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Capung Press The Business of Freedom
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Ebb Books Fascism and the Womens Cause
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Oriana Neoma Whispers of the Pendle Witches
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Centred in Choice Verses for Fleur
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Michelle McQuaid Pty Ltd The Perfectly Imperfect Little Girl
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HALCYON PUBLISHING All Mothers Work
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Making Feminist Media: Third-Wave Magazines on the Cusp of the Digital Age
Book SynopsisMaking Feminist Media provides new ways of thinking about the vibrant media and craft cultures generated by Riot Grrrl and feminism's third wave. It focuses on a cluster of feminist publications - including BUST, Bitch, HUES, Venus Zine, and Rockrgrl - that began as zines in the 1990s. By tracking their successes and failures, this book provides insight into the politics of feminism's recent past.Making Feminist Media brings together interviews with magazine editors, research from zine archives, and analysis of the advertising, articles, editorials, and letters to the editor found in third-wave feminist magazines. It situates these publications within the long history of feminist publishing in the United States and Canada and argues that third-wave feminist magazines share important continuities and breaks with their historical forerunners. These publishing lineages challenge the still-dominant - and hotly contested - wave metaphor categorization of feminist culture. The stories, struggles, and strategies of these magazines not only represent contemporary feminism, they create and shape feminist cultures. The publications provide a feminist counter-public sphere in which the competing interests of editors, writers, readers, and advertisers can interact. Making Feminist Media argues that reading feminist magazines is far more than the consumption of information or entertainment: it is a profoundly intimate and political activity that shapes how readers understand themselves and each other as feminist thinkers.Trade Review"In her accessible and entertaining Making Feminist Media, Elizabeth Groeneveld brings a nuanced historicizing eye to print magazines in the 90s and 00s. By connecting contemporary zines and magazines to the publishing practices, constraints, and market conditions of the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, Groeneveld illuminates historical continuities that are too often ignored. And with her close readings, she demonstrates that feminist print media--like feminism itself--is always more complicated than as described by others." -- Lisa Jervis, founding editor and publisher of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop CultureTable of ContentsList of Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Making Feminist Media: Third-Wave Magazines on the Cusp of the Digital Age PART ONE: HISTORICIZING THIRD-WAVE MAGAZINES 1. ""Someone Else Actually Cares as Much as Me"": Sassy Magazine, Grrrl Zine Culture, and Feminist Magazines2. ""Serious and Material Business"": Third-Wave Magazines and the Marketplace in Historical Perspective PART TWO: THE POLITICS OF THIRD-WAVE MAGAZINES 3. HUES Magazine, the Politics of Alliance, and Critical Multiculturalism4. ""Be a Feminist or Just Dress Like One"": BUST, Fashion and Lifestyle Feminism5. ""Join the Knitting Revolution"": Representations of Crafting in Feminist Magazines6. Dildo Debacle: Advertising Feminist Sexualities in Bitch Magazine ConclusionAppendix: Publication Histories of Third-Wave MagazinesNotesWorks CitedIndex
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Feminist Praxis Revisited: Critical Reflections on University-Community Engagement
Book SynopsisIn Feminist Praxis Revisited, Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) practitioners reflect on how the field has sought to integrate its commitment to activism and social change with community-based learning in post-secondary institutions.Teaching about and for social change has been a core value of the field since its inception, and co-op, practica, and internships have long been part of the curriculum in the professional schools. However, liberal arts faculties are increasingly under pressure to integrate community engagement practices and respond to labour market demands for greater student ""employability."" That demand creates challenges and possibilities as WGS programs and instructors adapt to changing post-secondary agendas.This book examines how WGS programs can continue to prioritize the foundational critiques of inequality, power, privilege, and identity in the face of a post-secondary push toward praxis as resumé building, skills acquisition, and the bridging of town-and-gown differences. It pushes students to reflect critically on their own experiences with feminist praxis through critical reflections offered by the contributors along with examples of practical approaches to community-based/experiential learning.Table of Contents Introduction 1. Learning Elsewhere? Challenges and Possibilities for Community-Based Praxis Learning in Canadian Women's and Gender Studies Programs - Susanne Luhmann, Jennifer L. Johnson, and Amber Dean Feminist Praxis / for Credit / under Neo-liberalism 2. Colonialism, Neoliberalism, and University-Community Engagement: What Sorts of Encounters with Difference Are Our Institutions Prioritizing? - Amber Dean 3. Feminist Praxis and Community Service-Learning in Canada's Changing Non-Profit Sector - Joanne Muzak 4. There's More Than One Way to Save a Baby: Navigating Tensions Between Activism vs. Community Service and Anti-Racism vs. Multiculturalism - Sarita Srivastava 5. Community-Engaged Pedagogy, Sexual Violence, and Neoliberal Governance - Lise Gotell Critical Approaches to Praxis / In and Out of the Classroom 6. Relations with the Dead? Ethics of Feminist Memorialization in Service Learning - Ilya Parkins 7. Quick to the Draw: Shooting from the Hip in Feminist NGOs - Judith Taylor 8. Evaluating the Effects of Community-Based Praxis Learning Placements on Campus and Community Organizations in the ""Doing Feminist Theory Through Digital Video"" Project - Rachel Hurst 9. Interrogating Feminist Praxis Inside the Classroom: ""Storying up"" Race, Indigeneity, and Alliance Building - Margot Francis 10. The De-Territorialization of Knowledge Production in Canadian Women's and Gender Studies Programs - Jennifer L. Johnson Afterword: Feeling Elsewhere - Catherine Orr Contributors Amber Dean, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON Jennifer L. Johnson, Thorneloe University at Laurentian, Sudbury, ON Suzanne Luhmann, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Judith Taylor, University of Toronto, ON Rachel Hurst, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS Sarita Srivastava, Queen's University, Kingston, ON Ilya Parkins, University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Kelowna, BC Lise Gotell, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Joanne Muzak, independent scholar, Montreal, QC Catherine Orr, Beloit College, Beloit, WI Margot Francis, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON
