A Companion to Gender Studies presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It demonstrates in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality. The contributions are heterogeneous, ranging from essay statements, even provocations, to state-of-the-art overviews. Leading experts in the field cover all the significant ideas of concern to Gender Studies, including the engagements and entanglements with Women's Studies and Masculinity Studies.

List of Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction: A Curriculum Vitae for Gender Studies. . PART I: INTERDISCIPLINARITY. . 1. Women's Studies (Mary Maynard). 2. Area Studies (Ella Shohat). 3. Postcolonial Scholarship (Inderpal Grewal and Caren Kaplan). 4. Queer Studies (Judith Halberstam) . PART II: RE-POSITIONINGS. 5. Epistemologies (Laura Hyun Yi Kang). 6. Genetic Sex (Amade M'Charek). 7. Lived Body vs Gender (Iris Marion Young). 8. Masculinity (Toby Miller). 9. Heterosexuality (Lorraine Nencel) . PART III: NONCONFORMITY. . 10. Science and Technology Sandra Harding (University of California Los Angeles)11. Prostitution and Sex Work Studies (Kamala Kempadoo). 12. Global Social Movements (Nitza Berkovitch and Sara Helman). 13. Arab Women: Beyond Politics (Ratiba Hadj-Moussa) . PART IV: JURISDICTIONS. . 14.Nation (Lois A. West). 15. Law (Katherine Franke). 16. Policy (Carol Lee Bacchi). 17. Domestic Violence (Madelaine Adelman). 18. Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing Jennifer Hyndman (Simon Fraser University)19. Crime (Tony Jefferson) . PART V: MOBILITY. . 20. Development under Globalization (Enakshi Dua). 21. Migration and Refugees (Cecilia Menjivar). 22. Class and Globalization Abigail B. Bakan (Queen's University)23. Unions: Resistance and Mobilization (Linda Briskin). 24. Corporate Masculinity (Agneta H. Fisher and Annelies E.M. van Vianen) . PART VI: FAMILIALITY. . 25. Family and Culture in Africa. Ifi Amadiume (Dartmouth College). 26. The Caribbean Family (D. Alissa Trotz). 27. Family and Household in Latin America Nina Laurie (University of Newcastle)28. Family in Europe (Joanna Regulska) . PART VII: PHYSICALITY. . 29. Reproduction (Laura Shanner). 30. Disability (Anita Silvers). 31. Health (Lesley Doyal). 32. Sport (Martha Saavedra) . PART VIII: SPACE. . 33. Environment and Sustainable Development (Irene Dankelman). 34. Space and Cultural Meanings (Tovi Fenster). 35. Architecture and Planning (Mona Domosh). 36. Museums (Ellen Fernandez-Sacco) . PART IX: REFLECTIVITY. . 37. Ethics (Vikki Bell). 38. Religion (Pamela Dickey Young). 39. Discourse (Ruth Wodak). 40. The Violence of Gender (Mieke Bal). Index.