Feminism and feminist theory Books

Book SynopsisThis anthology is the first such collection to focus on the exclusively philosophical aspects of ecological feminism. It addresses basic questions about the conceptual underpinnings of `women-nature'' connections, and emphasises the importance of seeing sexism and the exploitation of the environment as parallel forms of domination. Ecological Feminism is enriched by the inclusion of essays which take differing views of the importance and nature of ecofeminism. It will be an invaluable resource for courses on women''s studies, environmental studies and philosophy.Trade Review'An introductory text for the philosophical aspects of eco-feminism. It is well referenced, with a useful index. It should be on the reading lists for students of feminism, ecology (of all kinds), philosophy and post-modernism.' - Scientific & Medical NetworkTable of ContentsPreface Introduction Karen J. Warren Is Ecofeminism Feminst? Victoria Davion Wrongs of Passage: Three Challenges to the Maturing of Ecofeminism Deborah Slicer Rethinking Again: A Defense of Ecofeminist Philosophy Douglas J. Buege The Ecopolitics Debate and the Politics of Nature Val Plumwood Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology, and Human Population Christine J. Cuomo The Limits of Partiality: Ecofeminism, Animal Rights, and Environmental Concern David Kenneth Johnson and Kathleen R. Johnson Towards an Ecofeminist Moral Epistemology Lori Gruen Restructuring the Discursive Moral Subject in Ecological Feminism Phillip Payne Nature/Theory/Difference: Ecofeminism and the Reconstruction of Environmental Ethics Jim Cheney Toward an Ecofeminist Peace Politics Karen J. Warren Biographical Sketches of Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis exciting collection of work from leading feminist scholars including Elspeth Probyn, Penelope Deutscher and Chantal Nadeau engages with and extends the growing feminist literature on lived and imagined embodiment and argues for consideration of the skin as a site where bodies take form - already written upon but open to endless re-inscription.Individual chapters consider such issues as the significance of piercing, tattooing and tanning, the assault of self harm upon the skin, the relation between body painting and the land among the indigenous people of Australia and the cultural economy of fur in Canada. Pierced, mutilated and marked, mortified and glorified, scarred by disease and stretched and enveloping the skin of another in pregnancy, skin is seen here as both a boundary and a point of connection - the place where one touches and is touched by others; both the most private of experiences and the most public marker of a raced, sexed and national history.Table of ContentsList of plates, Notes on contributors, Series editors’ preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: dermographies, PART I: Skin surfaces, 1. Cut in the body: from clitoridectomy to body art, 2. Mortification, 3. Skin memories, 4. Skin-tight: celebrity, pregnancy and subjectivity, PART II: Skin encounters, 5. Eating skin, 6. Open wounds, 7. Carved in skin: bearing witness to self-harm, 8. Three touches to the skin and one look: Sartre and Beauvoir on desire and embodiment, 9. ‘You are there, like my skin’: reconfiguring relational economies, PART III: Skin sites, 10. Inscribing identity: skin as country in the Central Desert, 11. ‘My furladies’: the fabric of a nation, 12. ‘That is my Star of David’: skin, abjection and hybridity, 13. Robotic skin: the future of touch?, Index

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Book SynopsisOne of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century, Julia Kristeva has been driving forward the fields of literary and cultural studies since the 1960s. This volume is an accessible, introductory guide to the main themes of Kristeva's work, including her ideas on:*semiotics and symbolism*abjection*melancholia*feminism*revolt.McAfee provides clear explanations of the more difficult aspects of Kristeva's theories, helpfully placing her ideas in the relevant theoretical context, be it literary theory, psychoanalysis, linguistics, gender studies or philosophy, and demonstrates the impact of her critical interventions in these areas.Julia Kristeva is the essential guide for readers who are approaching the work of this challenging thinker for the first time, and provides the ideal opportunity for those with more knowledge to re-familiarise themselves with Kristeva's key terms.Trade Review'These little books are certainly helpful study guides. They are clear, concise and complete. They are ideal for undergraduates studying for exams or writing essays and for lifelong learners wanting to expand their knowledge of a given author or idea.' - Beth Lord, Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsWhy Kristeva?; Part 1 Key Ideas; Chapter 1 Semiotic And Symbolic; Chapter 2 The Subject In Process; Chapter 3 Abjection; Chapter 4 Melancholia; Chapter 5 Herethics; Chapter 6 Women’s Time; Chapter 7 Revolt; Chapter 9 After Kristeva; further Further Reading; wor Works Cited; Index;

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Book SynopsisThis book is a compelling collection of essays on the intersection of race, gender and class in education written by leading black and postcolonial feminists of colour from Asia, Africa and the Caribbean living in Britain, America, Canada, and Australia. It addresses controversial issues such as racism in the media, exclusion in higher education, and critical multiculturalism in schools. Introducing new debates on transglobal female identity and cultures of resistance the book asks: How does black and postcolonial feminisms illuminate race and gender identity in new global times? How are race, gender and class inequalities reproduced and resisted in educational sites? How do women of colour experience race and gender differences in schools and universities? This book is a must for political and social commentators, academic researchers and student audiences interested in new feminist visions for new global times.This book was Trade ReviewAn inspiring book which addresses some of the most critical questions in education. Feminist thinking at its best. Avtar Brah, Professor of Sociology, Birkbeck College, University of London, UKThis book renders black feminist theory and post-colonial thought more textured, complex and expansive. Bravissimo, a rich collection of research! Annette Henry, Professor of Education, University of Washington, Tacoma USATable of Contents1. Introduction: Plotting a history: Black and postcolonial feminisms in ‘new times’ Heidi Safia Mirza 2. Postcoloniality and ethnography: negotiating gender, ethnicity and power Cynthia Joseph 3. Identity, empathy and ‘otherness’: Asian women, education and dowries in the UK Kalwant Bhopal 4. Embodying diversity: problems and paradoxes for Black feminists Sara Ahmed 5. Is it because I’m Black? A Black female research experience Uvanney Maylor 6. Black Canadian feminist thought: perspectives on equity and diversity in the academy Njoki Nathani Wane 7. Black feminist praxis: some reflections on pedagogies and politics in higher education Suki Ali 8. ‘Who you callin’ nappy-headed?’A critical race theory look at the construction of Black women Gloria Ladson-Billings 9. De-colonising practices: negotiating narratives from racialised and gendered experiences of education Ann Phoenix 10. From ‘crisis’ to ‘activist’: the everyday freedom legacy of Black feminisms Heather A. Oesterreich

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Book SynopsisGender Articulated is a groundbreaking work of sociolinguistics that forges new connections between language-related fields and feminist theory. Refuting apolitical, essentialist perspectives on language and gender, the essays presented here examine a range of cultures, languages and settings. They explicitly connect feminist theory to language research. Some of the most distinguished scholars working in the field of language and gender today discuss such topics as Japanese women''s appropriation of men''s language, the literary representation of lesbian discourse, the silencing of women on the Internet, cultural mediation and Spanish use at New Mexican weddings and the uses of silence in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings.Table of Contentsneeds: left accent e #13 Mary Bucholtz -- Introduction: Twenty Years After Language and Woman's Place PART I: MECHANISMS OF HEGEMONY AND CONTROL 1 Robin Tolmach Lakoff -- Cries and Whispers: The Shattering of the Silence 2 Norma Mendoza-Denton -- Pregnant Pauses: Silence and Authority in the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings 3 Susan-Herring, Deborah A. Johnson, and Tamra DiBenedetto -- This Discussion Is Going Too Far!: Male Resistance to Female Participation on the Internet 4 Elinor Ochs and Carolyn Taylor -- The Father Knows Best Dynamic in Dinnertime Narratives 5 Cathyrn Houghton -- Managing the Body of Labor: The Treatment of Reproduction and Sexuality in a Therapeutic Institution 6 Mary Talbot -- A Synthetic Sisterhood: False Friends in Teenage Magazine PART 2: AGENCY THROUGH APPROPRIATION 7 Susan Gal -- Language, Gender, and Power: An Anthropological Review 8 Kira Hall -- Lip Service on the Fantasy Line 9 Bonnie S. McElhinny -- Challenging Hegemonic Masculinites: Female and Male Police Officers Handling Domestic Violence 10 Anna Livia -- I Ought to Throw a Buick at You: Fictional Representations of Butch/Femme Speech 11 Laurel A. Sutton -- Bitches and Skankly Hobags: The Place of Women in Contemporary Slang 12 Shigeko Okamoto -- Tasteless Japanese: Less Feminine Speech Among Young Japanese Women PART 3: CONTINGENT PRACTICES AND EMERGENT SELVES 13 Michele Foster -- Are You With Me: Power and Solidarity in the Discourse of African American Women 14 Mary Bucholtz -- From Mulatta to Mestiza: Passing and the Linguistic Reshaping of Ethnic Identity 15 Tara Goldstein -- Nobody is Talking Bad: Creating Community and Claiming Power on the Production Lines 16 Jenny Cook-Gumperz -- Reproducing the Discourse of Mothering: How Gendered Talk Makes Gendered Lives 17 Maria Dolores Gonzales Velasquez -- Sometimes Spanish, Sometimes English: Language Use Among Rural New Mexican Chicanas 18 Birch Moonwoman -- The Writing on the Wall: A Border Case of Race and Gender 19 Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet -- Constructing Meaning, Constructing Selves: Snapshots of Language, Gender, and Class from Belten High

