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Taylor & Francis Ltd Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful cultural practices
Book SynopsisThe new edition of Beauty and Misogyny revisits and updates Sheila Jeffreys' uncompromising critique of Western beauty practice and the industries and ideologies behind it. Jeffreys argues that beauty practices are not related to individual female choice or creative expression, but represent instead an important aspect of women's oppression. As these practices have become increasingly brutal and pervasive, the need to scrutinize and dismantle them is if anything more urgent now as it was in 2005 when the first edition of the book was published.The United Nations concept of "harmful traditional/cultural practices" provides a useful lens for the author to advance her critique. She makes the case for including Western beauty practices within this definition, examining their role in damaging women's health, creating sexual difference and enforcing female deference.First-wave feminists of the 1970s criticized pervasive beauty regimes such as dieting and depilation, but a later argument took hold that beauty practices were no longer oppressive now that women could "choose" them. In recent years the reality of Western beauty practices has become much more bloody and severe, requiring the breaking of skin and the rearrangement or amputation of body parts. Beauty and Misogyny seeks to make sense of why beauty practices have not only persisted but become more extreme. It examines the pervasive use of makeup, the misogyny of fashion and high-heeled shoes, and looks at the role of pornography in the creation of increasingly popular beauty practices such as breast implants, genital waxing, surgical alteration of the labia and other forms of self-mutilation. The book concludes by considering how a culture of resistance to these practices can be created.A new and thoroughly updated edition of this essential work will appeal to all levels of students and teachers of gender studies, cultural studies and feminist psychology, and to anyone with an interest in feminism, women and beauty, and women's health.Trade Review"This is without doubt the most sophisticated, well-researched, and compelling book ever written about the ways the ‘beauty’ industry produces and reproduces misogyny. Written from an unapologetically radical feminist perspective, students describe Beauty and Misogyny as transformative and life-changing."– Gail Dines, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wheelock College, Boston, USAPraise for the first edition"Beauty and Misogyny belongs in women's studies and public health classes and on the shelves of academics, clinicians, and parents of daughters. It would benefit any woman who was considering plastic surgery or buying a new tube of lipstick." – Michele Hoffnung, Quinnipiac University, USA in PsycCRITIQUES"Jeffreys’ mission is to shift women out of their collective complacency. The book’s central theme is an exploration of the use of sexuality by men to dominate women. Jeffreys offers no comfort zone for her readers. Unlike some feminist theorists, she refuses to couch her arguments in inaccessible, academic language, or to accept that feminism has achieved its aims." – Julie Bindel, The Guardian"This is without doubt the most sophisticated, well-researched, and compelling book ever written about the ways the ‘beauty’ industry produces and reproduces misogyny. Written from an unapologetically radical feminist perspective, students describe Beauty and Misogyny as transformative and life-changing."– Gail Dines, Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, Wheelock College, Boston, USAPraise for the first edition"Beauty and Misogyny belongs in women's studies and public health classes and on the shelves of academics, clinicians, and parents of daughters. It would benefit any woman who was considering plastic surgery or buying a new tube of lipstick." – Michele Hoffnung, Quinnipiac University, USA in PsycCRITIQUES"Jeffreys’ mission is to shift women out of their collective complacency. The book’s central theme is an exploration of the use of sexuality by men to dominate women. Jeffreys offers no comfort zone for her readers. Unlike some feminist theorists, she refuses to couch her arguments in inaccessible, academic language, or to accept that feminism has achieved its aims." – Julie Bindel, The GuardianTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The ‘grip of culture on the body’: beauty practices as women’s agency or women’s subordination 2. Harmful beauty practices and western culture 3. Transfemininity: ‘Dressed’ men reveal the naked reality of male power 4. Pornochic: prostitution constructs beauty 5. Fashion and Misogyny 6. Making up is hard to do 7. Men’s foot and shoe fetishism and the disabling of women 8. Cutting Up Women: beauty practices as self-mutilation by proxy Conclusion: A culture of resistance
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Cambridge University Press Christa Wolfs Utopian Vision From Marxism to Feminism Cambridge Studies in German
Book SynopsisThis is a book-length chronological study in English of Christa Wolf's works. It traces the development and continuity of the writer's major themes and concerns against the backdrop of her constantly evolving relationship to Marxism, and documents the rise of her feminist consciousness. It does not, however, focus only on political and feminist issues, but addresses all facets of Wolf's identity by showing how her works reflect her own self-understanding. Forced by the clash between her vision of a humane socialism and the practice of socialism she observed in the German Democratic Republic to reassess her role as a writer and critic, Wolf broke through to her unique style in The Quest for Christa T., a work initially repudiated in the GDR both for its unorthodox subject matter and for its unconventional form. Since then, Wolf has effectively challenged the restrictions placed on writers in the GDR by writing on topics such as the Nazi past (Patterns of Childhood), Romanticism (No PlacTable of Contents1. Introduction: setting the context; 2. Beginnings: experimentation with Socialist Realist paradigms Moscow Novella and Divided Heaven; 3. Christa T.: the quest for self-actualization; 4. Patterns of Childhood: the confrontation with the self; 5. No Place on Earth: revision of the Romantic heritage; 6. Cassandra: myth, matriarchy, and the canon; 7. In lieu of a conclusion. Störfall: the destruction of utopia?
