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Book Synopsis** Selected by 8 National Newspapers as a Book of the Year ** ** The New York Times Bestseller ** ‘A page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A warm and immersive novel about ambition, power, women, friendship and finding your place in the world, from the bestselling author of The Wife and The Interestings. Greer Kadetsky is a shy college student when she meets the person who will change her life.Faith Frank, an influential and glamorous figure from the women’s movement, inhabits a very different world to Greer’s. But after a chance encounter Faith singles Greer out and invites her into her life, leading her down a thrilling path as it winds towards and away from her meant-to-be love story with high school sweetheart Cory and the future she had always imagined. Expansive and wise, compassionate and witty, The Female Persuasion is about the spark we all believe is flickering inside us, waiting to be seen and fanned by the right person at the right time.Trade ReviewThe Female Persuasion has gone straight into my library of favourite novels ever, on a shelf next to David Copperfield, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Lonesome Dove, and Love in a Time of Cholera -- Nick Hornby'The novel’s timeliness cannot be understated...tight but inclusive, and deserves to be placed on shelves alongside such ornate modern novels beginning in college as A Little Life, The Secret History and The Marriage Plot... But when all is said and done, Wolitzer is an infinitely capable creator of human identities that are as real as the type on this page, and her love of her characters shines more brightly than any agenda -- Lena Dunham * New York Times Book Review *The Female Persuasion is wonderfully dense and wise, a page-turner that succeeds both at character and ideas. It felt true to life -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie * Guardian *Deft and funny…trenchant, clever, displaying a pitch-perfect recollection of the idealism of early adulthood and what life subsequently does to undo it -- Emma Brockes * Guardian *From the very first page of any novel by Meg Wolitzer, you feel in safe hands. She is skilful and confident…she is exceptionally gifted in the neglected craft of plotting...like a modern-day Edith Wharton, she has an instinctive understanding that tragedy and comedy are different sides of the same coin... How could you fail to love such a writer? -- Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection deals with dream as a literary trope and as a source of creativity in women’s writings. It gathers essays spanning a time period from the end of the seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, with a strong focus on the Romantic period and particularly on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in which dreams are at the heart of the writing process but also constitute the diegetic substance of the narrative. The contributions re-examine the oneiric facets of the novel and develop fresh perspectives on dreams and dreaming in Mary Shelley’s fiction and on other female authors (Anne Finch, Ann Radcliffe, Emily and Charlotte Brontë and a few others), re-appraising the textuality of dreams and their link to women’s creativity and creation as a whole.Trade Review“This superb collection of interdisciplinary work on dreams in 18th and 19th century literature is essential reading for students of the period. As a student and teacher of works in the long nineteenth century, I encountered fresh approaches to works I thought I knew well, such as Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, and Jane Eyre, and I especially appreciate that the collection puts the dreams of 18th and 19th century dreaming into a longer framework that includes scientific approaches to dreams as well as other literary works that include Pilgrim’s Progress and more recent writers: Virginia Woolf, Dorothy Sayers, Irish Murdoch, and Margaret Drabble.” — Carol A. Senf, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, US“Going beyond an exclusive focus on the gothic, this collection of essays teases out the reader’s ‘hermeneutic task’ in famous and lesser-known literary texts, providing thought-provoking views of narrative strategies constructed around dreams, be they ‘real’ or fictional, from a period not yet under the spell of Freud and Jung.”—Professor Anne Bandry-Scubbi, University of Strasbourg, France.“Dream in women’s writings ? A brilliant idea. This original gendered investigation of literary creativity is based on a wide corpus, from Frances Burney and Mary Shelley to Emily Brontë. The book also includes a fine postscript by Margaret Ann Doody” — Jean Viviès, Professor of British literature, Aix-Marseille University, FranceTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; PART I. WOMEN AND DREAMS: AN ONEIRIC FEMININE LITERARY TRADITION; Chapter 1. ‘Delicate Females’ and Psychedelic Creation in the Scientific Experiments of Thomas Beddoes and Humphry Davy, Kimberley Page-Jones; Chapter 2. Treading in Camilla’s Footsteps?: Oneiric Experience and Women’s Voices in Julia De Vienne (by a Lady, 1811) and Tales of Fancy (Sarah Harriet Burney, 1816– 20), Lucy- Anne Katgely; Chapter 3. The Passing on of Dreams: Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley and the Diana Figure, Audrey Souchet; PART II. DREAMS, ALTERITY AND THE DIVINE; Chapter 4. ‘[A]s Sometimes Poets Dream’: Liminality and the Female Writer in the Poetry of Anne Finch, Debapriya Basu; Chapter 5. The Theology of Radcliff e’s Dreams, Holly Hirst; Chapter 6. Providential Thinking: Dreams and the Rhetoric of Romance in The Old English Baron and The Romance of the Forest, Victor Sage; PART III. DREAMING (OF) MONSTERS: DREAMS, CREATIVITY AND AESTHETICS IN MARY SHELLEY’S FICTION; Chapter 7. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s Approach to Dreams and Dreaming in Her Fictional Works Frankenstein, Valperga, Matilda and ‘The Dream’, Antonella Braida-Laplace; Chapter 8. The Monster of Their Dreams: The Night- Mare and Sleep Disorders in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) and ‘Introduction’ (1831), Mathilde Giret; Chapter 9. Henry Fuseli’s Nightmare(s) in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), Fabien Desset; PART IV. BEYOND FRANKENSTEIN; Chapter 10. Dreaming Up Monsters: The Affective Intensity of Dreams, Nightmares and Delirium in Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights, Anne Nagel; Chapter 11. ‘And This Shall Be My Dream Tonight’: Dream as Narrative in Wuthering Heights, Tricia Ayrton; Chapter 12. Dreams in Jane Eyre, Isabelle Hervouet; Postscript: A Jigsaw of Dreams, Margaret Anne Doody; Index.

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Book SynopsisShulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex proved immediately controversial upon its publication in 1970. The book’s thesis is that the origins of women’s oppression lie in biology: in the fact that it is women and not men who conceive and give birth to children. Firestone’s solution is revolutionary: since it is biology that is the problem, then biology must be changed, through technological intervention that would have as its end the complete removal of the reproductive process from women’s bodies. With its proposal for the development of artificial wombs, its call for the abolition of the nuclear family and its vision of a cybernetic future, Firestone’s manifesto may seem hopelessly out-dated, a far-fetched, utopian hangover of Swinging Sixties radicalism. This book, on the contrary, will argue for its importance to the resurgent feminism of today as a text that interrogates issues around gender, biology, sexuality, work and technology, and the ways in which our imaginations in the 21st century continue to be in thrall to ideologies of maternity and the nuclear family.

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Book SynopsisEvery one of us will need care at some point in life: social care, healthcare, childcare, eldercare. In the shadow of COVID-19, care has become the most urgent topic of our times. But our care systems are in crisis. Concern for the most vulnerable has been overtaken by an obsession with profits and productivity. How did we end up here? In an era of economic turmoil, lower birth rates and increased life expectancy mean a larger proportion of the population than ever before is of retirement age. As a result, more people need care, and their numbers are rising. Yet, despite the demand, public services continue to be cut and sold off. Those most in need are left to fend for themselves. In this groundbreaking book, Emma Dowling charts the multifaceted nature of the care crisis. Telling the stories of those on the frontlines through conversations with paid and unpaid carers, doctors, social workers, parents, and eldercare workers, she exposes the devastating impact of financialisation and austerity. The Care Crisis reveals a system that places profits before people and shows that privatisation has been key to producing a state of disarray.Dowling maps the new economy of abandonment, raising the unavoidable question: how do we end the crisis?Trade ReviewEmma Dowling has written a book for our times: a meditation on care, its burdens and its possibilities. Dowling deftly weaves together theories of care with empirical interviews in order to understand how and why we care and the ways in which care can be the basis for radical politics in this time of crisis. * Akwugo Emejulu *The Care Crisis is unique in threading together the many different sites across society where paid and unpaid caring takes place. The book demonstrates how a long-standing subjugation of caring bodies and feelings is entering a new phase. With a focus on the UK context and with relevance to debates beyond it, Emma Dowling offers a powerful analysis of the politics and economics of care, making evident the urgent need to transform the material conditions of our lives. -- Silvia Federici, author of Caliban and the WitchA compelling tour de force of the ways our lives are underpinned by radical inequalities in care and caring: from care as wealth extraction to commodified cuddling. This is a highly readable book about how our whole economy is organised, how we are all drawn into fixing widespread system failure, yet only manage to displace problems even further. -- Beverley Skeggs, Distinguished Professor, Centre for Alternatives to Social InequalityEmma Dowling brilliantly combines theory, statistics and on-the-ground experience to argue that contemporary British culture is using inadequate and destructive capitalist 'care fixes' to solve its social problems - social problems which have themselves emerged from the systematic erosion of our socialised care infrastructures. It is a lucid and eye-opening account which will be extremely useful for lay readers, policymakers, academics and activists. -- Jo Littler, co-author of Against MeritocracyAn absolutely brilliant if devastating analysis of our current care crisis and the grotesquely inadequate "care fixes" presently on offer. In precise and accessible language, Emma Dowling expertly details the economic and political forces that have converged to produce such an uncaring state. This book is an urgent clarion call for a radically transformed society, where care not profit is placed front and center and where human thriving is prioritized. An essential read for everyone committed to envisioning a better, more caring future -- Catherine Rottenberg, author of The Rise of Neoliberal FeminismDowling presents an astute insight on what our capitalist economy looks like from the perspective of care, brilliantly piecing together the many facets of the current crisis. Emma Dowling reveals what happens when a society's capacities for care are eroded, and issues an electrifying warning against false solutions. -- Paul Mason, author of PostcapitalismLays bare the current crisis in care and the wages of austerity, Emma Dowling's work shows us just how far we still have to go. A brave call to arms. -- Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%This book provides a compelling and compassionate analysis of the care deficits engulfing the United Kingdom-and the global economy in general-even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Emma Dowling's detailed critique of the financialization of adult social care deserves attention from activists and policymakers around the world. -- Nancy Folbre, author of The Invisible HeartHealth care policymakers and medical consumers alike will find [Downling's] arguments urgent-and in dire need of solution. * Kirkus Reviews *This is a sharp and incisive book on one of the most pressing issues of our time - care work and its organization. Through a close examination of the material conditions that shape this work, and through engagement with the workers providing it, Dowling has produced a vital study of the dynamics of care after austerity. I highly recommend it. -- Helen Hester, author of XenofeminismA lucid and alarming picture of how political decisions have created roadblocks to better care. ... [A] passionate and persuasive call for reform. * Publishers Weekly *Accessible, rigorous, and thoughtful. [The Care Crisis] seamlessly weaves theory, statistics and on-the-ground experiences in order to generate a convincing analysis of how and why care has been devalued and increasingly exploited in contemporary Britain. -- Catherine Rottenberg * Sociological Review *