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Book SynopsisMary Field Belenky, Lynne A. Bond, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock, hoping to carry Belenky''s theoretical work in the bestselling Women''s Ways of Knowing into the realm of everyday life, created the Listening Partners project, designed to help young women isolated in rural poverty give voice to their personal and communal needs and come together to create social change . A Tradition That Has No Name explores this project and the work of other women who have created organizations to give voice to and strengthen traditions of community organizing and leadership, particularly as they have developed in communities of women marginalized by race and class. Ranging across cultures and classes,from struggling inner-city neighbourhoods to affluent middle-class suburbs, from African American communities in the South to poor rural communities in Vermont,the book teaches us how to appreciate the ways women create networks of listening and community-building, and how to bring these little-recognizTable of ContentsOtherness * Introduction: Otherness and Silence * Dualisms That Divide and Deny * Confronting Otherness: Previous Research The Development Of Voice In Private Life * An Experiment * The Listening Partners Project * What Was Learned * Relationships and Development * Mothers and Children The Development Of Voice In Public Life * Organizations That Sponsor Development * Public Homeplaces * The Mothers Center Movements * The National Congress of Neighborhood Women * The Center for Cultural and Community Development * Leaders Who Must Nurture Development * The Philosophy and Practice of Developmental Leadership * Passing the Tradition On

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewMarina Whitman may be the daughter of a Martian but she is an exemplar of the best of America. In the academic world, in public service, in high corporate positions, she pushed the frontiers of female participation and did so by unambiguously demonstrating both competence and character. The book is a fascinating saga of an exceptionally talented family, initially focused on a mathematic genius but ultimately growing in diversity and influence. - Paul Volcker, formerly Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987) ""How did a young Hungarian immigrant and his daughter both become leading advisors to Presidents of the United States? This richly detailed memoir not only illuminates Marina von Neumann Whitman's ground-breaking life, but sheds long-awaited new light on her father, bringing us as close as we may ever get to the autobiography that John von Neumann never had the chance to write."" - George Dyson, author of Darwin Among the Machines, Project Orion, and Turing's Cathedral""A fast-paced, readable, and deeply educational account of how the daughter of a genius made her own brilliant way as a heavily involved top economist and an equally involved wife and mother."" - George P. Shultz, The Hoover Institution, formerly U.S. Secretary of State (1982-1989)

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Book SynopsisExamines the contributions of three powerful Meiji women and how their own education and ideas about Japanese women's potential shaped how females were to participate in modern society

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Book SynopsisIn a challenging and authoritative analysis of the role of Iranian women in the political process, Parvin Paidar considers the ways they have been affected by the evolutionary and revolutionary transformations of twentieth-century Iran. In so doing, she demonstrates how political reorganisation has of necessity redefined the position of women, and that, contrary to the view of conventional scholarship, gender issues are fundamental to the political process in contemporary Iran. The implications of the study bear on the broader issues of women in the Middle East and the developing countries generally.Trade Review'Histories of modern Iran and the 1979 revolution in particular have dealt with gender marginally. Parvin Paidar's lucid study successfully demonstrates the centrality of women in the political process.' Shusha Guppy, The Times Higher Education Supplement'Paidar is a scholarly and thorough academic whose research covers an extensive range of Iranian and Western sources.' Haleh Afshar, Development and ChangeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Marginalisation of gender and approaches to women in Middle Eastern studies; Part I. The Discourse of Modernity: 1. Social diversity on women's issues in nineteenth-century Iran; 2. Women and the ear of constitutionalism; 3. Women and the era of nation building; 4. Women and the era of nationalism; 5. Women and the era of modernisation; Part II. The Discourse of Revolution: 6. Gender as a revolutionary discourse; 7. Women and the political transition from modernisation to Islamisation; Part III. The Discourse of Islamisation: 8. The Islamic construction of family; 9. Women and national participation in the Islamic Republic; 10. Policing the family; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWedded Wife is a feminist study of the institution of marriage and its history.Trade Review“Lennon is adept at weaving together individual stories and historical records in a way that is simultaneously entertaining and thought-provoking.” -- Rachel Cunliffe * New Statesman *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction SHE SAID YES Popping the question Just the two of us Better to marry than burn – or starve The usual inducements of women to marry Political proposals THE BIG DAY A manoeuvring business Making it official Putting on a show A consummation to be devoutly wished WHAT COMES NEXT? What’s in a name? Love, fair looks and true obedience Forsaking all others A fruitful union Having it all – domestic, social and paid labour Till death do us part Keeping up the fight Epilogue Notes

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the author’s decades of experience as a psychologist, trainer and advocate for women, this small but perfectly formed, pocket-sized book contains bite-sized snippets of insight and inspiration on communication, relationships, work, body image, overwhelm, emotional trials and more. Trade ReviewPRAISE FOR A WOMAN IN YOUR OWN RIGHT ‘There’s no doubt we’ve made giant strides towards quality over the decades, but in some ways this advice is even more pertinent today’ Linda Kelsey, Daily Mail‘The classic assertiveness bible… You might be better off with A Woman in Your Own Right than any of the modern girlboss manuals that claim to be able to transform you wholesale into a kickass corporate woman’ Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Guardian

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Book SynopsisGeography is a subject which throughout its history has been dominated by men; men have undertaken the heroic explorations which form the mythology of its foundation, men have written most of its texts and, as many feminist geographers have remarked, mena s interests have structured what counts as legitimate geographical knowledge.Trade Review'It's very personal, very courageous, and very challenging.' Derek Gregory, Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia '.subtle and sophisticated.this is an important book.' The Geographical Journal 'This is an important book in the development of feminist geography.' Geography '... A greatly needed assessment of recent work influenced by the fertile connections between feminism and geography.' Progress in Human GeographyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. 1. Feminism and Geography: An Introduction. 2. Women and Everyday Spaces. 3. No Place for Women?. 4. The Geographical Imagination: Knowledge and Critique. 5. Looking at Landscape: The Uneasy Pleasures of Power. 6. Spatial Divisions and Other Spaces: Production, Reproduction and Beyond. 7. A Politics of Paradoxical Space. Notes to Chapters.