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Brian Westland A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
£14.08
Must Have Books The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf
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Wits University Press Surfacing: On Being Black and Feminist in South Africa
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feminism and Men
Book SynopsisFeminism has changed the world; it is radically reshaping women’s lives. But what about men? They still hold most of the power in the economy, in government, in religions, in the media and often in the family too. At the same time, many men are questioning traditional views about what it means to be a man. Others resent the gains women have made and want to turn back the clock. Nikki van der Gaag asks the question: how might feminism improve the lives of men as well as women? And is there a place for men in the feminist story?Trade ReviewThoroughly researched, engagingly written and refreshingly global in scope, Feminism and Men contributes significantly to the continuing debate over men's role in feminism. Nikki van der Gaag exhaustively examines her subject from multiple angles - political, economic, social, psychological and historical - to substantiate her argument that men must be more fully engaged in the struggle for gender justice. * Alyson Cole, Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies, City University of New York, and author of The Cult of True Victimhood: From the War on Welfare to the War on Terror *Globally, women have always been the vanguard in the struggle for gender equality. Yet as this book argues so persuasively we urgently need to engage men everywhere in the process, thereby allowing both women and men more freedom to pursue their full humanity, wholeness and balance. An essential text for all those engaging with development studies or any aspect of gendered education and health. * Lynne Segal, author of Why Feminism? *This book is thoughtful, insightful, and an effective mix of theory and personal narratives which build a strong case about the importance of feminism embracing men and men embracing feminism. * Michael Kaufman, co-founder of the White Ribbon Campaign *Men's relation to feminism has long been a contentious issue, irresolvable by a simple yes or no. Which is what makes Nikki van der Gaag's book so valuable: she teases out different strands of engagement and support in a variety of venues. It's not a question of whether or not men can "be" feminists, but a question of how and where, and how they remain accountable. * Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, author of Angry White Men and The Guy's Guide to Feminism *This book is highly recommended to anyone with an interest in issues around feminism and gender and could be the starting point for anyone looking to get an overview of men’s involvement in this movement. * San Francisco Review of Books *Nikki van der Gaag successfully includes global voices in the conversation about men and feminism. With its attention to issues of work, education, caregiving and violence, this book is a welcome addition for all those seeking gender justice worldwide. * Shira Tarrant, PhD, author Men and Feminism and Men Speak Out: Views on Gender, Sex, and Power. *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Beyond the binaries: feminism and men 3. Shifting cultural and social attitudes 4. No zero-sum game: education and health 5 Giving up power? Women, men and work 6 The fatherhood revolution? 7 Proving their manhood: men and violence 8 Conclusion: becoming connected
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC From Shamanism to Sufism: Women, Islam and Culture in Central Asia
Book SynopsisWomen have traditionally played a vital part in Islam throughout Central Asia - the vast area from the Caspian Sea to Siberia. With this ground-breaking and original study, Razia Sultanova examines the experiences of Muslim women in the region and the ways in which religion has shaped their daily lives and continues to do so today. 'From Shamanism to Sufism' explores the fundamental interplay between religious belief and the cultural heritage of music and dance and is the first book to focus particularly on the role of women. Based on evidence derived from over fifteen years of field work, 'From Shamanism to Sufism' shows how women kept alive traditional Islamic religious culture in Central Asia, especially through Shamanism and Sufism, even under Soviet rule when all religion was banned. Nowhere was the role of women more important than in the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan, the cradle of female Islamic culture and a centre for women's poetry and music. This area is home to the 'Otin-Oy', a sisterhood of religiously educated women and members of Sufi orders, who take a leading part in rituals, marking the pivotal moments in the Islamic calendar and maintaining religious practices through music and ritual dances. Sultanova shows how the practice of Islam in Uzbekistan has evolved over time: long underground, there was a religious resurgence at independence in 1991, boosting national Uzbek identity and nationalism - 500 new mosques were built - only to be followed by a return to persecution by a repressive state under the banner of the 'war against terror'. Now events have come full circle, and once again covert worship by women remains crucial to the survival of traditional Muslim culture. Ritual and music are at the heart of Central Asian and Islamic culture, not only at weddings and funerals but in all aspects of everyday life. Through her in-depth analysis of these facets of cultural life within Central Asian society, 'From Shamanism to Sufism' offers important insights into the lives of the societies in the region. The role of women has often been neglected in studies of religious culture and this book fills an enormous gap, restoring women to their rightful historical and cultural context. It will be essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the History or Religion of Central Asia or in Global Islam.Trade Review'Sultanova has written a magnificent portrait of the social life and mores of the mysterious and little known but largest land mass in the world. Her remarkable book portrays past and present Central Asia through its music and lifestyle that includes Shamanism and popular Sufism. A wonderful read.' Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban 'This book shows the role played by Central Asian women in the harmonisation of non-Muslim and Muslim spiritual and ethical trends and arts in Shamanism and popular Sufism. It gives insight into the interconnection between music and mysticism and the mentality of Sufi female musicians and singers.' Thierry Zarcone, Senior Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris 'An insightful work that scholars from many disciplines will enjoy.' Earle Waugh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of AlbertaTable of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Historical Overview 1. Early religious practices and beliefs 2. Islam in Central Asia 3. Central Asia under Russian and Soviet rule 4. Land ploughed by Cultural Revolution Chapter 2: Shamanism in Central Asian nomadic culture 5. Theory and practise 6. How to become shaman? 7. Women and Shamanism in Central Asia 8. Kyrgyz heroic epic 9. Shamanism and Islam Chapter 3: Sufism in Central Asia 10. Historical development 11. Main Tariqas of Central Asia Chapter 4:Female Sufism: historical overview 12. Female Sufism: historical overview 13. Sufi poetry in Central Asia: Ghazal and female poets Chapter 5: Transmission of Sacred Knowledge 14. Usto-shogird in medieval sources 15. Usto-Shogird tradition today 16. Mehterlik or Professional guilds 17.Professional training: Hafizlik Chapter 6: Music and Female Sufis . 18. Sufi Masters in Music 19. Sufi music in Central Asia: from court to folk traditions 20. Maqam music and Sufism 21. Female Maqam singers 22. Munojat Yulchieva 23. Sufi origin genre Katta Ashulla Chapter 7: Interaction of Shamanism and Sufism 24. From healing rituals to protective songs 25.Femalee shamanism in Turkmenistan 26.Galeke 27.Tajikistan Chapter 8: Female music making: Musical instruments and Dance 29. Musical instruments: from Shamanism to Sufism 30. Dutar 31. Dances in Central Asian culture Chapter 9 : Female folk Sufism 32. Female Sufi practises 33. Otin-Oy as female Sufi Pirs 34. How to become an Otin-Oy 35. Current situation: female religious school in Bukhara Chapter 10 : Female rituals led by Otin-Oys 36. Female rituals 37. Zikr 38. Other rituals led by Otin-Oy 39. “O’qish” (reading) as a ritual’s session 40. Calssification 41. Ichkari: the inner space 42. Pre-Islamic believes and practices in rituals 43. Female rites of passage 44. Toy: the main ritual in human life as a Sufi feast 45. Calendar Rituals led by Otin-oy 46. Otin-Oy in Uzbek pop music Chapter 11: Otin-Oy in the neighbouring areas 47. Female rituals in Turkic speaking world 48. How musical are female rituals Conclusion Apendix: 1. Female poetry References and notes Comprehensive glossary Bibliography
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Benediction Classics The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Marxism and Feminism
Book SynopsisGlobal events, from economic crisis to social unrest and militarization, disproportionately affect women. Yet around the world it is also women who are leading the struggle against oppression and exploitation. In light of renewed interest in Marxist theory among many women activists and academics, Marxism and Feminism presents a contemporary and accessible Marxist–feminist analysis on a host of issues. It reassesses previous debates and seeks to answer pressing questions of how we should understand the relationship between patriarchy and capitalism, and how we can envision a feminist project which emancipates both women and society. With contributions from both renowned scholars and new voices, Marxism and Feminism is set to become the foundational text for modern Marxist-feminist thought.Trade ReviewAn important addition to the body of radical analysis that left feminists can use to educate ourselves about old and new theoretical, political and methodological debates on the left. It also is a signal that such debates are receiving new energy in the 21st century by new generations of left feminist intellectuals and activists dissatisfied with the academic compromises that institutionalized feminism has made, and the failure to incorporate feminist insights into Marxist-inspired theory and politics.' * Against the Current *Discussions of democracy, finance capitalism, nationalism and imperialism release feminist theory from the confines of the so-called woman question by theorising the global social moment … held together by a commitment to dialectical inquiry and revolutionary feminist praxis.' * Historical Materialism *Marxism and Feminism is an outstanding contribution to the shared project of scholar-activists across diverse disciplines and movements. The collection is both the result of, and a significant contribution to, a (re)emerging conversation - one that attends to, as Shahrzad Mojab succinctly notes, "two major emancipatory projects." The keywords approach is inspired, providing breadth and depth in a single, accessible, and highly engaged volume. * Abigail B. Bakan, University of Toronto *Reading this book made me aware of how much such a book is needed to awaken a dialogue between Marxism and feminism. I didn't agree with all that I read, but that's exactly what a book with this framework should do to awaken us. * Dorothy Smith, University of Victoria *The relationship between Marxists and Feminists has always been problematic. But in these times of an ongoing crises of capitalism, when the whole world is looking for alternatives to the present destructive World System, Shahrzad Mojab's Marxism and Feminism is especially necessary today. I hope that many women and men read it. * Maria Mies, author of Patriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale *Marxism and Feminism is a serious, nuanced collection that covers a great deal of ground in a clear and concise way. The essays here represent a profoundly warm, human way of thinking through some of the toughest political problems of our age. It will be of great use to anyone thinking seriously about the relationship between Marx and feminism, not to mention gender, race, class, intersectionality, patriarchy, work