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Kirk, Gwyn.

Women's lives : multicultural perspectives / Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey. - Fourth edition - xxiii, 610, [53] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes index

Includes bibliographical references

Theories and theorizing: integrative frameworks for understanding -- Identities and social locations: Who am I? Who are my people? -- Women's bodies and beauty ideals -- Women's sexuality -- Women's health -- Violence against women -- Relationships, families, and households -- Work, wages, and welfare -- Living in a global economy -- Women, crime, and criminalization -- Women and the military, war, and peace -- Women and the environment -- Creating change: theory, vision, and action.

Introduction to women's studies that examines U.S. women's lives in a global context and across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and age. From publisher description.

ISBN: 0073529419 (softcover : alk. paper) 9780073529417 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006043347

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Social conditions.--United States
Women--Economic conditions.--United States
Feminism--United States.

LC Class. No.: HQ1421 / .K573 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 305.420973