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Book SynopsisRebels. Warriors. Princesses. Prisoners. Pioneers. 101 of the most extraordinary facts about Suffragettes that you need to know …

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Book SynopsisSticks and stones may break your bones, but words need never hurt you. A tool for transformation and resilience for womxnSticks and Stones is a powerful reclamation of the slurs and insults thrown at womxn for centuries. It's a righting of wrongs - a rewriting of sexist, belittling and shaming language. It's a tool for breaking free from the stereotypes and impossible standards used to confine womxn, transforming them into messages of resilience and resolve. And, most importantly, it's a rallying call for change, healing and empowerment.No matter your race, age, sexual orientation or gender identity, this book is for all womxn everywhere. It takes the words, slurs, insults and labels that are used to diminish womxn every day and breaks them down and tears them apart. It transmutes and rewrites these words - sometimes with all of the pain they trigger, sometimes in the form of positive affirmations, mantras and poems - all told in acrost

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Book SynopsisPeter Filene's path breaking study did both.-Elaine Tyler May, from the ForewordTrade ReviewThis updated edition contains... new material on such timely topics as changing attitudes toward domesticity and work, prostitution, women's friendships, health and sexuality, 'manliness,' fatherhood, and the change and demise of previously all-male institutions. Current LiteratureTable of ContentsForewordPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the First Edition Part I: The End of the Victorian Era (1890–1919)Prologue. As They WereChapter 1. Women and the WorldChapter 2. Women and the HomeChapter 3. Men and ManlinessChapter 4. In Time of WarPart II: The Modern Era (1920–1998)Chapter 5. New GenerationsChapter 6. The Long Amnesia: Depression, War, and DomesticityChapter 7. The Children of DomesticityChapter 8. The Children of the Women's MovementEpilogue. As We Are BecomingAppendix A. The Female Labor Force, 1890–1990Appendix B. Higher Education, 1870–1990NotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisWith names like "The East Village Inky", "Mend My Dress", "Dear Stepdad", and "I'm So Fucking Beautiful", zines created by girls and women make feminism's third wave visible. This book argues that these quirky, personalized booklets are tangible examples of the ways that girls and women 'do' feminism.Trade Review"Its thrilling to see zines taken seriously in Piepmeiers Girl Zines, which explores the world of handmade magazines created by women as a kind of social activism." * Bookforum *"I’m grateful to Piepmeier for her attempt to rescue zines from inferiority among older generations of feminists." * Bookforum *"Before you could Tweet your every thought to the world, young women cut, pasted, Xeroxed, and traded their own handmade magazines through the mail. In fact, the gorgeously glossy mag youre holding in your hands right now started off as a zine. Girl Zines analyzes the beginning of the movement and its revolution grrrl style roots, as well as the way zinesters used the medium to explore race, sexuality, and identity." * Bust Magazine *"Piepmeiers careful study of the zine movement in girl culture is a powerful and convincing articulation of the ways womens and girls activism has developed, and the creative forms it has taken." -- Leslie Heywood,editor of The Womens Movement Today"Feminist identities are the central concern of Piepmeier's Girl Zines, the first full-length academic study of young women's zine production to take third-wave politics as a serious subject of inquiry." -- Red Chidgey * Signs *"Piepmeier's work is an insightful and long-overdue engagement with the feminist work in zines, which played a pivotal role not only in Riot Grrrl but also in the development of the Third Wave in general." -- Virginia Corvid * Feminist Collections *"“[Piepmeier is] one of third-wave feminism’s astute voices... As the wealth of examples she brings to her argument reveals, the author has done careful research on the significance of this medium and its use as a tool for making the voices of third-wave feminists heard. The study is important in that it affirms the continuity and relevance of feminism and does so in a way that delights as well as informs... Summing Up: Essential." * CHOICE *"“In , author Alison Piepmeier defends the grrrl ethos with a scholarly take that points to the movement as a key part of feminist history; one that enabled women to gain more presence in a male-dominated world, albeit through flimsy, phantasmagorical photocopies passed around in the 1990s. Here Piepmeier brings forth a local study that, whether you agree with it or not, steadfastly lodges zine culture into the feminist archive." -- Broken Pencil"Overall, [Piepmeiers] analysis about the political role that grrrl zines played is dead on. They were central to the evolution of my own feminist development in college in the early 1990s, speaking directly to my feelings of exclusion, disgust with pop culture, and surliness about the lingering sexism that second-wave feminism had failed to abolish." * The American Prospect *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Andi Zeisler Introduction 1 "If I Didn't Write These Things No One Else Would Either": The Feminist Legacy of Grrrl Zines and the Origins of the Third Wave 2 Why Zines Matter: Materiality and the Creation of Embodied Community 3 Playing Dress-Up, Playing Pin-Up, Playing Mom: Zines and Gender 4 "We Are Not All One": Intersectional Identities in Grrrl Zines 5 Doing Third Wave Feminism: Zines as a Public Pedagogy of Hope Conclusion Appendix: Where to Find Zines Notes Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is an outstanding collection. The authors write expertly on the surprisingly intimate relation between attitudes toward animals and women in our culture. From reading their work on pornography, the treatment of 'laboratory' animals, hunting, wife-beating, and factory farming I have learned a tremendous amount. This superbly edited volume makes an important contribution to the cause of animal and human liberation." -- Jane Tompkins, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part I: Sexism/Speciesism: Interlocking Oppressions 9 1. Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots / Joan Dunayer 11 2. Exploring the Boundaries: Feminism, Animals, and Science / Lynda Birke 32 3. Women Battering and Harm to Animals / Carol J. Adams 55 4. License to Kill: An Ecofeminist Critique of Hunters' Discourse / Marti Kheel 85 5. Speech, Pornography, and Hunting / Maria Comninou 126 6. Abortion and Animal Rights: Are They Compatible Issues? / Gary L. Francione 149 Part II: Alternative Stories 161 7. Beyond Just-So Stories: Narrative, Animals, and Ethics / Linda Vance 163 8. Thinking Like a Chicken: Farm Animals and the Feminine Connection / Karen Davis 192 9. Of Wolves and Women / Diane Antonio 213 10. The Power of Otherness: Animals in Women's Fiction / Marian Scholtmeijer 231 11. Birds Don't Sing in Greek: Virginia Woolf and "The Plumage Bill" / Reginald Abbott 263 12. Taming Ourselves or Going Feral? Toward a Nonpatriarchal Metaethic of Animal Liberation / Brian Luke 290 13. Speciesism, Racism, Nationalism...or the Power of Scientific Subjectivity / Susanne Kappeler 320 Bibliography of Feminist Approaches to Animal Issues 353 Notes on Contributors 363 Index 367

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Book SynopsisBringing together classic and writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, this title addresses some of the pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. It offers a sustained critique of globalization and urges a reorientation of transnational feminist practice toward anti-capitalist struggles.Trade Review“Chandra Talpade Mohanty's illuminating analyses take up some of the most urgent questions facing a transnational feminist practice today. She provides resources for feminist engagements with difference, identity politics, the commodification of knowledge, and globalization and its effects. Shifts in the global political and economic landscape as well as Mohanty's own shifting location enable her to identify exhilarating new directions for feminist theory and practice.”—Sandra Harding, coeditor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society“Over the last two decades, Chandra Talpade Mohanty has produced an extraordinary body of writings on transnational feminism, radically changing the way we think about such categories as ‘third world women,’ ‘women of color’ and ‘globalization.’ This volume combines her now classic essays with new writings that accentuate the centrality of anticapitalist feminist theories and practices to the most expansive and forward-looking version of women's studies today.”—Angela Y. Davis"Chandra Talpade Mohanty is unequivocally one of the most important feminist theorists and scholars writing and publishing today. In this collection, her essays take on new meaning to play important parts in what is both a dynamic full-scale analysis of the complex histories of the exploitation of women within neocolonial capitalism and an elaboration of antiracist pedagogies and anticapitalist solidarity practices."—Lisa Lowe, author of Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics”The juxtaposition of these essays brings into sharp focus the theoretical framework Chandra Talpade Mohanty has developed and makes visible the enormity, the force, and the uniqueness of her contribution.”—Ruth Frankenberg, editor of Displacing Whiteness: Essays in Social and Cultural CriticismTable of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction: Decolonization, Anticapitalist Critique, and Feminist Commitments 1 Part One. Decolonizing Feminism 1. Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses 17 2. Cartographies of Struggle: Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism 43 3. What's Home Got to Do with It? (with Biddy Martin) 85 4. Sisterhood, Coalition, and the Politics of Experience 106 5. Genealogies of Community, Home, and Nation 124 Part Two. Demystifying Capitalism 6. Women Workers and the Politics of Solidarity 139 7. Privatized Citizenship, Corporate Academies, and Feminist Projects 169 8. Race, Multiculturalism, and Pedagogies of DissentPart Three. Reorienting Feminism 190 9. “Under Western Eyes" Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles 221 Notes 253 Bibliography 275 Index 295

