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Gender & Sex.(NEW REFERENCE WORKS IN WOMEN'S STUDIES)(Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender, 4 vols.)(Book review)
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Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's StudiesResources
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December 22, 2008
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- Clements, Nina
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Fedwa Malti-Douglas, ed.-in-chief, ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SEX AND GENDER. New York: Macmillan Reference, 2007. 4v. index. $475.00 ISBN 978-0-02-865960; e-book (contact publisher for price), ISBN 978-0-02-866115. (Print edition reviewed.)
It's not every encyclopedia that can boast a preface from the (in)famous Dr. Ruth Westheimer, proclaiming that the sex act "remains very much at the center of our daily lives" (p.xi). Such a preface, however, is entirely appropriate to the Encyclopedia of Sex & Gender, which concerns itself with an examination of both the sex act and biological sex, as well as the development, performance, and perception of gender. The encyclopedia engages with ...
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