Feminism and feminist theory Books

Book SynopsisThis path breaking book - the first of its kind - critically evaluates the place of women in the development of the neoclassical school of economics. It traces the origin of the school's approach to women and exposes the bias in methodology and discourse which has characterized the school's treatment of women and their place in the capitalist economy. The roots of women's invisibility are sought first in the writings of Adam Smith. The work of John Stuart Mill subsequently allows a study of an isolated attempt to integrate a feminist awareness into economic theory. The limits in Mill's writings are contrasted to the more radical ideas of his feminist contemporaries: Harriet Taylor and Barbara Bodichon. The author then examines the debate on equal pay for men and women which took place between 1890 and 1925. In conclusion she critically evaluates the work of Marshall and Pigou.This book by the late Michele Pujol makes a major contribution both to the history of economic thought and to women's history by exposing the ideological position which informs neoclassical theorizing on women and the contradictions this position creates within the paradigm.Trade Review'This is a book the generalist will want in the university library, if not on the shelf.’ -- Bette Polkinghorn, Journal of the History of Economic Thought'Pujol's book is path-breaking, scholarly and well written. In short review, it is not possible to capture the full force of her arguments and the enormous contribution she makes to the feminist critique of economic thought.' -- Paulette Olson, Journal of Economic Issues'This book, the first of its kind, critically evaluates the place of women in the development of the neoclassical school of economics. It traces the origin of the school's approach to women and exposes the bias in methodology and discourse which has characterized the school's treatment of women and their place in the capitalist economy.' -- J. Purvis, Studies on Women Abstracts'Pujol performs a considerable service in disinterring early feminist writing on economic matters.' -- J.R. Shackleton, The Economic Journal'Michele Pujol's work impresses me as sound and scholarly, and it makes an important contribution to knowledge, since she deals with material that has not previously been examined. Her work is well written and meets the need for a feminist approach to the history of economics.' -- Robert W. Dimand, Brock University, Canada'. . . a thoughtful and well-documented book.' -- Marianne A. Ferber, Journal of Economic Literature'Dr Pujol knows her subject well and has produced a thought-provoking book which will be of interest to labour economists and historians of economic thought. It could be usefully used in advanced undergraduate history of thought courses.' -- Carol Padgett, Reviewing Sociology'Readers will find in this book a wealth of valuable information which illuminates the strategic role of gender differentiation and gender hegemony in the dominant models of economic theory'. -- Ursula Vogel, Political StudiesTable of ContentsWith a new preface by Janet Seiz Contents: Introduction Part I: Some Approaches to the Economic Status of Women Before 1890 1. Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Harriet Taylor and Barbara Bodichon Part II: The Equal Pay Debates: 1890–1923 2. Introduction 3. Early Approaches by Economists and Feminists to Equal Pay, 1890–1914 4. Feminist Positions on Equal Pay for Equal Work During World War I 5. The Impending ‘Debacle’: Edgeworth on Equal Pay 6. Conclusion Part III: Women in the Economics of Marshall and Pigou 7. Introduction 8. Gender and Class in Marshall’s ‘Principles of Economics’ 9. The ‘Violent Paradoxes’ of A.C. Pigou: Pigouvian Exploitation and Women’s Wages 10. The ‘Violent Paradoxes’ of A.C. Pigou: Women in Pigou’s Welfare System Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis important reference collection focuses on central issues in contemporary feminist debate. It includes sections on the critique of mainstream political theories, the feminist reconstruction of political concepts, the impact on moral theory of the 'different voice' ethic of care, and the equality/difference debate. Feminism includes the most important literature on the central themes of domination and subordination, essentialism, race and class.Table of ContentsPart 1 Critiques of mainstream political trends. Part 2 Domination and subordination. Part 3 Reconceiving political concepts: the public and the private; autonomy; contract and social relations; community. Part 4 The search for self and the debate about differences among women. Part 5 Feminism and the law - what is equal treatment. Part 6 Ethics of justice - ethics of care.

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Book SynopsisCultural studies and modern feminism are contemporaries and their short histories have been closely interwoven. Feminist cultural studies is consequently a particularly rich field for study and research.Feminist Cultural Studies is a key reference collection covering a broad spectrum including ethnographic studies, audiences and reading, culture in the making of subjectivity, and popular culture such as film, television, dance, make-up and advertising. Other areas addressed include contemporary theory and method, the uses of the female body as a cultural product, and the inter-relationship of 'race' and ethnicity in the cultural construction of gender.This collection includes seminal essays by well-known writers such as Susan Bordo, Hazel Carby, Sue-Ellen Case, Rita Felski, Jane Gaines, Susan Gubar, Angela McRobbie, Toril Moi, Toni Morrison, Laura Mulvey, Janice Radway, Jacqueline Rose, Gayatry Spivak, Carolyn Steedman, Catherine Stimpson, Elizabeth Wilson and many others. This authoritative two volume set will be welcomed by students, teachers and researchers as a key reference reader on feminist cultural studies which will improve access to seminal articles, as well as some intriguing and influential papers which have been overlooked in the past.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I PART I: CULTURE IS ORDINARY 1. Micaela di Leonardo (1987), ‘The Female World of Cards and Holidays: Women, Families, and the Work of Kinship’ 2. Barbara Littlewood (1987) ‘Women, Words and Power: A Study of the Language of Magic in Southern Italy’ 3. Peter Bailey (1990), ‘Parasexuality and Glamour: the Victorian Barmaid as Cultural Prototype’ 4. Mica Nava (1992), ‘Outrage and Anxiety in the Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse: Cleveland and the Press’ 5. Janice Winship (1981), ‘Handling Sex’ 6. Jennifer Craik (1989), ‘“I must put my face on”: Making Up the Body and Marking Out the Feminine’ PART II: MAKING SUBJECTIVITIES: MAKING SOCIAL IDENTITIES 7. Carolyn Steedman (1980), ‘The Tidy House’ 8. Jacqueline Rose (1985), ‘State and Language: Peter Pan as Written for the Child’ 9. Mitzi Myers, (1989), ‘“Servants as They are Now Educated”: Women Writers and Georgian Pedogogy’ 10. Regenia Gagnier, (1989), ‘The Literary Standard, Working-Class Lifewriting, and Gender’ 11. Liz Stanley, (1990), ‘Moments of Writing: Is There a Feminist Auto/biography?’ 12. Judith R. Walkowitz (1986), ‘Science, Feminism and Romance: The Men and Women’s Club 1885–1889’ PART III: FEMINISM AND GENDER IN POPULAR CULTURE 13. Charlotte Brunsdon (1991), ‘Pedagogies of the Feminine: Feminist Teaching and Women’s Genres’ 14. Beverley Alcock and Jocelyn Robson (1990), ‘Cagney and Lacey Revisited’ 15. Judith Mayne, (1988), L.A. Law and Prime-Time Feminism’ 16. Susan McClary (1990), ‘Living to Tell: Madonna’s Resurrection of the Fleshly’ 17. Rita Felski (1990), ‘Kitsch, Romance Fiction and Male Paranoia: Stephen King Meets the Frankfurt School’ 18. Frigga Haug (1987), ‘Daydreams’ PART IV: CULTURE AND CONSUMPTION 19. Jane Gaines (1989), ‘The Queen Christina Tie-Ups: Convergence of Show Window and Screen’ 20. Mary Ann Doane (1989), ‘The Economy of Desire: The Commodity Form in/of the Cinema’ 21. Susan Willis (1990), ‘“I want the black one”: Is There a Place for Afro-American Culture in Commodity Culture?’ 22. Ann K. Clark (1987), ‘The Girl: A Rhetoric of Desire’ 23. Danae Clark (1991), ‘Commodity Lesbianism’ PART V: READERS AND AUDIENCES 24. Janice A. Radway (1986), ‘Reading is Not Eating: Mass-Produced Literature and the Theoretical, Methodological, and Political Consequences of a Metaphor’ 25. Gill Frith (1991), ‘Transforming Features: Double Vision and the Female Reader’ 26. Helen Taylor (1993), Anniversaries, Sequels and Bandwagons: Gone With the Wind, 1989–91”, Women: A Cultural Review’ 27. Laura Mulvey (1989), ‘British Feminist Film Theory’s Female Spectators: Presence and Absence’ Volume II PART I: SOME OVERVIEWS 1. Catherine R. Stimpson (1988), ‘Nancy Reagan Wears a Hat: Feminism and Its Cultural Consensus’ 2. Lisa Tickner (1988), ‘Feminism, Art History, and Sexual Difference’ 3. Ginette Vincendeau (1987), ‘Women’s Cinema, Film Theory and Feminism in France: Reflections after the 1987 Creteil Festival’ 4. Chandra Talpade Mohanty (1988), ‘Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses’ PART II: THEORY AND METHOD 5. Barbara Creed (1987), ‘From Here to Modernity: Feminism and Postmodernism’ 6. Mary Poovey (1988), ‘Feminism and Deconstruction’ 7. Sue-Ellen Case (1988-89), ‘Towards a Butch-Femme Aesthetic’ 8. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak with Ellen Rooney, (1993), ‘In a Word. Interview’ 9. Toril Moi (1991), ‘Appropriating Bourdieu: Feminist Theory and Pierre Bourdieu’s Sociology of Culture’ 10. Jenny Taylor (1991), ‘Dreams of a Common Language: Science, Gender and Culture’ 11. Angela McRobbie (1991), ‘New Times in Cultural Studies’ 12. Sarah Franklin, Celia Lury and Jackie Stacey (1991), ‘Feminism and Cultural Studies: Pasts, Presents, Futures’ Part III: THE BODY SIGNIFIES 13. Deborah Cameron, (1992), ‘Naming of Parts: Gender, Culture, and Terms for the Penis Among American College Students’ 14. Sander L. Gilman (1992), ‘Black Bodies, White Bodies: Toward an Iconography of Female Sexuality in Late Nineteenth-Century Art, Medicine, and Literature’ 15. Sally Peters (1992), ‘From Eroticism to Transcendence: Ballroom Dance and the Female Body’ 16. Sandra Kemp (1992), ‘“Let’s Watch a Little How He Dances” – Performing Cultural Studies’ 17. Annette Kuhn (1989), ‘The Body and Cinema: Some Problems for Feminism’ 18. Susan Bordo (1993), ‘“Material Girl”: The Effacements of Postmodern Culture’ 19. Rosi Braidotti (1989), ‘Organs Without Bodies’ PART IV: WORDS AND WORLDS 20. Carol Cohn (1987), ‘Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defence Intellectuals’ 21. Hazel V. Carby (1985), ‘“On the Threshold of Women’s Era”: Lynching, Empire, and Sexuality in Black Feminist Theory’ 22. Katie King (1988), ‘Audre Lorde’s Lacquered Layerings: The Lesbian Bar as a Site of Literary Production’ 23. Toni Morrison, (1989), ‘Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature’ 24. Kathryn Dodd (1990), ‘Cultural Politics and Women’s Historical Writing: The Case of Ray Strachey’s The Cause’ PART V: VISIBLE WORLDS 25. Wendy Kozol, (1988), ‘Madonnas of the Fields: Photography, Gender, and 1930s Farm Relief’ 26. Christine Holmlund (1991), ‘When is a Lesbian Not a Lesbian?: The Lesbian Continuum and the Mainstream Femme Film’ 27. Lynda Nead (1990), ‘The Female Nude: Pornography, Art, and Sexuality’ 28. Susan Gubar (1987), ‘Representing Pornography: Feminism, Criticism, and Depictions of Female Violation’ 29. Elizabeth Wilson (1992), ‘The Invisible Flâneur’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisEarly French Feminisms, 1830-1940 is a source book of personal and political writings by Flora Tristan, Pauline Roland, Jeanne Deroin, Helene Brion and Madeleine Pelletier, five key individuals in the development of women's rights in France. Though their writings and political activity ranged over more than a century, these women were linked by their commitment to feminism and to socialism and can be considered as seminal figures in French political thought. Their journals, letters and diaries have not been available in print or in English translation and the same is true of many of their published works. As well as extensive extracts from the original source material, Early French Feminisms, 1830-1940 contains biographical and contextual historical material which sets the writers in their period and links them to contemporary feminist and socialist debates. Tristan, Deroin, Roland, Pelletier and Brion were active in the growth of trade union organization, Saint-Simonian utopian socialism, the birth of the parliamentary Socialist Parties, pacifism during the First World War and the neo-Malthusian or birth control movement. Ranging across personal and public genres of writings, the texts reproduced for this volume, placed in historical context, demonstrate the difficulty which these largely self-educated women faced in entering the public sphere and the political persecution which they faced courageously. Early French Feminisms, 1830-1940 clarifies an important chapter in feminist and socialist militancy which will be of interest to students and scholars of women's studies and modern French history.Trade Review'Previously untranslated and often unpublished, these writings - especially Pelletier's fragmentary memoirs, which will certainly spark a controversial reassessment of that often enigmatic and troubled feminist pioneer - will delight serious readers. Along with a very useful bibliography, the well-crafted chapter notes are useful to specialized researchers and new students alike.' -- F. Burkhard, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Preface Acknowledgement 1. Introduction 2. Flora Tristan’s Campaigns 1835–1844 3. Jeanne Deroin, Pauline Roland and 1848 4. Jeanne Deroin, Pauline Roland – Prison Deportation and Exile 1851–1852 5. Madeleine Pelletier: Feminism and Politics 6. Madeleine Pelletier: The Politics of Sexuality 7. Hélène Brion: Syndicalist, Pacifist and Feminist 8. Madeleine Pelletier: Autobiographical Writing 9. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisMarket, State and Feminism offers an inter-disciplinary critique of the 'free market backlash' - the belief that free market economics can improve the position, status and well-being of women. The authors argue that, far from being restrictive and intrusive, state action can enhance the individual's ability to make responsible choices.This book questions the philosophical basis of free market feminism, challenging its masculine assumptions about rationality and individualism. The authors critically examine the theoretical validity of dichotomising the market versus the state and draw attention to the richness of the interdependence between markets and state institutions. Empirical and case study material is drawn from the UK, the European Union and the United States and illuminates the issues of equal employment opportunities and pay, girls' education performance, business attitudes to women, lobbying by women's groups and equal opportunities legislation.Trade Review'Market, State and Feminism, criticizes the free market backlash that is based on core principles about how markets work, how individual agents behave and how the state influences the functioning of a market economy. The book powerfully refutes the view that free market economics can improve the status and well-being of women.'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Feminist Economic Perspective 2. Gender, Economic Life and Politics 3. The Different Worlds of Work 4. The Free Market, Family and Gender 5. Valuing Diversity? Women in the US Workforce Today 6. Women’s Employment and the European Union 7. A Critique of Free Market Feminism Index