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism For and Against
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Cambridge University Press Luce Irigaray and the Philosophy of Sexual Difference
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Cambridge University Press Capitalism For and Against A Feminist Debate
Book SynopsisPolitical philosophy and feminist theory have rarely examined in detail how capitalism affects the lives of women. Ann Cudd and Nancy Holmstrom take up opposing sides of the issue, debating whether capitalism is valuable as an ideal and whether as an actually existing economic system it is good for women. In a discussion covering a broad range of social and economic issues, including unequal pay, industrial reforms and sweatshops, they examine how these and other issues relate to women and how effectively to analyze what constitutes 'capitalism' and 'women's interests'. Each author also responds to the opposing arguments, providing a thorough debate of the topics covered. The resulting volume will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy, political theory, women's studies and global affairs.Trade Review'The staged debate between Cudd and Holstrom will be of particular interest to philosophically minded readers already generally familiar with the terrain. Most readers will begin their reading already having taken a side, but Cudd and Holstrom both make such convincing arguments, that generous and open readers will find in the debates a chance to revisit their own settled opinions. Their book is a gift in a political and academic climate where critical thinking often takes a back seat to ideological stances.' Marx and Philosophy Review of Books'Cudd and Holmstrom grapple with the issue of whether capitalism and women's interests can coincide … an interesting book written by two splendid analytical minds with a great passion for women's rights … this volume will be of critical interest to anyone studying feminist political philosophy. It will be an invaluable introduction for students of gender studies, sociology, politics, and political economy.' Philosophy in ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Part I. For Capitalism as a Feminist Ideal and Reality Ann Cudd: 1. Introduction; 2. The empirical case for capitalism as an actually existing system; 3. The theoretical explanation of capitalism's success; 4. Feminist critiques of capitalism; 5. Fetishism; 6. Enlightened capitalism: a feminist capitalist manifesto; Part II. Against Capitalism as Theory and as Reality Nancy Holmstrom: 7. Introduction; 8. Capitalism in theory: ideals and limits; 9. Capitalism in reality; 10. Human interests are women's interests; 11. Conclusion. What is the alternative and what should feminists do now?; Part III. Responses: 12. Ann Cudd's reply to Nancy Holmstrom; 13. Nancy Holmstrom's reply to Ann Cudd.
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Cambridge University Press Feminist Methodologies for International Relations
Book SynopsisWhy is feminist work carried out in international relations (IR)? What are the methodologies and methods that have been developed in order to do feminist research for IR? This contributory volume shows how, over the previous two decades, feminism has made crucial contributions to the study of international relations.Trade Review'This volume presents a marvellous account of feminist methodologies … This edited volume is instructive in illuminating feminist methodologies and in highlighting the insights gained from them … it takes a difficult topic and should serve as a catalyst for further debate.' Perspectives on Politics' … a thoroughly satisfying book that manages to integrate a diverse range of feminist IR scholarship without forcing it into a straitjacket. It is an important teaching tool, showing the rigor of feminist methods and providing helpful guideposts to those who venture onto the terrain of feminist international relations. It should be required reading in every IR graduate methodology course.' International Studies Review'This book provides excellent feminist scholarship for IR and other 'sister' disciplines such as development studies.' Gender & Development'This is an important book, especially for International Relations students who are intending to conduct empirical research on women … and therefore the book's primary audience must be first-year postgraduates in IR.' International Feminist Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Feminist methodologies for international relations Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True; Part I. Methodological Conversations Between Feminist and Non-Feminist International Relations: 2. Feminism meets international relations: some methodological issues J. Ann Tickner; 3. Distracted reflections on the production, narration and refusal of feminist knowledge in international relations Marysia Zalewski; 4. Inclusion and understanding: a collective methodology for feminist international relations S. Laurel Weldon; Part II. Methods for Feminist International Relations: 5. Motives and methods: using multi-sited ethnography to study US national security discourses Carol Cohn; 6. Methods for studying silences: gender analysis in institutions of hegemonic masculinity Annica Kronsell; 7. Marginalized identity: new frontiers of research for IR? Bina D'Costa; 8. From the trenches: dilemmas of feminist IR fieldwork Tami Jacoby; 9. Racism, sexism, classism and much more: reading security-identity in marginalized sites Maria Stern; Part III. Methodologies for Feminist International Relations: 10. Bringing art/museums to feminist international relations Christine Sylvester; 11. Methods of feminist normative theory: a political ethic of care for international relations Fiona Robinson; 12. Studying the struggles and wishes of the age: feminist theoretical methodology and feminist theoretical methods Brooke Ackerly and Jacqui True; 13. Conclusion Brooke Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True.
