Feminism and feminist theory Books

Book SynopsisHelen Palmer examines the Russian formalist concept of defamiliarisation from a contemporary critical perspective, bringing together new materialist feminisms, experimental linguistic formalism and queer theory.

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Book SynopsisThis book probes the feminist faultlines in Derrida's thought and generates original feminist insight into key concerns of contemporary film studies, including spectatorship, realism vs artifice, narrative, adaptation, auto/biography and the still.

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Book SynopsisExplores a series of unsung and sometimes counterintuitive resonances between second-wave feminism and queer theory in both Anglophone and Francophone contexts.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Lara Cox and Lisa Downing; Articles: The Queer Body of MLF Literature, Anne Emmanuelle Berger; `Wittig and Davis, Woolf and Solanas (…) simmer within me’: Reading Feminist Archives in the Queer Writing of Paul B. Preciado, Elliot Evans; Fucking the body, rewriting the text: Proto-queer embodiment through textual drag in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando (1928) and Monique Wittig’s Le Corps lesbien (1973), Kayte Stokoe; Decolonial Queer Feminism in Donna Haraway’s `A Cyborg Manifesto’ (1985), Lara Cox; Queering Sexism and Whiteness with Marilyn Frye, Ulrika Dahl; Anticommunal, Antiegalitarian, Antinurturing, Antiloving: Sex and the `Irredeemable’ in Andrea Dworkin and Catharine MacKinnon, Alex Dymock; Antisocial Feminism? Shulamith Firestone, Monique Wittig, and Proto-Queer Theory, Lisa Downing; Interviews: Interview with Paola Bacchetta; Interview with J. J. Halberstam; Interview with Clare Hemmings.

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Book SynopsisIn an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba?th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ?female?, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ?woman question? became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba?th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.

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Book SynopsisExamines history, modernity, gender, and sexuality through the literary innovations of two late-Victorian female co-authorsTrade Review"Jill R. Ehnenn's brilliant study links two major features of Michael Field's creative practice: their formal experimentation and their repurposing of deep history. Ehnenn's ambitious book represents an invaluable scholarly contribution, not least in its modeling of new insights emerging from serious study of Michael Field. ?" -Carolyn Dever, Dartmouth College

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the military and statebuilding components of the international project in Afghanistan since 2001.

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Book SynopsisThrough a rethinking of the relationship between the subject and object, the human and the nonhuman, this volume shows how literature and post-anthropocentric theory can illuminate each other in mutually productive ways.

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Book SynopsisArguing that existing modernisation theories have been unnecessarily one-sided, Hedwig Fraunhofer offers a rewriting of modernity that cuts across binary methodologies nature and culture, mind and matter, epistemology and ontology, critique and affirmative writing, dramatic and postdramatic theatre.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on new materialism and object-oriented ontology, Variable Objects proposes that Shakespeare is a vibrant object replete with a variable energy that accounts for its infinite meaning-making capacity.

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Book SynopsisProvides a scholarly overview of the field of vegan literary studies, traversing the relationship between literature and veganism across a range of periods, cultures, and genres.

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Book SynopsisObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The haunted doll has long been a trope in horror movies, but like many fears, there is some truth at its heart. Dolls are possessedby our aspirations. They''re commonly used as a tool to teach mothering to young girls, but more often they are avatars of the idealized feminine self. (The word doll even acts as shorthand for a desirable woman.) They instruct girls what to strive for in society, reinforcing dominant patriarchal, heteronormative, white views around class, bodies, history, and celebrity, in insidious ways. Girls' dolls occupy the opposite space of boys' action figures, which represent masculinity, authority, warfare, and conflict. By analyzing dolls from 17th century Japanese Hinamatsuri festivals, to the 80s American Girl Dolls, and even to today's bitmoji, Doll reveals how the objects society encourages us to play with as girls shape the women we become.Object LessonsTrade ReviewSome of the information is jaw dropping ... It is very readable and relatable. * Is This Mutton blog *The fascinating facts [Hart] uncovered about the women behind the industry and her observations about how dolls are emotional vectors—simultaneously objects of scorn and adoration—are revelatory and relatable. * Brevity *Maria Teresa Hart’s Doll is a fascinating personal and public exploration of the deeper meanings behind the plastic, polymer, and porcelain playthings that still shape American girlhood. * Susan Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of Unhooked, Five Men Who Broke My Heart, and Barbie: Sixty Years of Inspiration *Doll is a heartfelt, intimate, and clever study of objects that terrify some and thrill others. Maria Teresa Hart answers the question "what makes dolls so special, anyway?" while giving us new perspective on these tiny, fragile mirrors. * Allison Horrocks, co-host of the American Girls podcast *Aqua once sang of Barbie, “life in plastic, it’s fantastic.” The same could also be said of the experience of reading this great contribution by Maria Teresa Hart to the Object Lessons series. Through an analysis of “doll culture” Hart demonstrates the value of thinking with things. Dolls have much to teach us about issues of gender, sexuality, and girlhood. Through an exploration of different brands and styles, Hart reveals the stories we tell with and about dolls, and what thinking about them can tell us about our world. * Mary Mahoney, co-host of the American Girls podcast *Entertaining and brilliant, this deceptively slim book packs all the potent drama and intrigue of the world of childhood doll play itself. A fascinating exploration of self and society that is equal parts enlightening, nostalgic, and insightful. An important addition to the literature of feminist cultural history that readers are bound to return to again and again. * Summer Brennan, author of High Heel *Another spectacular part of this (Object Lessons) series. So much packed into such a small package, and yet so immensely readable as well. * Randomly Yours, Alex *Table of ContentsIntroduction Play Date #1 1. Bodies that Matter: The Barbie Doll Play Date #2 2. All that Money Can Buy: The Porcelain Doll Play Date #3 3. The Stories We Tell: The American Girl Doll Play Date #4 4. How to Live Forever: The Celebrity Doll Play Date #5 5. Virtual Proxy: The Avatar “Doll” Conclusion Acknowledgment Index