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Book SynopsisOur strength lies in being soft like water. This book is about the power we gain by connecting to water. It’s about how we can restore our relationship with the world's different bodies of water, and by doing so, restore both the water and ourselves. By sharing Easkey's own experiences as surfer and marine scientist, as well as those of many of her mentors who are at the forefront of water protection and activism around the world, it guides readers into reimagining the spirituality of water and restoring our innate connection with this lifeblood of the planet. The book also provides the reader with water-inspired strategies to restore calm, reduce stress and soothe anxiety. These range from simple breathing and visualization exercises to undertaking a journey from a water source to the ocean in order to forge a deep connection with the water. The emphasis is as much on the benefit to water as it is to the individual, and on creating a culture of reciprocity and care. By regaining this lost connection with water, we learn to develop an empathic connection with the force of all life and in the process restore our own hearts and minds.Trade Review"We need this book now more than ever. We need its urgent, delicate truths; it’s insistent call to action – for the good of the feminine, mothering, nourishing waters – and all we share them with.” - Kerri ní Dochartaigh, bestselling author of Thin Places “In this deeply empathic and practical handbook, scientist and surfer Easkey Britton distills her learnings to help us understand how water connects us all.” - Bonnie Tsui, bestselling author of Why We Swim “There is no better way to reconnect to the universal healing power of water than through storie s – and there’s no better storyteller than Easkey Britton.” - Dr Wallace J Nichols, NYT bestselling author of Blue Mind “An evocative book that brings the water to you, and you to the water.” - Dr Catherine Kelly, author of Blue Places "This book will change your relationship with water forever.” - Manchán Magan, bestselling author of Listen to the Land Speak “In this book, Easkey brings the reader on a journey that is filled with wisdom, reminding us that water, the ocean and wellness are all interconnected.” - Lea d’Auriol, founder of Oceanic Global“Few writers have the extraordinary empathy and connection Easkey brings from her life spent getting wet in wild and wonderful ways” - Ed Gillespie, author of Only Planet and Small Dreams of a Seahorse“Weaving together poignant threads of personal experience with diverse knowledges from around the world, Ebb & Flow moves us to reconsider the deeply reciprocal relationships between people and water.” - Dr Sarah Bell, senior lecturer in health geography, University of Exeter“Sharing ancient wisdom for modern life, Ebb & Flow offers an experiential journey to reconnect to water, to ourselves and to life itself.” - Pat Divilly, coach, podcaster and author of Fit Mind "Ebb & Flow is a concise, reader-friendly page-turner that successfully integrates the scientific wisdom of Indigenous traditions, the voices of marginalized people, the latest in cutting-edge research and, of course, the author’s own dynamic perspective." - Prof Susan Prescott, MD, PhD, FRACP, Professor of Paediatrics at University of Western Australia, Director of the Nova Network"Rooted in tradition, respect, and introspection, this book is both comforting and motivating.” - Connor Ryan, pro Lakota skier, activist and filmmaker"This outstanding new book goes beyond blue health to heal the heart, mind and body of our collective water planet." - Sam Bleakley, PhD, author of Mindful Thoughts for Surfers“If you ever wondered how and why water makes you feel the way it does, this is a must read. Easkey does more than simply explain the importance of water, she reconnects us to it.” - Cliff Kapono, PhD, professional surfer, ASU professor and journalist“Packed with fascinating research and unique activities, this book will equip you to be a better steward of the sea.” - Emma Loewe, author of Return To Nature

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Book SynopsisDid you know that the first named piece of writing was the work of a Sumerian woman in approximately 2085 BC, while the world’s first novel was written by a Japanese woman in the eleventh century? Or that Hildegard of Bingen, the great twelfth century Abbess, writer, and composer, defied the Church’s traditions by viewing feminine sexuality as a gift of God? Or that one of China’s most powerful Emperors was a woman? These are but a few examples of the facts in this autobiography with a difference, Woman Through the Ages. Author Ann Merivale, a deep-memory process therapist, has used previous lifetimes in her own history to illustrate the roles we all play in preparation for returning to the source whence we’ve come. Skilfully weaving her personal story into each area and time period covered, Merivale highlights the injustices wrought on women for centuries, as well as their many achievements. Woman Through the Ages gives a fascinating and comprehensive picture of womanhood through the ages and concludes that the time for equality and greater respect for feminine energy is finally arriving.

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Book Synopsis How are girls represented in written and graphic texts, and how do these representations inform our understanding of girlhood? In this volume, contributors examine the girl in the text in order to explore a range of perspectives on girlhood across borders and in relation to their positionality. In literary and transactional texts, girls are presented as heroes who empower themselves and others with lasting effect, as figures of liberating pedagogical practice and educational activism, and as catalysts for discussions of the relationship between desire and ethics. In these varied chapters, a new notion of transnationalism emerges, one rooted not only in the process through which borders between nation-states become more porous, but through which cultural and ethnic imperatives become permeable.Trade Review “Ann Smith’s collection provides both inspiration and a challenge to readers, writers, and researchers of girls and girls themselves to transverse physical and conceptual borders critically to write their own transnational girl into lived and textual existence.” • Girlhood Studies “The anthology brings forward important voices and perspectives to the field of Girlhood Studies, by raising some pertinent questions about textual interactions. Most significantly, it elucidates the importance of textual reading in a predominantly social science-oriented field like Girlhood Studies.” • Children and SocietyTable of Contents Introduction: The Girl in the Text: Representations, Positions, and Perspectives Ann Smith Chapter 1. Naughtiest Girls, Go Girls, and Glitterbombs: Exploding Schoolgirl Fictions Lucinda McKnight Chapter 2. “This Is My Story”: The Reclaiming of Girls’ Education Discourses in Malala Yousafzai’s Autobiography Rosie Walters Chapter 3. The Girl: Dead 39 Fiona Nelson Chapter 4. Girl Constructed in Two Nonfiction Texts: Sexual Subject? Desired Object? Mary Ann Harlan Chapter 5. Perfect Love in a Better World: Same-Sex Attraction between Girls Wendy L. Rouse Chapter 6. Narrating Muslim Girlhood in the Pakistani Cityscape of Graphic Narratives Tehmina Pirzada Chapter 7. Confronting Girl-bullying and Gaining Voice in Two Novels by Nicholasa Mohr Barbara Roche Rico Chapter 8. “Like Alice, I was Brave”: The Girl in the Text in Olemaun’s Residential School Narratives Roxanne Harde Chapter 9. Girl, Interrupted and Continued: Rethinking the Influence of Elena Fortún's Celia Ana Puchau de Lecea Chapter 10. Lolita Speaks: Disrupting Nabokov’s “Aesthetic Bliss” Michele Meek Chapter 11. Hope Chest: Demythologizing Girlhood in Kate Bernheimer’s Trilogy Catriona McAra Chapter 12. The Girl in the GIF: Reading the Self into Girlfriendship Akane Kanai Chapter 13. Girls’ Perspectives on (Mis)Representations of Girlhood in Hegemonic Media Texts Paula MacDowell Chapter 14. Using Fiction, Autoethnography, and Girls’ Lived Experience in Preparation for Playwriting Genna Gardini

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Book SynopsisThe Emerald Guide to Ann Oakley is a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Oakley's sociological ideas, placing them in the context of her life and her ground-breaking research into domestic and gender sociology.

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Book SynopsisEcofeminism is defined as a unique academic discipline, theoretical framework, and political and philosophical movement centred around both environmental and feminist concerns. With a special focus on education and underrepresented geographical locations, Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice is an inclusive collection of theories, discourses, art, identities, and practices related to this discipline. Expert contributors collaborate with junior scholars and early-stage researchers to demonstrate the compatibilities between different generations, academic backgrounds, political views, and gender perspectives for a holistic, globally conscious approach to ecofeminism and ecofeminist studies. Chapters focus on regions not yet represented in this discipline as well as emerging educational practices to provide a truly inclusive approach to the many creative solutions ecofeminism offers. Topics explored include promoting ecofeminisms plural as potential solutions for environmental and social crises, gender inequality, labour issues, and capitalism. An interdisciplinary approach to an interdisciplinary field, Ecofeminism on the Edge: Theory and Practice understands ecofeminism as a connective point between issues of gender and the environment, one with strong solutional potential for two distinct, yet often interconnected, fields.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Ecofeminism-Introduction; Goran Đurđević and Suzana Marjanić Part I: Ecofem-Theories and discourses Chapter 2. Humans and the More-Than-Human World: Political Solidarity against Eco-Social Opression; Tara Kalaputi Chapter 3. The Portal Audience: Ecofeminizam on Social Networks; Sandra Iršević Chapter 4. Ecofeminist Voices from Southeastern Europe; Goran Đurđević and Suzana Marjanić Chapter 5. The Ecofeminist capacities of Slavic Gymnastics for Women; Magdalena Bogusławska Chapter 6. Writing “For” The Cows: Ecofeminism, Anthropology And Disciplinarity; Sarah Czerny Part II: Ecofem-Art Chapter 7. Herbal magic in South Slavic Oral lyric songs; Ana Vukmanović Chapter 8. Fisherman Plunk's Supper: A Feminist-Vegan Reading of a Fairy Tale; Lada Čale Feldman Chapter 9. Searching for "A Green Place" in a World of "Fire And Blood": An (Eco)Feminist Reading of The Mad Max: Fury Road; Marija Geiger Zeman, Mirela Holy, and Brigita Miloš Chapter 10. Agnes Varda: How do we embody the World: When we are not exploiting it?; Nataša Govedić Chapter 11. An Ecofeminist Approach to Paula Rego’s Dog Women; Barbara Martinović Chapter 12. Queer Island Feminism in Magda Dulčić’s Comics; Jadranka Ryle Part III: Ecofem-Practices Chapter 13. The Space Between Motherhood and Mother-Earth: An Ecofeminist Analysis of the Post-Development Model in Bolivia; Maryse Helbert Chapter 14. Women’s Lives and Agriculture In Rural Nigeria: An Ecofeminist Analysis; Joy Ogbemudia and Karen Vollum – Dix; Chapter 15. Ecofeminising Law: Some Notions towards Rethinking Law for Equity and Sustainability; Clara Esteve Jordà Chapter 16. All the Women Living Inside Me; Bénédicte Meillon Chapter 17. Ecofeminism for a Just and Sustainable Transition'; Ariel Salleh

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Book SynopsisThe empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first book by the TikTok and Spotify star Drew Afualo. Drew Afualo is best known as the internet's 'Crusader for Women' and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment's rising stars, with more than nine million followers across her social platforms. She soon realized that men on social media were creating sexist content aimed at disparaging women, and also containing rampant fatphobia, racism, and other forms of bigotry with very real-life consequences. It didn't take long for her to step into the role of unofficial watchdog for misogyny, and her signature laugh is now recognized as a feminist call to arms. Loud is part manual, part manifesto and part memoir. It is a summoning cry to rid the internet (and our hearts, minds, and lives) of terrible men and create a space to fight outdated patriarchal ideals. Above all, it makes it clear that behind Drew's fearsome laugh is a mission and a life philosophy, a strategy for self-confidence from the inside out, and a pathway to once and for all remove men from the centre of how women and fems think about themselves.