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Book SynopsisWomen and Market Societies explores the problems and possibilities for women which arise from the transition to a market economy in East Asia, the dismantling of state socialism in Eastern Europe and the restructuring of the economies and welfare states of the older capitalist market societies in Western Europe. Questioning whether the global trend towards market economics will constrain or enhance women's opportunities, this innovative interdisciplinary volume also looks at the consequences for women as workers, and beyond that to the social and cultural implications. A distinguished group of scholars - from China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Europe - explores the issues which must be addressed before women can create a more empowering politics. Such issues include the continuing tensions between paid work in the market and unpaid work in the family and the extent to which Eastern or Western legislative frameworks, providing rights and benefits, have eased or exacerbated these tensions. The paradoxical effects of modernising housework, the power and contestibility of global media representations of femininity, the experience of building a women's politics around consumption are all themes explored in this book which aims to contribute to an East-West dialogue among women.Trade Review'Women in Market Societies provides an interesting read on issues central to feminist economics. Although this book was originally published in 1995, the issues remain relevant and the analysis continues to provide texture for continuing changes in established and emerging market societies. . . The book does not claim to provide 'definitive conclusions, but [aims] to create an agenda for ongoing research and discussion' (p.1). Eight years later, this agenda still poses the key questions for those interested in the influence of market institutions on women's lives, and no other book published in the intervening years has pulled together such a broad range of issues with a focus on the intersection of market and gender studies.' -- Barbara E Hopkins, Feminist EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction Part I: Consumption and Women’s Politics: Past Experiences Part II: Modernizing Domestic Spaces: Liberating Women? Part III: Cultural Representations and Resistances Part IV: Crisis in Western Market Societies Part V: Problematic Transitions to Market Societies in the East

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Book SynopsisFeminist economists have produced a wide range of critical analyses of the various forms of masculinity within neoclassical economics. This book employs a feminist poststructuralist approach to reveal the masculinity of the allegedly unsexed figure, 'rational economic man'.Gillian Hewitson constructs an alternative approach to the question of masculinity in neoclassical economics, using a range of poststructuralist and feminist poststructuralist writing, the centrepiece of which may be seen as the notion of the body, rather than gender, as a cultural product. The author argues that neoclassical economics actively constructs sexual differences as meaningful by using case studies of the neoclassical teaching device, Robinson Crusoe, and the surrogate motherhood exchange. The book concludes that the notion of the exchanging agent, as a supposedly universal and hence disembodied individual, cannot accommodate sexual differences and thus the female body.This ground-breaking new book will be essential reading for scholars of feminist economics and women's studies.Trade Review'The book provides rich pickings for a range of readers.' -- Sarah Paddle, Arena Magazine'Feminist Economics is the first book-length application of the feminist poststructuralist approach to the understanding of neoclassical economics. The book is distinguished by an explanation of poststructuralism that will be understandable to economists, and a rich multi-layered analysis of the production of masculinity and femininity in neoclassical thought. . . . this book belongs in the collection of every feminist economist, for many reasons. It provides a comprehensive survey of the development of the field in the context of its use of different theories of feminist knowledge. It also clearly delineates the contours of poststructuralist feminism, and therefore contributes to a better understanding of this approach among economists. And as a feminist critique, it provides fresh insights into the androcentric discourse of neoclassical economics.' -- Suzanne Bergeron, Review of Radical Political Economics'Hewitson's book is an example of rich feminist analysis in economics that deserves attention from a variety of economic persuasions.' -- Irene van Staveren, Jounal of Economic Issues'. . . the first full-length treatment of how feminist post-structuralist economics might be constituted.' -- J.P. Jacobsen, Choice'In this provocative manuscript, Gillian Hewitson adds an important new voice to feminist economics. Using a poststructural approach, she illuminates the masculinity of rational economic man and reveals the implications, both theoretical and real, of the discursive construction of "women" in mainstream economic thought. Touching on a wide array of critical concerns to feminist economics, the book sharpens feminist economic discussions and should be seriously read by all in the field.' -- Diana Strassmann, Rice University, US'Gillian J. Hewitson's Feminist Economics is a valuable addition to the scant literature on this subject. The first section of the book provides a very useful outline of the emergence of feminist economics that will be of interest to students and scholars alike. The main contribution of this volume is, however, an extensive and thorough analysis of feminist poststructuralist theory, which should considerably advance Hewitson's goal of improving the understanding of a subject that is new even to many feminist economists.' -- Marianne Ferber, Professor of Economics and Women's Studies, Emerita, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Feminist Economics/Feminist Poststructuralism 1. Introduction 2. Women and Knowledge I: Adding Women to Neoclassical Economics 3. Women and Knowledge II: Theorizing Neoclassical Economics 4. Women and Knowledge III: Feminist Poststructuralism Part II: Deconstructing Rational Economic Man 5. Robinson Crusoe: The Paradigmatic ‘Rational Economic Man’ 6. The Economics of Surrogate Motherhood 7. Surrogate Motherhood and the Work of a Metaphor 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMuch has been made about South Africa's transition from histories of colonialism, slavery and apartheid. ""Memory"" features prominently in the country's reckoning with its pasts. While there has been an outpouring of academic essays, anthologies and other full-length texts which study this transition, most have focused on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Pumla Dineo Gqola's What is slavery to me? links with that research in its concern with South Africa's past and the meaning-making processes attendant to it, but reads specifically memory activity which pertains to colonial slavery as practiced predominantly in the Western Cape for three centuries by the British and Dutch. What is slavery to me? is the first full-length study of slave memory in the South African context, and examines the relevance and effects of slave memory for contemporary negotiations of South African gendered and radicalised identities. It draws from feminist, postcolonial and memory studies and is therefore interdisciplinary in approach. It reads memory as one way of processing this past, and interprets a variety of cultural, literary and filmic texts to ascertain the particular experiences in relation to slave pasts being fashioned, processed and disseminated. Much of the material surveyed across disciplines attributes to memory, or ""popular history making"", a dialogue between past and present whilst ascribing sense to both the eras and their relationship. In this sense then, memory is active, entailing a personal relationship with the past which acts as mediator of reality on a day to day basis. The projects studies various negotiations of raced and gendered identities in creative and other public spaces in contemporary South Africa, by being particularly attentive to the encoding of consciousness about the country's slave past. This book extends memory studies in South Africa, provokes new lines of inquiry, and develops new frameworks through which to think about slavery and memory in South Africa.