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Book Synopsis'Tightly plotted and hugely readable' Jane Rogers, author of PROMISED LANDS'Marvellous . . . fans of immersive historical fiction, the 18th century, all things French and a dash of peril, this one's for you' Emily Brand, author of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BYRON'Glasfurd deftly, elegantly captures this volatile world of impoverished attic rooms and gilded literary salons' DAILY MAIL'I thought of the books we carried and the hands that would one day hold them. The pages read, turned and discussed. And how the book would become thought and the thought then become the person gone out into the world. Let Gilbert try and put a stop to that.'After her father is disgraced, Delphine Vimond is cast out of her home in Rouen and flees to Paris. Into her life tumbles Chancery Smith, apprentice printer sent from London to discover the mysterious author of potentially incendiary papers marked only D. In a battle of wits with the French censor, Henri Gilbert, Delphine and Chancery set off in a frantic search for D's author. But who is D and does D even exist?Privilege is a story of adventure and mishap set against the turmoil of mid-18th century France at odds with the absolute power of the King who is determined to suppress opposition on pain of death. At a time when books required royal privilege before they could be published - a system enforced by the Chief Censor and a network of spies - many were censored or banned, and their authors harshly punished. Books that fell foul of the system were published outside France and smuggled back in at great risk.Costa-shortlisted author Guinevere Glasfurd has conjured a vibrant world of entitlement and danger, where the right to live and think freely could come at the highest cost.Trade ReviewPraise for THE WORDS IN MY HAND*shortlisted for the 2016 Costa First Novel Award*Excellent . . . Glasfurd has created an entirely unsentimental love story, with a memorable and engaging heroine. She takes the narrowness of Helena's life and her kicks against its confines, and spins them into an original tale * The Times (Book of the Month) *A striking debut . . . Her portrait of love across barriers of class, and of Helena's yearning for education, is a touching one * The Sunday Times *An accomplished first novel . . . She brilliantly dissects the complex frustrations of a woman in love with a man consumed by intellectual obsessions. There is much to move us here * Guardian *Gloriously readable . . . It feels as though Guinevere Glasfurd has seen into the heart and soul of Helena, as though this really could be her story . . . A truly lovely and captivating debut * LoveReading *Praise for THE YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER*Shortlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Award 2020**Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2021*Rich in voice, beautifully told, and with a chilling sting in its tail * Historical Writers’ Association *Superb . . . a stay-up-all-night page-turner . . . a beautifully written, angry, unflinching and unforgettable novel * Financial Times *Glasfurd is a strikingly sharp and subtle writer . . . She has the rare ability to conjure characters vividly in a few deft strokes and the gift, rarer still, of making us care deeply about them * Guardian *Another superb saga, rich in both historical detail and human interest * Observer **Praise for PRIVILEGE*'Set in eighteenth century France, Privilege takes us into the vividly dramatic world of Delphine, self-taught and rebellious, who is effectively orphaned by her father's arrest. In Paris she meets Chancery, a naive Scottish printer's apprentice who is miles out of his depth in this country where freedom of the press - for both readers and writers - is literally a burning issue. Feminism and censorship are just two of the themes that make this novel very timely in 2022. Tightly plotted and hugely readable. * JANE ROGERS, author of PROMISED LANDS *Marvellous . . . fans of immersive historical fiction, the 18th century, all things French and a dash of peril, this one's for you. * Emily Brand, author of THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BYRON *Glasfurd deftly, elegantly captures this volatile world of impoverished attic rooms and gilded literary salons * DAILY MAIL *Among historical novelists, Glasfurd rides high... Unsentimentally, she takes us by the lapels and insists we pay attention to her characters... This fine novel is a strong reminder of the sovereign importance of the freedom to seek out the truth, wherever we can find it and, without fear of reprisal, to have it published. * Financial Times *A wholly immersive plunge into another world, perfectly realised and a sheer joy to spend time in. Above all, it's a book about books - books and their extraordinary power. * Charlie Carroll, author of THE LIP *A wonderfully engaging novel which reminds us why the freedom to write without fear of persecution remains a privilege which we must always defend. * Alice Jolly, author of MARY ANN SATE, IMBECILE *Glasfurd deftly, elegantly captures this volatile world of impoverished attic rooms and gilded literary salons * Daily Mail *

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Book Synopsis''An outpouring of truth, wit, and beautiful comedic wisdom from the hilarious and laudably liberated Grace Campbell. I loved it.''-Katherine Ryan ''Grace has written such a funny and interesting book, partly because she has a unique perspective of the world, but mostly because of her own brilliant mind.''-Sara Pascoe''This book is hilarious, Grace is a bloody badass, finally my vagina has a voice!''-London Hughes ''This book is revolutionary. It''s powerful, bold, vulnerable, beautiful, hilarious, universal, unique.''-Scarlett Curtis ''Furiously funny, gloriously frank...For a book about shame, Grace is unashamedly herself.''-Amelia DimoldenbergFor as long as she can remember, Grace Campbell has been told that she doesn''t suit her name. But being graceful is no fun anyway.Growing up in a world of privilege and politics, she had a lot to feel con