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Book SynopsisOffers a historical guide through the metamorphoses and tumultuous debates that have defined literary study in recent decades, as viewed by one of critical theory's most astute thinkers.Trade Review“Johnson’s real gift was to tackle the ‘dead white males’ of the canon and re-read them, looking for the women, ever alert to what she called ‘muteness envy’ in canonical poetry. She directed her attention to popular works, too, to films such as Thelma and Louise and The Piano, happy to bring Keats into the discussion as she did so. Such essays stress critical and creative vitality in the midst of death, and are still life-giving today, still radical, angry and passionate, yet always disciplined. Johnson asks acute questions, inserts the personal into her academic essays, and gives us new ideas about ‘how to read.’” -- Lesley McDowell * TLS *“Reading these essays, one finds them as sprightly, brilliant, and revelatory as ever. Johnson’s style—famous for the clarity that paradoxically masks and illuminates the argumentative complexity of the writing—is brisk, orderly, and economical. … Perhaps this is the moment to return to the intellectual upheaval of deconstruction, that almost forgotten art of reading and rereading. There is no better place to begin rereading than right here, with Barbara Johnson’s own startling and writerly prose.” -- Judith Brown * Modernism/modernity *“Essays on abortion, corporate personhood, and many other still contemporary issues show that, for Johnson, deconstruction was always deeply intertwined with lived political reality, and many of the best essays in the collection bridge the gap between readings of poems and analysis of life in various forms of political relation, often in the context of the surprising strangeness of the textual or human encounter. For Johnson, ‘the undecidable is the political. There is politics precisely because there is undecidability. And there is also poetry’ (p.227). The forms of her own essays, intriguing in the turns they take, the conclusions they draw, and the interpretations they bring forth from the texts they examine, highlight and perform this causal relationship in consistently insightful and surprising ways.” * Forum for Modern Language Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Editors' Preface xi Personhood and Other Objects: The Figural Dispute with Philosophy / Judith Butler xvii Barbara Johnson by Barbara Johnson xxvii Part I. Reading Theory as Literature, Literature as Theory 1. The Critical Difference: BartheS/BalZac 3 2. Translator's Introduction to Dissemination (abridged) 14 3. Poetry and Syntax: What the Gypsy Knew 26 4. A Hound, a Bay Horse, and a Turtle Dove: Obscurity in Walden 36 5. Strange Fits: Poe and Wordsworth on the Nature of Poetic Language 44 6. The Frame of Reference: Poe, Lacan, Derrida 57 Part II. Race, Sexuality, Gender 7. Euphemism, Understatement, and the Passive Voice: A Geneaology of Afro-American Poetry 101 8. Metaphor, Metonymy, and Voice in Their Eyes Were Watching God 108 9. Moses and Intertextuality: Sigmund Freud, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Bible 126 10. Lesbian Spectacles: Reading Sula,

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1 Psyche and Creation: Initial Reflections on Orthodox Theology and Depth Psychology | 19 2 “That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed” | 40 3 An Ontology of Healing? | 78 4 Eros: Healing Fire | 105 Conclusion | 149 Acknowledgments | 155 Notes | 157 Bibliography | 201 Index | 211

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Book SynopsisThe Hroswitha Club was a group of women book collectors who met from 19442004 in the Eastern United States. This Element makes their history accessible, focusing on how members shared knowledge and expertise, providing a space for legitimacy and self-growth in a period where women's access to formal education and academic institutions was limited.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hroswitha Club, Gender, and Historical Significance; 1. 'Very Serious and Very Excellent': Who Were the Hroswithians?; 2. 'Land of Bibliophilia': Women and Book Collecting; 3. 'And We're Off': Meetings and Activities; 4. 'The Abiding Love of Books': Relationships and Networks; 5. 'Of Maximum Usefulness': Publications and Projects; 6. 'No One Has Time': The Later Years; Coda: Book Collecting, Literary History, and Women's Labor; Appendix: Club Membership 1944–1994.

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Book Synopsis#WakingTheFeminists was a year-long grassroots campaign for gender equality in Irish theatre. Prompted by the gender disparity of Ireland''s Abbey Theatre''s 2016 programme, ''Waking the Nation'', Lian Bell posted a Facebook message that sparked a surge of feminist fury that ignited the #WakingTheFeminists movement. This Element considers the movement both as digital feminist activism and as part of the growing trend of data feminism, by analysing how its combined use of connective and collective action, and qualitative and quantitative data, was critical to its success. It contextualises the movement historically in relation to a series of feminist controversies in Irish theatre since 1990, before considering its impact on both policy and cultural changes across the Irish arts sector. #WakingTheFeminists'' national and international resonance derived from its research-informed strategy which made it the most effective campaign for gender equality in the history of Irish theatre.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers the first major discussion of metatheatre in Australian drama of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. It highlights metatheatreâs capacity to illuminate the wider social, cultural, and artistic contexts in which plays have been produced. Drawing from existing scholarly arguments about the value of considering metatheatre holistically, this book deploys a range of critical approaches, combining textual and production analysis, archival research, interviews, and reflections gained from observing rehearsals. Focusing on four plays and their Australian productions, the book uses these examples to showcase how metatheatre has been utilised to generate powerful elements of critique, particularly of Indigenous/non-Indigenous relations. It highlights metatheatreâs vital place in Australian dramatic and theatrical history and connects this Australian tradition to wider concepts in the development of contemporary theatre. This illuminating text w

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Book SynopsisThis book relocates the long life and literary career of the poet, playwright, novelist, philanthropist and teacher Hannah More (1745-1833) in the wider social and cultural contexts that shaped her, and which she helped shape in turn. One of the most influential writers and campaigners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, More's reputation has suffered unfairly from accusations of paternalism and provincialism, and misunderstandings of her sincerely-held but now increasingly unfamiliar evangelical beliefs. Now, in this book, readers can explore a range of essays rooted in up-to-the-minute research which examines newly-recovered archival materials and other evidence in order to present the fullest picture yet of this complex and compelling author, and the era she helped mould with her words.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Hannah More in ContextKerri Andrews and Sue Edney Tongues in Trees: Hannah More and the Nature Inscription Robin Jarvis Feeling Good: Sentimental Virtue in Hannah More’s The Search After Happiness (1773) and "Sensibility" (1782) Rose Hilton Defending "Reason’s rein": Rationalism as Persuasive Strategy in Hannah More’s Slavery: A Poem (1788) Adam Bridgen Writing Women at Work Maeve Adams "Hunger is not a postponable want": Hannah More’s charity reconsidered Kerri Andrews Hannah More’s Percy, A Tragedy, in the Spanish and French Theatrical Contexts Begoña Lasa Álvarez The Bluestocking and the Preacher: the Bifurcated Reception of Hannah More in Scandinavia Marie Nedregotten Sørbø Hannah More’s Sympathetic Strategies: Coelebs in Search of a Wife and the Evangelical Novel Nicky Lloyd Books and Readers in Hannah More’s Coelebs in Search of a Wife Joanna Maciulewicz Hannah More Rediscoveries: Letters, Literary Manuscripts, and Inscribed Books Nicholas D. Smith Bringing More to the Fore: Championing the life and work of Hannah More in Schools and Community Education Joanne Edwards Hannah More’s Energetic Sociality: Enthusiasms and Consequences Patricia A. DemersAn Extended Sermon on Hannah MoreRev Paula Hollingsworth

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Book SynopsisProviding an overview of different forms of violence against women, this second edition has been significantly updated to reflect the changes that have taken place in recent years.Much has changed since the publication of the first edition, which is reflected throughout this new volume. It is organised thematically into three parts - menâs violence against women in relationships (Part I), in the family (Part II), and in public spaces (Part III) â and every chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated. New chapters have also been added, including on sexual harassment and misconduct in the workplace, on the nighttime economy including spiking, and on violence against women in cyberspace. The book covers the main forms of violence against women, looking at it from a research, policy, and practice perspective, this book widens the lens through which we view menâs violence against women.Violence against Women is an essential reading for social scientists who want