and many other key topics today. * Nina Power, author of One Dimensional Woman *Marxism and feminism are back! This book marks a refreshing return to basics after years spent in the wilderness of identity politics and the 'cultural turn'. Offering a rich synthesis of the key concepts in both schools of thought, the book provides a valuable resource for rethinking Marxism, feminism, a renewed project for human emancipation and, yes… revolution. * Radha D'Souza, University of Westminster *Reading this book, I was gripped by a feeling that it will mark a politically-necessary moment in the history of Women’s and Gender Studies as well as educational theories encompassing class, race, disability, sexuality and all axes of identity formation … this book is a pedagogy – a form of resistance. * Sona Kazemi, Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Marxism and feminism - Shahrzad Mojab Part I: Class and race in Marxism and feminism 2. Gender relations - Frigga Haug 3. The Marx within feminism - Frigga Haug 4. Building from Marx: reflections on 'race', gender and class - Himani Bannerji Part II: Marxist-feminist keywords 5. Democracy - Sara Carpenter 6. Financialization - Jamie Magnusson 7. Ideology - Himani Bannerji 8. Imperialism and primitive accumulation - Judith Whitehead 9. Intersectionality - Delia D. Aguilar 10. Labour-power - Helen Colley 11. Nation and nationalism - Amir Hassanpour 12. Patriarchy/patriarchies - Kumkum Sangari 13. Reproduction - Michelle Murphy 14. Revolution - Maryam Jazayeri 15. Standpoint theory - Cynthia Cockburn 16. Epilogue: gender after class - Teresa L. Ebert
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Casting off the Veil: The Life of Huda Shaarawi, Egypt's First Feminist
Book SynopsisIn 1923, when the pioneer of feminist activism, Huda Shaarawi, removed her veil in Cairo's train station, she created what became a landmark (and much-copied) gesture for feminists throughout Egypt and the Middle East and cemented her status as one of the most important feminists in twentieth-century Egypt. In Casting off the Veil, her granddaughter Sania Sharawi Lanfranchi uses never-before seen letters and photographs to explore the life and thought of Egypt's first feminist, as she campaigned against British occupation, as well as striving to improve conditions for women throughout the country. From her birth into a wealthy and powerful family, her early years spent in a harem, to her iconic status as one of the most influential feminists in Middle Eastern history, this is a fascinating portrait of a determined and ground-breaking woman, a rich and important story which will captivate everyone with an interest in Egyptian, feminist or colonial history.Trade Review""Huda Shaarawi an icon. A wealthy woman who dedicated her life and her financial resources to the betterment of Egypt. She set up a number of charitable works that also educated and trained women so they could earn a living. She was the first feminist in the country and Egyptian women all owe her a debt for her indefatigable work on their behalf, and thus this book, which deals with the history of this remarkable woman, will appeal to a very wide audience in Egypt of both sexes. Interweaving Shaarawi's life with the history of Egypt, and bringing in new material from private papers, this book is highly recommended for all interested in the history of women in Egypt and the wider Middle East."" Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid Marsot, Professor Emerita, UCLA" "Huda Shaarawi was one of the truly heroic figures of the modern Middle East. And this book will not only provide a wealth of new information, but may also change the unconscious views of many readers, especially Western ones, about the nature of the Middle-Eastern family and Middle-Eastern society in general."" John Rodenbeck, Professor Emeritus, The American University in Cairo""A very unique account."" - Al-Ahram Online" "By tracing the life of Huda Shaarawi with depth, honesty and completeness, Sharawi Lanfranchi not only takes us back to a journey in the past, but to a journey in the mind, heart and soul of one of the greatest women of all times."" Midan MasrTable of Contents1: Childhood in a conservative home 2: First steps in social work 3: International feminism and the EFU 4: Against the occupation 5: A Wafdist ministry 6: A lesson in diplomacy 7: The game of politics 8: The question of Greater Syria 9: The natural enemies of war 10: Turning points 11: Peace and justice 12: The Second World War 13: The UNGA divides Palestine
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema
Book SynopsisFeminist filmmakers are hitting the headlines. The last decade has witnessed: the first Best Director Academy Award won by a woman; female filmmakers reviving, or starting, careers via analogue and digital television; women filmmakers emerging from Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Pakistan, South Korea, Paraguay, Peru, Burkina Faso, Kenya and The Cree Nation; a bold emergent trans cinema; feminist porn screened at public festivals; Sweden's A-Markt for films that pass the Bechdel Test; and Pussy Riot's online videos sending shockwaves around the world. A new generation of feminist filmmakers, curators and critics is not only influencing contemporary debates on gender and sexuality, but starting to change cinema itself, calling for a film world that is intersectional, sustainable, family-friendly and far-reaching. Political Animals argues that, forty years since Laura Mulvey's seminal essay 'Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema' identified the urgent need for a feminist counter-cinema, this promise seems to be on the point of fulfilment. Forty years of a transnational, trans-generational cinema has given rise to conversations between the work of now well-established filmmakers such as Abigail Child, Sally Potter and Agnes Varda, twenty-first century auteurs including Kelly Reichardt and Lucretia Martel, and emerging directors such as Sandrine Bonnaire, Shonali Bose, Zeina Daccache, and Hana Makhmalbaf. A new and diverse generation of British independent filmmakers such as Franny Armstrong, Andrea Arnold, Amma Asante, Clio Barnard, Tina Gharavi, Sally El Hoseini, Carol Morley, Samantha Morton, Penny Woolcock, and Campbell X join a worldwide dialogue between filmmakers and viewers hungry for a new and informed point of view. Lovely, vigorous and brave, the new feminist cinema is a political animal that refuses to be domesticated by the persistence of everyday sexism, striking out boldly to claim the public sphere as its own.