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Book SynopsisA bold and unabashed guide to finding your voice, harnessing your true desires, and leading the life you really want. Women are tired of worrying that they are being too loud if they speak up and say what they believe, want, or need, and are ready to feel their power and make themselves heard. A certified life coach and author of the bestseller How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t, Andrea Owen knows that this is absolutely attainable if women can channel their righteous anger and desire. But she also knows that they'll need to disrupt a status quo in which women have been conditioned and socialized to remain on the sidelines and to put others before themselves. With all of the expertise of a veteran feminist and hell-raiser, and the relatability of a dear friend, Make Some Noise will push women to step outside of rigid societal expectations and show them how to take back control of their lives and make them all their own.In Make Some Noise, Owen deconstructs common behaviour patterns that sabotage our power as women and instead suggests new behaviours for creating a life that truly serves our desires and needs. From unlearning the notion that women should stay quiet and take up little space to trusting your inner wisdom, Make Some Noise is a raw and honest guidebook and, ultimately, a call to arms.Trade ReviewThe ultimate guide to getting your shit together, written by the best shit stirrer I know. Andrea does it again with a book that is as equally thought provoking as it is transformative. Every woman needs a copy, and should gift a copy to that friend that needs that little nudge to shine a little brighter and talk a little louder. -- Rachel DeAlto, author of Relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if it Scares You)Andrea Owen and her book, Make Some Noise are the slap on the ass you didn't know you needed. She'll take you from feeling as if you are somehow not "enough" to feeling perfectly equipped to stand up, speak up, and step all the way into your power. You'll want to buy this book for all the women in your life! -- Susan Hyatt, author of BareNow more than ever, women need to come together, own our strength, rise up and empower ourselves and each other. This book is the essential road map to get us there. It's raw, relatable, activating, soul-stirring and a MUST read for every woman on the planet. -- Shannon Kaiser, author of The Self-Love ExperimentI'm so excited for the reader that goes on this book journey. Andrea Owen does an incredible job of giving you a loving kick in the butt that encourages you to claim the life you truly desire and own the dreams you were born to fulfil! -- Christine Gutierrez, author of I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to SoulAndrea Owen has done it again with bold wisdom from her heart. She points out the ways women stay small and at the same time offers compassion by reminding them it's not their fault-- they're simply playing by the rules and narratives handed to them from the culture at large. Andrea is the sassy best friend that tells it like it is, but always with so much love. -- Christine Hassler, author of Expectation HangoverMake Some Noise is packed with tools that will help any woman who's ready to make some serious shifts in her life. Andrea's insight and energy come through from the very first page. You will not regret picking this book up! -- Lori Harder, author of A Tribe Called Bliss

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Book SynopsisA bold and unabashed guide to finding your voice, harnessing your true desires, and leading the life you really want.Women are tired of worrying that they are being too loud if they speak up and say what they believe, want, or need, and are ready to feel their power and make themselves heard. A certified life coach and author of the bestseller How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t, Andrea Owen knows that this is absolutely attainable if women can channel their righteous anger and desire. But she also knows that they'll need to disrupt a status quo in which women have been conditioned and socialized to remain on the sidelines and to put others before themselves. With all of the expertise of a veteran feminist and hell-raiser, and the relatability of a dear friend, Make Some Noise will push women to step outside of rigid societal expectations and show them how to take back control of their lives and make them all their own.In Make Some Noise, Owen deconstructs common behaviour patterns that sabotage our power as women and instead suggests new behaviours for creating a life that truly serves our desires and needs. From unlearning the notion that women should stay quiet and take up little space to trusting your inner wisdom, Make Some Noise is a raw and honest guidebook and, ultimately, a call to arms.Trade ReviewThe ultimate guide to getting your shit together, written by the best shit stirrer I know. Andrea does it again with a book that is as equally thought provoking as it is transformative. Every woman needs a copy, and should gift a copy to that friend that needs that little nudge to shine a little brighter and talk a little louder. -- Rachel DeAlto, author of Relatable: How to Connect with Anyone Anywhere (Even if it Scares You)Andrea Owen and her book, Make Some Noise are the slap on the ass you didn't know you needed. She'll take you from feeling as if you are somehow not "enough" to feeling perfectly equipped to stand up, speak up, and step all the way into your power. You'll want to buy this book for all the women in your life! -- Susan Hyatt, author of BareNow more than ever, women need to come together, own our strength, rise up and empower ourselves and each other. This book is the essential road map to get us there. It's raw, relatable, activating, soul-stirring and a MUST read for every woman on the planet. -- Shannon Kaiser, author of The Self-Love ExperimentI'm so excited for the reader that goes on this book journey. Andrea Owen does an incredible job of giving you a loving kick in the butt that encourages you to claim the life you truly desire and own the dreams you were born to fulfil! -- Christine Gutierrez, author of I Am Diosa: A Journey to Healing Deep, Loving Yourself, and Coming Back Home to SoulAndrea Owen has done it again with bold wisdom from her heart. She points out the ways women stay small and at the same time offers compassion by reminding them it's not their fault-- they're simply playing by the rules and narratives handed to them from the culture at large. Andrea is the sassy best friend that tells it like it is, but always with so much love. -- Christine Hassler, author of Expectation HangoverMake Some Noise is packed with tools that will help any woman who's ready to make some serious shifts in her life. Andrea's insight and energy come through from the very first page. You will not regret picking this book up! -- Lori Harder, author of A Tribe Called Bliss

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Book SynopsisDoes modernity trample on tradition, or can it in fact be a vehicle for the sacred?How can one determine whether an interpretation is legitimate, anachronistic or corrupted?Does sexual obsession have a textual origin, and is it woman's destiny to be veiled?In Eve's Attire confronts these questions and more to suggest another interpretation of religious traditions surrounding the female body and the erotic.As current fundamentalist religious discourse expresses a growing fixation on modesty, women are increasingly reduced to those parts of their bodies that arouse desire, effectively "genitalised" until the totality of their bodies becomes taboo. In resistance to such interpretations of religious text, which see even a woman's voice as an erotic organ to be silenced, Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur looks not only at religious texts themselves, but also at their interpreters, as she unpicks readings that make the woman a temptress, and modesty the instrument of her oppression. She shows us how nakedness, as expressed by Adam, Eve or Noah, refers to a culture of desire and not a wish to suppress it and explores how the veil was originally intended: not to reject, but to approach the other.Through her analysis of the meaning of modesty and nudity in Judaism, Delphine Horvilleur explores the societal and religious obsession with the female body and its representation and asks questions about how we can engage more critically with interpretations of sacred texts.Translated from the French by Ruth DiverTrade ReviewA luminous essay -- Marie Lemonnier * Le Nouvel Observateur *Courageous, subtle and often funny -- Marc Riglet * L'Express *A richly detailed reflection on the situation of women in the Jewish tradition * Psychologies *A brilliant deconstruction of fundamentalist religious discourse -- Vincent Remy * Télérama *Brilliant ... A deep dive to the heart of the great monotheistic religions -- Dorothée Werner * Elle *

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Book SynopsisFor more than a century, women have fought for equality. Yet, time and again, their battles have fallen short. Even so-called constitutionally-protected equal rights can be withdrawn by judges and undermined by legislators. But the greater problem is in the notion of equality itself.In Breaking Free, culture writer Marcie Bianco persuasively argues that the very concept of equality is a fallacy, an illusory goal that cannot address historic forms of discrimination and oppression. Starting with the campaign for women's suffrage and traveling through modern history, she shows us how equality has been designed to keep women and disenfranchised communities chasing an unobtainable goal. Conditioned for generations to want equality, it has become an insidious mindset locking us into the gender binary and reductive identity politics. Bianco calls upon a long-overlooked lineage to argue that only freedom can liberate feminism from these constraints, and proposes three freedom practices for women to reclaim their bodily autonomy and power.What happens if we free ourselves of equality? Controversial and thrilling, Breaking Free guides readers toward new hope for the future of the feminist movement.

