Download or read book Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender written by Fedwa Malti-Douglas and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; of sexuality and the body; of social institutions and the structures of representation. Topics include changing conceptions of "the feminine," the family and masculinity, religion, morality, cultural images, medical practice, public health, economy and society and many more.