This enlarged and fully updated edition of the best-selling Introduction to Women's Studies provides a wide-ranging and accessible overview of the main themes, issues and substantive areas in this popular. Truly interdisciplinary in its approach, it introduces the student to key ideas and debates, offering an up-to-date summary of research and a critique of important arguments. Three new chapters have been added to extend further the book's broad scope and all the chapters have been revised to take account of the latest developments in the field.

Introducing Women's Studies; V.Robinson - Turning the Tide in Women's Studies; K.K.Bhavnani - Feminist Theory; J.Stacey - Sexuality, Power and Feminism; D.Richardson - Women, Violence and Male Power; M.Maynard & J.Winn - The Picture is Political: Representation of Women in Contemporary Popular Culture; M.Marshment - Women, Writing and Language; G.Frith - Women, Marriage and Family Relationships; S.Jackson - Motherhood and Women's Lives; P.Nicolson - Women and Reproduction; J.Hanmer - Women and Health; J.Hockey - Women at Work; A.Witz - Women, History and Protest; J.Hannam - Women and Education; C.Skelton - Feminist Research Methodology; L.Stanley - Feminism and Social Policy; F.Williams - Women's Studies, Science and Technology; L.Birke & M.Henry