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, a rate that is increasing, even as infant mortality rates decrease. Meanwhile, the right-wing assault on reproductive rights and bodily autonomy has also escalated. We can already glimpse a reality where embryos and fetuses have more rights than the people gestating them, and even women who aren't pregnant are seen first and foremost as potential incubators.In Belabored, journalist Lyz Lenz lays bare the misogynistic logic of U.S. cultural narratives about pregnancy, tracing them back to our murky, potent cultural soup of myths, from the religious to the historical. In the present she details, with her trademark blend of wit, snark, and raw intimacy, how sexist assumptions inform our expectations for pregnant people, whether we're policing them, asking them to make sacrifices with dubious or disproven benefits, or putting them up on a pedestal in an "Earth mother" role. Throughout, she reflects on her own experiences of being seen as alternately a vessel or a goddess--but hardly ever as herself--while carrying each of her two children. Belabored is an urgent call for us to embrace new narratives around pregnancy and the choice whether or not to have children, emphasising wholeness and agency, and to reflect those values in our laws, medicine, and interactions with each other.

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Book SynopsisWhatever the underlying motives—be they love, financial security, or mere masochism—the fact is that getting involved in a romantic partnership is emotionally, morally, and even politically fraught. In Hard To Do, Kelli Marìa Korducki turns a Marxist lens on the relatively short history of romantic love, tracing how the myth of economic equality between men and women has transformed the ways women conceive of domestic partnership. With perceptive, reported insights on the ways marriage and divorce are legislated, the rituals of twentieth-century courtship, and contemporary practices for calling it off, Korducki reveals that, for all women, choosing to end a relationship is a radical action with very limited cultural precedent.Kelli Marìa Korducki is a journalist and cultural critic. Her byline has appeared frequently in the Globe and Mail and National Post, as well as in the New Inquiry, NPR, the Walrus, Vice, and the Hairpin. She was nominated for a 2015 Canadian National Magazine Award for "Tiny Triumphs," a 10,000-word meditation on the humble hot dog for Little Brother Magazine. A former editor-in-chief of the popular daily news blog Torontoist, Korducki is based in Brooklyn and Toronto.

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Book SynopsisOn December 6, 1989, a man walked into the engineering school Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, armed with a semi-automatic rifle and, declaring "I hate feminists," killed fourteen young women. "I Hate Feminists!", originally published in French in 2009, examines the collective memory that emerged in the immediate aftermath and years following the massacre as Canadians struggled to make sense of this tragic event and understand the motivations of the killer. Exploring stories and editorials in Montreal and Toronto newspapers, texts distributed within anti-feminist "masculinist" networks, discourses about memorials in major Canadian cities and the film Polytechnique, which was released on the twentieth anniversary of the massacre, Melissa Blais argues that feminist analyses and the killer's own statements have been set aside in favour of interpretations that absolve the killer of responsibility or even shift that blame onto women and feminists. In the end, Blais contends, the collective memory that has been constructed through various media has functioned not as a testament to violence against women but as a catalyst for anti-feminist discourse.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Feminist Participation in the Collective Memory of December 6, 1989 From Marginalization to Vilification of Feminist Discourse Commemorations (1999 - 2005) Negotiating Representations of the December 6 Massacre, or When Feminism and Anti-feminism Coexist Conclusion Canada's next

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Book SynopsisWomen from Pakistan, Philippines, China, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam and Singapore describe their individual passages into feminist consciousness and their work in women''s studies.

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Book SynopsisWomen have long been taught that their bodies are unruly, weak. We're taught to approach our bodies by shrinking, whittling-and, aided by the traditional beauty industry, constantly "fixing" ourselves. With a fresh voice in troubled times, Physical Disobedience says "stop it"-because mistreating our bodies that way is nothing less than an act of submission to gendered inequality. We need to focus on health, fitness, and strength-as we ourselves define it. Hays Coomer knows that when we strengthen ourselves, we're making our activism personal, by reclaiming our right to a healthy self-image and bodies that function to the best of their ability. And, yes, at the same time we're building stamina for the literal work of activism-the marches and the protests, plus the everyday emotional resilience it takes to face the news. Hays Coomer shows us, step by step, how to reframe our idea of "fitness," reclaiming it and instead associating being fit with being powerful. And as women, now more than ever, we could use that collective fitness and reclaimed power.

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Book SynopsisA celebration of the author's art, a rallying read for women who are fed up with their own harassment experiences and a statement on how pervasive the problem of street harassment really is, this is a singular and important book. Sitting at the cross-section of social activism, art, community engagement and feminism, Stop Telling Women To Smile brings to the page the author's arresting and famous street art-featuring the faces and voices of everyday women as they talk about the experience of living in communities that are supposed to be their homes yet are frequently hostile. Among the lessons of the #metoo movement is that countless women experience harassment, and that women are more eager than ever to share experiences and recognise common oppression. Fazlalizadeh has been contributing to these conversations through her street art since 2012. This perfectly timed, singular collection of profiles, short essays and original artwork unforgettably shows how it affects women based on gender presentation, race, class, age and other intersecting identities.