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New Generation Publishing The Woman's Quest
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Cornerstone Awards for Good Boys: From the viral Instagram
Book Synopsis_____________________________We all know a good boy. He's a 'Feminist’... in his Tinder bio. He ghosts you, but then feels bad. (For a moment.) He’s not mansplaining, just aggressively clarifying. And he's open to being wrong. Theoretically. Ready to call time on rewarding those who clear the low bar of not being outwardly awful? Awards for Good Boys explores why so-called and self-proclaimed good boys are actually not that great, and makes literal our tendency to applaud men for doing the absolute least. It will make you cry-laugh, feel validated, and help you unravel your own assumptions about what makes us good. ______________________________'Shelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book.' Samantha Irby, author of We Are Never Meeting in Real Life ‘A short book of one woman’s opinions. It’s funny, but I prefer when men are funny or else my ego feels bruised.’ Ben from TwitterTrade ReviewShelby and her art are extremely my shit. You need this book. * Samantha Irby, author of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life' *Nothing captures the stress of modern dating quite so brilliantly as Shelby Lorman’s illustrations. * Stylist *A satirical look at the ways in which these so-called good boys expect to be patted on the back for doing the bare minimum ... We all mess up. The important thing is to find constructive – and ideally funny – ways to talk about it. * Refinery29 *The book is a combination of her signature cartoons and nightmarish tales from her love life. Both will make you laugh and cringe in equal measure; I guarantee it. * The Skinny *Hilarious. * Vice *
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Facing Patriarchy: From a Violent Gender Order to a Culture of Peace
Book SynopsisFacing Patriarchy challenges current thinking about men’s violence against women. Drawing upon radical and intersectional feminist theory and critical masculinity studies, the book locates men’s violence within the structures and processes of patriarchy. Addressing the limitations of current violence prevention policies, Bob Pease argues that a nuanced conceptualisation of patriarchy, that accounts for a variety of patriarchal structures, intersections with other forms of inequality, patriarchal ideologies, men’s peer group relations, men’s sexist practices and the construction of patriarchal subjectivities, is required to understand the links between gender and men’s violence against women. Pease shows that men’s violence against women needs to be understood in the context of other forms of men’s violence, including violence against boys and other men, in the involvement of men in wars and conflicts between nations and men’s ecologically destructive practices which constitute a form of slow violence. With crucial implications for priorities in violence prevention, gender equality promotion and in strategies for engaging men in this work, Facing Patriarchy offers new hope for the elimination of men’s violence. This is an essential book for scholars, practitioners, activists and policy makers involved in violence prevention in national and international contexts.Trade ReviewIn this current era of populism, a rabid anti-feminist backlash, and a rising right, this is a much needed book. Pease’s ground-breaking offering reminds us of the importance of emphasizing a rich gendered understanding of men’s violence against women. Indeed, as he correctly points out, we cannot understand and eliminate woman abuse without recognizing that a substantial number of male actions, values and beliefs are micro-social expressions of broader patriarchal forces. Facing Patriarchy is destined * to become a classic piece of feminist scholarship, one that every man must read.’ *Facing Patriarchy is a highly accessible, critical examination of the urgent problem of men’s violence to women, linking it to other forms of violence, and making strong contributions to stopping it. * Jeff Hearn, author of Men of the World and editor of Unsustainable Institutions of Men *In the struggle for sex/gender justice, Bob Pease’s title is on target – the key is Facing Patriarchy. His radical analysis demonstrates over and over that we will not make serious progress against men’s violence and a host of other problems without a deep critique of patriarchy. In a cultural moment where academic jargon and political euphemisms are designed to derail radical feminism, Pease’s book is a welcome addition to our toolkit for challenging men to be fully human. * Robert Jensen, University of Texas at Austin, author of The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Facing patriarchy Part I. Rethinking frameworks and policies addressing men’s violence against women 1. The limits of public health approaches to violence against women prevention 2. The limits of gender equality policies for violence against women prevention Part II Locating men’s violence against women within the pillars of patriarchy 3. Transnational and intersectional structures of patriarchy 4. Patriarchal ideology and hegemonic gender beliefs 5. Homosociality and patriarchal peer support among men 6. Coercive control and familial patriarchy 7. Patriarchal masculinities and masculine selves Part III. Linking men’s violence against women to other violences by men 8. Gendering men’s public violence against men 9. Gendering militarism, war and terrorism 10. Gendering global warming and environmental violence Part IV. Overcoming a violent gender order 11. Disrupting men’s complicity in the pillars of patriarchy 12. Fostering a feminist ethic of care in men
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Quercus Publishing True Story: this genre-defying novel marks the