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Book SynopsisIn this landmark study of American labor history, Meredith Tax charts the actions of women in working-class, feminist, and socialist movements between 1880 and 1917 in the USA. Caught between the hostility of male trade unionists, the chauvinism of male socialist organizers, and the assumptions of middle-class feminists, women workers forged their own demands for economic and political justice in the industrializing landscape of North America. In doing so, Tax argues, a unique form of socialist-feminist class consciousness was created, whose remarkable history is chronicled in this work.With a focus on the histories of the Socialist Party and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), Tax shows how working-class socialist women navigated the terrain between the seemingly oppositional demands for suffrage and labour rights. The Rising of the Women also contains detailed case studies of two germinal moments in American labour history: the uprising of shirtwaist workers in New York City in 1909 - 1910, the real beginning of the International Ladies' Garment Worker Union; and the 1912 IWW strike of immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Mass., making it an essential text for students of American labor history as well as readers interested in twentieth-century feminism.First published in 1980, the book is reissued by Verso as part of the highly successful Feminist Classics series, where it takes its place alongside texts by Sheila Rowbotham, Kathi Weeks, Stella Dadzie, Lynne Segal and more. The result of years of archival research, Tax blends original source material from the participants of the movements with her own sharp analysis into a rich narrative of women workers' struggle. The Rising of the Women is a classic of feminist labor history whose time has come to find the wide audience it deserves.Trade ReviewTax provides an encyclopedic denouement that deconstructs the political and social factors that caused this backlash and explores the rifts that developed between workers as the attacks unfolded. To wit, she highlights the redbaiting that was stoked by male unionists who refused to recognize the invaluable strike support provided by women in the Socialist Party.exciting and moving. * The Indypendent *The Rising of the Women is both a nuanced historical account and a useful guide for organizers. Its comparative approach, which explores case studies from a range of times and places, documents a suggestive pattern in American labor history: The past successes that Tax examines all relied on the active role of a women's movement, which deepened the strength of the political coalition and ensured that the interests of women and other marginalized workers were fully included. Tax's work offers evidence - from history, not theory - that an autonomous women's movement is not only compatible with class struggle but critical to its success. -- Avi Steinberg * Jewish Currents *Life in 2022 remains a sometimes overwhelmingly bleak struggle, and so we read books like The Rising of the Women to propel our activist journey-shoulder to shoulder, hearts open, fists high! -- Blanche Wiesen Cook * LIBER *At a time when movements for social justice have all too often become just another vehicle to irrelevance in the electoral realm and the Left is a divided shadow of what it was a couple decades ago, This reprinting of The Rising of the Women is both necessary and timely. In telling this story of the struggle for working women's rights, the author reminds us of what is possible while also reminding us that seemingly insurmountable differences among those fighting for social justice should not be an excuse not to seek common ground and get on with the struggle. [An] outstanding history. -- Ron Jacobs * Counterpunch *

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Book SynopsisWhile forced marriage and 'honour-based' violence attract media attention, little is known about the issues and experiences of South Asian women and children who are affected by gendered violence.This book explores the key theoretical and empirical issues involved in gendered violence, ethnicity and South Asian communities. The editors draw together leading researchers and practitioners to provide a critical reflection of contemporary debates and consider how these reflections can inform policy, research and practice. The contributors consider the primacy of religion and culture, and how South Asian women face multiple and intersecting forms of violence. Future directions for facilitating improved services for survivors of violence against women from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are also proposed.Violence Against Women in South Asian Communities will have widespread relevance for professional academics, researchers, students, policy makers, practitioners and anyone concerned with gendered violence within South Asian communities.Trade ReviewIts sounds a bleak picture, but it is not, because the book is a testimony to the strength, solidarity and persistence of the resistance movement. It is a call for unity, it is a pledge and a promise that these contributor activists and their alliances with others will continue to challenge and contest the dominant narratives which shape and define the perception of South Asian women by the mainstream community in policy, politics and the law and bring justice to South Asian women victims of domestic violence. -- Journal of Social Welfare & Family Lawthis text is very enlightening... Editors Thiara and Gil successfully provide the reader with a microscopic view of South Asian VAW, revealing the complex weaving soft is tapestry. Each of the articles poignantly weaves in and out micro-and macro-perspectives, such a UK policy and its perspective on immigration, and though seemingly well intentioned, in actuality it harms the women it attempts to protect. Their lens advances knowledge about this important topic and allows for those in academia, research, policy and the public, to grasp a better understanding of violence against South Asian women. -- The Howard Journal of Criminal JusticeOverall this book is excellent in this presentation and organisation. It is ideal for those wishing to enhance their knowledge on the issues affecting south Asian women and the multiple disadvantages they experience. -- Professional Social WorkThis is a well written book that follows in a rich tradition of studying gender-based violence against women from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in the West... However, the strength of the book under review is that it offers a fresh look at the issue, moving beyond the issues of domestic violence and honour-related violence, addressing, in addition, issues often under-researched in this area, including: questions of masculinities, the concept of 'multiculturalism', child contact and post separation violence, the role of Shariah councils, and policy interventions including the domestic violence concession for immigrant women on a spousal visa. The book also provides a strong policy focus, in addition to offering a much needed theoretical base to understand these varied issues... The book concludes on a positive note, suggesting ways in which existing policy and practice could work together to protect South Asian women from violence by putting their needs first. This, I suggest, is one of the many strengths of this book - its ability to both analyse and to challenge existing structures of discrimination, inequality and gender-based violence. Other areas of strength are the ways in which South Asian women are never treated as a homogenous category or as passive victims, but, where possible, their agency and heterogeneity are acknowledged... Within the examination of structural inequalities, it also addresses the important issue of problems and gaps in existing policies, including policies on forced marriage and immigration and multiculturalism. In short, this book is a pleasure to read and will be an invaluable addition to the literature on ethnic minority communities and gender-based violence. -- British Journal of Social WorkOverall, it is a well edited and balanced collection which provides a good introduction to the field while not shying away from the detail needed to fully describe and analyse the complex policy and practice issues. Thiara and Gill are ideally positioned to edit this collection, since they are both actively involved in the international movement to combat violence against women and hold key policy and practice expositions alongside their academic roles. This undoubtedly has helped them secure contributions from key activists in the field, meaning the book does not suffer from being overly theoretical or 'dry'... Patel and Siddique's chapter provides an essential documentation of their success in this legal challenge, which will be of interest to feminist activists, practitioners and academics internationally... Like so many of the other chapters, Gill and Mitra-Kahn manage to effectively synthesise theory, policy, practice and politics. The result is an excellent overview of the Force Marriage Civil Protection Act (2007) and debates around civil and criminal law approaches...Thiara and Gill state that they wish to link past discourses on "race", ethnicity and nationality, and violence against women, to make connections within theory and politics and to bring together a range of activists and researchers. They have certainly achieved this here. They challenge their readers to reflect on their location within social divisions and systems of oppression, whether they are influenced by the wider construction and representation of South Asian women and whether they contribute to the reinforcement of such representations and oppressions. More importantly, they ask how these representations and oppressions can be challenged. The collection contributes to this by providing clear analysis of the debates and theories concerning violence against South Asian women, assessing particularly the responses in legislation and policy, and the intersection of culture, 'race'. ethnicity and gender within these responses... Kelly describes the book as a "historic collection that documents, recognises and renews the contribution to the UK movement against violence against women by South Asian feminists; contributions made as researchers, as activists, as practitioners". In our opinion, this is an accurate description of Thiara and Gill's collection and we would class it as essential reading for all involved in the international movement against violence against women. -- Race & ClassThis book is powerful, challenging and inspirational, and is an important contribution to debates on the complex intersections between ethnicity, gender and inequality, as well as on human rights and violence against women. Thiara and Gill and the contributors to this text skilfully unpick the flawed thinking and policy initiatives directed at gender-based violence over the past 30 years and especially in the post 9/11 period community cohesion and anti-terrorism initiatives. -- Dr Lorraine Radford, Head of Research, NSPCCThis is a stimulating and provocative collection which explores the difficult concepts of 'multiculturalism', 'ethnic identity' and 'secularisation' in relation to gendered violence. The authors challenge myths and stereotypes about the 'Asian' experience in relation to interpersonal violence without oversimplifying or homogenising black and minority ethnic (BME) women's experiences. Despite cataloguing the ongoing struggles against racism and misogyny, and the intersection of both, the editors conclude the text with optimism; an additional reason to recommend this text to all policy makers, practitioners, academics and students, as well as those interested in the provenance of BME anti-violence organisations and current UK policy. -- Dr Melanie McCarry, School for Policy Studies, University of BristolA wide-ranging, timely and empirically informed analysis of the different forms of violence and human rights violations faced by women at the intersection of gender, ethnicity and class, and the shortcomings of existing legal and policy frameworks for dealing with them. It engages with important conceptual and political debates in the area and develops a sophisticated theoretical and political framework for addressing violence against women within multiculturalists policy and practice. In so doing, it problematises existing assumptions about the role of culture, and provides a much more nuanced intersectionality framework for dealing with this important issue in modern society. It will fill an important gap in the literature and should be widely read. -- Floya Anthias, Professor of Sociology and Social Justice, Roehampton UniversityTable of ContentsForeword. Professor Liz Kelly. Introduction. Ravi K Thiara, University of Warwick and Aisha K Gill, Roehampton University. Chapter 1. Understanding Violence against South Asian Women: What it Means for Practice. Ravi K Thiara and Aisha K Gill. Chapter 2. Charting South Asian Women's Struggles against Gender-based Violence. Amrit Wilson, University of Huddersfield and Royal Holloway College. Chapter 3. Masculinities and Violence against Women in South Asian Communities: Transnational Perspectives. Marzia Balzani, Roehampton University. Chapter 4. Shrinking Secular Spaces: Asian Women at the Intersect of Race, Religion and Gender. Pragna Patel and Hannana Siddiqui, Southall Black Sisters. Chapter 5. Moving Toward a 'Multiculturalism Without Culture': Constructing a Victim-Friendly Human Rights Approach to Forced Marriage in the UK. Aisha K Gill and Trishima Mitra-Kahn, Roehampton University. Chapter 6. Continuing Control: Child Contact and Post-separation Violence. Ravi K Thiara. Chapter 7. Shariah Councils and the Resolution of Matrimonial Disputes: Gender and Justice in the 'Shadow' of the Law. Samia Bano, University of Reading. Chapter 8. Protection for All? The Failures of the Domestic Violence Rule for (Im)migrant Women. Kaveri Sharma, London Metropolitan University and Aisha K Gill. Chapter 9. Conclusion: Looking to the Future. Aisha K Gill and Ravi K Thiara. 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Book SynopsisIn this work, Mouffe argues that liberal democracy misunderstands the problems of ethnic, religious and nationalist conflicts because of its inadequate conception of politics. He suggests that the democratic revolution may be jeopardized by a lack of understanding of citizenship, community and pluralism. Mouffe examines the work of Schmidt and Rawls and explores feminist theory, in an attempt to place the project of radical and plural democracy on a more adequate foundation than is provided by liberal theory.Trade ReviewEvocative and challenging. * Radical Philosophy *An indispensable read. * Harvard Educational Review *Her work evinces an impressive political prescience...In a rare feat for a political theorist, Mouffe's texts have inspired left parties and politicians, like Podemos and Jean-Luc Melénchon, to frame their projects as a democratic struggle against unrepresentative elites. -- Thea Riofrancos * n+1 *With eerie accuracy, Mouffe anticipated today's political world. -- Andy Beckett * The Guardian *

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Book Synopsis'Lucy Kerbel's work has become increasingly pivotal in helping the entire industry raise its game... this illuminating book answers the cynic, informs the impartial, converts the supporter into an activist and equips them all; not in a rallying cry of anger-fuelled idealism, but in a calm, pragmatic and clear-eyed way.' Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre, from his Foreword Theatre needs to change. Everywhere – in its boardrooms, on its stages, throughout its repertoires – it could be so much more successful at reflecting the gender balance of the world it seeks to represent. This is a book about why change matters, its benefits – artistic, commercial, ethical and social – and how, with everyone's help, we can actually achieve it. From small shifts, such as how you run your meetings, or what's on the shelves of your school library, to rethinking concepts as huge as the art we inherit, how we attribute excellence, and the constraints we unwittingly pass on to the next generation, there are things we can all do to bring about change. In this book, you'll find provocations to help you consider your current practices and their effects, challenge unconscious biases and identify opportunities for change, plus strategies and tools to help you decide where best to focus your efforts, to convince others why change matters, and to achieve meaningful, lasting success. Eye-opening, empowering and inspiring, All Change Please is a book for anyone who loves theatre. Whether you make it, teach it, watch it or study it, everyone has their own unique part to play in helping refresh, reshape and re-imagine the industry as truly diverse, equal and inclusive. 'We are the industry. If things will shift it is down to us, all of us, to make that happen. We all need to reflect on how we work, how we think, and how we make choices. That's what will drive the greatest change.' Since 2011, Lucy Kerbel and her organisation Tonic Theatre have been working with companies and individuals across the theatre industry to support them in achieving greater gender equality in their work and workforces. Her first book, 100 Great Plays for Women, is also published by Nick Hern Books.Trade Review'Well-informed and clearly written, accessible and engaging… the chapter on Young People would be an inspiring and provocative starting point for a debate with GSCE or A-level students... this brilliant book will help us get towards realising a vision of equality' * Drama Magazine *'Relevant and useful to people at all levels and in all parts of the creative industry, from youth-group leaders to executive producers... already it has altered the way I think about the issue and its possible solutions' * Teaching Drama *'An accessible and enjoyable read which I finished feeling motivated, inspired and informed... reminds us that we each have a role to play in making change happen regardless of how much power we think we have' * Youth Theatre Ireland *'Eminently practical... Kerbel makes her case in calm yet resolute fashion, busting common myths and giving readers the tools to spot and combat imbalances - both collectively and individually... Kerbel's belief in the industry's ability to change, the benefits it will bring, and the joy we can find in advancing that change is much-needed inspiration. We so often despair at the negative; here is a brisk spur to take action and create the positive' * Broadway World *'[Kerbel's] evidence is watertight, well conveyed and successfully highlights the issues facing gender equality in today’s industry… all of us need to take note, take it seriously and take action' * Ink Pellet *'A great guide for anyone thinking about gender equality… gives people the tools to create their own change' * WhatsOnStage *'An empowering read that leaves you feeling both able and ready to take some form of action... there is still a huge amount of work to do, but Kerbel breaks it down, making equality feel a little closer to our grasp' * LGBTQ Review *'A fantastic starting point for anyone looking to help achieve real lasting change in gender equality in theatre, at any level... definitely one for the bookshelf' * Female Arts *