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Book SynopsisYou know what? It's super creepy to kiss a woman who is unconscious. And you know what else? The way out of poverty isn't by marrying a rich dude--or by wearing fragile footwear, for that matter. And while we're at it, why is the only woman who lives with seven men expected to do the cooking, cleaning, and laundry?Fairytales need a reboot and comedy queens Laura Lane and Ellen Haun are the women to do it. In Cinderella and the Glass Ceiling, they offer a rollicking parody of classic (read: patriarchal) tales that turns sweet, submissive princesses into women who are perfectly capable of being the heroes of their own stories. Mulan climbs the ranks in the army but wages a different war when she finds out she's getting paid less than her fellow male captains, Wendy learns never to trust a manboy stalking her window, Sleeping Beauty's prince gets a lesson in consent, and more.Busting with laugh-out-loud, razor-sharp twists to these outdated tales, Cinderella and the Glass Ceilingis fun, magical, necessary and totally woke.

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Book SynopsisThis collection brings together key texts and previously unavailable essays of the influential Italian feminist author and activist Mariarosa Dalla Costa.

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Book SynopsisCarla is stuck. In her twenties and working for a landscaper, she's been told she's on the wrong path by everyone-from her mom, who wants her to work at the hospital, to her boyfriend, who is dropping not-so-subtle hints that she should be doing something that matters.­Then she is hired for a job at the home of Viridian, a lauded and lovely aging poet who introduces Carla to an eccentric circle of writers. At first she is perplexed by their predilection for reciting lines in conversation, the stories of their many liaisons, their endless wine-soaked nights. Soon, though, she becomes enamoured with this entire world: with Viridian, whose reputation has been defined by her infamous affair with a male poet, Mathias; with Viridian's circle; and especially with the power of words, the "ache and hunger that can both be awakened and soothed by a poem," a hunger that Carla feels sharply. When a fight emerges over a vital cache of poems that Mathias wrote about Viridian, Carla gets drawn in. But how much will she sacrifice for a group that may or may not see her as one of their own?A delightfully funny look at the art world-sometimes petty, sometimes transactional, sometimes transformative- ­The Poet's House is also a refreshingly candid story of finding one's way, with words as our lantern in the dark.Trade Review“A closely observed, droll, coming-of-age story . . . An absolute keeper.”—Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air“Wry, canny, and delectable . . . As a tribute to the soul-saving value of art, a cri de coeur for women striving to make authentic lives, and a pipeline of guidance from the elders to the emerging, The Poet’s House offers many rooms, infinitely worth the tour.”—The San Francisco Chronicle“The brilliantly rendered mise-en-scène of quarrelsome, ego-ridden yet touchingly fragile poets and the literary entrepreneurs who circle around them makes a vivid backdrop for this classic coming-of-age tale. More thoughtful, elegantly written fiction in the classic realist tradition by the gifted Thompson.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Ever insightful, imaginative, compassionate, and funny, Thompson is a virtuoso of thorny interactions between wholly realized characters rife with contradictions. And she is so in her element, bringing this richly dimensional book-anchored mise-en-scène to life with lacerating wit and rueful tenderness while adeptly interleaving a poet's long, covert battle against sexism and regret with the verdant tale of a young woman taking root in an unexpectedly sustaining realm."—Booklist, starred review“A coming-of-age novel, a novel of manners (Jane Austen, make some room on that big bench, dear), a page-turning narrative with laugh-out-loud scenes, and ultimately a hopeful, affirming book about how words can stir the mystery in us, help us find ourselves, and maybe even make us, however reluctantly, bigger versions of ourselves. The Poet’s House is a book I’ll be recommending to my friends who are readers and even to those who are not, but who will, to be sure, fall in love with Carla, with her discoveries, and with that master storyteller, Jean Thompson.”—Julia Alvarez, author of Afterlife“Beautifully rendered with wry wit, unusual charm, and poignant insights.”—The Christian Science Monitor“A literary charmer . . . Amusing and true-to-life.”—Marion Winik, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Jean Thompson is a national treasure. She's the kind of writer who can make you laugh and cry at the same time, a consummate prose stylist whose work is full of insight and wisdom and a deadly keen eye for the foibles and self-deceptions of her characters. The Poet's House is yet another indelible masterpiece in her oeuvre."—Dan Chaon, author of Sleepwalk“Charming . . . Part of the fun of The Poet's House is in its small details and memorable descriptions, but the biggest pleasures are Carla's evolution, the many well-drawn characters and subtle pokes at the competitiveness of the literary world.”—BookPage"Thompson’s talents for immersive storytelling and sharp characters are on brilliant display, particularly in her portrayal of Carla’s longing for something greater, and of Viridian’s conflicted feelings about Mathias’s work. The author’s fans will savor this."—Publishers Weekly“Jean Thompson makes hanging out with poets look like even more of a good time than one suspects, in real life, it might be. The Poet's House is terrific company: funny, poignant, and full of realistically quirky and original characters. A thoroughly enjoyable read.”—Julie Schumacher, author of The Shakespeare Requirement

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Book SynopsisEvery day, in dance studios all across America, millions of little girls line up at the barre and take ballet class. Their time in the studio shapes their lives, instilling lessons about gender, power, the value of their bodies and minds, and their place in the world both in and outside of dance.In Turning Pointe, journalist Chloe Angyal captures the intense love for ballet that so many dancers feel, while also grappling with its shortcomings: the power imbalance of an art form performed mostly by women, but dominated by male choreographers and ballet masters, the impossible standards of beauty and thinness, and the racism that pervades ballet.A new generation of dancers is confronting these issues head on. If ballet is going to survive the 21st century and forge a path into a more socially just future, this reckoning is essential.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1978, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman caused a storm of controversy. Michele Wallace blasted the masculine biases of the black politics that emerged from the sixties. She described how women remained marginalized by the patriarchal culture of Black Power, demonstrating the ways in which a genuine female subjectivity was blocked by the traditional myths of black womanhood. With a foreword that examines the debate the book has sparked between intellectuals and political leaders, as well as what has-and, crucially, has not-changed over the last four decades, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman continues to be deeply relevant to current feminist debates and black theory today.Trade ReviewA landmark black feminist text ... This text deserves rereading. * Ms. Magazine *One of the first books truly critiquing the systems in place, ways of thinking and being that feed the myth of black women as the ultimate heroine. * The Root *Wallace, a young black feminist, writes thoughtfully and temperately ... Her voice has a special authority. * Kirkus Reviews *[Wallace] is a light to Black Feminism, Women and Gender Studies, African American and Diaspora Studies, Film Studies, popular culture, the art world, and beyond. * The Feminist Wire *A book of great vision. * Meridians Journal *Courageous, outspoken, clear-eyed. * Publishers Weekly *Serious, well-written, effective in its demystification, valuable as a model of hardheaded but caring analysis, principled in its criticism ... Wallace's fearless presentation of her analysis quite takes the breath away. -- Toni Cade Bambara * Washington Post *

