Women's Studies

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395957844Author Elizabeth Fagg OldsFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton Mifflin

Explores the College Equal Suffrage League’s work to advance the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment The woman suffrage movement is often portrayed as having been led and organized by middle-aged women and mothers in stuffy, formal settings. This...

After years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781982170431Author Rebecca GrantFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 259g

Each year hundreds of thousands of women are diagnosed with cancer, and more and more frequently, women are turning to alternative treatments to take control of their illnesses and their lives. Information, however, has been scarce for women navigating...

Explores the emergence of a new womanhood in turn-of-the-century Vienna.   In Embodied Histories, historian Katya Motyl explores the everyday acts of defiance that formed the basis for new, unconventional forms of womanhood in early twentieth-century...

‘Arnold-Forster belongs to that valuable non-jargon-spouting breed of academic who is capable of explaining complex ideas in simple language.’ – The TimesIn Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion, historian Agnes Arnold-Forster blends neuroscience...

In A Nation of Family and Friends, sociologist Aarti Ratna examines the complex and dynamic relationships between South Asian women and sporting and leisure cultures. Mining autobiographical insights (as a South Asian scholar living in the UK) she links...

In A Nation of Family and Friends, sociologist Aarti Ratna examines the complex and dynamic relationships between South Asian women and sporting and leisure cultures. Mining autobiographical insights (as a South Asian scholar living in the UK) she links...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873957861Author Linda L. ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

Our perception of women's roles has changed dramatically since 1945. In this collection Joy Parr has brought together ten studies from a variety of disciplines examining changing ideas about women. Mariana Valverde writes about teenage girls in the...

LGBTQ+ individuals disproportionately encounter bias, adversity, stigma, and marginalization throughout their lives. It's an enormous obstacle - but also prepares them for leadership in a fast-moving, volatile, uncertain, complex, and adaptive working...

Teacher, Scholar, Mother advances a more productive conversation across disciplines on motherhood through its discussion on intersecting axes of power and privilege. This multi- and trans-disciplinary book features mother scholars who bring their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789810510336Author Gerrie LimFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint monsoonPublisher Monsoon BooksWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm * 13mm

The first complete literary history in relation to women's writing in south-east Europe. The author provides a broad chronological account of this contribution, dividing the book into two main parts; the earlier period up until the eighteenth century...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789292698003Author Asian Development BankFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Asian Development BankPublisher Asian Development BankWeight(grams) 216g

The crisis of the welfare state in present days in Scandinavian countries is a major inspiration behind this collection of papers by nine scholars specialising in intellectual and social history, in womens studies and the history of gender in Sweden,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788472456112Author Jean Shinoda BolenFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Editorial KairosPublisher Editorial KairosWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788187725190Author Ramesh ChaubeFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Aditya PrakashanPublisher Aditya Prakashan

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788187644156Author Deepa MathurFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Kalinga PublicationsPublisher Kalinga Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788121208277Author Asha MukherjeeFormat HardbackImprint Gyan Publishing HousePublisher Gyan Publishing House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848719792Author Helin Ruf-UcarFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 503g

Beginning with their forced introduction to American soil, Black women have relied on maverick-like characteristics to survive. And yet, these liberating characteristics have been repeatedly disparaged by the masses in favor of an elitist politics of...

A courtside view of how women athletes’ identities are policed, on and off the court Women’s college basketball is big business—top teams bring in millions of dollars in revenue for their schools. Women’s NCAA games are broadcast regularly on sports...

Honorable Mention for the 2023 Francis Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize 2023 Judy Grahn Award-Publishing Triangle Finalist Restores queer suffragists to their rightful place in the history of the struggle for women’s right to vote The women’s suffrage...

Named a Notable Book by The New York Times Book Review in 1995, Defending Pornography examines a key question that has divided feminists for decades: is censoring pornography good or bad for women? Nadine Strossen makes a powerful case that increasing...

Named a Notable Book by The New York Times Book Review in 1995, Defending Pornography examines a key question that has divided feminists for decades: is censoring pornography good or bad for women? Nadine Strossen makes a powerful case that increasing...

Private gun ownership for self-defense remains a major personal and public issue in the United States, driven by concerns about crime, vulnerability and a range of ‘ideological’ factors, including race and gender. As media attention centres upon the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857287977Author Lisa Beljuli BrownFormat HardbackPage Count 182Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g

What compels a person to risk her life to change deeply rooted systems of injustice in ways that may not benefit her? The thousands of Black Churchwomen who took part in civil rights protests drew on faith, courage, and moral imagination to acquire the...

What compels a person to risk her life to change deeply rooted systems of injustice in ways that may not benefit her? The thousands of Black Churchwomen who took part in civil rights protests drew on faith, courage, and moral imagination to acquire the...

This is the second edition of a remarkable study of a young woman's defiant stand against Hindu orthodoxy and the colonial legal establishment in late nineteenth century India. It revolves around a suit for 'restitution of conjugal rights' filed against...

Women express more emotion than men, but do they also experience more emotion than men? Are emotions represented differently in men and women's brains? What are the origins of gender differences in emotions - are we born different or is it socialization...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990263118Author Thandisizwe ChimurengaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Daraja PressPublisher Daraja PressWeight(grams) 380g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926708706Author Rachel BermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Inanna Publications and Education Inc.Publisher Inanna Publications and Education Inc...

The rights of women are occupying an increasingly important place in the global - and African - political discourse. African governments have committed themselves to a growing number of instruments for protecting and promoting the rights of women, yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925302967Author Jennifer JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Aboriginal Studies PressPublisher Aboriginal Studies PressWeight(grams) 472g

Women from diverse backgrounds and Ethnicities answer the question of what it means to be a woman in her sixties at the beginning of the twenty-first century.Book InformationISBN 9781885171870Author Gwen MazerFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Council...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781876843533Author Chizuko UenoFormat HardbackPage Count 263Imprint Trans Pacific PressPublisher Trans Pacific Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644698907Author Sara ReguerFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Cherry Orchard BooksPublisher Cherry Orchard BooksWeight(grams) 152g