant des feuilles de route pour créer un monde plus équitable.

Études de genre Résumés de livres

The Beauty Myth

par Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

3.91

31 000+

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism

The Beauty Myth

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

par Naomi Wolf 1990 368 pages

3.91

31 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism

Sexing the Body

par Anne Fausto-Sterling • 2000

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

4.16

2 000+

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Sexing the Body

Nature gives us a spectrum of sexes. Medicine prunes it down to two.

par Anne Fausto-Sterling 2000 496 pages

4.16

2 000+ évaluations

🔬 Feminist Science Studies 🌈 Intersex Advocacy 🏛️ Social Constructionism

Against Our Will

par Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4 000+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism

Against Our Will

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

par Susan Brownmiller 1975 472 pages

4.05

4 000+ évaluations

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism

Bachelor Girl

par Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

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1 000+

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life

Bachelor Girl

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

par Betsy Israel 2002 324 pages

3.72

1 000+ évaluations

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life

Gaga Feminism

par J. Jack Halberstam • 2012

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

3.56

500+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance

Gaga Feminism

Normal failed. A weirder, messier feminism built on performance, chaos, and political disruption.

par J. Jack Halberstam 2012 232 pages

3.56

500+ évaluations

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 📚 Feminist Theory 🎭 Gender Performance

The Body Project

par Joan Jacobs Brumberg • 1997

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

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👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture

The Body Project

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

par Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997 214 pages

3.82

3 000+ évaluations

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture

The Purity Myth

par Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

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8 000+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity

The Purity Myth

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

par Jessica Valenti 2009 263 pages

4.08

8 000+ évaluations

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity

Yes Means Yes!

par Jaclyn Friedman • 2008

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

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✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

Yes Means Yes!

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

par Jaclyn Friedman 2008 361 pages

4.20

5 000+ évaluations

✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture

Asking for It

par Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

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⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Asking for It

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

par Kate Harding 2014 326 pages

4.37

4 000+ évaluations

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Delusions of Gender

par Cordelia Fine • 2010

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

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🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Delusions of Gender

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

par Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages

4.08

11 000+ évaluations

🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Manifesta

par Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

3.73

3 000+

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism

Manifesta

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

par Jennifer Baumgardner 2000 416 pages

3.73

3 000+ évaluations

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism

Full Frontal Feminism

par Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

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8 000+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture

Full Frontal Feminism

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

par Jessica Valenti 2007 289 pages

3.86

8 000+ évaluations

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture

Modern Manhood

par Cleo Stiller • 2019

Men know the old playbook is broken. This is the conversation that replaces it.

3.68

106

💪 Modern Masculinity ✋ Consent Culture 🫂 Vulnerability In Men

Modern Manhood

Men know the old playbook is broken. This is the conversation that replaces it.

par Cleo Stiller 2019 224 pages

3.68

106 évaluations

💪 Modern Masculinity ✋ Consent Culture 🫂 Vulnerability In Men

Gender Trouble

par Judith Butler • 1989

Gender is not who you are but what you do, repeated until it passes for nature.

4.04

19 000+

✊ Feminist Theory 🌈 Queer Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

Gender Trouble

Gender is not who you are but what you do, repeated until it passes for nature.

par Judith Butler 1989 236 pages

4.04

19 000+ évaluations

✊ Feminist Theory 🌈 Queer Theory 🏗️ Social Construction

Brain Sex

par Anne Moir • 1989

Men and women have different brains, wired before birth by hormones, not culture.

3.73

500+

🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture

Brain Sex

Men and women have different brains, wired before birth by hormones, not culture.

par Anne Moir 1989 256 pages

3.73

500+ évaluations

🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🌿 Nature Vs Nurture

The Macho Paradox

par Jackson Katz • 2006

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

4.17

1 000+

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture

The Macho Paradox

Men commit the violence, yet it's called a women's issue. A guide for men ready to flip the script.

par Jackson Katz 2006 304 pages

4.17

1 000+ évaluations

⚖️ Gender Violence 🍇 Rape Culture 🫂 Male Peer Culture

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