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End of the Patriarchy by Gerhard Falk 9780761867067
RRP: €69.02€10.77This book reviews the achievements of American women in the American economy; in education; in government; in religion; in the military; in law enforcement and in communications. The author predicts the feminization of American life with particular... -
Of Homunculus Born: A Short History of Invisible Women by Barbara Bonnekessen 9780761857587
€96.96Contemporary anti-women’s organizations have had great success in recasting a fertilized ovum as a “preborn” or “unborn baby,” fueling opposition against abortion and birth control such as the Pill and the IUD. Their imagery of “baby at conception” and... -
Reinventing the Culture of Womanhood in America and Brazil, an Anthropological Perspective: Models for the 21st Century 1964-2001 by Alex Huxley Westfried 9780761822769
RRP: €54.74€48.02In Reinventing the Culture of Womanhood in America and Brazil, an Anthropological Perspective, Alex Westfried examines the heroic struggle of Brazilian women to restore justice, bring a democratic society, and gain virtually total independence,... -
Renaissance Women in Science: Co-published with Women's Freedom Network by Louise Q. Van Der Does 9780761814818
RRP: €65.45€57.16Renaissance Women in Science contains the fascinating stories of seventeen scientists who unlocked secrets of the universe and whose discoveries helped change the future of the world. Pursuing careers ranging from astronomy and atomic research to... -
The Rise of Marginal Voices: Gender Balance in the Workplace by Anne Statham 9780761804451
RRP: €90.44€79.92This book represents ten years of data collection and analysis on the topic of women managers, using an evolving feminist framework which urges that we consider the dimensions of race, class, and gender simultaneously. The author examines the interplay... -
No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer by Sabrina McCormick 9780742564091
RRP: €15.46€11.44No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big... -
Mabel Agnes Elliott: Pioneering Feminist, Pacifist Sociologist by Kathryn McGonigal 9780739129524
RRP: €53.55€46.99Mabel Agnes Elliott: Pioneering Feminist, Pacifist Sociologist provides a history of the life and career of the late Mabel Agnes Elliott (1898-1990), a pioneering female sociologist largely forgotten despite her achievements and contributions. A native... -
Colombian Women: The Struggle Out of Silence by Elena Garces 9780739116272
RRP: €54.74€48.02From her personal diary as an eleven-year-old in a Catholic girl's school, in which she chastises herself for the sin of wearing a bathing suit, through erudite analysis of the patriarchal structures on which most world communities stand, Elena Garces... -
The Changing Role of Women in Bengal, 1849-1905 by Meredith Borthwick 9780691628189
RRP: €65.45€51.06Basing her work on Bengali-language sources, such as women's journals, private papers, biographies, and autobiographies, Meredith Borthwick approaches the lives of women in nineteenth-century Bengal from a new standpoint. She moves beyond the record of... -
Soft Force: Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening by Ellen Anne McLarney 9780691158495
RRP: €33.32€25.94In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines... -
Soft Force: Women in Egypt's Islamic Awakening by Ellen Anne McLarney 9780691158488
RRP: €104.72€82.29In the decades leading up to the Arab Spring in 2011, when Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime was swept from power in Egypt, Muslim women took a leading role in developing a robust Islamist presence in the country's public sphere. Soft Force examines... -
Runaway Wives, Urban Crimes, and Survival Tactics in Wartime Beijing, 1937-1949 by Zhao Ma 9780674088382
RRP: €49.92€40.46From 1937 to 1949, Beijing was in a state of crisis. The combined forces of Japanese occupation, civil war, runaway inflation, and reformist campaigns and revolutionary efforts wreaked havoc on the city's economy, upset the political order, and... -
Networked Feminism: How Digital Media Makers Transformed Gender Justice Movements by Rosemary Clark-Parsons 9780520383838
RRP: €84.49€73.65Networked Feminism tells the story of how activists have used media to reconfigure what feminist politics and organizing looks like in the United States. Drawing on years spent participating in grassroots communities and observing viral campaigns,... -
Opting Back In: What Really Happens When Mothers Go Back to Work by Pamela Stone 9780520290822
RRP: €24.99€19.79Taking a career break is a conflicted and risky decision for high-achieving professional women. Yet many do so, usually planning, even as they quit, to return to work eventually. But can they? And if so, how? In Opting Back In, Pamela Stone and Meg... -