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Book SynopsisIn this vitally important and engaging text, leading feminist linguist Deborah Cameron explores the role of language and discourse in perpetuating sexism and misogyny in the twenty-first century. Covering how the linguistic expression of prejudice against women has evolved during the last fifty years, the author of the blog Language: A feminist guide pays attention both to the persistence of familiar problems, such as the dominance of men in many interactional settings, and to the emergence of new challenges such as the global rise of misogynist extremism online. The book provides students and general readers with an up-to-date survey of ideas, debates and research on a wide range of key topics, including sexist attitudes to womenâs speech, verbal sexual harassment in public spaces offline and online, biases in vocabulary and grammar, the discourse of the online manosphere and the way violence against women is reported by the news media. Moreover, the author outlines tTrade Review"Deborah Cameron’s books are always a compelling and accessible read, and this is no exception. Based on sound scholarly research and illustrated with arresting examples from an impressive range of media and digital sources, her analyses demonstrate a deeply committed engagement with complex linguistic issues involving the treatment of women."—Janet Holmes, Professor Emerita (Victoria University of Wellington), Associate Director, Language in the Workplace Project"This is an endlessly useful resource—for teachers and students to dip into for case studies and research examples, or as a detailed, nuanced and expansive discussion of how ideas about language linked to men and women have been developed, researched, resisted and weaponised over the last fifty years. Cameron transforms familiar and new academic ideas and research into an accessible and engaging read, using up-to-date, real world examples. This is a must-have text for teachers and students wanting to develop their understanding of language and gender research that is also a klaxon call to all those concerned about misogyny right now."—Lisa, Jacky and Dan of the Lexis Podcast TeamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Have we come a long way, baby? Double standards: the policing of women’s language Unequal rights: attention, respect and male entitlement Coded messages: sexism, words and meanings Default male: sexism and grammar Who do you think you are? Sexism and forms of address Something old, something new: investigating misogynist discourse Telling stories: the reporting of violence against women Words and deeds: resisting sexism and misogyny Index

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Book SynopsisThis book studies negotiations of gender politics in the process of nation formation in the aftermath of the Partition. One of the most traumatic events in South Asian history, the Partition forms the basis of numerous literary and cinematic interpretations. Drawing on Hindi, English, Urdu and Punjabi fiction, it shows how gender is irrevocably woven into the idea of the nation and the politics of it. It focuses on the works of Saadat Hasan Manto, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Ismat Chughtai, Yashpal, Khushwant Singh, Abdullah Hussein, Mumtaz Shah Nawaz and Attia Hosain to delve into the horrors of the Partition, toward women in particular, and their representations in literary and cinematic imaginations. As an important contribution to the study of the Partition of India, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of literature, culture studies, film studies, politics, gender studies and South Asian studies..Table of ContentsPreface by Sukrita Paul KumarAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Historical Perspectives on the Partition2. Gender and Nationalism3. Fractured Vision of the Nation4. Territorial Conceptualization: Woman and Nation in the Short story of the Partition5. Walk across the border: Questioning stereotypes in Partition CinemaConclusionPostscriptSelect BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Allies community (abbreviated LGBTQIA or LGBT) is responding to a radically changed social and political environment. While a host of books have analyzed legal dimensions of LGBT public policy, this authoritative Routledge handbook is the first to utilize up-to-the-minute empirical data to examine and unpick the corrosive post-factual changes undermining LGBT public policy development. Taking an innovative look at a wide range of social and policy issues of broad interestincluding homelessness, transgender rights, healthcare, immigration, substance abuse, caring for senior members of the community, sexual education, resilience, and international policythrough contributions from established scholars and rising stars, this comprehensive and cutting-edge volume will be a landmark reference work on LGBT administration and policy for decades to come.Table of ContentsPreface [Wallace Swan] 1. Understanding What is Happening to LGBTQIA Public Policy in the New Federal Administration [Wallace Swan] Part 1. Demographics 2. Demographic Characteristics of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Adults in the United States: Evidence from the 2015-2017 Gallup Daily Tracking Survey [Kerith Conron and Shoshana Goldberg] Part 2. Social, Attitudinal and Technological Change 3. Equality, Inequality, Technological, Social Change and Politics [Wallace Swan] Part 3. Life in Our Communities 4. Bisexuals at the White House: Federal to Local Public Policy Advocacy [Heron Greenesmith] 5. The Current State of Transgender in America [Denise Sudbeck] 6. Transgender in America: Bathroom Policy and Beyond [Michael Pivec, Sarah Fischer, Emily Scharber, and Alex Herr] 7. Openly Transgender Candidate Perspectives on Gender in Social Policy [Paula Overby] 8. Intersex Employees and Federal Public Policy [Daniel Dunchack] Part 4. Health and Social Issues 9. The Minnesota LGBTQ Standards of Inclusion for Health and Human Services [John Parker-Der Boghossian] 10. Advancing LGBT Health via local public health surveillance and policy: Hennepin County SHAPE project [Yingmei Ding, Jacob Maxon, and David Johnson] 11. Glitter, Smoke and Mirrors: Tobacco Marketing in LGBTQ Spaces [Gabriel Glissmeyer, Adam Kintopf, Betsy Brock, and Laura Henry] 12. Queer and Quitting: Addressing Tobacco Use as an LGBTQ Issue [Mara Aussendorf, Jamie Magee, Adrian Shanker, and Jeff Turner] 13. Communities at Risk: Substance Use Disorders in LGBTQ Populations [Kate Lehmann] 14. Hiding the Obvious in America [Wallace Swan] Part 5. Immigration Issues 15. Seeking Safe Haven: LGBTQ People and the American Immigration Experience [Trina Olson and Marco Quiroga] Part 6. Youth 16. Inspiring and Nurturing LGBTQI Youth [Dallas Drake and Melissa Matuszak] 17. Promoting LGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Equity: A Focus on Higher Education with Applicability to Government and Non-Profit Sectors [Michael Grewe] 18. Opportunities for Strengthening the Mentorship of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Pre-Med Students, Medical Trainees, and Health Care Professionals [Jeffrey Wong] Part 7. LGBTQIA Adults and Seniors 19. LGBT Adult and Senior Homelessness is Hidden in Plain Sight [Wallace Swan] 20. Gay and Gray: Policy in a Rapidly Aging Community [Rajean Moone, Jane Danner, and Robert Rodè] Part 8. LGBTQ Criminal Justice Issues 21. Hate Crimes and Homicide [Dallas Drake and Jeffrey Mathwig] 22. Incarceration of LGBTQ People [Dallas Drake] Part 9. Support of Community Organizations 23. Same-Sex Couples and Single LGBT People: A Dilemma [Wallace Swan] 24. Reduction in LGBTQIA Non-Profit Contributions: Leading to Mergers and Acquisitions [Joann M. Usher] Part 10. Where Does the LGBTQIA Community Go From Here? 25. The LGBT Demographics Battle Shows that Allies are Essential [Wallace Swan] 26. Challenges and Opportunities for the LGBTQ Community at the State and Local Levels [Christopher Surfus] 27. LGBT Business and Workplace Equality: A Community Imperative [Wallace Swan] 28. Ally Training: A Model for Collaboration [Sean McCandless and Jennifer Hooker] Part 11. National and International Issues Interrelated 29. From Rights to People: Shifting the Focus of LGBT Advocacy [Andrew Park] Part 12. Conclusion 30. Building Allies: Resisting Oligarchy, Populism, Militarism, Authoritarianism and Economic Nationalism [Wallace Swan]

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the work of the eminent British-American psychologist, Maureen OâHara. It explores the trajectory of humanistic psychology over the last few decades, providing a link between its original proponents, notably Carl Rogers, and its contemporary manifestations.The text reproduces 18 of OâHaraâs original papers arranged in six parts, each of which reflects a significant area in which she has contributed her rigorous analysis and creative thinking, i.e., the person-centred approach, humanistic psychology, third force science, client-centred therapy, psychology futures, and education. A unique feature of the book is a series of dialogues about OâHaraâs contributions in each of these areas with the bookâs editor, Keith Tudor. The dialogues reveal not only OâHaraâs reflections on and further thinking about each area of her contributions, but also how prescient her analysis was, and how contemporary and relevant her thinking still is.Bringing together a collection of OâHaraâs works to a broader audience, this book will be of interest to humanistic psychologists and psychotherapists, as well as those studying and/or training in this field.