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Book SynopsisGaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in fi lm, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Who is looking and who is being looked at, who is telling women’s stories in Africa and what governs the mechanics of making those films on the continent?The interviews with Tsitsi Dangarembga, Taghreed Elsanhouri, Jihan El-Tahri, Anita Khanna, Djo Tunda wa Munga, Rumbi Katedza, Katarina Hedrén, Isabel Noronhe, Arya Lalloo and Shannon Walsh demonstrate the contradictory points of departure of women in film – from their understanding of feminisms in relation to lived-experiences and the realpolitik of women working as cultural practitioners.The disciplines of gender studies, postcolonial theory, and film theory provide the framework for the book’s essays. Beti Ellerson, Jyoti Mistry, Antje Schuhmann, Nobunye Levin, Dorothee Wenner and Christina von Braun are some of the contributors who provide valuable context, analysis and insight into, among other things, the politics of representation, the role of fi lm festivals and the collective and individual experiences of trauma and marginality which contribute to the layered and complex fi lmic responses of Africa’s film practitioners.Trade ReviewThis intricately woven collection presents nuanced images - from the north to the south of the African continent - of the contemporary state of women's representation, roles and engagements in the film world. - Lindiwe Dovey, senior lecturer in African film, SOAS, University of London and honorary associate professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; List of illustrations; Foreword by Katharina von Ruckteschell, Goethe-Institut sub-Saharan Africa; Introduction - By way of context and content - Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann; African women in cinema: An overview - Beti Ellerson; 'I am a feminist only in secret' - Interview with Taghreed Elsanhouri and Christina von Braun by Ines Kappert; Staged authenticity: Femininity in photography and film - Christina von Braun; 'Power is in your own hands': Why Jihan El-Tahri does not like movements - Interview with Jihan El-Tahri by Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann; Aftermath - A focus on collective trauma - Interview with Djo Tunda wa Munga and Rumbi Katedza by Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry; Shooting violence and trauma: Traversing visual and social topographies in Zanele Muholi's work - Antje Schuhmann; Puk Nini - A filmic instruction in seduction: Exploring class and sexuality in gender relations - Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry; I am Saartjie Baartman - Nobunye Levin; Filmmaking at the margins of a community: On co-producing Elelwani - Jyoti Mistry; On collective practices: Jeppe on a Friday - Interview with Shannon Walsh and Arya Lalloo by Jyoti Mistry; 'Cinema of resistance' - Interview with Isabel Noronha by Max Annas and Henriette Gunkel; Dark and personal - Anita Khanna; 'Change? This might mean to shove a few men out' - Interview with Anita Khanna by Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry; Barakat means enough! - Katarina Hedren; 'Women, use the gaze to change reality' - Interview with Katarina Hedren by Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry; Post-colonial film collaboration and festival politics - Dorothee Wenner; Tsitsi Dangarembga: A manifesto - Interview with Tsitsi Dangarembga by Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St Louis. Beginning with the colonial period and ending in the 1960s, each chapter identifies the experiences of women in a specific time period and sites of their public activities.

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Book SynopsisThis book is aimed at helping media and film studies teachers introduce the basics of feminist film theory. No prior knowledge of feminist theory is required, the intended readers being university undergraduate teachers and students of film and media studies. Areas of emphasis include spectatorship, narrative, and ideology. Many illustrative case studies from popular cinema are used to offer students an opportunity to consider the connotations of visual and aural elements of film, narrative conflicts and oppositions, the implications of spectator "positioning" and viewer identification, and an ideological critical approach to film. Explanations of key terminology are included, along with classroom exercises and practice questions. Each chapter begins with key definitions and explanations of the concepts to be studied, including some historical background where relevant. Case studies include film noir, Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days and the work of directors Spike Lee, Claire Denis, and Paul Verhoeven. Studying Feminist Film Theory is a revised and expanded version of Feminist Film Studies: A Teacher's Guide, published by Auteur in 2007.