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Book SynopsisA train stops on the tracks in the middle of the night and a lone woman steps out, following a call from deep in the forest. In these six richly imagined short stories, Andrea Lundgren explores a liminal space where the town meets the wilderness and human consciousness meets something more animalistic. From foxes to blue whales to angels, the creatures that roam through these stories spark a desire for something more in their human counterparts: a longing for transformation. Whether dealing with familial tensions, romantic troubles, or a crisis of faith, their human anguish is explored with psychological depth and poetic insight in the earthy, evocative world of Lundgren’s northern borderlands.Trade Review‘A magical realist universe where anything can happen and not much can be explained.’ Vi Laaser; ‘Mesmeric...These are fascinating, haunting stories that stay with the reader.’ Alex Fleming, Swedish Book Review; 'Magical realism and environmental poetry spiced with elements of horror in the spirit of Jon Ajvide Lindqvist.' göteborgs-postenTable of ContentsThe Bird That Cries in the Night, The Cat, How Things Come to Seem, The Father Hole, The Girlfriend, On the Nature of Angels

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Book SynopsisRunning from 1990 to 1999, the annual OutWrite conference played a pivotal role in shaping LGBTQ literary culture in the United States and its emerging canon. OutWrite provided a space where literary lions who had made their reputations before the gay liberation movement—like Edward Albee, John Rechy, and Samuel R. Delany—could mingle, network, and flirt with a new generation of emerging queer writers like Tony Kushner, Alison Bechdel, and Sarah Schulman. This collection gives readers a taste of this fabulous moment in LGBTQ literary history with twenty-seven of the most memorable speeches from the OutWrite conference, including both keynote addresses and panel presentations. These talks are drawn from a diverse array of contributors, including Allen Ginsberg, Judy Grahn, Essex Hemphill, Patrick Califia, Dorothy Allison, Allan Gurganus, Chrystos, John Preston, Linda Villarosa, Edmund White, and many more. OutWrite offers readers a front-row seat to the passionate debates, nascent identity politics, and provocative ideas that helped animate queer intellectual and literary culture in the 1990s. Covering everything from racial representation to sexual politics, the still-relevant topics in these talks are sure to strike a chord with today’s readers.Trade Review"Oh please, please powers-that-be, have the smarts and curiosity to bring OutWrite back into our lives. This inspiring collection reveals the dialogic community in negotiation/inspiration from all of its corners: where the most rewarded meet the most marginalized, where the grassroots meets the corporate, the dying met the future, and they all sit on the same panels, eat and drink together, make friends and lovers, business deals and friendships, and share aesthetics, politics, argue and thereby influence the creation of the literature."— Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 "The Outwrite conferences of the 1990s marked a critical turning point in the history of LGBTQ literary life and culture. This collection restores to historical memory the anger, the militancy, and the vibrant cultural voices that confronted directly the pain of the AIDS epidemic as well as the racial and gender divisions within the community. The editors have given us a wonderfully moving and inspiring gift by bringing into print these powerfully insightful speeches from the past."— John D’Emilio, author of Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives "OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture is an incredible collection that taps into the heart of the queer literary community in the 1990s - the struggles, the successes, the visions, and the revisions. Reading it, I was struck by our loss of an entire parallel culture of LGBTQ businesses, conferences, and infrastructure that existed before the wide spread of the internet—but I was also struck by the continuity of hope, the clarity with which these authors fought for a freer future, against incredible odds. OutWrite is a history that feels searingly present."— Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn Was Queer "The incredible importance of queer culture to American culture is usually ignored by heterosexuals and often underestimated by LGBTQ people. OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture edited by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross is a magnificent testimony—and until now undocumented archive—of the expanse and the depth of LGBTQ literary and political culture that was the legacy of decades of struggle. Every piece here brilliantly embodies the insights, intellectual bravery, political acumen and sheer courage that went into building a fiercely independent literary and political culture that redefined American culture and still illuminates how we live today. This is an invaluable contribution to LGBTQ literature, Queer Studies, and the everyday reader of queer literature."— Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard University "What a fabulous and fascinating collection of speeches from leading figures in queer arts and letters in the 1990s! For everyone who wishes that they had attended the OutWrite conferences, for those who will enjoy re-experiencing them, and for all who are interested in cultural activism, this valuable anthology will inspire with words, wit, and wisdom."— Marc Stein, author of The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History and Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly Activism "The vital, urgent need to tell our stories, to share, to write within and for a community is an inspiring part of any gathering of writers and publishers, but it’s especially evident in the speeches collected in OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture. This anthology documents the pivotal role the OutWrite conferences played in shaping and inspiring a generation of LGBTQ writers. The diversity of speakers gathered here, and the explicit links they make between silenced and marginalized sexual communities and other oppressed communities amidst the devastation wrought by the AIDS epidemic and the ‘90s culture wars is especially valuable. This collection honors the memory of our forebearers—many of whom fired my own passion for critical queer writing—and is sure to bolster today’s artists and activists working against a global pandemic, climate crises, and the continued ascendency of white supremacy and conservative politics."— Dwight A. McBride, President & University Professor at The New School "Far from academic ephemera, these resonant messages offer ever relevant takes on the current discourse around identity, inclusion, dissent, and the responsibility of the artist. The result is an indispensable addition to literary and cultural history."— Publishers Weekly, starred review "A new book captures the rousing speeches of LGBTQ writers," by Merry Johns— OUTvoices "Remembering the Queer Literary Conferences of the 1990s," by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross— The Georgia Review "?OUTWRITE: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture" blog spotlight— Mile High Gay Guy March 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us by Karla J. Strand: "This volume is a collection of speeches and presentations from the annual OutWrite Conference which ran from 1990 to 1999. Included are queer greats such as Dorothy Allison, Jewelle Gomez, Allen Ginsburg, Minnie Bruce Pratt and more."— Ms. Magazine Listen for My Name: Julie Enszer and Elena Gross on community care, the AIDS epidemic, and OutWrite, the conference that shaped queer literary history— Poetry Foundation - Off the Shelf Podcast "Remembering OutWrite: Something extraordinary happens when queer writers gather together," by Julie R. Enszer— Public Seminar Erie Gay News OutWrite spotlight and giveaway— Erie Gay News "When I look back at my heavily marked-up OutWrite programs and reread the articles I’d written about it, I’m reminded that as wonderful as many speeches were, they were only part of what made OutWrite so memorable." — Gay & Lesbian Review "A new book captures the rousing speeches of LGBTQ writers," by Merry Johns— OUTvoices "The Outwrite conferences of the 1990s marked a critical turning point in the history of LGBTQ literary life and culture. This collection restores to historical memory the anger, the militancy, and the vibrant cultural voices that confronted directly the pain of the AIDS epidemic as well as the racial and gender divisions within the community. The editors have given us a wonderfully moving and inspiring gift by bringing into print these powerfully insightful speeches from the past."— John D’Emilio, author of Queer Legacies: Stories from Chicago’s LGBTQ Archives "Far from academic ephemera, these resonant messages offer ever relevant takes on the current discourse around identity, inclusion, dissent, and the responsibility of the artist. The result is an indispensable addition to literary and cultural history."— Publishers Weekly, starred review Erie Gay News OutWrite spotlight and giveaway— Erie Gay News "OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture is an incredible collection that taps into the heart of the queer literary community in the 1990s - the struggles, the successes, the visions, and the revisions. Reading it, I was struck by our loss of an entire parallel culture of LGBTQ businesses, conferences, and infrastructure that existed before the wide spread of the internet—but I was also struck by the continuity of hope, the clarity with which these authors fought for a freer future, against incredible odds. OutWrite is a history that feels searingly present."— Hugh Ryan, author of When Brooklyn Was Queer "What a fabulous and fascinating collection of speeches from leading figures in queer arts and letters in the 1990s! For everyone who wishes that they had attended the OutWrite conferences, for those who will enjoy re-experiencing them, and for all who are interested in cultural activism, this valuable anthology will inspire with words, wit, and wisdom."— Marc Stein, author of The Stonewall Riots: A Documentary History and Queer Public History: Essays on Scholarly A "The incredible importance of queer culture to American culture is usually ignored by heterosexuals and often underestimated by LGBTQ people. OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture edited by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross is a magnificent testimony—and until now undocumented archive—of the expanse and the depth of LGBTQ literary and political culture that was the legacy of decades of struggle. Every piece here brilliantly embodies the insights, intellectual bravery, political acumen and sheer courage that went into building a fiercely independent literary and political culture that redefined American culture and still illuminates how we live today. This is an invaluable contribution to LGBTQ literature, Queer Studies, and the everyday reader of queer literature."— Michael Bronski, Professor of the Practice in Activism and Media Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, Harvard Univ "When I look back at my heavily marked-up OutWrite programs and reread the articles I’d written about it, I’m reminded that as wonderful as many speeches were, they were only part of what made OutWrite so memorable." — Gay & Lesbian Review Listen for My Name: Julie Enszer and Elena Gross on community care, the AIDS epidemic, and OutWrite, the conference that shaped queer literary history— Poetry Foundation - Off the Shelf Podcast "Oh please, please powers-that-be, have the smarts and curiosity to bring OutWrite back into our lives. This inspiring collection reveals the dialogic community in negotiation/inspiration from all of its corners: where the most rewarded meet the most marginalized, where the grassroots meets the corporate, the dying met the future, and they all sit on the same panels, eat and drink together, make friends and lovers, business deals and friendships, and share aesthetics, politics, argue and thereby influence the creation of the literature."— Sarah Schulman, author of Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 "Remembering the Queer Literary Conferences of the 1990s," by Julie R. Enszer and Elena Gross— The Georgia Review "Remembering OutWrite: Something extraordinary happens when queer writers gather together," by Julie R. Enszer— Public Seminar "The vital, urgent need to tell our stories, to share, to write within and for a community is an inspiring part of any gathering of writers and publishers, but it’s especially evident in the speeches collected in OutWrite: The Speeches that Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture. This anthology documents the pivotal role the OutWrite conferences played in shaping and inspiring a generation of LGBTQ writers. The diversity of speakers gathered here, and the explicit links they make between silenced and marginalized sexual communities and other oppressed communities amidst the devastation wrought by the AIDS epidemic and the ‘90s culture wars is especially valuable. This collection honors the memory of our forebearers—many of whom fired my own passion for critical queer writing—and is sure to bolster today’s artists and activists working against a global pandemic, climate crises, and the continued ascendency of white supremacy and conservative politics."— Dwight A. McBride, President & University Professor at The New School "OUTWRITE: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture" blog spotlight— Mile High Gay Guy March 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us by Karla J. Strand: "This volume is a collection of speeches and presentations from the annual OutWrite Conference which ran from 1990 to 1999. Included are queer greats such as Dorothy Allison, Jewelle Gomez, Allen Ginsburg, Minnie Bruce Pratt and more."— Ms. MagazineTable of ContentsIntroduction Judy Grahn: Your First Audience Is Your People Allen Ginsberg: American Glasnost and Reconstruction Sarah Schulman: AIDS and the Responsibility of the Writer Essex Hemphill: Does Your Mama Know About Me? Susan Griffin: The Effects of Ecological Disaster Pat Califia: More Fuel to Run On John Preston: AIDS Writing Lesbians and Gays of African Descent Take Issue Mariana Romo-Carmona: The Color of My Narrative Dorothy Allison: Survival is the Least of My Desires Janice Gould: Speaking a World Into Existence Melvin Dixon: I’ll Be Somewhere Listening for My Name Allan Gurganus: What Fiction Means Chrystos: The Gift of Open Sky to Carry You Safely on Your Journey as Writers John Preston: An Exceptional Child Samuel R. Delany: An Excerpt from “Aversion/Perversion/Diversion” Jewelle Gomez: Less Than a Mile from Here Kate Rushin: The Bridge Poem and A Pacifist Becomes Militant and Declares War Linda Villarosa: We Have to Fight for Our Political Lives Tony Kushner: On Pretentiousness Luis Alfaro: Heroes and Saints from Downtown Edmund White: Remembrances of a Gay Old Time Minnie Bruce Pratt: Imagination and the Mockingbird Cheryl Clarke: A House of Difference: Audre Lorde’s Legacy to Lesbian and Gay Writers Nancy K. Bereano: Keeping Our Queer Souls Craig Lucas: Making a Fresh Start Peggy Shaw: from “A Menopausal Gentleman” Voices from OutWrite Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the ways in which young women negotiate gendered and classed identities in nightlife venues. With a particular focus on the under-researched phenomenon of the ‘girls’ night out’, this text explores tensions around what it means to be ‘girly’ in bars, pubs and clubs, examining throughout the ways in which being a ‘girly girl’ is simultaneously desired and derided in a postfeminist context. Drawing on research conducted in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, this original and comprehensive book explores the value and meaning of the ‘girls’ night out’ for young women, and its instrumental role in the negotiation of friendships and femininities. Nicholls covers a range of themes, including alcohol consumption, dress, and risk management, providing engaging and timely insights into women’s leisure as a site for the negotiation of gendered identities. Negotiating Femininities in the Neoliberal Night-Time Economy will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences with an interest in gender, class and the Night-Time Economy.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book speaks to the politics of weight through an interrogation of dieting, power and the body. In feminist theory, there is no greater site of contestation than that of the body, and Morris explores how these debates often become centred upon a dichotomy between oppression and liberation. Whilst there is a vast diversity of scholarship that challenges this binary including post-colonial, post-structuralist and Marxist feminist work, the dichotomy nevertheless endures. The Politics of Weight argues that the ‘feminine’ body is not simply a site of oppression or liberation by drawing upon the intersections that exist between Foucault’s Discipline and Punish and post-structuralist feminist work on the body. This provides a unique lens for exploring weight. Through in-depth analysis of interviews with women who seemingly sit on either side of the ‘oppression’ and ‘liberation’ debate, members of dieting clubs and fat activists, the book highlights the complexities that surround women’s relationship to weight and the body. Likewise it draws upon the wealth of black feminist scholarship to explore the discourses surrounding Oprah Winfrey’s dieting ‘journey,’ seeking to demonstrate how discipline and race interact and how this plays out in dieting and weight. The Politics of Weight will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines, including gender studies, sociology, geography and political science. Table of Contents1. Watching our Weight: An Introduction.- 2. The Dichotomy of Power: Feminist Debates on the Body.- 3. The Dichotomy of Power in Dieting.- 4. The 'O' Factor: Foucault, Race and Oprah's Body Journey.- 5. Fat Activism and Body Positivity: freedom from dieting?.- 6. The Body, Power and Dieting: Beyond the Binary.

