Compiled by the current editors of the journal Gender & Education, this new book maps the development of thinking in gender and education over the last fifteen years, featuring groundbreaking articles from leading authors in the field.

Christine Skelton is Professor of Education at Roehampton University,
Becky Francis is Reader in Education at London Metropolitan University.

Introduction, Christine Skelton, Becky Francis; Part 1 Gender Identities; Chapter 1 Pupils, Resistance and Gender Codes, Sheila Riddell; Chapter 2 'Girlies on the Warpath', Amanda J. Coffey, Sandra Acker; Chapter 3 Masculinity, Violence and Schooling, Jane Kenway, Lindsay Fitzclarence; Chapter 4 'Spice Girls', 'Nice Girls', 'Girlies' and 'Tomboys', Diane Reay; Chapter 5 Reproducing Traditional Femininities?, Shereen Benjamin; Part 2 Theoretical Debate; Chapter 6 Teaching Post-Structuralist Feminist Theory in Education, Alison Jones; Chapter 7 The Subject of Post-Structuralism, Bronwyn Davies; Part 3 Education Policy and Management; Chapter 8 Equal Opportunities, Sue Lees, Maria Scott; Chapter 9 Voice, Harmony and Fugue in Global Feminism, Nelly P. Stromquist; Chapter 10 Making a Difference, Johanna Wyn, Sandra Acker, Elisabeth Richards; Chapter 11 Consumerism and Gender in an Era of School Choice, Amy Stambach; Chapter 12 Death to Critique and Dissent?, Bronwyn Davies; Part 4 History; Chapter 13 Viewpoint: A Lost Dimension, June Purvis; Chapter 14 To 'Blaise The Trail For Women To Follow Along', Jane Martin; Part 5 Sexuality; Chapter 15 Teachers and Issues of Sexual Orientation, Gillian Squirrell; Chapter 16 Walking Through Walls, June Larkin; Chapter 17 Boyz' Own Stories, Debbie Epstein; Part 6 Ethnicity; Chapter 18 Modern Traditions?, Fauzia Ahmad; Chapter 19 Theorising Inner-City Masculinities, Louise Archer, Hiromi Yamashita; Part 7 Social Class; Chapter 20 Shaun's Story, Diane Reay; Chapter 21 Uneasy Hybrids, Helen Lucey, June Melody, Valerie Walkerdine;