Africana Womanism: Reclaiming Ourselves by Clenora Hudson-Weems 9780367253639
RRP: €42.83€42.64First published in 1993, this is a new edition of the classic text in which Clenora Hudson-Weems sets out a paradigm for women of African descent. Examining the status, struggles and experiences of the Africana woman forced into exile in Europe, Latin... -
Unshaved: Resistance and Revolution in Women's Body Hair Politics by Breanne Fahs 9780295750279
RRP: €103.53€93.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780295750279Author Breanne FahsFormat HardbackPage Count 250Imprint University of Washington PressPublisher University of Washington PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Dancing Transnational Feminisms: Ananya Dance Theatre and the Art of Social Justice by Ananya Chatterjea 9780295749549
RRP: €103.53€93.91Through empowered movement that centers the lives, stories, and dreams of marginalized women, Ananya Dance Theatre has revealed how the practice of and commitment to artistic excellence can catalyze social justice. With each performance, this... -
Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice by Hilda Llorens 9780295749402
RRP: €28.55€24.80Winner of the 2022 Frank Bonilla Book Award, sponsored by the Puerto Rican Studies AssociationWinner of the 2022 Gregory Bateson Book Prize, sponsored by the Society for Cultural AnthropologyBrings to life Afro-Puerto Rican women's creative struggles for... -
Making Livable Worlds: Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice by Hilda Llorens 9780295749396
RRP: €108.29€93.91When Hurricanes Irma and Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico in September 2017, their destructive force further devastated an archipelago already pommeled by economic austerity, political upheaval, and environmental calamities. To navigate these ongoing... -
Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India by Mytheli Sreenivas 9780295748832
RRP: €108.29€93.91Beginning in the late nineteenth century, India played a pivotal role in global conversations about population and reproduction. In Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India, Mytheli Sreenivas demonstrates how colonial administrators,... -
Defying "The Plan": Intimate Politics among Palestinian Women in Israel by Kim Jezabel Zinngrebe 9780253062505
RRP: €29.74€25.79Living under settler colonialism and patriarchal oppressions, Palestinian women in Israel are expected to operate even the most intimate aspects of their lives according to what some call "The Plan," which dictates everything from clothing,... -
Defying "The Plan": Intimate Politics among Palestinian Women in Israel by Kim Jezabel Zinngrebe 9780253062499
RRP: €83.30€71.77Living under settler colonialism and patriarchal oppressions, Palestinian women in Israel are expected to operate even the most intimate aspects of their lives according to what some call "The Plan," which dictates everything from clothing,... -
Women at Indiana University: 150 Years of Experiences and Contributions by Andrea Walton 9780253062475
RRP: €33.31€29.20The first in-depth look at how women have shaped the history and legacy of Indiana University. Women first enrolled at Indiana University in 1867. In the following years they would leave an indelible mark on this Hoosier institution. However, until now... -
Women at Indiana University: 150 Years of Experiences and Contributions by Andrea Walton 9780253062451
RRP: €88.06€77.17The first in-depth look at how women have shaped the history and legacy of Indiana University. Women first enrolled at Indiana University in 1867. In the following years they would leave an indelible mark on this Hoosier institution. However, until now... -
Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care by Ethel Tungohan 9780252087400
RRP: €26.17€23.65Care activism challenges the stereotype of downtrodden migrant caregivers by showing that care workers have distinct ways of caring for themselves, for each other, and for the larger transnational community of care workers and their families. Ethel... -
Care Activism: Migrant Domestic Workers, Movement-Building, and Communities of Care by Ethel Tungohan 9780252045264
RRP: €108.29€93.91Care activism challenges the stereotype of downtrodden migrant caregivers by showing that care workers have distinct ways of caring for themselves, for each other, and for the larger transnational community of care workers and their families. Ethel... -
The Social Philosophy of Jane Addams by Maurice Hamington 9780252034763
RRP: €51.17€44.63Although there has been a resurgence of scholarly interest in Jane Addams, much of the recent literature has dwelt more on her extraordinary and pioneering life than on the philosophical contribution of her twelve books and hundreds of published articles... -