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Book SynopsisRoyal women did much more to wield power besides marrying the king and producing the heir. Subverting the dichotomies of public/private and formal/informal that gender public authority as male and informal authority as female, this book examines royal women as agents of influence. With an expansive chronological and geographic scope—from ancient to early modern and covering Egypt, Great Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Asia Minor—these essays trace patterns of influence often disguised by narrower studies of government studies and officials. Contributors highlight the theme of dynastic loyalty by focusing on the roles and actions of individual royal women, examining patterns within dynasties, and considering what factors generated loyalty and disloyalty to a dynasty or individual ruler. Contributors show that whether serving as the font of dynastic authority or playing informal roles of child-bearer, patron, or religious promoter, royal women have been central to the issue of dynastic loyalty throughout the ancient, medieval, and modern eras. Trade Review“It is a valuable contribution to the field and should be read by both scholars and students with an interest in royal studies, queenship, and women in general.” (Estelle Paranque, Royal Studies Journal, Vol. 6 (2), 2019)Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Kings’ Daughters, Sisters, and Wives: Fonts and Conduits of Power and Legitimacy3. From Family to Politics: Queen Apollonis as Agent of Dynastic/Political Loyalty4. Queens and their Children: Dynastic Dis/loyalty in the Hellenistic Period5. On the Alleged Treachery of Julia Domna and Septimius Severus’ Failed Siege of Hatra6. “In Protection of Our Own Interests We Rebel.”7. Prince Pedro: A Case of Dynastic Disloyalty in 15th century Portugal?8. Dynastic Loyalty and the 'Queenships' of Mary Queen of Scots9. Embodied Devotion: The Dynastic and Religious Loyalty of Renée de France (1510-1575)10. Visual Propaganda and Ritual at the Early Stuart Court in England11. Dynastic Loyalty and Allegiances: Ottoman Resilience during the Global Seventeenth Century Crisis12. For Empire or Dynasty? Empress Elisabeth Christine and the Brunswicks13. French Historians’ Loyalty and Disloyalty to French Monarchy between 1815 and 1848

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection examines the relationship between three central terms—capitalism, feminism, and critique—while critically celebrating the work and life of a thinker who has done the most to address this nexus: Nancy Fraser. In honor of her seventieth birthday, and in the spirit of her work in the tradition of critical theory, this collection brings together scholars from different disciplines and theoretical approaches to address this conjunction and evaluate Fraser’s lifelong contributions to theorizing it. Scholars from philosophy, political science, sociology, gender studies, race theory and economics come together to think through the vicissitudes of capitalism and feminism while also responding to different elements of Nancy Fraser’s work, which weaves together a strong feminist standpoint with a vibrant and complex critique of capitalism. Going beyond conventional disciplinary distinctions and narrow debates, all the contributors to this project share a commitment to critically understanding the connection between capitalism, exploitation, and the viable roads for emancipation. They recover insights provided by classical traditions of political and social thought, but they also open new research directions adapted to the global challenges of our time.Trade Review“The contributions to Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique: Essays in Honor of Nancy Fraser are uniformly excellent. … The essays in Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique achieve what its editors say they set out to achieve … .” (Georgia Warnke, Hypatia Reviews Online, hypatiareviews.org, September 19, 2019)Table of Contents1. Introduction2. From Socialist-Feminism to the Critique of Global Capitalism3. Debates on Slavery, Capitalism and Race: Old and New4. Feminism, Capitalism and the Social Regulation of Sexuality5. Capitalism’s Insidious Charm vs. Women’s and Sexual Liberation6. The Long Life of Nancy Fraser’s “Rethinking the Public Sphere”7. Feminism, Ecology and Capitalism: Nancy Fraser’s Contribution to a Radical Notion of Critique as Disclosure8. Recognition, Redistribution, and Participatory Parity: Where’s the Law?Robin Blackburn9. (Parity of) Participation: The Missing Link between Resources and Resonance10. Curbing the Absolute Power of Disembedded Financial Markets: the Grammar of Social Resistance and the Polanyian Narrative11. Hegel and Marx: A Re-Assessment After One Century12. Crisis, Contradiction and the Task of a Critical Theory13. What’s critical about a critical theory of justice?14. Beyond Kant versus Hegel: An Alternative Strategy for Grounding the Normativity 15. Conclusion: Nancy Fraser and the Left: a Searching idea of equality

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Book SynopsisPandita Ramabai was one of India's earliest feminists. Honored with the title of Saraswati in Calcutta in 1879, she soon alienated the men who had initially supported her. A high-caste Hindu widow, Ramabai converted to Christianity, an act that was seen not only as a betrayal of her religion but of her very nation. A classic study, Rewriting History does more than introduce one of the foremost thinkers of nineteenth-century India; it rescues Ramabai from the marginalization of her contemporaries. Arguing that this controversial figure has been actively suppressed in the writing of India's pre-independence history, Uma Chakravarti liberates Ramabai with an acute and nuanced critique of the power relations and hierarchies within a colonized society. Thoroughly researched and meticulously detailed, Rewriting History is essential reading for those interested in gender, class, and caste in nineteenth-century India.Trade Review"Rewriting History provides a rigorously researched context to Ramabai's work, linking her with social and historical processes that shaped the nation." (Indian Express)"

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Book SynopsisA Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison offers a remarkable perspective on eighteenth-century America. A white settler by birth, Mary Jemison was taken captive as a child in 1758 and adopted by two Seneca sisters. Refusing offers to return to settler society, she chose to spend the remainder of her life as a Seneca wife, mother, and respected community member. In 1823, the now-elderly Jemison shared her life story with white American writer James Seaver, who published it as a captivity narrative the following year. Conscious of the impacts of Seaver’s editorial hand, this edition foregrounds Jemison’s voice while also recentering Indigenous perspectives through an informative introduction and an illuminating selection of contextual materials.Trade Review“Like Mary Jemison’s Narrative itself, this much-needed edition resists a settler-focused analysis of Indigenous resistance and entangled colonial nation-states and epistemologies. Footnotes and editorial language peel back the layers of male settlers’ voices and editorial choices that attempt to package Jemison’s words and life and instead emphasize her identity as an adopted Seneca woman with deep ties to her chosen community. With contextual materials that connect the Narrative to histories of the Seneca’s displacement and continued ‘survivance,’ in the words of Gerald Vizenor, women’s captivity narratives, and sentimental fiction, this edition will allow educators to introduce this important text into discourses of both the long eighteenth century as a historical period and its impact on contemporary Anglo-American culture.” — Kate Ozment, Cal Poly Pomona“This is a thoughtful edition of a captivity narrative which expands the scope of the form beyond the earlier Puritan accounts which are still predominately studied. A fascinating and widely read account of transculturation, this text offers rewarding teaching opportunities in women’s history, Indigenous, and settler-colonial studies. The editors provide important contextual materials to help navigate this complex and often ambiguous book. A valuable text to add to the literature of the contact zone.” — Robbie Richardson, Princeton University“A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison extends challenges in the classroom, as students must grapple with the mediated and intertextual nature of its seeming autobiographical framework—namely, James Seaver’s position as editor of Jemison’s life narrative. Willow White and Tiffany Potter offer an important and necessary entry-point within Haudenosaunee, and specifically Seneca, practices of kinship formation and adoption that seek to situate Jemison’s perspective—what they call her ‘doubled voice’—within ongoing nineteenth-century Indigenous survivance. In this, their edition importantly draws deeply from recent scholarly emphases in Native American and Indigenous Studies on extricating community- and nation-centered Indigenous critiques of settler expansion, dispossession and removal, and forced assimilation. In particular, the ‘In Context’ section of the edition beautifully foregrounds late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Seneca perceptions on colonial history as counters to Seaver’s racialized rhetoric of Indigenous vanishing. I look forward to using this edition in my own teaching.” — Shelby Johnson, Oklahoma State University“Thirty years after June Namias’s recovery of this important text, the Broadview edition reinforces the continued relevancy of the Jemison narrative to early U.S. literature, Native American literature, and women’s literature. Its timely republication builds on Jemison’s significance to contemporary considerations of intersectional identities, citizenship, and as-told-to narratives, and it builds from the earlier edition by providing new contextual documents such as crucial Seneca treaties, Seneca voices, comparative captivity narratives, and a discussion of interracial and Indigenous kinship. Most importantly, it demonstrates how recovery work can remain relevant and make a deep, lasting impact on the study of American literature.” — Amy Gore, North Dakota State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction Mary Jemison A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison, Who was taken by the Indians, in the year 1755, when only about twelve years of age, and has continued to reside amongst them to the present timeIn Context Mary Jemison, Identity, and Indigenous Kinship Henry K. Bush-Brown, images of the statue Mary Jemison (1910) Artist unknown, Mary Jemison, the Captive (1892) Seaver’s Understanding of Gender and Governance in Seneca Culturefrom James E. Seaver, appendices to A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Mary Jemison (1824) Of Their Government Of Family Government An Account of the End of Jemison’s Lifefrom James E. Seaver, William Seaver, and Ebenezer Mix, Deh-He-Wa-Mis: or A Narrative of the Life of Mary Jemison (1842, revised and expanded edition) Seneca Voices: Sagoyewatha / Red Jacket and Gyantwahia / Cornplanter On good-faith negotiation: Red Jacket at Philadelphia, 31 March 1792 On religion and colonial missionaries: the meeting with Jacob Cram, November 1805 On bad-faith negotiation: 1790 Philadelphia speech to George Washington The Treaty of Fort Stanwix and the Treaty of Big Tree The Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784) The Treaty of Big Tree (1797) Excerpts from Earlier Narratives of Female Captives from Mary Rowlandson, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Together With the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed, Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) from Elizabeth Meader Hanson, God’s Mercy Surmounting Man’s Cruelty, Exemplified in the Captivity and Redemption of Elizabeth Hanson (1728) A Fiction of Indigeneityfrom James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) Map: Genesee River Area Map: New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio