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Book SynopsisA critical legal scholar uses feminist and environmental theory to sketch alternate futures for Appalachia.Environmental law has failed spectacularly to protect Appalachia from the ravages of liberal capitalism, and from extractive industries in particular. Remaking Appalachia chronicles such failures, but also puts forth hopeful paths for truly radical change.Remaking Appalachia begins with an account of how, over a century ago, laws governing environmental and related issues proved fruitless against the rising power of coal and other industries. Key legal regimes were, in fact, explicitly developed to support favored industrial growth. Aided by law, industry succeeded in maximizing profits not just through profound exploitation of Appalachia's environment but also through subordination along lines of class, gender, and race. After chronicling such failures and those of liberal development strategies in the region, Stump explores true system change beyond law "reform." Ecofeminism and ecosocialism undergird this discussion, which involves bottom-up approaches to transcending capitalism that are coordinated from local to global scales.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Historical Beginnings: Appalachian Coal and the Coming of Industrial Capitalism 2. Foundations of Environmental Law: Classical Liberalism 3. Twentieth-Century Appalachia: Failed Development Models and Coal's Hegemony 4. Environmental Law: A Critically Flawed Paradigm 5. Modern Appalachia: Environmental Law's Failure and the Broader Regional Landscape 6. Systemic Economic and Socio-Legal Change: Theory, Practice, and Praxis 7. Remaking Appalachia: Strongly Ecologically Sustainable Futures Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book on pan-Caribbean life writing, Dreams of Archives Unfolded reveals the innovative formal practices used to write about historical absences within contemporary personal narratives. Although the premier genres of writing postcoloniality in the Caribbean have been understood to be fiction and poetry, established figures such as Erna Brodber, Maryse Condé, Lorna Goodison, Edwidge Danticat, Saidiya Hartmann, Ruth Behar, and Dionne Brand and emerging writers such as Yvonne Shorter Brown, and Gaiutra Bahadur use life writing to question the relationship between the past and the present. Stitt theorizes that the remarkable flowering of life writing by Caribbean women since 2000 is not an imitation of the “memoir boom” in North America and Europe; instead, it marks a different use of the genre born out of encountering gendered absences in archives and ancestral memory that cannot be filled with more research. Dreams of Archives makes a significant contribution to studies of Caribbean literature by demonstrating that women’s autobiographical narratives published in the past twenty years are feminist epistemological projects that rework Caribbean studies’ longstanding commitment to creating counter-archives. Trade Review"In Dreams of Archives Unfolded, Jocelyn Stitt answers the 'Caribbean quarrel with history' by convincingly arguing for the place of contemporary Caribbean women's memoir, from across its diasporas and linguistic schisms, as integral to the constitution of our archives, past and future. A well-argued work which will open new vistas for scholars of women's life-writing and Caribbean studies in the, hoped for, decolonial future."— Myriam J. A. Chancy, author of Autochthonomies: Transnationalism, Testimony, and Transmission in the African Diaspora "Introducing an innovative theoretical framing of long-standing critical debates about history, biography, archive, and belonging, this lucid study of Caribbean women’s life-writing points to their remarkable contributions to new modes of knowledge production about the past and its aporias. Stitt’s analyses of the writers’ imaginative formal strategies are a timely and valuable intervention in Caribbean and Gender Studies."— Françoise Lionnet, author of Writing Women and Critical Dialogues: Subjectivity, Gender, and IronyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Archival Dreams and Caribbean Life Writing 1 “Autobiography in a Graveyard”: Doors of No Return and Revolutionary Failures 2 Speculative Autobiography: Ghosts and Feminist Fugitivity 3 Repicturing the Picturesque: Genealogical Desire, Archives, and Descendant Community Autobiography 4 Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Indo-Caribbean Archival Impossibility 5 “Put My Mom in There”: Memorialization as Caribbean Counter-Archive Coda: Untelling History Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMedical Entanglements uses intersectional feminist, queer, and crip theory to move beyond “for or against” approaches to medical intervention. Using a series of case studies – sex-confirmation surgery, pharmaceutical treatments for sexual dissatisfaction, and weight loss interventions – the book argues that, because of systemic inequality, most mainstream medical interventions will simultaneously reinforce social inequality and alleviate some individual suffering. The book demonstrates that there is no way to think ourselves out of this conundrum as the contradictions are a product of unjust systems. Thus, Gupta argues that feminist activists and theorists should allow individuals to choose whether to use a particular intervention, while directing their social justice efforts at dismantling systems of oppression and at ensuring that all people, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, class, or ability, have access to the basic resources required to flourish. Trade ReviewMedical Entanglements is required reading for anyone interested in the feminist stakes of biomedical interventions. Provocatively insisting that “medicine isn’t special,” Gupta reimagines the terrain of sexual pharmaceuticals, gender affirmation procedures, and weight loss technologies, providing fresh insights about how all three can be sites of survival, well-being, and even flourishing. Gupta’s writing is clear, her arguments comprehensive, and her suggestions for how we get from A to B are a sensible companion in these urgent times. -- Chrstine Labuski * author of It Hurts Down There: The Bodily Imaginaries of Female Genital Pain *"Modern biomedicine presents us with a growing number of socially and ethically troubling situations, where there is always a temptation to seek a ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ solution. In this important book, and with theoretical sophistication and supported by detailed case studies, Gupta shows the most ethical way forward may be acceptance that difficulties are only imperfectly resolvable, entangled as they are in broader systems of injustice. She argues with skill and imagination for a different approach, framed by a different language, to feminist thinking about healthcare." -- Jackie Leach Scully * co-editor of Feminist Bioethics: At the Center, on the Margins *Table of Contents1. Introduction: No Safe Ground 2. Feminist Critiques of Medicine (and Some Responses) 3. Theorizing from Transition-Related Care: Analytical Tools for Complexity 4. Sexuopharmaceuticals: Queering Medicalization 5. Constructing Fat, Constructing Fat Stigma: Rethinking Weight-Reduction Interventions 6. Conclusion: Medicine Without Eugenics? Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisUtilizing a breadth of archival sources from activists, artists, and policymakers, Teenage Dreams examines the race- and class-inflected battles over adolescent women’s sexual and reproductive lives in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century United States. Charlie Jeffries finds that most adults in this period hesitated to advocate for adolescent sexual and reproductive rights, revealing a new culture war altogether--one between adults of various political stripes in the cultural mainstream who prioritized the desire to delay girlhood sexual experience at all costs, and adults who remained culturally underground in their support for teenagers’ access to frank sexual information, and who would dare to advocate for this in public. The book tells the story of how the latter group of adults fought alongside teenagers themselves, who constituted a large and increasingly visible part of this activism. The history of the debates over teenage sexual behavior reveals unexpected alliances in American political battles, and sheds new light on the resurgence of the right in the US in recent years.Trade Review“Teenage Dreams is a vital contribution to our historic understanding of the US culture wars from the 1980s to the present moment. This rich analysis uncovers a wealth of youth activism around sexuality, revealing how we might benefit if we heard the voices of youth who are typically left out of public conversations on their own sexuality.” -- Julie Bettie * author of Women without Class: Girls, Race, and Identity *"Teenage sexuality has long been a site of contention in US politics and popular culture. Examining policies and popular ideologies starting in the 1980s, Charlie Jeffries brings to light political and social histories that have long restricted teenage girl sexuality. Jeffries’ research into how multiple influencers of US policy have denied teen girls access to sex-positive education and information is as timely as it is informative." -- Rebekah J. Buchanan * author of Writing a Riot: Riot Grrrl Zines and Feminist Rhetorics *“Teenage Dreams is a vital contribution to our historic understanding of the US culture wars from the 1980s to the present moment. This rich analysis uncovers a wealth of youth activism around sexuality, revealing how we might benefit if we heard the voices of youth who are typically left out of public conversations on their own sexuality.” -- Julie Bettie * author of Women without Class: Girls, Race, and Identity *"Teenage sexuality has long been a site of contention in US politics and popular culture. Examining policies and popular ideologies starting in the 1980s, Charlie Jeffries brings to light political and social histories that have long restricted teenage girl sexuality. Jeffries’ research into how multiple influencers of US policy have denied teen girls access to sex-positive education and information is as timely as it is informative." -- Rebekah J. Buchanan * author of Writing a Riot: Riot Grrrl Zines and Feminist Rhetorics *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Teenage Girls and the New Right 2. Women and Children? Sexual Speech and Sexual Harm 3. Explicit Content: Cultures of Girlhood 4. The Third Wave and the Third Way 5. Medicine, Education, and Sexualization Epilogue: Girlhood Sexualities in the Contemporary Culture Wars Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisCreolized Sexualities: Undoing Heteronormativity in the Literary Imagination of the Anglo-Caribbean draws attention to a wide, and surprising, range of writings that craft inclusive and pluralizing representations of sexual possibilities within the Caribbean imagination. Reading across an eclectic range of writings from V.S. Naipaul to Marlon James, Shani Mootoo to Junot Diaz, Andrew Salkey to Thomas Glave, Curdella Forbes to Colin Robinson, this bold work of literary criticism brings into view fictional worlds where Caribbeanness and queerness correspond and reconcile. Through inspired close readings Donnell gathers evidence and argument for the Caribbean as an exemplary creolized ecology of fluid possibilities that can illuminate the prospect of a non-heteronormalizing future. Indeed, Creolized Sexualities hows how writers have long rendered sexual plasticity, indeterminacy, and pluralism as an integral part of Caribbeanness and as one of the most compelling if unacknowledged ways of resisting the disciplining regimes of colonial and neocolonial power.Trade Review"Creolized Sexualities's meticulous scholarship thrusts Caribbean studies well into the future, simultaneously—and generously—clearing ever more space for the emerging field of Caribbean queer studies. Donnell's trenchant prose and insights join forces to powerfully illuminate rooms and possibilities previously unconsidered." -- Thomas Glave * author of Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh *"This will be a singular new book in the field of queer Caribbean literary studies for offering a more recent analysis of literature that has heretofore not been considered together. It echoes a larger claim about the queer nature of Caribbean sexualities rooted in the creolized specificity of the region." -- Lyndon K. Gill * author of Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean *New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies interview with Alison Donnell * New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies *"Creolized Sexualities's meticulous scholarship thrusts Caribbean studies well into the future, simultaneously—and generously—clearing ever more space for the emerging field of Caribbean queer studies. Donnell's trenchant prose and insights join forces to powerfully illuminate rooms and possibilities previously unconsidered." -- Thomas Glave * author of Among the Bloodpeople: Politics and Flesh *"This will be a singular new book in the field of queer Caribbean literary studies for offering a more recent analysis of literature that has heretofore not been considered together. It echoes a larger claim about the queer nature of Caribbean sexualities rooted in the creolized specificity of the region." -- Lyndon K. Gill * author of Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean *New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies interview with Alison Donnell * New Books Network: New Books in Caribbean Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Undoing Heteronormativity and the Erotics of Creolization 1 The Queer Creolized Caribbean 2 Creolizing Heterosexuality: Curdella Forbes’s “A Permanent Freedom” and Shani Mootoo’s Valmiki’s Daughter 3 Caribbean Freedoms and Queering Homonormativity: Andrew Salkey’s Escape to an Autumn Pavement 4 Queering Caribbean Homophobia: Non-heteronormative Hypermasculinity in Marlon James’s A Brief History of Seven Killings and Junot Díaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 5 Imagining Impossible Possibilities: Shani Mootoo’s Moving Forward Sideways Like a Crab and Selected Writings by Thomas Glave Conclusion Acknowledgments Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisWhile women have struggled to gain recognition in the discipline of philosophy, there is no shortage of brilliant female thinkers. What can these women teach us about ethics, politics, and the nature of existence, and how might we relate these big ideas back to the smaller everyday concerns of domestic life, work, play, love, and relationships? Australian novelist Julienne van Loon goes on a worldwide quest to answer these questions, by engaging with eight world-renowned thinkers who have deep insights on humanity and society: media scholar Laura Kipnis, novelist Siri Hustvedt, political philosopher Nancy Holmstrom, psychoanalytic theorist Julia Kristeva, domestic violence reformer Rosie Batty, peace activist Helen Caldicott, historian Marina Warner, and feminist philosopher Rosi Braidotti. As she speaks to these women, she reflects on her own experiences. Combining the intimacy of a memoir with the intellectual stimulation of a theoretical text, The Thinking Woman draws novel connections between the philosophical, personal, and political. Giving readers a new appreciation for both the ethical complexities and wonder of everyday life, this book is inspiration to all thinking people.Trade Review"The Thinking Woman, the first work of non-fiction by acclaimed novelist Julienne van Loon (whose career began with a Vogel win for her first novel, Road Story, in 2004) is a knotty, charismatic exploration of the intersection between ideas and lived experience, through six central themes...a surprising and resonant work that cements van Loon's status as a thinking woman well worth reading and following." -- Jo Case * The Sydney Morning Herald *"There is so much life in these conversations. Words and ideas feel hot, propulsive, uncontained in their implications. Above all else, this feeling of thinking—of thinking out loud, of thinking together, of thinking with and alongside—it’s a very special kind of high." -- Maria Tumarkin * author of Axiomatic and winner of the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 *"It’s heartening to read a book that encourages us to challenge our assumptions. To think expansively, and to look at those who do, and how that may be relevant to our everyday. An invitation to a thoughtful life. Julienne van Loon’s The Thinking Woman is that kind of book." -- Melissa Cronenburg * Feminist Writers Festival *"A compelling portrait of the relationship between thinking and feeling." -- Amanda Lohrey * winner of the Patrick White Award *"A fascinating book that will have us all thinking, whether or not we are women." -- Anne Summers * author of Damned Whores and God's Police *"The Thinking Woman is also much more than a thematically organised collection of essays that bring the dense theories of living feminist and female philosophers to a general readership. In many ways the book is also a revelation, as it marks van Loon as an extraordinary memoirist, able to draw convincing parallels between her own life and the academic arguments of her philosopher subjects without descending into cant or mawkishness. Van Loon manages to move confidently and convincingly between discussing her early love of trees and her first job working at a Dagwood Dog truck, to Julia Kristeva’s theory of subjective horror and Rosi Braidotti’s concept of bios/zoe." -- Johanna Leggatt * The Australian Book Review *"Towards the end of van Loon’s journey through her interviews with these impressive women, she asks: where are you at? It is a question she says we should all be asking each other, not so much for our physical whereabouts — though that can be crucial when a friend is in trouble — but to enquire about our own journey of becoming in the precarious world we inhabit... The Thinking Woman does a lot to help us think about how we can, how we could, even how we should, deal with our own feelings, and find the fluidity of imagination to live thoughtfully and fully.. I await volume two." -- Drusjilla Modjeska * Inside Story *"Show[s] us why and how philosophy matters in achingly personal, human terms...The quiet delight of this book is not just in watching its women think but understanding how and why they slice the world the way they do; locating their ideas in a biographical context, as the unique product of a life. A woman's life." -- Beejay Silcox * The Australian *"Here is an absolutely original work that may upend the certainties governing your days and nights. Reader beware." -- Christopher Merrill * author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood *"The Thinking Woman displays the myriad of ways we strive to maintain our freedom and to survive and flourish brilliantly." * GALE Newsletter *"The Thinking Woman, the first work of non-fiction by acclaimed novelist Julienne van Loon (whose career began with a Vogel win for her first novel, Road Story, in 2004) is a knotty, charismatic exploration of the intersection between ideas and lived experience, through six central themes...a surprising and resonant work that cements van Loon's status as a thinking woman well worth reading and following." -- Jo Case * The Sydney Morning Herald *"There is so much life in these conversations. Words and ideas feel hot, propulsive, uncontained in their implications. Above all else, this feeling of thinking—of thinking out loud, of thinking together, of thinking with and alongside—it’s a very special kind of high." -- Maria Tumarkin * author of Axiomatic and winner of the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 *"It’s heartening to read a book that encourages us to challenge our assumptions. To think expansively, and to look at those who do, and how that may be relevant to our everyday. An invitation to a thoughtful life. Julienne van Loon’s The Thinking Woman is that kind of book." -- Melissa Cronenburg * Feminist Writers Festival *"A compelling portrait of the relationship between thinking and feeling." -- Amanda Lohrey * winner of the Patrick White Award *"A fascinating book that will have us all thinking, whether or not we are women." -- Anne Summers * author of Damned Whores and God's Police *"The Thinking Woman is also much more than a thematically organised collection of essays that bring the dense theories of living feminist and female philosophers to a general readership. In many ways the book is also a revelation, as it marks van Loon as an extraordinary memoirist, able to draw convincing parallels between her own life and the academic arguments of her philosopher subjects without descending