Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Research Guide

"This encyclopedia is a scholarly, entertaining, and highly readable reference work. Entries, written by gender scholars across the US and abroad, are organized in 14 categories, including: "Arts, Popular Culture, and Sports," "Body Image, Health and Illness," "Crime and Criminal Justice," "Gender Identities and Roles," "Politics, Public Policy, and Social Movements," "Race and Ethnicity," "Relationships, Marriage, and the Family," "Religion, Mythology, and Spirituality," and "Sexuality and Reproduction." Individual entries are as diverse as "Superheroes," "Misogyny," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Sperm Donors," "Feminist Bioethics," "Hip Hop," and "Chastity," and are presented with up-to-date analysis and discussion." - Choice Review.

Online version of the 3-vol. work published by Gale providing a comprehensive survey of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States.

Volumes are broken down by continent.

In this two-volume work, hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries survey contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer American literature and its social contexts.

This encyclopedia captures the experiences of women throughout world history and illuminates how they have influenced and been influenced by these historical, social, and demographic changes. It contains over 1,300 signed articles covering six main areas: biographies; geography and history; comparative culture and society; organizations and movements; women's and gender studies; and topics in world history.