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Book SynopsisThis book spotlights the complexities of relationships, drawing on theories that have guided relationship scholars, classic studies, and current research- juxtaposed with the current Indian milieu. While some believe that the study of interpersonal relationships lacks academic rigor, this book argues that relationships not only play a critical role in human behaviour and development, but also are central to our well-being, happiness, and health.One of the first mainstream books in India to address relationships beyond the binary of man/woman, this volume presents an inclusive view of gender and sexuality, including non-heterosexual relationships. It also touches on multiple types of relationships in the 21st century, such as mixed families, singles, live in, living apart together (LAT), role of dating apps, and so on.This book would be useful to the students, researchers, and teachers of Psychology, Applied Psychology, Mental Health, Sociology, Family Studies, and othe

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Book SynopsisHow Feminist Writing Shapes Personal and Political Narratives delves into the profound influence of female writers on the author's craft and worldview.This book, inspired by the blog In-sister, explores the evocative writings of feminist thinkers and how their work shapes personal and political narratives. With a rich tapestry of memory, critique, and creativity, the author reflects on the transformative power of women's words across generations. This book offers readers a collection of essaysthat examine the writings of iconic female authors like Marilyn French, Virginia Woolf, and HÃlÃne Cixous. It underscores the value of feminist citation as a form of memory and resistance, fostering a deep connection with the literary legacies that shape feminist discourse. Readers will find a unique blend of memoir, literary analysis, and social commentary that celebrates the radical potential of writing to inspire change and cultivate solidarity among women.This is an essential read for those interested in feminist literature, essay writing, and the intersection of personal and political narratives. It is particularly relevant for scholars, students, and enthusiasts of women's studies, literary criticism, and those seeking inspiration from the powerful voices of female writers. This book is a tribute to the enduring legacy of feminist writing and its ability to transform lives and societies.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an accessible introduction to bisexuality studies, set within the context of contemporary social theory and research. Drawing on interviews conducted in the UK and Colombia, it maps out the territory, providing a means of understanding sexualities that are neither gay, nor lesbian, nor heterosexual.Trade Review“Bisexuality is an accessible social studies book that identifies and analyses key aspects of the lives of bisexual and other non-monosexual individuals. … book is supported throughout by reference to the scholarship of scholarship of other academics … it functions very well as an introduction to bisexual social studies. … book highlights several interesting gaps in existing scholarship, such as Indian bisexualities and bisexual parenting, but provides a solid theoretical framework upon which to start further research into these topics.” (Danni Glover, LSE Review of Books, blogs.lse.ac.uk, April, 2016)“Bisexuality: Identities, Politics, and Theories makes a substantial contribution to filling a gap in the current scholarship on sexuality. … Monro has written a magisterial book that will become a ‘must read’ text in the field of sexuality for experienced scholars, students, and social activists … . I thoroughly enjoyed reading Monro’s book and I definitely recommend it. The current scholarship needed a book like this and I hope it will open the way for further research.” (Dr. Bolzonar Fabio, British Sociological Association Network, Issue 123, Summer, 2016)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Bisexuality and Social Theory3. Intersectionality4. Sex, Relationships, Kinship, and Community 5. Bisexuality, Organisations and Capitalism6. Bisexuality and Citizenship7. Bisexuality, Activism, Democracy and the State

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Book SynopsisSlutWalk explores representations of the global anti-rape movement of the same name, in mainstream news and feminist blogs around the world. It reveals strategies and practices used to adapt the movement to suit local cultures and contexts and explores how social media organized, theorized and publicized this contemporary feminist campaign.Trade Review“SlutWalk … is an important contribution to feminist (social) media activism. I recommend the book for scholars interested in researching media representations of feminism and political activism mobilizing via social media platforms. It can also be of interest for educators who would like to introduce their graduate students to the particular steps of research design in feminist media studies. … it is a valuable contribution to the recording of women’s place in the twenty-first century history of social activism.” (Barát Erzsébet, Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 22 (2), Fall, 2016)“The author has written an accessible, well-organized, and meticulously researched book that will introduce readers to the SlutWalk movement, as well as provide a broader critique of rape culture, and much needed empirical data on the dynamics of contemporary global social movement mobilization–feminist or otherwise. … an important contribution to future scholarship for feminism and social movements.” (Victoria O’Meara, Feminist Media Studies, 2016)“Kaitlynn Mendes’ book SlutWalk: Feminism, Activism and Media examines the global antirape movement ‘SlutWalk’ and its coverage in the feminist blogosphere and mainstream media. … Mendes’ monograph has the potential to serve feminist activist groups and antirape activists around the globe by providing contextual and applicable information on a type of march that so many were probably involved in themselves. … As for its use by academics, the book would be ideal for undergraduate or graduate classes … .” (Giuliana Sorce, International Journal of Communication, Vol. 10 (4), 2016)“The target audience is most likely those already familiar with feminism, or the SlutWalk movement, but anyone interested in these concepts would find the book appealing. The book works well in the classroom covering topics related to media, communication, feminism, activism and women’s rights and it displays one way in which a small grass movement initiated through social media can become a global phenomenon reaching millions of people and inspiring activism.” (Hennie Weiss, metapsychology, Vol. 19 (51), December, 2015)Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Contextualising the Issues 3. Situating SlutWalk 4. Representing the Movement: SlutWalk Challenges Rape Culture 5. Representing the Movement: SlutWalk is Misguided or Opposed 6. SlutWalk Hierarchies and Organisers' Roles 7. SlutWalk, Community and Cyberactivism 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe struggle for women's rights and to overcome gender oppression has long engaged the efforts of inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations. Feminist Strategies in International Governance provides a new introduction to the contemporary forms of this struggle. It brings together the voices of academics and practitioners to reflect in particular on the effectiveness of human rights strategies and gender mainstreaming. It covers three international issue areas in which feminists currently seek change: women's human rights and violence against women; the participation of women in peace-making and their protection during conflict; and the gendered effects of development, economic and financial governance.The book combines a critical reflection on the current state of feminist politics with an introduction to urgent issues on the contemporary international agenda. In addition, the book draws on innovative conceptualizations from constructivism in internTrade Review"Feminist Strategies in International Governance is likely to become a fixture in graduate IR gender courses, and future editions might include more coverage of the track record of UN Women as it develops and reflections on its successes and failures in the formulation, implementation, and monitoring of global gender norms and standards as they relate to the arguments found in the collection. The book as it stands provides an excellent example of engaged IR scholarship and will hopefully help improve the quality of feminist strategy, shape the agenda of powerful institutions like the UN and World Bank, and contribute to these institutions ability to nurture innovative feminist policies."- Eric M. Blanchard, Columbia University, e-International Relations 2014Table of Contents1. Introduction: Feminist Strategies in International Governance: Past Insights, New Visions and Future Prospects Gülay Caglar, Elisabeth Prügl and Susanne Zwingel Part I: Feminist Strategies 2. Civil Society Strategies: The Weight of Outsider Interventions Mariama Williams 3. Feminist Strategies within International Organizations Carolyn Hannan 4. Gender Mainstreaming Laura Parisi & Jacqui True 5. International Law - A Travel Guide for Gender Justice? Hilary Charlesworth 6. Gender Expertise Elisabeth Prügl Part II: How do Gender Norms Travel? 7. Translating International Women’s Rights: CEDAW in Context Susanne Zwingel 8. Vernacularization in Action: Combining Global and Local Ideas about Women’s Rights in Peru Peggy Levitt 9. Translating International Norms: Filters to Combating Violence Against Women in Lebanon Rita Sabat Part III: Feminist Strategies in Security Governance 10. Gender Mainstreaming of UN Peace Operations Claudia von Braunmühl 11. Changing Discourses, Changing Practices? Gender Mainstreaming and Security Jutta Joachim and Schneiker 12. Women's Rights in Post-War States: International Peacebuilding Operations and Feminist Policy Change Anne Jenichen Part IV: Economic Governance and Governmentality 13. Governing the Economy for Gender Equality? Challenges of Regulation Shahra Razavi 14. Economic Governance and the Regulation of Intimacy in Gender and Development Planning: Lessons from the World Bank's Latin American Programming Kate Bedford 15. Crisis and Economic Knowledge Gülay Caglar 16. Gender and the Technocratic Network Governance in Finance Brigitte Young 17. Global Feminist Movements Ilse Lenz