into cant or mawkishness. Van Loon manages to move confidently and convincingly between discussing her early love of trees and her first job working at a Dagwood Dog truck, to Julia Kristeva’s theory of subjective horror and Rosi Braidotti’s concept of bios/zoe." -- Johanna Leggatt * The Australian Book Review *"Towards the end of van Loon’s journey through her interviews with these impressive women, she asks: where are you at? It is a question she says we should all be asking each other, not so much for our physical whereabouts — though that can be crucial when a friend is in trouble — but to enquire about our own journey of becoming in the precarious world we inhabit... The Thinking Woman does a lot to help us think about how we can, how we could, even how we should, deal with our own feelings, and find the fluidity of imagination to live thoughtfully and fully.. I await volume two." -- Drusjilla Modjeska * Inside Story *"Show[s] us why and how philosophy matters in achingly personal, human terms...The quiet delight of this book is not just in watching its women think but understanding how and why they slice the world the way they do; locating their ideas in a biographical context, as the unique product of a life. A woman's life." -- Beejay Silcox * The Australian *"Here is an absolutely original work that may upend the certainties governing your days and nights. Reader beware." -- Christopher Merrill * author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood *"The Thinking Woman displays the myriad of ways we strive to maintain our freedom and to survive and flourish brilliantly." * GALE Newsletter *Table of ContentsContents Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1 Love CHAPTER 2 Play CHAPTER 3 Work CHAPTER 4 Fear CHAPTER 5 Wonder CHAPTER 6 Friendship Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisWhile women have struggled to gain recognition in the discipline of philosophy, there is no shortage of brilliant female thinkers. What can these women teach us about ethics, politics, and the nature of existence, and how might we relate these big ideas back to the smaller everyday concerns of domestic life, work, play, love, and relationships? Australian novelist Julienne van Loon goes on a worldwide quest to answer these questions, by engaging with eight world-renowned thinkers who have deep insights on humanity and society: media scholar Laura Kipnis, novelist Siri Hustvedt, political philosopher Nancy Holmstrom, psychoanalytic theorist Julia Kristeva, domestic violence reformer Rosie Batty, peace activist Helen Caldicott, historian Marina Warner, and feminist philosopher Rosi Braidotti. As she speaks to these women, she reflects on her own experiences. Combining the intimacy of a memoir with the intellectual stimulation of a theoretical text, The Thinking Woman draws novel connections between the philosophical, personal, and political. Giving readers a new appreciation for both the ethical complexities and wonder of everyday life, this book is inspiration to all thinking people.Trade Review"The Thinking Woman, the first work of non-fiction by acclaimed novelist Julienne van Loon (whose career began with a Vogel win for her first novel, Road Story, in 2004) is a knotty, charismatic exploration of the intersection between ideas and lived experience, through six central themes...a surprising and resonant work that cements van Loon's status as a thinking woman well worth reading and following." -- Jo Case * The Sydney Morning Herald *"There is so much life in these conversations. Words and ideas feel hot, propulsive, uncontained in their implications. Above all else, this feeling of thinking—of thinking out loud, of thinking together, of thinking with and alongside—it’s a very special kind of high." -- Maria Tumarkin * author of Axiomatic and winner of the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 *"It’s heartening to read a book that encourages us to challenge our assumptions. To think expansively, and to look at those who do, and how that may be relevant to our everyday. An invitation to a thoughtful life. Julienne van Loon’s The Thinking Woman is that kind of book." -- Melissa Cronenburg * Feminist Writers Festival *"A compelling portrait of the relationship between thinking and feeling." -- Amanda Lohrey * winner of the Patrick White Award *"A fascinating book that will have us all thinking, whether or not we are women." -- Anne Summers * author of Damned Whores and God's Police *"The Thinking Woman is also much more than a thematically organised collection of essays that bring the dense theories of living feminist and female philosophers to a general readership. In many ways the book is also a revelation, as it marks van Loon as an extraordinary memoirist, able to draw convincing parallels between her own life and the academic arguments of her philosopher subjects without descending into cant or mawkishness. Van Loon manages to move confidently and convincingly between discussing her early love of trees and her first job working at a Dagwood Dog truck, to Julia Kristeva’s theory of subjective horror and Rosi Braidotti’s concept of bios/zoe." -- Johanna Leggatt * The Australian Book Review *"Towards the end of van Loon’s journey through her interviews with these impressive women, she asks: where are you at? It is a question she says we should all be asking each other, not so much for our physical whereabouts — though that can be crucial when a friend is in trouble — but to enquire about our own journey of becoming in the precarious world we inhabit... The Thinking Woman does a lot to help us think about how we can, how we could, even how we should, deal with our own feelings, and find the fluidity of imagination to live thoughtfully and fully.. I await volume two." -- Drusjilla Modjeska * Inside Story *"Show[s] us why and how philosophy matters in achingly personal, human terms...The quiet delight of this book is not just in watching its women think but understanding how and why they slice the world the way they do; locating their ideas in a biographical context, as the unique product of a life. A woman's life." -- Beejay Silcox * The Australian *"Here is an absolutely original work that may upend the certainties governing your days and nights. Reader beware." -- Christopher Merrill * author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood *"The Thinking Woman displays the myriad of ways we strive to maintain our freedom and to survive and flourish brilliantly." * GALE Newsletter *"The Thinking Woman, the first work of non-fiction by acclaimed novelist Julienne van Loon (whose career began with a Vogel win for her first novel, Road Story, in 2004) is a knotty, charismatic exploration of the intersection between ideas and lived experience, through six central themes...a surprising and resonant work that cements van Loon's status as a thinking woman well worth reading and following." -- Jo Case * The Sydney Morning Herald *"There is so much life in these conversations. Words and ideas feel hot, propulsive, uncontained in their implications. Above all else, this feeling of thinking—of thinking out loud, of thinking together, of thinking with and alongside—it’s a very special kind of high." -- Maria Tumarkin * author of Axiomatic and winner of the Melbourne Prize for Literature 2018 *"It’s heartening to read a book that encourages us to challenge our assumptions. To think expansively, and to look at those who do, and how that may be relevant to our everyday. An invitation to a thoughtful life. Julienne van Loon’s The Thinking Woman is that kind of book." -- Melissa Cronenburg * Feminist Writers Festival *"A compelling portrait of the relationship between thinking and feeling." -- Amanda Lohrey * winner of the Patrick White Award *"A fascinating book that will have us all thinking, whether or not we are women." -- Anne Summers * author of Damned Whores and God's Police *"The Thinking Woman is also much more than a thematically organised collection of essays that bring the dense theories of living feminist and female philosophers to a general readership. In many ways the book is also a revelation, as it marks van Loon as an extraordinary memoirist, able to draw convincing parallels between her own life and the academic arguments of her philosopher subjects without descending into cant or mawkishness. Van Loon manages to move confidently and convincingly between discussing her early love of trees and her first job working at a Dagwood Dog truck, to Julia Kristeva’s theory of subjective horror and Rosi Braidotti’s concept of bios/zoe." -- Johanna Leggatt * The Australian Book Review *"Towards the end of van Loon’s journey through her interviews with these impressive women, she asks: where are you at? It is a question she says we should all be asking each other, not so much for our physical whereabouts — though that can be crucial when a friend is in trouble — but to enquire about our own journey of becoming in the precarious world we inhabit... The Thinking Woman does a lot to help us think about how we can, how we could, even how we should, deal with our own feelings, and find the fluidity of imagination to live thoughtfully and fully.. I await volume two." -- Drusjilla Modjeska * Inside Story *"Show[s] us why and how philosophy matters in achingly personal, human terms...The quiet delight of this book is not just in watching its women think but understanding how and why they slice the world the way they do; locating their ideas in a biographical context, as the unique product of a life. A woman's life." -- Beejay Silcox * The Australian *"Here is an absolutely original work that may upend the certainties governing your days and nights. Reader beware." -- Christopher Merrill * author of Self-Portrait with Dogwood *"The Thinking Woman displays the myriad of ways we strive to maintain our freedom and to survive and flourish brilliantly." * GALE Newsletter *Table of ContentsContents Foreword Introduction CHAPTER 1 Love CHAPTER 2 Play CHAPTER 3 Work CHAPTER 4 Fear CHAPTER 5 Wonder CHAPTER 6 Friendship Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisArtificial Generation: Photogenic French Literature and the Prehistory of Cinematic Modernity investigates the intersection of film theory and nineteenth-century literature, arguing that the depth of amalgamation that occurred within literary representation during this era aims to replicate an illusion of life and its sensations, in ways directly related to broader transitions into our modern cinematic age. A key part of this evolution in representation relies on the continual re-emergence of the artificial woman as longstanding expression of masculine artistic subjectivity, which, by the later nineteenth century, becomes a photographic and filmic drive. Moving through the beginning of film history, from Georges Méliès and other “silent” filmmakers in the 1890s, into more contemporary movies, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the book analyzes how films are often structured around the prior century’s mythic and literary principles, which now serve as foundation for film as medium—a phantom form for life’s re-presentation. Artificial Generation provides a crucial reassessment of the longstanding, mutual exchange between cinematic and literary reproduction, offering an innovative perspective on the proto-cinematic imperative of simulation within nineteenth-century literary symbolism. Trade Review“From a 'photogenic literary imperative' in 19th century literature through early cinema to Hitchcock’s Vertigo and on to contemporary cinematic fantasies of replication as translated in Blade Runner: 2049’s stunning digital effects, this thoroughly engrossing book demonstrates the persistence and the force of the artificial woman, and the male fantasies of reproductive power it grounds, across a formidable array of texts—from literature to photography to film—in an intermedial history of aesthetic 'generation.'” -- Sharon Willis * author of High Contrast: Race and Gender in Popular Film *“From a 'photogenic literary imperative' in 19th century literature through early cinema to Hitchcock’s Vertigo and on to contemporary cinematic fantasies of replication as translated in Blade Runner: 2049’s stunning digital effects, this thoroughly engrossing book demonstrates the persistence and the force of the artificial woman, and the male fantasies of reproductive power it grounds, across a formidable array of texts—from literature to photography to film—in an intermedial history of aesthetic 'generation.'” -- Sharon Willis * author of High Contrast: Race and Gender in Popular Film *"In Artificial Generation Christina Parker-Flynn skillfully explores the obsession with the artificial woman in nineteenth-century literature and early film. In close dialogue with film theory, she shows how the literary interest in female automatons, statues, and mummies in works by Gautier, Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, and Wilde is replicated and reinterpreted in early cinema. With its cross-aesthetic perspective, Parker Flynn’s discussion advances our understanding of how various art forms grappled with questions regarding life, animation and generation. Artificial Generation uncovers a rich aesthetic tradition and deftly demonstrates its relevance for contemporary culture." -- Marit Grøtta * author of Baudelaire's Media Aesthetics *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Modernity’s Reori-gene-ation Part I Literary Simulations 1 The Literary Afterlife: Théophile Gautier’s Aesthetic of Resurrection 2 Book of Genesis: The Villi-fication of Woman in L’Ève future 3 Salomania: The Unnatural Order of (Beautiful) Things in Oscar Wilde’s Salomé Part II Cinematic Replications 4 Statuesque Cinema: Adapting Literature, Animating Film 5 See-Through Woman: Reproductive Delusions in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo Epilogue: Still Mother—Adapting to Life in Blade Runner 2049 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Donald Trump in the U.S. to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Narendra Modi in India, right-wing populist leaders have taken power in many parts of the world. While each country’s populist movement is distinct, they are united by several key features, including the presence of a boastful strongman leader and the scapegoating of vulnerable populations, especially immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, and women. The Perils of Populism shows how a feminist lens can help diagnose the factors behind the global rise of right-wing populism and teach us how to resist the threat it presents to democracy. Featuring interdisciplinary essays about politics in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and India from a variety of acclaimed theorists and activists, the volume contributes to a rapidly expanding literature on gender and the far right. Together, these chapters offer a truly intersectional analysis of the problem, addressing everything from how populism has thrived in a “post-truth” era to the ways it appeals to working-class voters looking for an alternative to neoliberalism. Yet the authors also find reasons to be hopeful, as they showcase forms of grassroots feminist activism that challenge right-wing populism by advocating for racial and economic justice.Trade Review"This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times." -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically *"The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity." -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality in the Americas *"This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times." -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically *"The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity." -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality i *Table of ContentsIntroduction Sarah Tobias and Arlene Stein 1. Fragile Democracies in a Post-Truth Era Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Valentine M. Moghadam, and Khadijah Costley White 2. Dispossession: Gender and the Construction of Us / Them Dichotomies Sabine Hark 3. Ascetic Masculinity and Right-Wing Populism in Hindu Nationalist India Amrita Basu 4. Hegemony as Capitalist Strategy: For a Neo-Marxian Critique of Financialized Capitalism Nancy Fraser 5. Feminism and the Anti-Trump Resistance L. A. Kauffman 6. Organizing for Power: The Grassroots Struggle for Inclusive Democracy Heather Booth, Jyl Josephson, and Scot Nakagawa Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFrom Donald Trump in the U.S. to Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Viktor Orbán in Hungary, and Narendra Modi in India, right-wing populist leaders have taken power in many parts of the world. While each country’s populist movement is distinct, they are united by several key features, including the presence of a boastful strongman leader and the scapegoating of vulnerable populations, especially immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ people, and women. The Perils of Populism shows how a feminist lens can help diagnose the factors behind the global rise of right-wing populism and teach us how to resist the threat it presents to democracy. Featuring interdisciplinary essays about politics in the United States, the Middle East, Europe, and India from a variety of acclaimed theorists and activists, the volume contributes to a rapidly expanding literature on gender and the far right. Together, these chapters offer a truly intersectional analysis of the problem, addressing everything from how populism has thrived in a “post-truth” era to the ways it appeals to working-class voters looking for an alternative to neoliberalism. Yet the authors also find reasons to be hopeful, as they showcase forms of grassroots feminist activism that challenge right-wing populism by advocating for racial and economic justice.Trade Review"This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times." -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically *"The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity." -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality in the Americas *"This timely book makes a unique contribution to studies of right wing authoritarianism by applying a feminist and gender analysis to populism. The authors of these essays clarify how populism works and why it succeeds, using language that is both accessible and engaging. This is essential reading for all concerned about democracy’s survival in these perilous times." -- Urvashi Vaid * Co-Director of the 22nd Century Initiative, a project to defeat the right culturally and politically *"The Perils of Populism brings together various academic and activist positions to shed light on the global outreach of current populist movements and their gendered logics. Building on prior research on right-wing populism and gender, the contributions pursue a feminist perspective on right-wing populism(s), which also emphasizes the core role of neoliberal capitalism for its current blossoming, and considers feminist practices of resistance. A highly valuable reading for understanding the current trends in their complexity." -- Julia Roth * author of Occidental Readings, Decolonial Practices: A Selection on Gender, Genre, and Coloniality i *Table of ContentsIntroduction Sarah Tobias and Arlene Stein 1. Fragile Democracies in a Post-Truth Era Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Valentine M. Moghadam, and Khadijah Costley White 2. Dispossession: Gender and the Construction of Us / Them Dichotomies Sabine Hark 3. Ascetic Masculinity and Right-Wing Populism in Hindu Nationalist India Amrita Basu 4. Hegemony as Capitalist Strategy: For a Neo-Marxian Critique of Financialized Capitalism Nancy Fraser 5. Feminism and the Anti-Trump Resistance L. A. Kauffman 6. Organizing for Power: The Grassroots Struggle for Inclusive Democracy Heather Booth, Jyl Josephson, and Scot Nakagawa Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisCultural critic Lauren Berlant wrote that “politics is always emotional,” and her words hold especially true for politics in the twenty-first century. From Obama to Trump, from Black Lives Matter to the anti-abortion movement, politicians and activists appeal to hope, fear, anger, and pity, all amplified by social media. The essays inFeeling Democracyexamine how both reactionary and progressive politics are driven largely by emotional appeals to the public. The contributors in this collection cover everything from immigrants’ rights movements to white nationalist rallies to show how solidarities forged around gender, race, and sexuality become catalysts for a passionate democratic politics. Some essays draw parallels between today’s activist strategies and the use of emotion in women-led radical movements from the 1960s and 1970s, while others expand the geographic scope of the collection by considering Asian decolonial politics and Egyp

