Here are the texts of the CDrom "The Use and Abuse of the Sex/Gender Distinction" edited by Rosi Braidotti and Berteke Waaldijk (June 2008). The texts from this CDrom were also part of the Volumes I - VII of the Making of European Women's Studies series.

*The CDrom can be ordered at athena.assistant@uu.nl

Content

Introduction by Rosi Braidotti and Berteke Waaldijk

The uses and abuses of the sex/gender distinction in European Feminist practices by Rosi Braidotti

Volume I:

A short introduction to the use of "sex" and "gender" in the Scandinavian Languages by Kari Jegerstedt

A short note in the use of sex and gender in some slavic languages by Eva Bahovic

Modern Greek "gender" by Theodossia-Soula Pavlidou

The sex/gender debate in Germany by Ulla Wischermann

Volume II:

Trans-lating gender into the Russian (Con)text by Irina Aristarkhova

Genere and sesso in Italian Language and Feminism by Marina d'Amelia

Gender versus Género by Sandra Pereira Rolle

Gender-Género; Diferenca Sexual; Sexo by Ana Gabriela Macedo

The sex/gender in European French-speaking Contexts by Maria Puig de la Bellacasa

Volume III:

A short review of the Finnish Concept "sukupuoli" (gender) by Kirsti Lempiainen

From a "non-science" to gender analysis? Use of sex/gender in Hungarian by Andrea Petö

Translating Gender: the Bulgarian Case by Miglena Nikolchina

Volume IV:

Behind Translations as a Linguistic Issue: the Case of Romania by Enikö Magyari-Vincze

A short note about the Use of "Sex"and "Gender" in Ireland by Rebecca Pelan and Ann Lyons

The Use of 'Sekse', 'Gender' and Their Variants in the Dutch Language by Esther Vonk

Volume V:

Sex/Gender Distinction, Uses and Abuses in South Slavic Languages in the Multilingual Balkan Region: Serbian/Croatian/Bosnian in their Comparative Setting by Jelena Petrovic and Svetlana Slapsak

Use of Sex/Gender in the Croatian Language by Rada Boric

Volume VI:

Categories of 'Sex' and 'Gender' in Latvian Language: Developing Terminology in Gender Studies by Elizabete Picukane

The Sex/Gender Distinction in Lithuania by Audrone Zukauskaite

Volume VII:

Implications of the Term 'Sexe' (Sex) and 'Genere' (Gender) for Policy Definitions in Catalonia by Anna Cabó and Kontxi Odriozola

(A)buses of 'Gender' as a concept in Spanish by Karina Valle Olsen and Gloria Arenas Fernández

Annex 1. Synthesis Report: Women's Studies in Europe. Final report of the evaluation of Women's Studies activities in Europe, for the SIGMA Network and Directorate Generale DG XXII (Education, Training and Youth) of the Commission of the European Union. By Rosi Braidotti, Ellen de Dreu and Christine Rammrath

* Volume IX:

Socio-Linguistic Understanding of the Concept of 'Gender' in the Albanian Language by Arla Gruda

 
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