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Book SynopsisGender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural, historical, biological, psychological, and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define and experience femininity and masculinity, and on the impact and importance of gender categories. Highlighting that there is far more to gender than biological sex, it examines theories and research about how and why gender categories and identities are developed and about how interpersonal and societal power relationships are gendered. It takes a global and intersectional perspective to examine the interaction between gender and a wide range of topics including: Relationships, intimacy, and concepts of sexuality across the lifespan The workplace and labour markets Gender related violence and war Public health, poverty, and development Gender and public leadership This new edition includes increased coverage of trans visibility and activism,Trade Review"Wonderfully comprehensive while focusing on the basics. In a time when there is an increased understanding of the complexity of gender, it can be overwhelming to introduce novice students to the topic. However, Lips concisely outlines the key issues with excellent coverage of current and classic theories and research from around the world while using stimulating examples that will keep students engaged as they develop the foundation needed in order to master the complexity of gender." - Dr. Emily Keener, Slippery Rock University"From first to last, this is a thoroughly scholarly and feminist review of theory and research in the psychology of women and gender. Dr. Lips has accomplished the difficult feat of providing a succinct overview that is nevertheless impressive in scope. Topics will be engaging to students at the introductory level and will be practical refreshers for more advanced study. Importantly, chapters provide a structure for comparisons among perspectives that will facilitate civil and tolerant class conversations. Ultimately, students will gain intellectual maturity and a more nuanced understanding of gender and feminism."- Dr. Cheryl Travis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville"Gender: The Basics offers an excellent and comprehensive introduction to gender and its intersections with other systems of power , privilege, and oppression. Reading the second edition, I was reminded in vivid detail of how gender is embedded in all aspects of biological, psychological, and social life, from the way in which our personal relationships unfold to the power dynamics governing institutional practices. New to the second edition is a chapter on theoretical frameworks regarding gender that will delight students and scholars from multiple disciplines for distilling many complex theories to an accessible level. Hilary Lips is a magnificent writer, relying on a deep knowledge of gender as identity, relationship, and social structure in lifespan and global contexts." - Katherine R. Allen, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Virginia Tech"In Gender: The Basics, Dr. Hilary Lips outlines the major topics needed to understand all things gender while bringing every page to life. She uses her expertise to break down complicated theories and explain empirical studies in an approachable and engaging manner. Plan to finish The Basics with a thorough understanding of just how pervasive, and complicated gender is in today's world."- Dr. Alynn Gordon, Research Consultant, Atlanta, GeorgiaTable of Contents1. Gender: everybody has/does one, 2. Theoretical frameworks for thinking about gender, 3. Power, inequalities, and prejudice, 4. Relationships, intimacy, and sexualities, 5. The gendered workplace, 6. Gender, leadership, and public life, 7. Global patterns of gender-related violence, 8. Global patterns of gender and health, 9. The shape of our future: gender and the aging population, Epilogue: The future of gender

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Book SynopsisFeminist Philosophy: An Introduction provides a comprehensive coverage of the core elements of feminist philosophy in the analytical tradition. Part 1 examines the feminist issues and practical problems that confront us as ordinary people. Part 2 examines the recent and historical arguments surrounding the subject area, looking into the theoretical frameworks we use to discuss these issues and applying them to everyday life.With contemporary and lively debates throughout, Elinor Mason provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics including: feminism in a global context work and care reproductive rights sex work sexual violence and harassment sexism, oppression, and misogyny intersectionality objectification consent ideology, false consciousness, and adaptive preferences. An outstanding introduction which will eTrade Review"In this engaging and well-crafted introduction to feminist philosophy, Elinor Mason offers us a helpful contemporary map of a perpetually contested intellectual terrain. Mason guides the reader through a range of debates that display the continuing vivacity and urgency of feminist thinking." - Miranda Fricker, City University of New York Graduate Center, USA"The book is wonderfully clear and engaging. It provides an introduction to a diverse range of topics such as sex work, objectification and intersectionality. The philosophical debates within each topic are explained with attention to detail and rigour that will rewarding for students and teachers alike." - Natalie Stoljar, McGill University, CanadaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Feminism in a Global and Multicultural Context Part 1: Practice 2. Work and Care 3. Reproductive Rights 4. Pornography 5. Sex Work 6. Sexual Violence and Harassment Part 2: Theory 7. Sexism, Oppression, and Misogyny 8. Intersectionality 9. Ideology, False Consciousness, and Adaptive Preferences 10. Objectification 11. Consent 12. Knowledge and Ignorance 13. Speech Acts and Silencing. Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn contemporary western societies, the fat body has become a focus of stigmatizing discourses and practices aimed at disciplining, regulating and containing it. Despite the fact that in many western countries fat bodies outnumber those that are thin, fat people are still socially marginalized, and treated with derision and even repulsion and disgust. Medical and public health experts continue to insist that an obesity epidemic' exists and that fatness is a pathological condition which should be prevented and controlled.Fat is a book about why the fat body has become so reviled and reviewed as diseased, the target of such intense discussion and debate about ways to reduce its size down to socially and medically acceptable dimensions. It is about the lived experience of fat embodiment: how does it feel to be fat in a fat phobic-society? Fat activism and obesity politics, and related controversies, are also discussed. Internationally-renowned sociologist Deborah LuTable of Contents1. Introduction2. Thinking about fat: a review of different perspectives3. Governing fat bodies4. The transgressive fat body5. Being/feeling fat6. Reframing fat: fat activism and size acceptance politics

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Book SynopsisWorld-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder WomanTrade Review"She is stirring what J.R.R. Tolkien once called the 'cauldron of story' in search of the girls and women, some silenced and some forgotten, some from the Iliad and some from Netflix, who live in Campbell’s blind spot. The reader jumps from Arachne’s battle with Athena to the escape of Bluebeard’s trickster wife to Pippi Longstocking and Nancy Drew and even to Carrie Bradshaw typing away on her laptop." -- Gal Beckerman - New York Times Book Review

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Book SynopsisBoth research and policy on balancing work and family life have tended to focus on mothers' lives. This volume examines how fathers fulfill their roles both within the family and at work and what institutional support could be of most benefit to them in combining these roles.Trade Review“Twelve essays explore the changing ideals and experiences for men around fatherhood and employment. The scope is vast, covering the experience of fatherhood in countries around the globe. … Some of the chapters are reviews and assessments of existing research, while others present new analyses and theories. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (S. K. Gallagher, Choice, Vol. 54 (6), February, 2017) Table of ContentsPART I: FATHERHOOD AND MEN'S WORK-LIFE BALANCE. A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ACROSS CONTINENTS1. Changing Fatherhood and Fathering across Cultures towards Convergence in Work-Family Balance: Divergent Progress or Stalemate?; Michael Rush and Rudy Seward2. 'The Choice was Made for Us': A Genealogical and Relational Approach to the Stay-at-Home Father Concept in North America; Andrea Doucet3. Cultural Values, Family Policies and Fathering Practices in Central-eastern Europe; Piotr TeisseyrePART II: CHANGING FATHERS: WORK, CHILDREN AND RECONCILIATION STRATEGIES4. Changing Family Models: Emerging New Opportunities for Fathers in Catalonia (Spain)?; Lluis Flaquer, Almudena Moreno Minguez and Tomas Cano5. What makes Fathers Involved? An Exploration of the Longitudinal Influence of Fathers' and Mothers' Employment on Father's Involvement in Looking After their Pre-School Children in the UK; Colette Fagan and Helen Norman6. Reconciling Work and Family among Japanese Fathers with Preschool-aged Children; Tomoko Matsuda, Saori Kamano, Mieko Takahashi, Setsuko Onode, Kyoko Yoshizumi7. Work-life Balance and Fathers in Austria? Empirical Evidence at the Company Level; Nadja Bergmann and Helene Schiffbänker8. Between Change and Continuity. Fathers and Work-Life Balance in Italy; Maria Letizia Bosoni, Isabella Crespi and Elisabetta RuspiniPART III: FATHERS' WORK-FAMILY LIFE BALANCE: CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES9. Involved Fatherhood: Source of New Gender Conflicts?; Diana Lengersdorf and Michael Meuser10. From 'Absent-from-Home Father' to 'Committed Father': Changes in the Model of Fatherhood in Poland and Role of Mothers-'Gatekeepers'; Ma?gorzata Sikorska11. What Work-Family Conflicts do Fathers Experience in Sweden and the US?; Anna-Lena Almqvist and Gayle Kaufman12. 'At the End, the Father Works More and the Mother Stays Home' – Swedish and Polish Fathers and (Un)Achieved Work-Life Balance; Katarzyna Suwada

