Women's Studies

The maturation and increasing complexity of studies in women's history are widely recognized, and in this collection of essays, Kerber's essential contribution to the field is made clear. In this volume are ten essays which address the role of women in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791410660Author Frances E. Mascia-LeesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Many transnational campaigns, and particularly the transnational campaign on violence against women, promote international norms that target the behavior of local non-state actors, while many of these local actors are subscribing to conflicting local...

Dorothy Arzner was the exception in Hollywood film history-the one woman who succeeded as a director, in a career that spanned three decades. In Part One, Dorothy Arzner's film career-her work as a film editor to her directorial debut, to her departure...

In a world full of messages about the joys of motherhood, ticking biological clocks, pronatalist ideologies and socio-cultural imperatives for women to mother, what does the alternative look like? That is, what is the experience of women who choose, or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780394711515Author Mary Jane MoffatFormat PaperbackPage Count 411Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 265g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375500725Author Maya AngelouFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385498876Author Peggy OrensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

One night, anthropologist Cathy Winkler awoke from a deep sleep to discover a rapist standing by her bed. For the rest of that night, she lived a woman's worst nightmare as she was repeatedly raped and beaten by the stranger. The event changed her life...

Even though women consistently receive better grades in math and science, men excel on math aptitude tests and are greatly overrepresented in the so-called hard sciences. The Mathematics of Sex explores why males are overrepresented in mathematically...

A critical inquiry into the new woman warrior's appropriation of violence and the Western war narrative. It delves into the meaning of that appropriation for alternative storytelling, and provides a forum to recognize women's increasing role in popular...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807067734Author Irene DiamondFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

An ancient title of respect for women, the word cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim cunt" as a positive and powerful force in their lives...

The ideal woman of the Victorian era was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption, and worship of the family hearth—with marriage and procreation being a woman’s only function. Suffer and Be Still is a collection of ten lively essays...

Recent scientific findings regarding the potential dangers associated with hormone replacement therapies bring renewed attention to the relationship between women's bodies and gender identity. In "Am I Still A Woman?", Jean Elson offers the testimony of...

From slut-shaming to the allegedly shrill voices of female politicians, from vocal fry to online misogyny, the language women use (and the language used about them) is as controversial as it has ever been. Our language use and our gender have an enormous...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345454133Author Johnnetta B. ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint One World BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 306g

In the first comprehensive history of American manhood, E. Anthony Rotundo sweeps away the groundless assumptions and myths that inform the current fascination with men's lives. Opposing the views of men's movement leaders and best-selling authors who...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814250365Author Margaret SangerFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University Press

In an in-depth community study of women in the civil rights movement, Christina Greene examines how several generations of black and white women, low-income as well as more affluent, shaped the struggle for black freedom in Durham, North Carolina. In the...

Feminist therapy is more than a prescription of technique it is a unique philosophy of psychotherapy. While much has been written on feminism and therapy, this bold book breaks new ground by making explicit and coherent the theoretical underpinnings of...

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The memoirs of Margu/u00e9rite Schenkhuizen provide an overview of practically the whole of the twentieth century as experienced by persons of mixed Dutch and Indonesian ancestry who lived in the former Dutch East Indies. The memoirs provide vignettes of...

Women have battled for a place in the male-dominated world of sports throughout the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, overturning obstacles and highlighting the changing position of women in societies around the world. This has become one of...

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This reader contains a mixture of new narratives on suffrage, together with reinterpretations of some long-established "truths" about the campaign by British women for the vote. Some chapters shift the focus from "the great and the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780530005782Author Mary LeibyFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Dissertation Discovery CompanyPublisher Dissertation Discovery CompanyWeight(grams) 789g

This book offers a nuanced analysis of the ways in which Egyptian and British novels represent the Egyptian nationalist project in its struggle against British hegemony in the aftermath of two revolutions: the 1881-82 Urabi Revolution, known for...

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This study concerns itself with the relationship between popular health and social conditions in middle-class Boston from 1830-1900. Women's lives, in particular, reveal the social significance of ideas about health during that period. Against the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046593Author Carol BurkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791428122Author Coramae Richey MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807046395Author Mary Zeiss StangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791413722Author Tonglin LuFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is a Kurdish militant political organization and armed guerrilla movement. Designated a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and the US, it seeks self-determination from Turkey. But this book examines the other...