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Book Synopsis Black Feminist Anthropology: Theory, Politics, Praxis and Poetics is a groundbreaking collection that centers the imaginative intellectual perspectives, voices, and experiences of Black American feminist anthropologists. Twenty-five years ago, as the Foreword states, this book dared to put three words together in the title—Black. Feminist. Anthropology— “that have not always kept company with each other—and in the minds of many both in and outside of the academy, they should remain separate.” Standing the test of time, it is still a bold reimagining of anthropology, and all social sciences, as inclusive and decolonized, while establishing a new Black feminist anthropology canon that decades later is too often taken for granted as normative. Black Feminist Anthropology is filled with a message of theoretical possibilities that anyone who enters its pages will find “healing,” “life-saving,” and an affirmation

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Book SynopsisWomen represent the majority of people working to improve health outcomes in communities, non-governmental and multilateral organizations, both as paid and unpaid health and social care workers. So why is it that when it comes to leadership positions, we have a governance system that privileges men and what can we do to redress the imbalance? This ground-breaking collection explores the leadership roles that women hold in global health, teasing out the routes women have taken to leadership, the challenges they have faced, and what has facilitated their journey. It brings to the fore the stories of women on the frontlines of this struggle from around the world, highlighting and complementing these stories with theoretical and analytical explorations of the structures and systems that help or hinder the process. Among the topics explored: Gendered Institutions in Global Health Gender, Peace, and Health: Promoting Human Security with Women’s Leadership Academic Journal Publishing: A Pathway to Global Health Leadership Women in Health Systems Leadership: Demystifying the Labyrinth Women’s Leadership in Global Health: Evolution Will Not Bring Equality The book is a rallying call to arms to redress gender inequality and celebrate the many ways in which women are taking the lead in supporting the health of their communities internationally. Women and Global Health Leadership is a must-read for those working in or studying global health. It is also a primer that aims to support other women in their efforts and struggles to succeed in a highly unfair and unequal world. The book will engage ministers of health, policy-makers, practitioners, academicians, students, researchers, healthcare workers, health service managers, and members of multilateral organizations. By highlighting key barriers and facilitators to women in global health leadership, organizations can use this book to help inform the development of institutional policies and procedures to support women in leadership positions across academic, health workforce, and global health governance systems. It also can be used within postgraduate courses focusing on the global heath workforce, leadership and management, and women’s studies. Trade Review“Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation explores barriers and facilitators to women’s global health leadership; showcases the personal, professional, and political journeys of women leaders across global health sectors including government, academia, and civil society; and offers pragmatic solutions to increasing women’s representation at all levels of leadership, said Dr. Rosemary Morgan … .” (Chanel Lee, newsecuritybeat.org, March 16, 2022)Table of Contents1. Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, Kate Hawkins, Rosemary Morgan, Cheryl Overs, Mehr Manzoor, Roopa Dhatt and Sulzhan Bali 2. Gendered Institutions in Global Health, Claire Somerville 3. Interview with Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 4. Gender, Peace, and Health: Promoting Human Security with Women’s Leadership, Yara M. Asi 5. Interview with Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 6. Academic Journal Publishing: A Pathway to Global Health Leadership, Jamie Lundine, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, and Dina Balabanova 7. Interview with Ana Langer, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Mehr Manzoor 8. Gender Quotas, the ‘Two-thirds Gender Rule’ and Health Leadership: The Case of Kenya, Kui Muraya 9. Interview with Patricia J. Garcia, Professor, School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH), Former Minister of Health of Peru and Dean of the School of Public Health at UPCH, Lima Mehr Manzoor 10. Women Health Leaders in Kerala: Respectability and Resistance, Devaki Nambiar, Gloria Benny, and Hari Sankar 11. Interview with Sabina Faiz Rashid, Dean and Professor at the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University Mehr Manzoor and Kate Hawkins 12. Leading from the Front: Transforming Policy in Crisis for School-based Sex Education in Ireland, Ann Nolan 13. Interview with Ilona Kickbusch, Independent Global Health Consultant, Former Director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 14. Levelling the Terrain for Women in Global Health Leadership: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa, Stella Bakibinga, Elizabeth Bakibinga, John Daniel Ibembe and Pauline Bakibinga 15. Interview with Sameera Al Tuwaijri, Global Lead on Population and Development at the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank Sulzhan Bali 16. Responses to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Wake of the Oxfam Sex Scandal and Their Implications for Women’s Leadership, Cheryl Overs and Kate Hawkins 17. Interview with Juno Roche, Trans Writer and Campaigner, Patron of cliniQ and Author of Three Books: Queer Sex, Trans Power and Gender Explorers Cheryl Overs 18. Women in Health Systems Leadership: Demystifying the Labyrinth, Zahra Zeinali 19. Interview with Penina Ochola Odhiambo, Former Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Current Principal of the College of Health Sciences at the Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya Rosemary Morgan and Kate Hawkins 20. Systemic Barriers to Career Growth: Women Outreach Workers of India, Manasee Mishra, Barun Kanjilal, and Dilip Ghosh 21. Interview with Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of the WHO South-East Asia Region Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 22. The Glass Ceiling: Gender Segregation Within Health Workforce Leadership with Matriarchal and Patriarchal Societies in Indonesia, Nuzulul Kusuma Putri 23. Interview with Senait Fisseha, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School and Director of International Programs at the Susan T. Buffett Foundation Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 24. Health and Hierarchy: Exploring Workforce Inequalities in Uganda and Somaliland, Summer Simpson and Raquel Pérez Cañal 25. Interview with Cheryl Overs of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights, Founder of the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria, the Scarlet Alliance in Australia and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects Kate Hawkins 26. Women’s Leadership in Global Health: Evolution Will Not Bring Equality, Roopa Dhatt and Ann Keeling