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Book SynopsisSouth Asian Feminisms in Diaspora explores how South Asian feminisms challenge exclusionary narratives in the Global North.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPraise for past volumes of the Diary “This indispensable volume offers a panorama of Beauvoir's intellectual preoccupations. The translators and editors are to be applauded for producing such a valuable contribution to Beauvoir studies.”--French Studies “This diary increases our admiration for Beauvoir's heroic determination to make something of herself. A precious document.”--Bookforum “This is a truly remarkable book, and a significant contribution to Beauvoir scholarship. Barbara Klaw’s excellent translation provides unique access to the formative years of one of the twentieth century's great philosophers, authors, and public intellectuals.”--Tove Pettersen, President of the International Simone de Beauvoir Society Table of ContentsForeword to the Beauvoir Series Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir Preface Margaret A. Simons Acknowledgments Reading Beauvoir’s 1926–30 Student Diary as Adventures in Literary Creation Barbara Klaw Beauvoir and #MeToo Margaret A. Simons Third Notebook: December 7, 1926–April 15, 1927 Simone de Beauvoir Fifth Notebook: October 31, 1927–August 30, 1928 Simone de Beauvoir Seventh Notebook: September 15, 1929–October 31, 1930 Simone de Beauvoir Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA sweeping history of transformative, radical, and abolitionist movements in the United States that places the struggle for racial justice at the center of universal liberation. In Where Do We Go From Here? (1967), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., described racism as a philosophy based on a contempt for life, a totalizing social theory that could only be confronted with an equally massive response, by restructuring the whole of American society.A Wider Type of Freedom provides a survey of the truly transformative visions of racial justice in the United States, an often-hidden history that has produced conceptions of freedom and interdependence never envisioned in the nation's dominant political framework. A Wider Type of Freedom brings together stories of the social movements, intellectuals, artists, and cultural formations that have centered racial justice and the abolition of white supremacy as the foundation for a universal liberation. Daniel Martinez HoSang taps into moments acrossTable of ContentsList of Figures Preface: "Restructuring the Whole of American Society" Introduction: "A New Humanity" 1. The Body: "A World Where All Human Life Is Valued" 2. Democracy and Governance: "My Rise Does Not Involve Your Fall" 3. Internationalism: "Sing No More of War" 4. Labor: "To Enjoy and Create the Values of Humanity" Conclusion: "A New Recipe" Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this pathbreaking study of the works of Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau, and Mill, Susan Moller Okin turns to the tradition of political philosophy that pervades Western culture and its institutions to understand why the gap between formal and real gender equality persists. Our philosophical heritage, Okin argues, largely rests on the assumption of tTrade Review"Okin has written an engaging, serious, careful, and important work that raises the issues of women and politics in their most elemental and pertinent form... A pioneering book."--Benjamin R. Barber, New Republic "A brilliant, clear, sustained drive through the murky history of men's ideas about what they wished women to do into the terra incognita of what women can be... [A] major contribution to political thought."--Christina Robb, Boston Globe "Excellent... Given the generations of scholars who have ignored the obvious, Okin's contribution is tantamount to the child declaring the emperor to be without clothes. Her language is calm, clear, simple, and strong."--Vivian Gornick, Washington Post "Okin's impressive book makes clear that whatever we may have been taught, we cannot read the great political theorists as though 'mankind' means all of us."--Nannerl Keohane, EthicsTable of ContentsIntroduction to the 2013 Edition ix Acknowledgements xix Introduction 3 PART I. PLATO 1. Plato and the Greek Tradition of Misogyny 15 2. Philosopher Queens and Private Wives 28 3. Female Nature and Social Structure 51 PART II. ARISTOTLE 4. Woman's Place and Nature in a Functionalist World 73 PART III. ROUSSEAU 5. Rosseau and the Modern Patriarchal Tradition 99 6. The Natural Woman and Her Role 106 7. Equality and Freedom - for Men 140 8. The Fate of Rosseau's Heroines 167 PART IV. MILL 9. John Stuart Mill, Liberal Feminist 197 PART V. FUNCTIONALISM, FEMINISM AND THE FAMILY 10. Women and Functionalism, Past and Present 233 11. Persons, Women, and the Law 247 12. Conclusions 274 Appendix to Chapter 2 305 Afterword to the 1992 edition 309 Notes 341 Bibliography 387 Index 399

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017"

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[Mina Loy] gives a crucial account of Loy’s varied life and art, and also shines a light on other aspects of her multifaceted creative output, including her work as a writer, poet, playwright, inventor, and fashion and industrial designer. . . . This book provides an essential foundation for future scholarship on this fascinating and enigmatic artist."---Lauren Moya Ford, Hyperallergic"Loy’s repute as a writer (poet, satirist, polemicist, critic, feminist), and the international scholarship around it, underpins how the visual works are here brought to public attention. The contributors approach the task discursively: Lauterbach considering Loy’s engagement with truth and beauty, Ades exploring the trajectory from Dada to the late constructions, and Conover writing more self-reflexively as a result of his experience of 50 years studying and editing Loy’s work. This is a noble endeavour."---Matthew Gale, The Art Newspaper"[Mina Loy] significantly restores [the artist] to the center of international 20th century Modernism. . . . [The] catalog allow[s] both a historical and contemporary view of Loy, analyzing her literary and artistic careers and works historically through her archive, and also in light of an expansive current concept of artistic production. The catalog’s contributors . . . look back and forth between word and image, knitting back together the different parts of her life—social, literary, artistic, and entrepreneurial—that have formerly separated Loy’s accomplishments and obscured her art historical importance."---Amy Rahn, Brooklyn Rail"[A] fascinating exhibition catalog."---Jorge S. Arango, Portland Press Herald"Loy has long been recognized for her poetry (among poets, anyway), yet gradually, recognition of her multi-faceted artistic practice has increased—and with Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable . . . it is irrevocably clearer than ever."---Patrick James Dunagan, Rain Taxi Review of Books

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Book SynopsisA history of the feminist movement that changed how we see women's work foreverTrade Review'An important resource for students of the bold and brilliant 1970s wages for housework movement' -- Kathi Weeks, author of The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics and Postwork Imaginaries'This is a precise reconstruction of a legendary and almost-forgotten feminist campaign in Europe and North America. It includes a broad and balanced analysis of the theoretical background of the claim for wages for housework as well as of the controversies around it. An exciting and well-written memory of the 1970s!' -- Gisela Bock, Professor at the Free University BerlinTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: A Political and Personal History Part I: The International Feminist Collective: Historical Overview and Political Perspective 1. 1972: Wages for Housework in the Universe of Feminism 2. A Wage as a Lever for Power: The Political Perspective 3. The International Feminist Collective, 1972–77 Part II: Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work Overview 4. Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work in the Home 5. Mobilizations around Women’s Invisible Work Outside the Home 6. Mobilizations by Groups on the Periphery of the Network Conclusion Afterword – From Yesterday to Today: The Intellectual Journeys of Mariarosa Dalla Costa and Silvia Federici, from 1977 to 2013 Interview with Mariarosa Dalla Costa Interview with Silvia Federici Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn analysis of the divergent strands of feminism, as the fight for women's emancipation takes centre stage.Trade Review'Susan Ferguson’s attention to labour in the history of feminist thought is timely and urgent as is her attention to capital’s intensified harvest from the devalued work of social reproduction. Scholars and students across disciplines will find here valuable insights into the history of feminist theory and social movement' -- Rosemary Hennessy, Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University'Susan Ferguson has been a leader in the efforts to develop social reproduction theory. In this book, she takes on the historical context for its development. Her focus on the history of 'labour' in Marxist and feminist thought brilliantly reshapes our understanding of the concept and its role in analysing our past, present, and future' -- Lise Vogel, author of 'Marxism and the Oppression of Women''A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged' -- 'Historical Materialism'Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. The Labour Lens Part I: Three Trajectories 2. The Rational-Humanist Roots of Equality Feminism 3. Socialist Feminism: Two Approaches to Understanding Women's Work 4. Equal Work for and against Capital 5. Anti-Racist Feminism and Women's Work Part II: Social Reproduction Feminism 6. A Political Economy of 'Women's Work': Producing Patriarchal Capitalism 7. Renewing Social Reproduction Feminism 8. The Social Reproduction Strike: Life-Making Beyond Capitalism Afterword Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering Canadian suffragist and politician and an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.Trade ReviewStrong-Boag's account of Jamieson's life deepens the appreciation of the ending of one phase of feminist activism and the passing of the torch to successor generations. -- Jane Arscott, Athabasca University * Histoire Sociale *[The Last Suffragist Standing] makes a valuable contribution to the wider historiography of women’s political activities in Canada and to British Columbia politics in general. Jamieson would undoubtedly be pleased with this study of her life and times. -- Patricia Roy, author and professor emeritus of History at the University of Victoria * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 The Girl from the Saugeen Peninsula, 1882–19112 The New Woman as Wife, Suffragist, and Activist, 1911–183 Still Bettering the World, 1918–264 Widowed Judge and Progressive Activist, 1927–395 The Challenge of Electoral Politics, 1927–396 Suffragist in the BC Legislature, 1939–417 Legislative Veteran, 1941–458 Taking on Post-war Misogyny and Vancouver Politics, 1945–649 Faithful Social Democrat, 1945–64ConclusionPostscript from Four Granddaughters / Dorothy O’Connell, Anne Jamieson, Karen Jamieson, and Marion-Lea JamiesonNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisA powerful critique of the stories that feminists tell about the past four decades of Western feminist theory.Trade Review“Why Stories Matter is an exciting and impressive book, one that cannot fail to have an impact on the feminist academic community. Clare Hemmings contributes to radical new understandings of feminist theory by brilliantly synthesizing the debates that currently animate the field, and then intervening in ways that force the rethinking of accepted wisdom.”—Rosi Braidotti, Director, Centre for the Humanities, Utrecht University“I read Why Stories Matter with pleasure; it manages to specify and scrutinize much of what I too find dissatisfying, exasperating, and even enraging about contemporary conversations in academic feminism.”—Eva Cherniavsky, author of Incorporations: Race, Nation, and the Body Politics of Capital“Whatever happens to Anglo-European feminist theory and politics in the future, the way we look at its past will never be the same again. This extraordinary book identifies the revolutionary elements of a truly global feminist sensibility so urgently required in the present: accountability, reflexivity, and an ability to grasp the intersections between different forms of inequality and power.”—Vron Ware, co-author of Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics, and Culture“Why Stories Matter animates the field of feminist intellectual historiography. Hemmings provides a comprehensive and incisive approach that describes, critiques, and transforms the stories feminist scholars tell about their past. . . . Hemmings reminds us why our stories about the past of feminist scholarship have political and ethical prescience and, thus, why they matter.” -- Kelly Coogan-Gehr * Signs *“Hemmings’s book is an extraordinary encapsulation of major trends in recent feminist thought and is sweeping without being glossing, specific without getting mired in detail. Her contributions include not only exposing metanarratives that drive political investments without our noticing but also suggesting that feminists can gain more control over how feminism circulates by attending to this politicoemotional grammar.” -- Naomi Greyser * Feminist Studies *“Clare Hemmings’s Why Stories Matter is poised to prompt a major rethinking of feminist theory, and more importantly, of how we construct our histories of this field – and what this says about feminists’ intellectual investments and our futures. This is an engagingly written and highly original close reading of theoretical debates in the pages of top feminist journals. . . . The result is a stimulating book, one that has the power to interrogate the reader’s theoretical commitments, the stories she tells herself about her field, and the stories she tells others, including, if she teaches, her students.” -- Ilya Parkins * Reviews in Cultural Theory *“Hemmings’ interventions do more than constitute a meta-critique of Western feminism; they historicize and provincialize Western feminism with implications on how gender, sexuality and feminism are understood and taken up in a variety of trans/national contexts. This book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in feminism today; not just in Anglo-American feminism or in feminist theory, however, demarcated.” -- Srila Roy * Feminist Review *“This excellent, original book identifies and critiques the stories feminists tell about feminism. . . . Hemmings’s practice of detaching scholars’ names from their writing is inspired, because it moves away from praising or vilifying individual authors in favor of looking at prevailing narrative patterns. . . . Highly recommended. All readers.” -- R. R. Warhol * Choice *“... Hemmings is convincing in her mapping and unpacking of the recurring narratives, and argues persuasively that feminist scholars must take their roles as storytellers seriously... Hemming’s passionate and erudite book should be embraced....” -- Fiona Philip * Parallax *"Hemmings’s feminist narratives ... point to the potential of a feminist political grammar genuinely capable of promoting the kind of global social change so urgently needed." -- Karen J. Leader * Storytelling, Self, Society *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part One 1. Progress 31 2. Loss 59 3. Return 95 Part Two 4. Amenability 131 5. Citation Tactics 161 6. Affective Subjects 191 Notes 227 Bibliography 245 Index 265