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Cambridge University Press The Womens Movement against Sexual Harassment
Book SynopsisThis book examines the diverse social movement that created public policy on sexual harassment. Based on interviews and original research, this book shows how the movement against sexual harassment fundamentally changed American life.Trade Review'Baker's book adds important concrete detail and facts to the narrative of sexual harassment. Moving away from the theoretical legal abstraction, she engages in a necessary descriptive and explanatory account of how the change in law really happened. … The book provides a fresh perspective on the issue of sexual harassment, adding the historical background and foundation necessary to understand the contours of the existing law, and the pre-existing concerns that drove the movement for a law responsive to the needs of women.' Political Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: enter at your own risk; Part I. Raising the Issue of Sexual Harassment: 1. Articulating the wrong: resistance to sexual harassment in the early 1970s; 2. Speaking out: collective action against sexual harassment in the mid-1970s; 3. A winning strategy: early legal victories against sexual harassment; Part II. Growth of a Movement against Sexual Harassment: 4. Blue-collar workers and the hostile environment of sexual harassment; 5. Expansion of the movement in the late 1970s: activism, theory, and the media; Part III. The Movement's Influence on Public Policy: 6. Government policy develops; 7. Fighting the backlash: feminist activism in the 1980s; 8. Legal victory: the Supreme Court and beyond; Conclusion: entering the mainstream.
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Cambridge University Press Equivocal Feminists
Book SynopsisThis 1996 book sheds light on the relationship between socialism and feminism through a detailed examination of Britain's first Marxist party, the Social Democratic Federation.Trade Review"Karen Hunt fills a remaining notable gap with her case study of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), the Marxist wing of the British socialist movement, and its views on the position of women. In an impressive forensic exercise in political pathology, she dissects the theoretical inheritance, ideological leanings, and political policies and practices with regard to women's issues of this most masculinist of organizations." Sandra Stanley Holton, Albion"[Hunt] has carefully reconstructed the different strands in the SDF debates on a range of women-centered issues, from free love and married women's right to work, to suffrage, to the feminist movement, noting the shifts in the arguments over the life span of the Federation....Karen Hunt writes with clarity and her cautious, balanced conclusions reflect her academic integrity." Pamela M. Graves, International Labor and Working Class History"...one of the best books ever written on the subject of socialism and gender....This is the first review I have ever written in which I am tempted to move to platitudes of praise rather than provide even a brief survey of the contents." American Historical Review"Karen Hunt fill sa remaining notable gap with her case study of the Social Democratic Federation (SDF), the Marxist wing of the British socialist movement, and its views on the position of women. In an impressive forensic exercise in political policies and practices with regard to women's issues of this most masculinist of organizations. In so doing, she usefully reminds us that the SDF included figures, such as Dora Montefiore and Herbert Burrows, who sought to ensure more serious consideration of the Woman Question, in contest with some of the better-known vocal misogynists among its leadership, such as Belfort Bax." Sandra Stanley Holton, Albion"...this book makes a very useful addition to the growing body of literature on socialism and feminism in the late nineteenth century." Barbara Caine, Victorian StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. The Woman Question: The Theory: 1. The contribution of the founding fathers; 2. The SDF's understanding of the woman question; 3. Understanding the SDF and the woman question; Part II. The SDF and the Woman Question: The Theory and Practice of the Party on Aspects of the Woman Question: 4. The politics of the private sphere; 5. Women and work; 6. The suffrage; Part III. Women and the SDF: The Practical Implications of the SDF's Understanding of the Woman Question: 7. The SDF's attitude to women as potential socialists; 8. Women SDFers and their role in the party; 9. The organisation of the women within the SDF; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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