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Book SynopsisFeminist Christine Delphy co-founded the journal Nouvelles questions féministes with Simone de Beauvoir in the 1970s and became one of the most influential figures in French feminism. Today, Delphy remains a prominent and controversial feminist thinker, a rare public voice denouncing the racist motivations of the government's 2011 ban of the Muslim veil. Castigating humanitarian liberals for demanding the cultural assimilation of the women they are purporting to "save," Delphy shows how criminalizing Islam in the name of feminism is fundamentally paradoxical. Separate and Dominate is Delphy's manifesto, lambasting liberal hypocrisy and calling for a fluid understanding of political identity that does not place different political struggles in a false opposition. She dismantles the absurd claim that Afghanistan was invaded to save women, and that homosexuals and immigrants alike should reserve their self-expression for private settings. She calls for a true universalism that sacrifices no one at the expense of others. In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, her arguments appear more prescient and pressing than ever.Trade ReviewFrance's most exciting feminist writer. -- Simone de BeauvoirShe writes with an extraordinarily clear-eyed passion . Delphy's words are persuasive. * Telegraph *Christine Delphy cuts through ideology like a knife. Her critical analyses of the justifications for the 'war on terror' are sharp, accurate and anger-inducing. Her ability to hone in on the contradictions that sustain racism and sexism and perpetuate exclusion is second to none. Delphy's insight and materialist approach lends her arguments a rare clarity-she deserves to be much more widely recognized in the anglophone world. -- Nina Power, author of One Dimensional WomanDelphy's sharp analyses serve as a corrective to widespread, unproductive ways of thinking about migration, racism, imperialism, and war. [Her] noteworthy contribution is to insistently connect geopolitical issues to constructions of feminist identity and French identity. Delphy's uncompromising critique of her feminist countrywomen's complicity with imperial war and national(ist) racism grows not only out of anti-imperialist, anti-racist commitments but, even more fundamentally, out of the belief that this complicity is antithetical to the feminist project she cherishes. * Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World *

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Book SynopsisCities across the globe are growing fast. Today many are environmental nightmares with polluted air, excessive energy consumption and an absence of nature. But big cities don’t have to mean a dystopian future. They can be turned around to be powerhouses of well-being and environmental stability – if we empower women. This book is a unique collaboration between C40 and Friends of the Earth showcasing pioneering voices in the environmental and feminist movements. This book reveals just how women’s empowerment is critical to environmental sustainability. This book is a rallying call – for the planet, for women, for everyone.Trade Review…this book is relevant to a wide audience (arguably everyone): to inform our understanding of discrimination against women, and to provide inspiring insight and encouragement into opportunities for achieving not only gender equality but environmental sustainability too. * Environment and Urbanization *Hope is a potent catalyst. And while our failure to adequately appreciate and guard against ecological destruction fills me with frustration, my hope is not meek or weak. It is urgent and raging. It’s a hope that believes a better world – away from cyclical war, the annihilation of the earth’s treasures and the grinding down of the poor – is possible. * Caroline Lucas MP *This book is a wake-up call for the environmental movement. It shows conclusively that women’s empowerment is essential to achieving environmental sustainability. This has been a blind-spot for us for far too long. Under my leadership, I am determined that Friends of the Earth will take this issue seriously, build campaigning alliances with women's groups and mainstream gender equality throughout our work. * Craig Bennett, CEO of Friends of the Earth *You can’t save the planet without equality … We need a new economics informed by the larger picture, an economy that puts women and the Earth at the centre. * Vandana Shiva *Table of ContentsJenny Hawley - Introduction 1. Diane Elson, University of Essex - Women's empowerment and environmental sustainability in the context of international UN agreements 2. Wanjira Maathai, Green Belt Movement, Kenya - Women as drivers of forest restoration to combat climate change 3. Lyla Mehta and Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex - Why do gender equality and sustainability go hand in hand? 4. Caroline Lucas, UK Green Party MP - Is there a speci?c role for women in helping to achieve environmental sustainability through politics? 5. Susan Buckingham, Feminist geographer, Brunel University - The institutionalisation and masculinisation of environmental knowledge 6. Yvonne Orengo, Andrew Lees Trust - Media empowering women in southern Madagascar 7. Julie A. Nelson, Economist, University of Massachusetts Boston - Empowering a balanced and useful economics of sustainability: the role of gender 8. Anna Fitzpatrick, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, University of the Arts London - The role of fashion in bringing about social and ecological change 9. Celia Alldridge, Activist with the World March of Women - How the defence of the commons and territories has become a core part of feminist, anti-capitalist struggles 10. Vandana Shiva, Philosopher, activist and co-author of Ecofeminism - Hand in hand: women's empowerment and sustainability 11. Quinn Bernier, Chiara Kovarik, Ruth Meinzen-Dick and Agnes Quisumbing, International Food Policy Research Institute - Women's empowerment in sustainable agriculture 12. Isabel Bottoms and Amena Sharaf, Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights - The impacts of environmental mismanagement on Egypt's poor 13. Nathalie Holvoet and Liesbeth Inberg, University of Antwerp - How gender-sensitive are National Adaptation Programmes of Action? Selected ?ndings from a desk review of thirty-one sub-Saharan African countries 14. Shukri Haji Ismail Bandare and Fatima Jibrell, NGO leaders - Women, con?ict and the environment in Somali society 15. Esther Mwangi, Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) - Gender, participation and community forestry: lessons from beneath the canopy 16. Barbara Stocking, Former CEO of Oxfam GB - Putting gender equality at the heart of Oxfam's work 17. Nidhi Tandon, Networked Intelligence for Development, Canada - From individual to communal rights: empowering women for sustainable use of natural resources 18. Maria Mies, Sociologist, activist and co-author of Ecofeminism - Mother Earth 19. Sarah Fisher, Population and Sustainability Network - Sexual and reproductive health and rights: a win-win for women and sustainability 20. Kate Metcalf and colleagues, UK Women's Environmental Network - The power of grassroots action for women's empowerment and the environment 21. Marylyn Haines Evans, National Federation of Women's Institutes - One hundred years of collective action for environmental change 22. Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy - The impact of gender balance in the renewable energy sector 23. Emma Howard Boyd, 30% Club for women in business leadership - More women in business for a sustainable economy 24. Fiona Reynolds, Former director general of the National Trust - Sustainability is about people 25. Cathy Newman, Journalist and TV presenter for Channel 4 News, UK - Sexism and gender equality in British politics 26. Sarah Richardson, Historian, University of Warwick - Mistresses of their own destiny: a history of women's empowerment in nineteenth-century British politics