Book SynopsisInventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before.'A mind-blowing page-turning un-put-downable heartwarming empathetic formally inventive horror suspense thriller, with a life-affirming and timely feminist message' Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot'Where our obsession with true-life crime meets page-turner' Stylist, The best summer reads for 2020'Provocative' Red 'Clever and inventive, this is a supremely accomplished debut about the nature of truth in a world littered with monsters both real and imagined. It's up to the reader to decide which is which' Daily ExpressAfter a college party, two boys drive a girl home: drunk and passed out in the back seat. Rumours spread about what they did to her, but later they'll tell the police a different version of events. Alice will never remember what truly happened. Her fracture runs deep, hidden beneath cleverness and wry humour. Nick - a sensitive, misguided boy who stood by - will never forget.That's just the beginning of this extraordinary journey into memory, fear and self-portrayal. Through university applications, a terrifying abusive relationship, a fateful reckoning with addiction and a final mind-bending twist, Alice and Nick will take on different roles to each other - some real, some invented - until finally, brought face to face once again, the secret of that night is revealed. Startlingly relevant and enthralling in its brilliance, True Story is by turns a campus novel, psychological thriller, horror story and crime noir, each narrative frame stripping away the fictions we tell about women, men and the very nature of truth. It introduces Kate Reed Petty as a provocative new voice in contemporary fiction.Trade ReviewI literally cannot believe this book exists. A mind-blowing page-turning un-put-downable heartwarming empathetic formally inventive horror suspense thriller, with a life-affirming and timely feminist message? What? This would be an amazing fifteenth novel for a person to have written and it is Kate Reed Petty's first one. What an incredible talent! -- Elif BatumanKate Reed Petty is such a gifted writer that she can make even a college application essay feel utterly heartbreaking. And in True Story, she has given us a riveting and totally innovative novel about the power of lies to shape the truth, a book built like an elaborate jigsaw puzzle whose picture becomes thrillingly clear only after you've locked in the very last piece. -- Nathan Hill, author of * The Nix *Brilliant - a darkly gripping enigma of a book. Petty boldly plays with genre and voice to tell the story of an assault and a rumour that shapes the trajectory of a woman's life. The result is a beautifully prismatic and profound meditation on victims and perpetrators, lies and truth, and above all the dangers and powers of storytelling and what it means to finally claim your voice. -- Mona Awad, author of * Bunny *True Story is a spectacular first novel - innovative, convincing, daring, suspenseful, heart-warming, and altogether astonishing. Kate Reed Petty is a force. What a beautifully unified, richly imagined, and skilfully composed work of literary art. I hope it wins the prizes Petty deserves. -- Tim O'Brien, author of * The Things They Carried *True Story is a superb novel, genuinely frightening, almost unbearably suspenseful and yet, with all that, wonderfully tender and compassionate towards its characters. The writing is exemplary: economical, elegant, searching, precise. It is almost impossible to believe that such a powerful and accomplished book is a first novel. But this isn't just a great first novel, it's an important book for the difficult and highly topical subjects it takes on, bravely and with the kind of care for truth that is all so rare in the current climate.True Story is a brilliant achievement - original, powerful, and playful, flipping formats like a kaleidoscope whose fractals rearrange with each twist until the truth comes into final focus. But beyond its formal daring and assurance, it's a thoroughly engrossing read. I may have held my breath through the whole thing, and I will think about it for a long time. This is a shapeshifting, sneak attack of a novel that leaves a permanent imprintMy first book of 2020 is #truestory by @PettyKate and I loved it. Such a smart, powerful, ambitious book, very high concept and so effectively realised. Definitely one to look out for this summerTrue Story is where our obsession with true-life crime meets page-turner. * Stylist *BEST SUMMER READS FOR 2020* *One of the most creative novels I've read. It's hard to believe it's a debut: the writing is confident and assured and draws the reader in. * Women's Way *Inventive and readable, it asks questions about truth and what defines us. * Daily Mail *Plays constantly with genre while weaving an addictive, perfectly balanced tale about a high school lacrosse party that ends in an accusation of sexual assault . . .[T]he work that Kate Reed Petty's powerful and haunting debut most resembles is not another novel but Michaela Coel's incendiary TV series I May Destroy You. * iNews *This debut novel about memory and truth is disturbing and thought-provoking. * Sunday Express (S Mag) *A powerful and thought-provoking examination of how the manipulation of stories can shape whole lives. * Guardian *Clever and inventive, this is a supremely accomplished debut about the nature of truth in a world littered with monsters both real and imagined. It's up to the reader to decide which is which * Daily Express *Stephen King, but make it feminist: this audaciously ambitious page-turner straddles genres to try and navigate memories of a traumatic sexual assault. Deserves to be read by many more people * Evening Standard (30 best novels of the year) *
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Lexington Books Public Feminism in Times of Crisis
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Independently Published Todo lo que me digo está escrito aquí: ¿Y tú qué
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Women in A Global World V
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Making Space for Indigenous Feminism
Book SynopsisThe majority of scholarly and activist opinion by and about Indigenous women claims that feminism is irrelevant for them. Yet there is also an articulate, theoretically informed and activist constituency that identifies as feminist. This book is by and about Indigenous feminists, whose work demonstrates a powerful and original intellectual and political contribution demonstrating that feminism has much to offer Indignenous women in their struggles against oppression and for equality. Indigenous feminism is international in its scope: the contributors here are from Canada, the USA, Sapmi (Samiland), and Aotearoa/New Zealand. The chapters include theoretical contributions, stories of political activism, and deeply personal accounts of developing political consciousness as Aboriginal feminists.Trade Review‘The book certainly achieves its goal of creating a space for the voices of Indigenous feminists ... is a brilliant piece to use in discussions around the power relations that have forged our common histories and that are present in all societies with an Indigenous presence today' Nadine Charron, Policy Research GroupTable of Contents Introduction: From Symposium to Book - Joyce Green Part I: What is Indigenous Feminism? 1. Taking Account of Indigenous Feminism - Joyce Green 2. Aboriginal Women on Feminism: Exploring Diverse Points of View - Verna St. Denis 3. Metis and Feminist: Reflections from the Margins - Emma Larocque Part II: Aboriginal Feminist Analysis and Theory 4. Sami Women and Feminism: Strategies for Healing and Transformation - Rauna Kuokkanen 5. Native American Feminism, Sovereignty, and Social Change - Andrea Smith 6. Gender, Essentialism, and Feminism in Samiland - Jurunn Eikjok translated by Gunhild Hoogensen 7. Indigenous Feminism as Resistance to Imperialism - Makere Stewart- Harawira 8. Balancing Strategies: Aboriginal Women and Constitutional Rights in Canada - Joyce Green Part III: Aboriginal Feminist Activists and Sister-Travellers 9. Looking Back, Looking Forward - Shirley Green 10. Maori Women and Leadership in Aotearoa - Kathie Irwin 11. Yes, My Daughter, We Are Cherokee Women - Denise Henning 12. My Home Town Northern Canada South Africa - Emma LaRocque 13. Culturing Politics and Politicizing Culture - Shirley Bear 14. An Aboriginal Feminist on Violence Against Women - Tina Beads with Rauna Kuokkanen 15. Colleen Glenn: A Metis Feminist in Indian Rights for Indian Women - Colleen Glenn with Joyce Green 16. Woman of Action: An Interview with Sharon McIvor - Sharon McIvor with Rauna Kuokkanen
