This new dictionary provides clear and accessible definitions of a range of terms from within the fast-developing field of gender studies. It covers terms which have emerged out of gender studies, such as cyber feminism, double burden, and male gaze, and gender-focused definitions of more general terms, such as housework, intersectionality, and trolling, It also covers major historical figures including Hélène Cixous, bell hooks, Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as groups and movements from votes for women to Reclaim the Night. It is an invaluable reference resource for students taking gender studies courses, at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and for those applying a gender perspective within other subject areas.

Gabriele Griffin is Professor of Gender Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden. She was Professor of Women's Studies at the University of York (UK) from 2006 to 2015. Her research centres on women's cultural production and on research methodology. She has published widely in these areas, with works including Cross-cultural Interviewing: Feminist Reflections, Doing Women's Studies: Employment, Personal Impacts and Social Consequences, and Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain.

• Preface
• List of Entries by Subject
• A-Z Entries