Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives

Gendered Lives: Intersectional Perspectives, Seventh Edition, is an interdisciplinary text-reader that provides an introduction to women’s and gender studies within a global context by examining the diversity of US women’s lives across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, gender expression, disability, age, and immigration status. Substantial chapter introductions provide statistical information and explanations of key concepts and ideas as a context for the reading selections. Each chapter includes reading questions and suggestions for taking action, to help students link what they learn to their own lives and to the world around them.

Gwyn Kirk has taught courses in women’s and gender studies, environmental studies, political science, and sociology at a range of schools including Rutgers University, University of Oregon, University of San Francisco, Antioch College, Hamilton College, and Mills College.

Margo Okazawa-Rey is currently the Barbara Lee Distinguished Chair in Women’s Leadership and Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Public Policy at Mills College. She also is Professor Emerita San Francisco State University and has held the Elihu Root Distinguished Chair in Women’s and Gender Studies at Hamilton College.