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Eva Hesse: Longing, Belonging and Displacement
Book SynopsisHere is an important new examination of the work of American German Jewish artist Eva Hesse, one of the most significant figures in twentieth century art. Using exciting new feminist approaches and taking as her starting point two key works, Corby reveals the way in which Hesse has been constructed as a 'woman artist' and explores the overlooked legacy of the Holocaust and refugee life in her art practice. Considering creativity and the feminine, trauma and historiography, and providing a reassessment of Hesse's relationship with her mother and its impact on her work, the book also confirms the importance of drawing practice within Hesse's wider oeuvre.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Gender and Migration: Feminist Interventions
Book SynopsisProvocative and intellectually challenging, Gender and Migration critically analyses how gender has been taken up in studies of migration and its theories, practices and effects. Each essay uses feminist frameworks to highlight how more traditional tropes of gender eschew the complexities of gender and migration. In tackling this problem, this collection offers students and researchers of migration a more nuanced understanding of the topic.Trade Review'This original collection brings a feminist, intersectional and interdisciplinary lens to question the seemingly innocuous ‘and’ in discussions of gender and migration. Highly recommended.' Rosalind Gill, King’s College 'Reading this book, which is highly recommended, you are swept into postcolonial countries as well as into the old heart of Europe and you will necessarily loose the sense of innocence and neutrality in relation to your own thinking and conceptualizing.' Frigga Haug, The Berlin Institute of Critical Theory 'This book makes a significant contribution to the growing literature on the gendered character of migrations as well as that of states and societies' responses to them.' Nira Yuval-Davis 'This is a theoretically rich exploration of gender and migration. Each chapter covers crucial issues, but the collection as a whole makes key interventions in understandings of policy and humanitarian issues. It is provocative and imaginative in its careful, scholarly and accessible treatment of issues frequently taken for granted by governments, international agencies and human rights activists. It deserves to become essential reading, not only in a variety of academic disciplines, but by those working in, and legislating about, migration as well as the wider public.' Ann Phoenix, Institute of Education 'This is a must-read for anyone in the ever-widening fields of international relations and migration studies.' M. Brinton Lykes, Boston College 'This book is a critical resource for 21st century feminist scholars, practitioners, activists, students and policymakers.' Jude Clark, University of KwaZulu-NatalTable of Contents Gender and migration: feminist interventions Part I: Visibility and Vulnerability 2. Gender, migration and anti-racist politics in the continued project of the nation - Alexandra Zavos 3. The Problem of Trafficking - Chandré Gould 4. Sex, choice and exploitation: reflections on anti-trafficking discourse - Ingrid Palmary Part II: Asylum 5. Barriers to Protection: Gender-Related Persecution and Asylum in South Africa - Julie Middleton 6. Safe to Return? A Case Study of Domestic Violence, Pakistani Women, and the UK Asylum System - Sajida Ismail 7. Women Seeking Asylum in the UK: Contesting Conventions - Khatidja Chantler 8. Explicating the tactics of banal exclusion: a British example - Erica Burman Part III: Depoliticizing migration 9. Now you see me now you don't: methodologies and methods of the interstices - Caroline Wanjiku Kihato 10. For Love or Survival: Migrant Women's Narratives of Survival and Intimate Partner Violence in Johannesburg - Monica Kiwanuka 11. Re-housing trouble: Post-disaster reconstruction and exclusionary strategies in Venezuela - Isabel Rodríguez Mora 12. An arm hanging in mid-air: a discussion on immigrant men and impossible relationships in Greece - Stavros Psaroudakis
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Benediction Classics Maria, or The Wrongs of Woman AND Memoirs of the Author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Benediction Classics The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law
Book SynopsisThis book brings together feminist academics and lawyers to present an impressive collection of alternative judgments in a series of Australian legal cases. By re-imagining original legal decisions through a feminist lens, the collection explores the possibilities, limits and implications of feminist approaches to legal decision-making. Each case is accompanied by a brief commentary that places it in legal and historical context and explains what the feminist rewriting does differently to the original case. The cases not only cover topics of long-standing interest to feminist scholars – such as family law, sexual offences and discrimination law – but also areas which have had less attention, including Indigenous sovereignty, constitutional law, immigration, taxation and environmental law. The collection contributes a distinctly Australian perspective to the growing international literature investigating the role of feminist legal theory in judicial decision-making.Trade ReviewAustralian Feminist Judgments is a valuable extension of the emerging feminist judgement-writing genre. -- Heather Roberts * Legal Studies, Vol 35(3) *The book is a fascinating and refreshing approach to judging. It will no doubt find a ready place in Law Schools, but more widely among the judiciary and the practising profession. -- Greg Reinhardt * Journal of Judicial Administration, 2015 *Australian Feminist Judgemenst: Righting and Rewriting Law enlivens the reader's