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Book SynopsisBrings together theory and practical application, so that feminist discourse interacts as a partner with the lived experience of women's social action. The selections combine classics in feminist thought with work from modern theorists and offer a solid foundation in international feminism.Trade ReviewFeminisms and Womanisms is an ideal text for teaching undergraduate courses. Its key strengths are that it includes the foremothers of feminism, has a nice mix of Canadian and international discourse, and covers the central issues underlying the history of feminism - it is thus a good foundation text. It strikes a great balance between the 'must-read' feminist foremothers and Third Wave feminists, while being inclusive of a diverse set of feminist voices, and, importantly, the voice of First Nations feminists. This reader offers students a balanced approach to the study of the history of feminist discourse, theory, and action."" - Dr. Andrea O'Reilly, Director of the Association for Research on Mothering (A.R.M.) and Associate Professor of Women's Studies, York UniversityTable of Contents SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONS Meg Luxton, Feminism As a Class Act: Working-Class Feminism and the Women's Movement in Canada Sharon Donna McIvor, Self-Government and Aboriginal Women L. Pauline Rankin and Jill Vickers, Women's Movements and State Feminism: Integrating Diversity into Public Policy Emma Goldman, Marriage and Love Simone de Beauvoir, Myth and Reality Betty Friedan, The Crisis in Women's Identity Germaine Greer, The Middle-Class Myth of Love and Marriage Gloria Steinem, Life between the Lines Alice Walker, Womanist: A Letter to the Editor of MS bell hooks, Feminism: A Transformational Politic Samantha Sacks, Why Are You a Feminist? Anne-Marie Kinahan, Women Who Run from the Wolves: Feminist Critique as Post-Feminism Section Two: Diversity Anne Fausto-Sterling, The Five Sexes, Revisited Ruth Frankenberg, Growing Up White: Feminism, Racism, and the Social Geography of Childhood Yvonne Bobb-Smith, Caribbean Feminism versus Canadian Feminism Amita Handa, Modest and Modern: Women as Markers of the Indian Nation State Makeda Silvera, Man Royals and Sodomites: Some Thoughts on the Invisibility of Afro-Caribbean Lesbians Section Three: Socialization And Gender Roles Lois Gould, X--A Fabulous Child's Story Naomi Wolf, Nakedness: Pride and Shame Andrea O'Reilly, Mothers, Daughters, and Feminism Today: Empowerment, Agency, Narrative, and Motherline Michelle Hammer, How I Almost Killed My Mother in Childbirth Margaret Cho, Crush Crash Patricia Payette, The Feminist Wife? Notes from a Political ""Engagement"" Section Four: Identity, Body, And Health Kim Anderson, The Construction of a Negative Identity Julie Glaser, Eat and Disorder Kathleen LeBesco, Fat and Fabulous: Resisting Constructions of Female Body Ideals Mariko Tamaki, Angry Naked Women Inga Muscio, Blood and Cunts Nancy Graham, Mother Root: Constant Craving Carolyn Egan and Linda Gardner, Racism, Women's Health, and Reproductive Freedom Susan Sontag, The Double Standard of Aging Clarissa Pinkola Estes, The Howl: Resurrection of the Wild Woman Margaret Cruikshank, Gerastology: A Feminist's View of Gerontology and Women's Aging Section Five: Work Jan Borowy, Shelly Gordon, and Gayle Lebans, Are These Clothes Clean? The Campaign for Fair Wages and Working Conditions for Homeworkers Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong, Class Is a Feminist Issue Chris Bruckert, The World of the Professional Stripper Himani Bannerji, In the Matter of ""X"": Building ""Race"" into Sexual Harassment Section Six: The Classroom Linda Briskin, Privileging Agency and Organizing: A New Approach for Women's Studies Viviane Namaste with Georgia Sitara, Inclusive Pedagogy in the Women's Studies Classroom: Teaching the Kimberly Nixon Case Jean Bobby Noble, Queer Pedagogies of the Closet: Teaching Ignorances in the Heteronormative Classroom Section Seven: Popular Culture Janice Acoose, Discovering the Spark Motion (Wendy Brathwaite), Black Woman Rage Adrienne Rich, Credo of a Passionate Skeptic Margaret Atwood, Review of Diving into the Wreck Catharine A. MacKinnon, Not a Moral Issue Audre Lorde, Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power Angela Davis, Mama's Got the Blues Section Eight: Praxis-Social Change As told to Janet Silman, All for a Decent House Harriet G. Rosenberg, From Trash to Treasure: Housewife Activists and the Environmental Justice Movement Diane Driedger, Emerging from the Shadows: Women with Disabilities Organize Neita Kay Israelite and Karen Swartz, Reformulating the Feminist Perspective: Giving Voice to Women with Disabilities Joanne Cohen, Identity, Community, and Same-Sex Marriage Beverly Smith, Equal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Federation des femmes du Quebec 1999, 2000 Good Reasons to March Tammy C. Landau, Women's Experiences with Mandatory Charging for Wife Assault in Ontario, Canada: A Case against the Prosecution Cornelia Sollfrank, Women Hackers: A Report from the Mission to Locate Subversive Women on the Net Section Nine: Globalism Lee-Anne Broadhead, The Gender Dimension to the Search for Global Justice Naila Kabeer, Gender Equality and Human Development Outcomes: Enhancing Capabilities Maria Mies and Vandana Shiva, Ecofeminism Bibliography, Copyright Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisInterweaves Shirley Chisholm's public image, political commitments, and private experiences to create a definitive account of a consequential life. In so doing, Anastasia Curwood suggests new truths for understanding the social movements of Chisholm's time and the opportunities she forged for herself through coalition building.

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Book SynopsisIn Empowered Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the deeply entwined relationship between popular feminism and popular misogyny as it plays out in advertising, online and multimedia platforms, and nonprofit and commercial campaigns. Examining feminist discourses that emphasize self-confidence, body positivity, and individual achievement alongside violent misogynist phenomena such as revenge porn, toxic geek masculinity, and men''s rights movements, Banet-Weiser traces how popular feminism and popular misogyny are co-constituted. From Black Girls Code and the Always #LikeAGirl campaign to GamerGate and the 2016 presidential election, Banet-Weiser shows how popular feminism is met with a misogynistic backlash of mass harassment, assault, and institutional neglect. In so doing, she contends that popular feminism''s problematic commitment to visibility limits its potential and collective power.Trade Review"Empowered adroitly examines the context in which popular feminism is transformed into hateful and misogynistic rage." -- Elisabeth Woronzoff * Popmatters *"Sarah Banet-Weiser offers an informative and readable account of popular feminism and popular misogynistic reactions to it. . . . Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." -- M. Morrissey * Choice *"Empowered offers an extremely timely and critical perspective toward understanding the current topology of feminism and misogyny in popular US culture and can benefit a wide range of readers. With its various tangible examples to illuminate the theorization of popular feminism and misogyny, general readers who don’t have prior knowledge on feminist research could enjoy reading it." -- Dasol Kim * International Journal of Communication *"Empowered presents insightful as well as bold arguments on the current status of popular feminism and its networked natures with popular misogyny." -- Younghan Cho * International Journal of Communication *"Banet-Weiser’s engaging and clear prose, alongside her use of many contemporary examples from a number of cultural contexts, make the book accessible enough for advanced undergraduate or graduate students while still offering cogent and theoretically grounded argumentation to scholars." -- Laura L. Beadling * Journal of American Culture *"Empowered is a crucial and much needed contribution to the debate around contemporary popular feminism and misogyny. In not shying away from exposing both the neoliberal influences of popular feminism, and from investigating the conflictual but nevertheless close entanglements between popular feminist and misogynist thought, Banet-Weiser provides an important keystone towards the reinvention of feminism as a radical and intersectional political project in the contemporary era." -- Hannah Mueller * Communication Booknotes Quarterly *"Empowered is elegant, compelling, and provides an incisive critique of our times—a zeitgeist characterized in equal parts through inspired momentum on matters of gender justice and, simultaneously, met with vitriolic resistance at almost every turn. Empowered theorizes a significant relationship between popular feminism and popular misogyny; it also illuminates how Millennial and Gen Z generations arrive at mediated understandings of feminism." -- Michelle Flood * Feminist Media Studies *“In Empowered, Sarah Banet-Weiser develops a framework for understanding the dynamics between what she calls ‘popular feminism and popular misogyny.’ Banet-Weiser signals that to understand popular feminism, we must explore it through its relationship with the other side of the coin: that is, misogyny…. [Empowered is] interesting, well crafted, and well written.” -- Ea Høg Utoft * Signs *“Taking seriously popular feminism and popular misogyny as sites of struggle, Banet-Weiser deftly addresses the increased popularity of feminism in the contemporary moment and the virulent backlash of misogyny situating both within a corporate, capitalist economy of visibility.” -- Jeremiah Favara * Women's Studies International Forum *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. The Funhouse Mirror 41 2. Shame: Love Yourself and Be Humiliated 65 3. Confidence: The Con Game 92 4. Competence: Girls Who Code and Boys Who Hate Them 129 Conclusion: Rage 171 Notes 187 References 193 Index 211