Sexual Harassment: Issues and Answers by Linda LeMoncheck 9780195134810
€52.56This a collection of contemporary popular and scholarly writing on the subject of sexual harassment. The book is designed to clarify and enrich understanding of a topic that in recent years, especially in the United States, has been the subject of... -
Making Love Modern: The Intimate Public Worlds of New York's Literary Women by Nina Miller 9780195116052
€40.47In the teens and twenties, New York was home to a rich variety of literary subcultures. Within these intermingled worlds, gender lines and other boundaries were crossed in ways hardly imaginable in previous decades. Among the bohemians of Greenwich... -
Women, Culture, and Community: Religion and Reform in Galveston, 1880-1920 by Elizabeth Hayes Turner 9780195086881
€66.27In this work, Elizabeth Turner addresses a central question in post-Reconstruction social history: why did middle-class women expand their activities from the private to the public sphere and begin, in the years just before World War I, an unprecedented... -
Women in the Security Profession: A Practical Guide for Career Development by Sandi J. Davies 9780128038178
RRP: €60.68€54.86Women in the Security Profession: A Practical Guide for Career Development is a resource for women considering a career in security, or for those seeking to advance to its highest levels of management. It provides a historical perspective on how women... -
The Mother, the Politician, and the Guerrilla: Women’s Political Imagination in the Kurdish Movement by Nazan Üstündağ 9781531505516
RRP: €103.53€89.88The Mother, the Politician, and the Guerrilla intervenes in discussions on decolonialism and feminism by introducing the example of the Kurdish Women’s Freedom Movement. Üstündağ shows how the practices and the concepts of the movement contribute to... -
Women's Health Research: Inclusion Issues, Data & Strategies by Neil Wagner 9781634851633
RRP: €94.00€76.33Women make up over half the U.S. population, but historically have been underrepresented in clinical research supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and others. As a result, differences in the manifestation of certain diseases and reactions... -
Women & Girls of Color: Addressing Challenges & Expanding Opportunities by Jacob West 9781634851138
RRP: €138.03€111.29In recent years, on indicators ranging from educational attainment to economic security to health and well-being, women and girls of color have made tremendous progress. The number of businesses owned by women of color has skyrocketed, and women of color... -
Images of Women in Chinese Thought & Culture by Robin Wang 9780872206526
RRP: €59.50€48.74This rich collection of writings--many translated especially for this volume and some available in English for the first time--provides a journey through the history of Chinese culture, tracing the Chinese understanding of women as elucidated in writings... -
Women's Issues: Economic, Societal, & Personal by Dorothy V. Stickle 9781604563832
RRP: €158.26€104.98This book presents materials on issues of particular interest to women including economic, societal, and personal.Book InformationISBN 9781604563832Author Dorothy V. StickleFormat HardbackPage Count 199Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova... -
Grasinski Girls: Choices They Had & Choices They Made by Mary Patrice Erdmans 9780821415818
RRP: €49.98€23.80The Grasinski Girls were working-class Americans of Polish descent, born in the 1920s and 1930s, who created lives typical of women in their day. They went to high school, married, and had children. For the most part, they stayed home to raise their... -
From Eve to Dawn: v. 2: Masculine Mystique by Marilyn French 9781552783238
RRP: €22.60€20.38This is a seminal three-volume work, that covers the history of women throughout the world, from earliest times to the present. Marilyn French, internationally bestselling author of The Women's Room, has spent over two decades with a team of researchers... -
Women's Equality in America: Examining the Facts by Nancy Hendricks 9781440879463
RRP: €65.45€61.15Written in vivid prose and with a keen eye for detail, Women's Equality in America is a valuable resource for understanding the issues and trends that dominate public discourse in discussions of women's rights and gender equality in America. Since its... -
Re-Imagining Mothering & Career ( by Jenna Logiudice 9781772584639
RRP: €30.94€28.76Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772584639Author Jenna LogiudiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Demeter PressPublisher Demeter PressWeight(grams) 360g