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Book SynopsisWomen represent the majority of people working to improve health outcomes in communities, non-governmental and multilateral organizations, both as paid and unpaid health and social care workers. So why is it that when it comes to leadership positions, we have a governance system that privileges men and what can we do to redress the imbalance? This ground-breaking collection explores the leadership roles that women hold in global health, teasing out the routes women have taken to leadership, the challenges they have faced, and what has facilitated their journey. It brings to the fore the stories of women on the frontlines of this struggle from around the world, highlighting and complementing these stories with theoretical and analytical explorations of the structures and systems that help or hinder the process. Among the topics explored: Gendered Institutions in Global Health Gender, Peace, and Health: Promoting Human Security with Women’s Leadership Academic Journal Publishing: A Pathway to Global Health Leadership Women in Health Systems Leadership: Demystifying the Labyrinth Women’s Leadership in Global Health: Evolution Will Not Bring Equality The book is a rallying call to arms to redress gender inequality and celebrate the many ways in which women are taking the lead in supporting the health of their communities internationally. Women and Global Health Leadership is a must-read for those working in or studying global health. It is also a primer that aims to support other women in their efforts and struggles to succeed in a highly unfair and unequal world. The book will engage ministers of health, policy-makers, practitioners, academicians, students, researchers, healthcare workers, health service managers, and members of multilateral organizations. By highlighting key barriers and facilitators to women in global health leadership, organizations can use this book to help inform the development of institutional policies and procedures to support women in leadership positions across academic, health workforce, and global health governance systems. It also can be used within postgraduate courses focusing on the global heath workforce, leadership and management, and women’s studies. Trade Review“Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation explores barriers and facilitators to women’s global health leadership; showcases the personal, professional, and political journeys of women leaders across global health sectors including government, academia, and civil society; and offers pragmatic solutions to increasing women’s representation at all levels of leadership, said Dr. Rosemary Morgan … .” (Chanel Lee, newsecuritybeat.org, March 16, 2022)Table of Contents1. Women and Global Health Leadership: Power and Transformation, Kate Hawkins, Rosemary Morgan, Cheryl Overs, Mehr Manzoor, Roopa Dhatt and Sulzhan Bali 2. Gendered Institutions in Global Health, Claire Somerville 3. Interview with Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 4. Gender, Peace, and Health: Promoting Human Security with Women’s Leadership, Yara M. Asi 5. Interview with Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 6. Academic Journal Publishing: A Pathway to Global Health Leadership, Jamie Lundine, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, and Dina Balabanova 7. Interview with Ana Langer, Professor of the Practice of Public Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health Mehr Manzoor 8. Gender Quotas, the ‘Two-thirds Gender Rule’ and Health Leadership: The Case of Kenya, Kui Muraya 9. Interview with Patricia J. Garcia, Professor, School of Public Health at Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH), Former Minister of Health of Peru and Dean of the School of Public Health at UPCH, Lima Mehr Manzoor 10. Women Health Leaders in Kerala: Respectability and Resistance, Devaki Nambiar, Gloria Benny, and Hari Sankar 11. Interview with Sabina Faiz Rashid, Dean and Professor at the James P. Grant School of Public Health at BRAC University Mehr Manzoor and Kate Hawkins 12. Leading from the Front: Transforming Policy in Crisis for School-based Sex Education in Ireland, Ann Nolan 13. Interview with Ilona Kickbusch, Independent Global Health Consultant, Former Director of the Global Health Centre at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 14. Levelling the Terrain for Women in Global Health Leadership: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa, Stella Bakibinga, Elizabeth Bakibinga, John Daniel Ibembe and Pauline Bakibinga 15. Interview with Sameera Al Tuwaijri, Global Lead on Population and Development at the Health, Nutrition and Population Global Practice of the World Bank Sulzhan Bali 16. Responses to Sexual Abuse and Exploitation in the Wake of the Oxfam Sex Scandal and Their Implications for Women’s Leadership, Cheryl Overs and Kate Hawkins 17. Interview with Juno Roche, Trans Writer and Campaigner, Patron of cliniQ and Author of Three Books: Queer Sex, Trans Power and Gender Explorers Cheryl Overs 18. Women in Health Systems Leadership: Demystifying the Labyrinth, Zahra Zeinali 19. Interview with Penina Ochola Odhiambo, Former Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Current Principal of the College of Health Sciences at the Great Lakes University of Kisumu, Kenya Rosemary Morgan and Kate Hawkins 20. Systemic Barriers to Career Growth: Women Outreach Workers of India, Manasee Mishra, Barun Kanjilal, and Dilip Ghosh 21. Interview with Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director of the WHO South-East Asia Region Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 22. The Glass Ceiling: Gender Segregation Within Health Workforce Leadership with Matriarchal and Patriarchal Societies in Indonesia, Nuzulul Kusuma Putri 23. Interview with Senait Fisseha, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School and Director of International Programs at the Susan T. Buffett Foundation Sulzhan Bali and Roopa Dhatt 24. Health and Hierarchy: Exploring Workforce Inequalities in Uganda and Somaliland, Summer Simpson and Raquel Pérez Cañal 25. Interview with Cheryl Overs of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights, Founder of the Prostitutes Collective of Victoria, the Scarlet Alliance in Australia and the Global Network of Sex Work Projects Kate Hawkins 26. Women’s Leadership in Global Health: Evolution Will Not Bring Equality, Roopa Dhatt and Ann Keeling

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Book SynopsisFeminist social work has clear goals to expose and critically analyse gendered power as a dynamic, historic, and structural concept embedded in our world, and to mobilise and take social action to challenge that power. This is integral to a commitment to the core values of the social work profession, which include a commitment to human rights, social justice and professional integrity. This edited collection brings a range of academic and practitioner scholarship to centre feminist theories, values and knowledge as they apply to social work practice, theory and education. It engages with feminist thinking to re-emphasise and refocus the centrality of gender and its intersections with other axes of identities such as social class, race, disability, sexuality and age, for understanding and analysing social work practice. This collection is a timely reminder of what feminist inquiry has to offer social work to successfully address contemporary challenges and is applicable to practitioners, scholars, educators, students and other key care professionals and policy makers.Table of Contents1. Rethinking Feminist Theories for Social Work Practice.- Part I: Feminist Theories for New Challenges in Social Work.- 2. Feminisms: Controversy, Contestation and Challenge.- 3. Feminist and Empowerment Theory and Practice: A Powerful Alliance.- 4. Feminist Research and Practice: Reorienting a Politic for Social Work.- 5. A Pedagogy of Our Own: Feminist Social Work in the Academy.- 6. Collaborative Autoethnography for Feminist Research.- Part II: Feminisms and Intersectionalities.- 7. Afrocentric Feminism and Ubuntu-Led Social Work Practice in an African Context.- 8. Tears of Shame: Sri Lankan Mothers Negotiating Experiences of Caregiving and Disability.- 9. Voices of Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan Living with Exacerbated Gender-Based Violence During COVID-19: Conceptualizing a Feminist Perspective for Social Work.- 10. The Transformative Potential of Transfeminist Social Work Practice.- 11. Exploring the Intersection of Queer Disability as Life Story: A Feminist Narrative Approach to Social Work Research and Practice.- 12. Invisible Women: Critical Perspectives on Social Work and Gender in Later Life.- Part III: Gender in Social Work Practice.- 13. Using Sex Worker Feminisms in Practice to Promote a Peer-Based Methodology; Exploring Personal and Professional Identities in a Research Alliance Centring Sex Worker Lived Experience.- 14. Does Feminist Social Work Practice Need Time? Gender, Parenting and Changing Times for Social Work.- 15. Lesbian Parenting: Rebellious or Conformist?.- 16. Child Sexual Exploitation, Victim Blaming or Rescuing: Negotiating a Feminist Perspective on the Way Forward.- 17. Social Work Men as a Feminist Issue.- 18. A Relational Approach to Work with Couples Where Men Have Been Violent Towards Women: Feminist Dilemmas and Contributions to Social Work Practice.- 19. Feminist Perspectives on Social Work Leadership.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a selection of the papers of the Women in Pragmatism International Conference held at the University of Barcelona in January 2020. The conference gathered women and non-binary scholars from twelve different countries. This was the first pragmatist conference organized entirely by women and non-binary persons. It has initiated a stable network of mentoring and support analogous to other women philosophers’ organizations. The book provides paths to reconstruct the roots of pragmatism, integrating the works of women pragmatists of the past and linking them to the current developments of feminist and pragmatist topics. Scholars of different countries, status, and backgrounds serve as a powerful example of the trend toward interdisciplinary cooperation and versatility we might expect for the future of pragmatism. The book is of interest for scholars interested in both pragmatism and feminism, from various perspectives ranging from psychology to semiotics, logic, and sociology, wishing to expand their horizons and understand their relevant interactions. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Women in Pragmatism: Past, Present and Future (Núria Sara Miras Boronat and Michela Bella)I. PAST: THE RECOVERY OF THE CLASSICS Marilyn Fischer (University of Dayton, USA): The Growth of Feminist Pragmatism through Cooperative Intelligence Michela Bella (University of Molise, Italy): Unconventional legacy in American Psychology of Self: William James and Mary Whiton Calkins Paloma Pérez-Ilzarbe (Universidad de Navarra, Spain): Christine Ladd and the form of syllogisms Federica Gregoratto (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland): Transformative experience and the art of emancipation Ann Warde (Independent, USA): Instigators of Experimental Artwork: Resonances of Jane Addams in arts education Susan Petrilli (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy): On Sense, Meaning, and Responsibility. Contributions from Victoria Welby’s Significs Laura Camas Garrido (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain): The educational meaning of children’s play: A comparative study of the Philosophy of Education of J. Addams and N. Noddings Agnieszka Hensoldt (University of Opole, Poland): Looking for pragmatist roots of degrowth ideas: Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Caroline Bartlett Crane Núria Sara Miras Boronat (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Towards a pragmatist and feminist theory of oppression: thoughts on gender, race and class L. Ryan Musgrave (Rollins College, FL, USA): Pragmatist Feminists as the Conscience of the U.S.: Minding the Social Fabric, 1900’s – 2020 II. PRESENT: CONTRIBUTIONS TO CURRENT PRAGMATIST DEBATES Aubrey C. Spivey (Arizona State University, USA): Reason, Truth, and Counterexample Alina Mierlus (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Pragrammatology: pragmatism after deconstruction Mónica Sámbade (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain): Reading and interpreting ancient and classical corpus. A discussion concerning linguistics and neopragmatism Teresa Roversi (Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy): From individuality to personhood in Dewey’s later works Bruna Picas (University of Barcelona, Spain): Blurring the Differences between Hegel and Wittgenstein: a Response to Robert Brandom Yvonne Hütter (Università di Bologna, Italy): Different forms of inescapability of norms: Brandom, Ramberg, and Rorty on causality and normativity Llanos Navarro-Laespada (University of Granada, Spain): Where are ethical properties? Representationalism, Expressivism and Category Mistakes Anna Boncompagni (University of California, Irvine, USA): Ethnocentrism without relativism? Taking Rorty at face-value Charlie Brousseau (ENS de Lyon, France): Holding a world in common: epistemic pluralism and objectivity in pragmatist feminism III. FUTURE: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES Sarah Aline Wellan (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany): Pragmatism and scientific perspectivism Dina Mendonça (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal): The Pragmatist Foundations of Philosophy for Children and the Education of Reasonableness Maura Striano (University of Naples Federico II, Italy): The educational value of “mental non resistance” and “understanding” to foster intellectual and social life. A lesson from Jane Addams Hypatia Pétriz Haddad (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain): Playing between the Fabrics. The roots of the Playground Movement and the actual configuration of the cities Pauline Lefebvre (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium): Towards pragmatist forms of political engagements in architecture Ager Pérez Casanovas (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain): Teaching Philosophy in Aesthetic Environments: From M. Greene's Blue Guitar lessons to the Picasso Museum of Barcelona Zoe Hurley (Zayed University, Abu Dabi): My Dear Lady Welby: A Peircean-Welby Semiotic Framework for Multicultural and Feminist Understandings of Gulf-Arab Women’s Social Media Practices

