{"product_id":"little-oases","title":"Little Oases","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout Little Oases\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 2015, twins Jamie and Zack started school: they were not quite five years old. The same month, Carol Ballantine began a PhD in the sociology of gender and violence against women. Although the twins were identical, their gender identities were anything but. \u003cem\u003eLittle Oases\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of what Jamie and Zack taught Carol, an Irish feminist sociologist, about gender and sex. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the twins grow, doubt and uncertainty are present through every step of Carol’s parenting journey. Observing her children’s developing identities, she allows new questions to arise. Does it really matter what the sex or gender of a child is? What would it be like not to know, and not to need to know? To hold the idea of gender lightly? \u003cem\u003eLittle Oases \u003c\/em\u003edraws on personal experience and academic expertise to playfully explore questions about gender identity in early childhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarol Ballantine researches and teaches gender, sexualities, inequality and violence, working across academic, government and non-profit settings. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer creative writing and criticism has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Stinging Fly\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBanshee\u003c\/em\u003e.  \u003cem\u003eLittle Oases\u003c\/em\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe lives in Dublin with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FULL SET","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54392174444883,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1012\/6983\/2019\/files\/LO_DropShadow.png?v=1784882967","url":"https:\/\/fullsetbooks.com\/products\/little-oases","provider":"FULL SET","version":"1.0","type":"link"}