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Book SynopsisIn How Do We Look? Fatimah Tobing Rony draws on transnational images of Indonesian women as a way to theorize what she calls visual biopolitics—the ways visual representation determines which lives are made to matter more than others. Rony outlines the mechanisms of visual biopolitics by examining Paul Gauguin’s 1893 portrait of Annah la Javanaise—a trafficked thirteen-year-old girl found wandering the streets of Paris—as well as US ethnographic and documentary films. In each instance, the figure of the Indonesian woman is inextricably tied to discourses of primitivism, savagery, colonialism, exoticism, and genocide. Rony also focuses on acts of resistance to visual biopolitics in film, writing, and photography. These works, such as Rachmi Diyah Larasati’s The Dance that Makes You Vanish, Vincent Monnikendam’s Mother Dao (1995), and the collaborative films of Nia Dinata, challenge the naturalized methods of seeing that justify exTrade Review“Fatimah Tobing Rony's passionate appeal for a different kind of filmmaking that might interrupt the representational violence of what she calls visual biopolitics animates every page of this innovative and important book. Building a powerful argument about how habitual ways of seeing and not seeing are produced, reproduced, and resisted via visual media, Rony makes a welcome and original contribution to both film studies and Southeast Asian studies.” -- Karen Strassler, author of * Demanding Images: Democracy, Mediation, and the Image-Event in Indonesia *“Fatimah Tobing Rony traces a fascinating visual archive across time, media, and sites of power, drawing out chilling resonances among primary media texts with great erudition, critical force, and lyricism. No other author is a sophisticated art historian, critical ethnographer, postcolonial feminist theorist, and filmmaker all in one. This powerful and remarkable book positions Rony as a brilliant and essential cultural voice.” -- Patricia White, author of * Women’s Cinema, World Cinema: Projecting Contemporary Feminisms *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixTongue 1 Introduction. How Do We Look? 3The Peonies 24 1. Annah la Javanaise 27Under the Tree 70 2. The Still Dancer 72The Dressing Down 108 3. Mother Dao 110Flight 147 4. Nia Dinata 148 Conclusion. The Fourth Eye 187 Notes 191 Bibliography 213 Index 225

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Book SynopsisIn On the Inconvenience of Other People Lauren Berlant continues to explore our affective engagement with the world. Berlant focuses on the encounter with and the desire for the bother of other people and objects, showing that to be driven toward attachment is to desire to be inconvenienced. Drawing on a range of sources, including Last Tango in Paris, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Claudia Rankine, Christopher Isherwood, Bhanu Kapil, the Occupy movement, and resistance to anti-Black state violence, Berlant poses inconvenience as an affective relation and considers how we might loosen our attachments in ways that allow us to build new forms of life. Collecting strategies for breaking apart a world in need of disturbing, the book’s experiments in thought and writing cement Berlant’s status as one of the most inventive and influential thinkers of our time.Trade Review"The author is as sharp as ever at drawing from postcolonial, queer, and affect theory. Fans of Berlant’s bright, electrifying thinking will want to check this out." * Publishers Weekly *"In Inconvenience, that pedagogy is sly, confiding, and digressive. . . . On the Inconvenience of Other People is, finally, a book in all its feels—from happiness to a death wish—all at once. And it’s the last work of a scholar whose theory felt personal, and whose death was mourned far beyond those who knew Berlant: a perfect encapsulation of intimacy within publicity and the publicity of intimacy, a monument to their very work." -- Hannah Zeavin * Bookforum *"A coherent and helpful addition to the ideas, now influential throughout the culture, that Berlant wrought in 2011’s Cruel Optimism." -- Jo Livingstone * 4Columns *"Offers moments of stunning clarity with the kinds of pithy declarative revelations that can easily spiral a reader toward an entirely new outlook on life. Their writing is a paragon of world-breaking and world-making insight." -- Megan Volpert * Popmatters *"Berlant was anything but ordinary. They wanted their writing to draw the reader into the unpredictability of their own mind. . . . Berlant asked the reader to remain in the thought with them, accepting its formlessness and volatility. Writing was a race against life. . . . The breathlessness was left intact in the prose. If the result is that one sometimes comes away from Berlant’s books with only an impressionistic understanding, that might be an appropriate response to a theorist of vibes." -- Erin Maglaque * London Review of Books *"A book about proceeding in brokenness, On The Inconvenience of Other People is simultaneously an experiment, if not a map, on how to do theory in a damaged world." -- Lilly Markaki * LSE Review of Books *"Berlant offers brilliant insights about the progressive and regressive forces that produce, promote, and frustrate individuals' (perceived) freedoms. Recommended. Graduate students and faculty." * Choice *Table of ContentsNote to the Reader vii Preface. What Now? ix Introduction. Intentions 1 1. Sex. Sex in the Event of Happiness 31 2. Democracy. The Commons: Infrastructures for Troubling Times 75 3. Life. On Being in Life without Wanting the World: No World Poetics, or, Elliptical Life 117 Coda. My Dark Places 149 Acknowledgments 175 Notes 177 Bibliography 205 Index 231

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Book SynopsisIn Unsettled Borders Felicity Amaya Schaeffer examines the ongoing settler colonial war over the US-Mexico border from the perspective of Apache, Tohono O’odham, and Maya who fight to protect their sacred land. Schaeffer traces the scientific and technological development of militarized border surveillance across time and space from Spanish colonial lookout points in Arizona and Mexico to the Indian wars, when the US cavalry hired Native scouts to track Apache fleeing into Mexico, to the occupation of the Tohono O’odham reservation and the recent launch of robotic bee swarms. Labeled “Optics Valley,” Arizona builds on a global history of violent dispossession and containment of Native peoples and migrants by branding itself as a profitable hub for surveillance. Schaeffer reverses the logic of borders by turning to Indigenous sacredsciences: ancestral land-based practices that are critical to reversing the ecological and social violence of surveillance, exTrade Review“[Unsettled Borders] includes an impressively documented bibliography. The text ultimately succeeds in telling a story of violence against Indigenous peoples and their cultures, perpetrated in the name of border security, and documenting the use of surveillance technology, which has permanently altered the landscape. Recommended.” -- G. Christensen * Choice *"Unsettled Borders makes an outstanding contribution to replacing some of the missing pieces while incorporating neocolonialism and interethnic borders into state border studies. Its author, Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, builds a great basis for a problem that is gaining greater visibility, exposing an equal criminalization of migrant people and indigenous communities." -- Tania Porcaro * Journal of Borderlands Studies *"I loved the big picture and provocative ideas that expanded my own understanding of topics I have studied for many years. . . . The book centers Indigenous perspectives to demonstrate not only the contributions Indigenous science has made to (or rather, been appropriated by) the military-industrial/border-security complex, but also the ways that Indigenous scholarship contributes to our understanding of this dynamic from a critical thinking perspective. The primary focus of the book is U.S. borders and Arizona features prominently therein, but the lessons go well beyond this geography as approaches to border security have become globalized." -- Kenneth D. Madsen * Indigenous Religious Traditions *"Unsettled Borders is a rich and skillful analysis of military discourse, settler technoscience, and ethnographic materials primarily devoted to events in the Arizona-Sonora borderlands, but with resonances across other settler colonial spaces (within and beyond the United States)." -- Iván Chaar López * Postcolonial Studies *Table of ContentsPreface. TimeSpaces of Dispossession to the Forging of Indigenous Relations with Land ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. Tracking Footprints: Settler Surveillance across Unsettled Borders 1 1. “The Eyes of the Army”: Indian Scouts and the Rise of Military Innovation during the Apache Wars 29 2. Occupation on Sacred Land: Colliding Sovereignties on the Tohono O’odham Reservation 55 3. Automated Border Control: Criminalizing the “Hidden Intent” of Migrant/Native Embodiment 81 4. From the Eyes of the Bees: Biorobotic Border Security and the Resurgence of Bee Collectives in the Yucatán 104 Conclusion. Wild versus Sacred: The Ongoing Border War against Indigenous Peoples 139 Notes 153 Bibliography 185 Index 201

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Book SynopsisJennifer DeClue examines Black feminist avant-garde films from filmmakers including Kara Walker, Tourmaline, and Ja'Tovia Gary that visualize violence suffered by Black women in the United States.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Visitation 1 1. The Archive and the Silhouette: Framing Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema 29 2. Reckoning at the Bridge: Saved and the Archive of Laura Nelson 65 3. Carrying the Knowledge / Performing the Archive: An Afternoon with Marsha P. Johnson 99 4. Ecstasy and the Archive: A Black Feminist Phenomenology of Freedom 143 Coda. On Tenderness 183 Notes 187 Bibliography 211 Index 221

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Book SynopsisHow new media art informed by feminism yields important and original insights about interacting with technologies In A Capsule Aesthetic, Kate Mondloch examines how new media installation art intervenes in the fields of technoscience and new materialism, showing how three diverse artists—Pipilotti Rist, Patricia Piccinini, and Mariko Mori—contribute to the urgent conversation about everyday technology and the ways it constructs our bodies. A Capsule Aesthetic establishes the unique insights that feminist theory offers to new media art and new materialisms, offering a fuller picture of human–nonhuman relations. In-depth readings of works by Rist, Piccinini, and Mori explore such questions as the role of the contemporary art museum in our experience of media art, how the human is conceived of by biotechnologies, and how installation art can complicate and enrich contemporary science’s understanding of the brain. With vivid, firsthand descriptions of the artworks, Mondloch takes the reader inside immersive installation pieces, showing how they allow us to inhabit challenging theoretical concepts and nonanthropomorphic perspectives. Striving to think beyond the anthropocentric and fully consider the material world, A Capsule Aesthetic brings new approaches to questions surrounding our technology-saturated culture and its proliferation of human-to-nonhuman interfaces.Trade Review"Mondloch shows that new media art installations and theories of feminist materialism inform one another in ways of interest to artists, art historians, and new media and feminist scholars."—CHOICE"Mondloch’s approach couples aesthetics and ethics through activist prose that is unafraid to embrace populism or pleasure, or to revisit theoretical and historical misreadings of the past (and present). This book does not attempt to explain anything. Rather, it practices, and invites us to practice, conceptual-material engagements with art, and thus sensation, perception, and action. Such practice, the author convincingly argues over the entirety of her manuscript, is intrinsically feminist."—Theory & Event"Mondloch shows that new media art installations and theories of feminist materialism inform one another in ways of interest to artists, art historians, and new media and feminist scholars."—CHOICE"Mondloch’s approach couples aesthetics and ethics through activist prose that is unafraid to embrace populism or pleasure, or to revisit theoretical and historical misreadings of the past (and present). This book does not attempt to explain anything. Rather, it practices, and invites us to practice, conceptual-material engagements with art, and thus sensation, perception, and action. Such practice, the author convincingly argues over the entirety of her manuscript, is intrinsically feminist."—Theory & Event"Mondloch outlines the importance of feminist new materialisms as a means to critique the realms of new media art and technoscience, and positions Rist, Piccinini, and Mori as vital contributors to all these discourses."—ARLIS/NA"The fields of art, science, and technology are increasingly porous to each other, and Kate Mondloch insightfully explores the artistic interfaces where such exchanges occur."—Women’s Art JournalTable of ContentsContents1. Eye Desire: New Media Art and New Materialisms after Feminism2. Thinking through Feminism: The Critical Legacy of 1970s and 1980s Feminist Media Art and Theory3. Critical Proximity: Pipilotti Rist’s Exhibited Interfaces and the Contemporary Art Museum4. Unbecoming Human: Patricia Piccinini’s Bioart and Postanthropocentric Posthumanism5. Mind over Matter: Mariko Mori, Art History, and the Neuroscientific TurnConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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