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Book SynopsisReadings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought gathers 40 original writings on women by 32 authors (many of whom are women) from the Yuan dynasty to the Republics, an important 700-year historical period during which women's learning in China blossomed as a result of economic prosperity, the development of commercial printing, and the interaction between East and West. Selections are made not only from canonical texts on women's virtues, but also from less orthodox literary works such as plays, poetry, novels, essays, and revolutionary writings that illuminate the lived experience of women and the perception of gender. With many texts translated into English for the first time, this reader provides the context needed to understand them. It features: - Chronologically organized readings in the sequence of the Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties, and the Republics to demonstrate historical progression of thought (or the lack of) - Introductions to each section and chapterTrade ReviewAnn Pang-White has already established an impressive reputation as one of the leading figures in the translation and interpretation of traditional Chinese writing by and about women. Editing and translating Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought establishes Pang-White as the preeminent figure in this area! This translation anthology compliments other works that cover earlier Chinese writings by and about women, and gives students and scholars a window into this fascinating aspect of traditional culture. Pang-White allows us to see that Chinese writings by and about women are much more complex and insightful than the simplistic caricatures that are still too often accepted today. * Bryan W. Van Norden, James Monroe Taylor Chair, Vassar College, USA *This captivating and enticing collection of plays, poetry, novels, essays, and revolutionary writings presents a unique platform for a more informed transnational, transcultural and decolonial feminist and philosophical discourse and beyond. A fascinating, delightful and illuminating expedition! * Robin R. Wang, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chronology of Chinese Dynasties, Republics, and Key Events Map of China Introduction Part I The Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) Introduction 1 Guan Hanqing, The Injustice Done to Dou E 2 Zheng Guangzu, The Soul of Qian-Nü Leaves Her Body 3 Guan Daosheng, Selected Poems 4 Guo Jujing, Two Anecdotes from The Complete Selection of Twenty-Four Exemplars of Filial Piety with Matching Poems 5 Xue Lanying and Xue Huiying, “Bamboo Branches Songs from Sutai” 6 Chen Menglei, Selected Biographies of Yuan Women Part II The Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Introduction 7 Empress Renxiaowen, Teachings for the Inner Court 8 Madame Liu, Short Records of Models for Women 9 Wang Daokun, Selected Biographies of Ming Women 10 Zhao Nanxing, The Classic for Teaching Young Girls 11 Li Zhi, “A Letter in Response to the Claim that Women are Too Shortsighted to Understand the Dao” 12 Tang Xianzu, The Peony Pavilion 13 Ma Shouzhen, “A Letter to Sir Wang Baigu” and Selected Poems 14 Liu Rushi, “A Letter to Sir Qian Muzhai” and “The Daoist Hermit in a Straw Coat, Wang Wei” Part III The Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) Introduction 15 Pu Songling, “The Painted Skin” from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio 16 Chen Menglei, Selected Biographies of Qing Women 17 Chen Hongmou, Norms for Teaching Women to be Passed Down to Future Generations 18 Yuan Mei, “The Accustomed View that it is Unbefitting for Women to Compose Poetry,”“A Poem Regarding Two Talented and Virtuous Ladies,” and “My Female Student Xi Peilan” 19 Xi Peilan, Selected Poems 20 Sun Yunfeng, Selected Poems 21 Li Ruzhen, Flowers in the Mirror 22 Qiu Jin, “Women’s Newspaper of China Inaugural Issue Statement” and “To My Fellow Sisters” 23 He Zhen, “The Declaration of Women,” “On Women's Revenge,” and “What Women Should Know About Communism” 24 Madame Shen-Zhang, “Preface to Illustrated Four Books for Women with Explanation in Vernacular Chinese” Part IV The Republics (1912–present) Introduction 25 Lu Xun, The New-Year Sacrifice 26 Hu Shih, “The Problem of Chastity” and “A Chinese Declaration of the Rights of Women” 27 Ding Ling, “Thoughts on March 8” 28 Eileen Chang, Shame, Amah! 29 Lü Hsiu-lien, “The Connotation of New Feminism” 30 Li Ang, The Butcher’s Wife 31 Li Xiaojiang, “Economic Reform and the Awakening of Chinese Women’s Collective Consciousness” 32 Bhiksuni Shih Chao-hwei, “Theory and Practice of Buddhist Feminist Movement in Taiwan: From Advocating Animal Rights to Female Rights” Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisHow can we be sure the oppressed do not become oppressors in their turn? How can we create a feminism that doesn't turn into yet another tool for oppression? It has become commonplace to argue that, in order to fight the subjugation of women, we have to unpack the ways different forms of oppression intersect with one another: class, race, gender, sexuality, disability, and ecology, to name only a few. By arguing that there is no single factor, or arche, explaining the oppression of women, Chiara Bottici proposes a radical anarchafeminist philosophy inspired by two major claims: that there is something specific to the oppression of women, and that, in order to fight that, we need to untangle all other forms of oppression and the anthropocentrism they inhabit. Anarchism needs feminism to address the continued subordination of all femina, but feminism needs anarchism if it does not want to become the privilege of a few. Anarchafeminism calls for a decolonial and deimpTrade ReviewThis book takes anarchist feminism in a fresh direction by relocating it within an ontological framework developed from Baruch Spinoza’s seventeenth-century efforts ... Bottici makes a strong case for anarchism as a method and for Spinoza as a useful voice for building anarchist-feminist process-philosophy. * Contemporary Political Theory *Bottici has eruditely crafted an anarchafeminist political philosophy. * CHOICE *This is a capacious, clear, and revolutionary text that will bring readers who are just starting to learn about feminist philosophy as well as those who have been around a long time. This book does an excellent job in communicating the value of the anarchic, especially in its resistance to the leader, and its thoroughgoing affirmation of the value of freedom. This freedom is not a narrow idea of personal liberty, but an entire mode of transforming the world. We learn as well about a ‘transindividualism’ which allows us a way to rethink global solidarity for our times. * Judith Butler, author of "Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity" *Table of ContentsFigures Acknowledgements Introduction: Feminism As Critique Part I: Bodies In Plural And Their Oppression 1. Intersectional Struggles, Interlocking Oppressions 2. Anarchism Beyond Eurocentrism And Beyond Sexism 3. Within And Against Feminism: Queer Encounters Intermezzo: Stabat Mater Part II: The Philosophy Of Transindividuality 4. From Individuality To Transindividuality 5. The Philosophy Of Transindividuality As Transindividual Philosophy 6. Women In Process, Women As Processes Intermezzo: Itinerarium In Semen Part II: The Globe First 7. The Coloniality Of Gender: For A Decolonial And Deimperial Feminism 8. Somatic Communism And The Capitalist Mode Of (Re)Production 9. The Environment Is Us: Ecofeminism As Queer Ecology Coda: An Ongoing Manifesto Bibliography Index

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