Women's Studies

The lives and work of diverse unsung heroes of design gathered in smart new book. Familiar histories of graphic design have placed women in the margins, their work unworthy of discussion and preservation. The good news is that with a little digging, we...

The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) established complete equality between men and women, with both having their respective special functions. This volume draws on the features of the Muslim Woman pertaining to marriage in accordance to the Qur'an and Sunnah...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399581106Author Kate SchatzFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Ten Speed Press

'Remarkably brought together, heartwarming and uplifting . . . showing that despite differences in age and background, geography and lifestyle, there is so much that binds up, so much we share' Kit de Waal'A stimulating collection of women's voices to...

Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary, and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts and practitioners, and a wide array of printed materials. Recipes were tested, assessed, and modified by...

The fame of Joan of Arc began in her lifetime and, though it has dipped a little now and then, she has never vanished from view. Her image acts as a seismograph for the shifts and settlings of personal and political ideals: Joan of Arc is the heroine...

Using testimonies, Nazi documents, memoirs, and artistic representations, this volume broadens and deepens comprehension of Jewish women's experiences of rape and other forms of sexual violence during the Holocaust. The book goes beyond previous studies,...

This is the story of a group of women whose experiments in art and life set the tone for the rise of New York as the twentieth century's capital of modern culture. Across the 1910s and '20s, through provocative creative acts, shocking fashion, political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807013434Author Charlene SpretnakFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 184gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 147mm *...

" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." -Women's Review of Books" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." -Times Literary Supplement" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the...

"Do's dim hawl 'da ti adael, Do's dim hawl 'da ti anghofio pwy wyt ti" "You don't get to leave, You don't get to forget who you really are" Erin, a young mother, has lost her son - but no one will listen. Driven and desperate, she must find him...

A devastating critique of global inequities and prejudices exposed by Covid-19, and a vivid first-hand account of Africa's pandemic. In this new collection, Nanjala Nyabola takes stock of a world in crisis. Her incisive yet moving prose unpacks the...

In the early 18th Century, Daniel Defoe found it natural to write a novel whose heroine was a sexually adventurous, socially marginal property offender. Only half a century later, this would have been next to unthinkable. Lacey explores the disappearance...

Maria Mies' achievements include developing groundbreaking praxis and theory around the concept of "housewifisation", the violence of colonisation and profound writings about ecofeminism. She fights the Multilateral Agreement of Investment, she fights...

In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (1915-1964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery, to the...

"Should feminists clone?" "What do neurons think about?" "How can we learn from bacterial writing?" These and other provocative questions have long preoccupied neuroscientist, molecular biologist, and intrepid feminist theorist Deboleena Roy, who takes...

When Rebecca Lester was eleven years old-and again when she was eighteen-she almost died from anorexia nervosa. Now both a tenured professor in anthropology and a licensed social worker, she turns her ethnographic and clinical gaze to the world of eating...

In early 2015, the Royal College of Psychiatrists had 4,640 female Members and Fellows and 6,015 male Members and Fellows, a ratio of 43.5% to 56.5%. Despite the high and increasing proportion of women in UK psychiatry over the years (relative to other...

Personal stories of surviving after the trauma of sexual assault.In the era of #MeToo, we've become better at talking about sexual assault. But sexual assault isn't limited to a single, terrible moment of violence: it stays with survivors, following them...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451416391Author Rita MorenaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint CelebraPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

When it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly's The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.M. Montgomery's books were unworthy of serious study. Examining all of Montgomery's fiction, Epperly argues that...

In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. Modern technologies - such as organ transplants, stem-cell research,...

A SUNDAY TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Rubery Book Award 2020 (Non Fiction) Edith Nesbit is considered the inventor of the children's adventure story and her brilliant children's books influenced bestselling authors including C.S...

In 1998, Sweden passed ground-breaking legislation criminalizing the purchase of sexual services which sought to curb demand and support women exiting the sex industry. Grounded in the reality of the violence and abuse inherent in prostitution-and...

Despite gold medals, WNBA championships, and a list of accolades, A'ja Wilson knows how it feels to be swept under the rug - to not be heard, to not feel seen, to not be taken seriously. As a fourth grader going to a primarily white school in South...

In the first feminist critique of modern political theory, Okin shows how the failure to apply theories of justice to the family not only undermines our most cherished democratic values but has led to a major crisis over gender-related issues.Co-Winner...

In this fully revised new edition, Father-Daughter Relationships: Contemporary Research and Issues summarises and analyses the most relevant research regarding father-daughter relationships, aiming to break down the persistent misconceptions regarding...

Major Health Crisis Among Black Women Generated from Systemic Racism "Marita Golden's The Strong Black Woman busts the myth that Black women are fierce and resilient by letting the reader in under the mask that proclaims 'Black don't crack.'" Karen...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735218420Author Kathy GuisewiteFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Prentice Hall PressPublisher Prentice Hall Press

A fascinating, forgotten story of the six brilliant women who launched modern computing. As the Cold War began, America's race for tech supremacy was taking off. Experts rushed to complete the top-secret computing research started during World War II,...

Reproductive Justice is a first-of-its-kind primer that provides a comprehensive yet succinct description of the field. Written by two legendary scholar-activists, Reproductive Justice introduces students to an intersectional analysis of race, class, and...

Adapted into the Channel 4 documentary 'Sex: My British Job' by Nick Broomfield. Ming and Beata share neither the same language nor cultural background, yet their stories are remarkably similar. Both are single mothers in their thirties and both came...

Something special happens when you learn to write or draw God's Word. In Faith and Lettering, Krystal Whitten's advice and encouragement will help you draw near to God and pursue a deeper faith by expressing your creativity. You will learn three basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786886579Author Joann DeakFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 300gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 132mm * 24mm

Why are we so reluctant to believe that women can mean to kill? Based on case-studies from the US, UK and Australia, this book looks at the ways in which female killers are constructed in the media, in law and in feminist discourse almost invariably as...

The name Ada Lovelace perhaps is not a name that you would automatically link to computer science but she was in fact the first person to create a computer algorithm. Working with the renowned scientist Charles Babbage, Lovelace translated a set of notes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679758693Author Dorothy RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 283gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780399590528Author Tara WestoverFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Random House Trade PaperbacksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Can there be a flaneuse, and what form might she take? This is the central question of Streetwalking the Metropolis, an important contribution to ongoing debates on the city and modernity in which Deborah Parsons re-draws the gendered map of urban...