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Book SynopsisForty years of feminism and still women do the majority of the housework. Why?In fact, while women are making slow but steady gains on gender disparities in the workplace, at home the gap is widening - in the UK, the average heterosexual British woman puts in 12 more days of household labour per year than her male companion, while young American men are now twice as likely as their fathers to think a woman's place is in the home. And when 'having it all' so often means hiring a nanny or cleaner, is it something to aspire to? Sally Howard joins up with a cohort of feminist separatists, undertakes a day's shift with her Lithuanian cleaner, lives in a futuristic model home designed to anticipate our needs and meets latte papas and one-percent parents in this lively examination which combines history and fieldwork with her personal story. The Home Stretch is a fascinating investigation into how we got here and what the future could look like for feminism's final frontier: the domestic labour gap.Trade ReviewAn impassioned and compelling case for why housework is fundamental...the kind of book you'll want to pass between friends. * New Statesman *A funny, enraging look at feminism's toughest battle. -- Helen Lewis, author of DIFFICULT WOMEN[P]ersonal experience warms a narrative that braids history with sharp reportage, managing to feel invigorating even if the truths it conveys are profoundly frustrating. -- Hephzibah Anderson * Observer *An astute, sharp-edged and frequently witty analysis of gender inequalities in childcare and other forms of domestic labor...Expertly blending careful research and frank personal reflections, this call for change rings true. * Publishers Weekly *Table of Contents1: Coming Clean 2: Battles on the Home Front, a Recent History 3: Paint it Pink and Blue: Naturalizing Gendered Chores 4: The Mother of All Reality Checks (aka the Parent Labour Trap) 5: The Domestic Backlash 6: Power, Money, Willingness to Mop 7: The Outsourced Wife 8: Mrs Robot 9: Marketing Yummy Mummy (or The New Sexed Sell) 10: A Case for the Commons (and Why Separatists Still Struggle with Who Scrubs the Loo) 11: Don't Iron While the Strike is Hot! Conclusion: Home Truths

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Book SynopsisElizabeth Martínez's unique Chicana voice arises from over thirty years of experience in the movements for civil rights, women's liberation, and Latina/o empowerment. In De Colores Means All of Us, Martínez presents a radical Latina perspective on race, liberation, and identity. In these essays, Martínez describes the provocative ideas and new movements created by the rapidly expanding U.S. Latina/o community as it confronts intensified exploitation and racism. With sections on women's organizing, struggles for economic justice and immigrant rights, and the Latina/o youth movement, this book will appeal to readers and activists seeking to organize for the future and build new movements for social change. With a foreword from Angela Y. Davis.Trade ReviewElizabeth Martínez's work comprises one of themost important living histories of progressive activism in the contemporaryera. . . . [Martínez is] inimitable. . .irrepressible. . .indefatigable. -- Angela Y. DavisPlease do yourself a favor and read this essay collection by Elizabeth Martínez! Share it with your friends, students, neighbors. Free yourself from the onslaught of misinformation and ignorance regarding racism in the United States and Latino politics. It is an up-to-date news flash on what is going on regarding Mexicans on both sides of the border. 'Betita' (to those of us who know her, love her, and continue to learn from her) is a veteran activist and Chicana pundit of the highest order. -- Ana Castillo, author, Massacre of the DreamersElizabeth Martínez has played a unique and extraordinary role as chronicler of Chicana-Chicano history, and De Colores beautifully captures her passion, her intelligence, her powerful commitment to universal human values. I am very happy this volume exists, and hope it will be widely read. -- Howard Zinn, author, A People’s History of the United StatesThis is one of the most important books to be published as we prepare to continue our struggle for a multiracial democracy in the twenty-first century. . . . Elizabeth (Betita) Martínez embodies the courage and tenacity exemplified by Latina activists, and women of color generally, who have been the backbone of our movements for social justice. -- Prof. Carlos Muñoz, Jr., Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley; author, Youth, Identity, Power:The Chicano MovementThough published nearly twenty years ago, the new Verso reprint of De Colores Means All of Us contains many urgent messages for the current moment. Part history and part philosophy, De Colores Mean All of Us is a vital key to untangling the messy social structures of race, class, and gender in a specifically Borderlander US context. -- Kevin Lentz * Latinx Spaces *

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Book SynopsisInside This Place, Not of It reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women's prisons in the United States. In their own words, the thirteen narrators in this book recount their lives leading up to incarceration and their experiences inside- ranging from forced sterilization and shackling during childbirth, to physical and sexual abuse by prison staff. Together, their testimonies illustrate the harrowing struggles for survival that women in prison must endure.Trade Review"Inside This Place, Not of It is essential reading for anyone interested in the stories of women who compel us to see their humanity, tenacity, and value as people." - Piper Kerman, author of Orange is the New Black

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Book Synopsis'Looking out over the country, this country, where I was born and raised, I wonder what's going to become of us. Because this can't be the future, can it? Everyone just... changing the rules?' Roger thinks the world's gone mad. He hates his job, his ex-wife torments him and to top it all, his girlfriend just discovered feminism. Roger's about to lose his shit. Until he discovers Angry Alan: online activist and "voice of reason"... A darkly comic new play about masculinity in crisis from award-winning Penelope Skinner.