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Book SynopsisIn the midst of a pandemic, the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Sociology (in collaboration with its Interdisciplinary Center for Socio-Legal Analyses as well as the Polish Sociological Association) organized a series of Master Lectures. Presented virtually and open to the general public, these meetings with eminent Polish scholars addressed the most crucial and tenacious issues of our times. Active in their homeland as well as globally, the speakers are recognized specialists in sociology, jurisprudence, history, social work, and political science. The format encompassed a lecture followed by an online discussion with all interested attendees; the texts found herein comprise the fruits of those encounters. Disregarding geographic, temporal, and physical divides, this cyberagora created a space in which masters could find themselves amidst colleagues and students, sharing ideas, views, and experiences drawn from various academic disciplines and social milieux.

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Book SynopsisThe overall objective of this volume is to revisit gender as a concept that can engage simultaneously with change and continuity in today's Asia, but with greater intellectual reflexivity to examine multiple, intersecting, and complex dimensions of identity and difference, and formerly unacknowledged sources of social power from institutions and their emerging discourses.Individual chapters, written by gender scholars from Europe and Asia, critically examine the concept of gender in the context of emerging development issues relating to four broad thematic areas: 'Gender over Time', 'Power, Policy and Practices', 'Environment and Resources', and 'Justice and Human Rights'.In so doing, they also address how gender has been changed, both as a normative process influencing social roles and relations and as an object and/or a concept of research.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive account of the multifaceted processes of gendered transformation that took place in Myanmar between 2011 and 2021, and which continues to shape events today. The period began with the end of direct military rule and the transition to a hybrid, semi-democratic regime, precipitating far-reaching political, economic and social changes across Myanmar. To date, the gendered dynamics and effects of this transition have not yet received sustained scholarly attention. Remedying this gap, this book provides a much-needed historical corrective through a careful, nuanced analysis of the gendered dynamics of transitional politics, institutions and policymaking; feminist resistance, mobilization, and movement building; and their effects on labor, land, and everyday lives. Although the February 2021 military coup brought an end to this decade of experimentation and transition, in the richness of its analysis and detail, the book offers a deeper understanding of the current political situation in Myanmar. The gendered changes that the transition brought about have shaped both the current configuration of masculinized, military dictatorship, as well as the unprecedented role played by women in resistance to military rule after the 2021 coup. This analysis of the gendered dynamics and effects of the recent decade of political transition in Myanmar is therefore critical for understanding current events, as well as the ways in which Myanmar’s political landscape might continue to be reshaped.

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Book SynopsisA pathbreaking study of Dalit women's writings and lives, Writing Caste/Writing Gender offers a powerful counternarrative to mainstream assumptions about the development of feminism in India in the twentieth century. Featuring extensive extracts from eight Dalit women's life narratives - or testimonios - on issues such as food, hunger, community, caste, labor, education, violence, resistance, and collective struggle, the book brings to life voices that unequivocally show that Dalit feminism, far from being silent as so often presumed, is rich, powerful, and layered - as well as highly articulate. Writing Caste/Writing Gender contributes significantly to the field of biography and will be welcomed by scholars of caste, gender, and politics in India.Trade Review"The women tell it like it is. So riveting is the narration that it is difficult to put down the book until their stories are finished. For a nonfiction academic work this is no small feat." (Hindu)"

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Book SynopsisActs of sexual violence are often committed with impunity—perpetrators do not consider their actions consequential. Yet throughout history, impunity for sexual violence has been challenged by fearless, just, and compassionate speech—both in courts of justice and outside of them. Those who speak out not only advance a politics of accountability, but also an ethics of recognition, suffering, and hurt.Undoing Impunity explores the contours of the politics and ethics pertaining to sexual violence in contemporary South Asian communities. Using a historical lens, V. Geetha closely examines explicitly feminist responses from the region and, drawing from them, suggests that sexual violence and the impunity it claims for itself are best understood in relation to cultural attitudes towards sexuality. In all, Undoing Impunity is an important and timely look at the social, psychological, and legal conditions that allow perpetrators to act without fear of responsibility or guilt. The book forms part of the Sexual Violence and Impunity in South Asia series, supported by the International Development Research Centre, Canada.

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Book SynopsisAs both the bedrock of human survival and an unchallenged part of the "normal" female life, motherhood expects and even compels women to be mothers both symbolic and corporeal. Motherhood and non-motherhood is not just physiological. As the pivot to a web of heteronormative institutions like marriage and family, motherhood bears an overwhelming and decisive influence on women's lives. In the face of tradition and sociopolitical discourse and policies, Motherhood and Choice explores how women as embodiments of multiple identities can live stigma-free, authentic lives without having to abandon reproductive self-determination. Amrita Nandy asks the difficult questions here: How can women live fully? If autonomy is a basic human right, why do many women have little or no choice when it comes to motherhood? Do women know they have a choice? Through remarkable research and searing analysis, Nandy brings an important addition to feminist debates on the conflation of woman and mother, political and personal.

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Book SynopsisThe culmination of research undertaken in the rural panchayats of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, A Foot in the Door brings the voices of Dalit women to the forefront of the ongoing conversation about their political oppression. The authors examine the patriarchal and caste-based barriers to Dalit women’s political participation in Panchayati Raj, explaining clearly that without a more holistic approach, the panchayats will only continue to reinforce existing and undeniably violent hierarchies of caste and gender. Dalit women’s political participation remains a risky endeavor and involves very little actual transfer of power. Getting ‘a foot in the door’ is not enough—the affirmative action that secures a Dalit woman’s right to enter the panchayats often still silences them in the process of seeking active participation. An essential read for feminist and Dalit scholars working on issues of gender, caste, and political participation, A Foot in the Door argues that there is a need for deep, systemic change at every level of governance—only then can equal and meaningful participation be ensured.Table of ContentsGlossary viiAbbreviations xi1 Introduction 12 Methodology 463 Profile of Dalit Women in Panchayati Raj 604 Getting A Foot in the Door 855 From Representation to Participation 1366 Impacting Development 2047 Impacting Social Relations 2448 Addressing Obstructions in the Panchayats 2849 Conclusion 324Acknowledgements 349

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Book SynopsisNuria Varela nos ofrece la continuación a su best seller Feminismo para principiantes. En este libro, Varela realiza un análisis riguroso y esclarecedor de las últimas teorías, movilizaciones y propuestas del movimiento político y social que, con sus aciertos y contradicciones, está poniendo en jaque la desigualdad estructural de la sociedad.Políticas de la identidad, posfeminismo, feminismos poscoloniales, teoría queer, transfeminismo, interseccionalidad, biopolítica y ciberfeminismo son solo algunos de los conceptos que se tratan en este nuevo libro, indispensable para entender el momento crucial en que nos encontramos.

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Book SynopsisAquellos que escriben la historia han temido siempre a las mujeres rebeldes, sin miedo, poderosas, libres. Un recorrido fascinante desde la Antigüedad para entender la forma en que se construye esa idea terrible: la de una mujer poderosa.La mujer ha sido asociada a lo largo de la historia con muchos elementos ajenos al centro de poder: representadas por la naturaleza, la magia y la sexualidad, las mujeres son un elemento peligroso desde el mismo momento en que son concebidas. Ellas seductoras, histéricas, individuos sangrantes, conspiradoras?Para entender lo que podemos llegar a ser hay que comprender los mecanismos que han cortado una y otra vez las alas a esas mujeres del pasado: cómo se nos ha contado la historia, de dónde vienen esas imágenes que repetimos una y otra vez en cuentos, relatos, películas y novelas. Porque ni Cleopatra fue tan bruja, ni las brujas fueron tan malas, ni las malas lo eran tanto.Desde los mitos clásicos de figuras ominosas como Medusa o Art

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