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Book SynopsisAcross the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It’s Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame.Trade ReviewWritten in an accessible style, “It’s Only Blood” is a marvelous blend of individual women’s experiences, activism and academic research. The subject matter is so compelling and engaging. A remarkable educational text for all genders, It’s Only Blood is eye-opening read. * The Gazette *An excellent text … Dahlqvist manages to harvest rich testimony. The great strength of Dahlqvist’s narrative is the way she insists on the continuum between the struggles of menstruating women in developing countries and the comparatively benign experience of those in the West. * TLS *It’s Only Blood is intimate, provocative, and often funny, shattering the stigma of menstruation for people all around the world. * Foreword Reviews *An eye-opening and necessary book that will challenge your assumptions. Thought provoking, relevant and sensitively written. If you want to know more and do more to end menstrual taboos, read it. * Chella Quint, founder of #periodpositive *Brilliant. It was frustrating to realise how much there is to be done, but also inspiring to read about these groups of women all over the world working bloody hard toward the same ideal: that periods do not need to stand in the way of an education, a future, or a good life. * Gabby Edlin, founder of Bloody Good Period *Only when we call out the unnecessary shame and stigma that surrounds periods can we demand meaningful change. Dahlqvist’s deft, compassionate storytelling, and her critical global perspective, are a tremendous contribution to the movement for menstrual equity. * Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, author of Periods Gone Public: Taking a Stand for Menstrual Equity *A necessary contribution to the conversation on gender liberation. Dahlqvist masterfully moves between storytelling and frameworking how stigma holds menstruators back globally, while offering tangible solutions to many of these problems. A must read. * Kiran Gandhi, musician, activist, and free-bleeding runner at the 2015 London Marathon *Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand and take action against the global consequences of menstrual shame, stigma, and taboo. An insightful and inspiring read that will challenge you to think and behave differently. * Mandu Reid, founder of The Cup Effect *Table of Contents1. Stains 2. Our Shame 3. Lost Days 4. A Comprehensive Set of Rules 5. A Painful Silence 6. Millions of Menstruating Textile Workers 7. ‘I Just Kept Bleeding’ 8. Bloody Menstrual Protection! 9. The Struggle

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Book SynopsisThe referendum to overturn Ireland’s near-total abortion ban in 2018 stands as one of the most remarkable political events of recent times. The campaign to repeal the 8th amendment succeeded not only in challenging centuries of religious and patriarchal dogma, but in signalling a major transformation in Irish society itself. After Repeal explores both the campaign and the implications of the referendum result for politics, identity and culture today. Bringing together a range of international perspectives, this collection transcends geographical and disciplinary boundaries while exploring themes including activism, artwork, social movements, law, media, democratic institutions, and reproductive technologies. This work looks beyond the Irish context and to the future, offering unique insight into the wider struggle for reproductive justice around the world.Trade ReviewIn an impressive collection of cross-disciplinary essays, After Repeal tackles the fraught history of abortion in Ireland and offers valuable, engrossing and often challenging analyses of the battle for the right to choose leading to the landslide victory for repeal of the 8th Amendment in 2018. * Ailbhe Smyth, Together for Yes *'After Repeal is bound to become a necessary read for anyone, scholarly or otherwise, wishing to understand the broad historical, political and social contexts for abortion in the Island of Ireland. * Emma Campbell, Alliance for Choice *After Repeal provides a front-line view of the diverse and committed movement that rose to meet the challenge to bring about a crucial phase of reproductive justice: we see how the feminist lawyers argued, how the visual artists inspired, and how the suburban and the rural activists engaged with their different contexts. This book is that rare combination of being scholarly yet welcoming of the person who wants to hear true stories, well-told. * Katherine O’Donnell, University College Dublin *'After Repeal is an enlightening, interdisciplinary engagement with the context and outcome of the abortion referendum. Its chapters offer well-researched insights that will be of interest to a global audience of academics and activists. * Pam Lowe, Aston University *‘An extremely valuable resource for new students and established scholars of abortion politics alike. With a compelling combination of activist and academic voices, it drives home the significance of the Repeal campaign for Ireland and for the world. * Francis Amery, University of Bath *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Sydney Calkin and Kath Browne Part I: The Politics of Repeal 1. The 2018 abortion referendum: over before it began! Theresa Reidy 2. Explaining repeal: a long-term view, Linda Connolly 3. “The only lawyer on the panel”: anti-choice lawfare in the battle for abortion law reform, Fiona de Londras and Máiréad Enright 4. Abortion pills in Ireland and beyond: what can the 8th Amendment referendum tell us about the future of self-managed abortion? Sydney Calkin 5. Of trust and mistrust: the politics of repeal, Elzbieta Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka and Máire Ní Mhórdha Part II: Campaigns and Campaigning 6. “Enough judgement”: reflections on campaigning for repeal in rural Ireland, Mary McGill 7. Campaigning for choice: canvassing as feminist pedagogy in Dublin Bay North, Niamh McDonald, Kate Antosik-Parsons, Karen E. Till, Jack Callan and Gerry Kearns 8. #Tá: pro-choice activism in the Irish language community, Lisa Nic an Bhreithimh 9. Maser’s ‘Repeal the 8th’ mural: the power of public art in the age of social media, Lorna O’Hara 10. Repealing a ‘legacy of shame’: press coverage of emotional geographies of secrecy and shame in Ireland’s abortion debate, Eric Olund Part III: Futures: Ireland and Beyond 11. Placing the Catholic Church: the moral landscape of repealing the 8th, Richard Scriven 12. Losing Ireland: heteroactivist responses to the 8th Amendment in Canada and the UK, Kath Browne and Catherine Jean Nash 13. The primacy of place: in vitro ‘unborn’ and the 8th Amendment, Noëlle Cotter 14. Northern Ireland after repealing the 8th: democratic challenges, Lisa Smyth 15. Reflections after the Irish referendum: abortion, the Catholic Church and pro-choice mobilization in Poland, Dorota Szelewa

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