imagination about the real transformative potential of feminist legal reasoning. -- KCasey McLoughlin * Alternative Law Journal, 40:2 2015 *...a marvellous sweep through all aspects of contemporary Australian judgments...You will never look at a judgment the same way again... -- Jennifer Giles * Workplace Review, 6:32 *Australian Feminist Judgments ably and engagingly achieves its stated objective...the editors' innovations from the pre-existing models of feminist judgments...ensures that Australian Feminist Judgments provides rich material through which to consider feminist judging's nature, purpose and impact. -- Heather Roberts and Laura Sweeney * Sydney Law Review *The judgments are eloquent, well-reasoned, realistic, and above all, interesting... Australian Feminist Judgments: Righting and Rewriting Law will appeal to a wide audience - particularly judges, academics, legal practitioners, law students and people who are interested in feminism or legal jurisprudence. -- Betheli O'Carroll * Griffith Law Review *Australian Feminist Judgments is academic but accessible, and it is sure to spark many debates on the role of feminist jurisprudence...It reminds us that change within existing legal frameworks is possible. -- Caroline Jones * Portia *Table of Contents1 Introduction: Righting Australian Law Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter 2 Reflections on Rewriting the Law Heather Douglas, Francesca Bartlett, Trish Luker and Rosemary Hunter Part I Public Law Constitutional Law 3 Kartinyeri v The Commonwealth [1998] HCA Commentary: Kathy Bowrey First Nations Stories, Grandmother’s Law: Too Many Stories to Tell: Irene Watson 4 R v Pearson; Ex parte Sipka [1983] HCA 6 Feminism and the Franchise: Elisa Arcioni Judgment: Kim Rubenstein 5 Dietrich v R [1992] HCA Commentary: Margaret Davies Judgment: Reg Graycar and Jenny Morgan Tax Law 6 Lodge v Federal Commissioner of Taxation [1972] HCA Commentary: Ann O’Connell Judgment: Kerrie Sadiq Immigration Law 7 Re Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs;Ex parte Applicants S134/2002 [2003] HCA 1 Roqia’s Story: Refugees and Natural Justice in the Court of Public Opinion: Mary Crock Judgment: Charlotte Steer 8 Appellant S395/2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs[2003] HCA Commentary: Wayne Morgan Judgment: Nan Seuffert Environmental Law 9 Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Proserpine/Whitsunday Branch Inc v Minister for the Environment and Heritage [2006] FCA Addressing Climate Change Inequities: The Contribution of a Feminist Judgment: Jacqueline Peel Judgment: Lee Godden Part II Private Law Torts 10 Cattanach v Melchior [2003] HCA The Economic Value of Human Relationships: Cattanach v Melchior Revisited: Isabel Karpin Judgment: Kylie Burns Consumer Protection 11 ACCC v Keshow [2005] FCA Unconscionability, Education and Indigenous Women: Bronwyn Naylor Judgment: Heron Loban Equity 12 Louth v Diprose [1992] HCA 61 Give and Take: Unconscionability and the Pervasiveness of Gender Stereotypes: Paula Baron Judgment: Francesca Bartlett 13 Trustees of the Property of John Daniel Cummins, a Bankrupt v Cummins [2006] HCA 6 Formal Equality and Third Party Interests in the Family Home: Francesca Bartlett Judgment: Lisa Sarmas Part III Crime and Evidence Criminal Law 14 Parker v R [1963] HCA 14 Reconsidering Precedent: Heather Douglas Judgment: Adrian Howe 15 Taikato v R [1996] HCA 28 A Well-founded Fear? Giving Context to Self-defence: Julie Stubbs Judgment: Penny Crofts and Isabella Alexander 16 PGA v R [2012] HCA 21 Admitting Legal Wrongs: Ngaire Naffine Judgment: Wendy Larcombe and Mary Heath Evidence 17 RPS v R [2000] HCA 3 Commentary: Katherine Biber Judgment: Helen O’Sullivan 18 Phillips v R [2006] HCA 4 Locating Consent in Similar-Fact Cases: Mehera San Roque Judgment: Annie Cossins Sentencing 19 R v Webster [1990] NSWSC 70012/90 Truth in Sentencing: The Narration of Judgment: Kirsty Duncanson Judgment: Honni van Rijswijk and Lesley Townsley 20 R v Middendorp [2010] VSC 202 Defensive Homicide: JaneMaree Maher Judgment: Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Danielle Tyson and Jude McCulloch 21 R v Morgan [2010] VSCA 15 Intersectionality and Indigenous Sentencing Courts: Heather Douglas Judgment: Elena Marchetti and Janet Ransley Part IV Interpreting Equality Family Law 22 U v U [2002] HCA 36 Commentary: Rachael Field Judgment: Jonathan Crowe 23 Goode and Goode [2006] FamCA 1 The Practice of Feminist Judgment in Family Law: Ann Genovese Judgment: Zoe Rathus and Renata Alexander Discrimination Law 24 JM v QFG and GK [1998] KCA Commentary: Paula Gerber Judgment: Anita Stuhmcke 25 McLeod v Power [2003] FMCA 2 Commentary: Katharine Gelber Judgment: Jennifer Nielsen 26 The State of New South Wales v Amery [2006] HCA 14 The Indirection of Sex Discrimination: Margaret Thornton Judgment: Beth Gaze Treaty Law 27 In the matter of Djappari (Re Tuckiar) [2035] FNCA 1 Commentary: Thalia Anthony Judgment: Nicole Watson
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The Mercier Press Ltd Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900-1922
Book SynopsisThe history of the Irish republican movement is dominated by the story of the men who took up arms in Ireland's fight for freedom against the British. The names of men like Pearse, Connolly, Collins and Barry still resonate today as heroes who won independence for Ireland. However, the critical role of women in this fight for freedom has often been overlooked. Renegades examines the part played by women in the major political and social revolutions that took place from 1900– 1922. It explores the growing separation of republican women into two distinct groups, those active on the military side in Cumann na mBan and those involved on the political side, particularly with Sinn Féin. It also looks at the often ignored 'war on women', which manifested itself in the form of physical and sexual assaults by both sides during the War of Independence, and the fury of female republicans as the political establishment accepted the Anglo-Irish Treaty. In this evocative account, Renegades restores the women of the republican movement to the prominent place they deserve in Irish history.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Cosmodolphins: Feminist Cultural Studies of Technology, Animals and the Sacred
Book SynopsisApplying recent thinking on gender and the environment to original research in science and technology, this unique book explores postcolonial relationships with ‘the wild‘ using the US and Russia as examples. The authors analyse contemporary categorizations of ‘human self‘ versus ‘wild other‘ through three twentieth century icons that best illustrate ambivalent ideas about self and other: spaceships, horoscopes and dolphins. The book includes interviews with astrologers, wilderness guides, dolphin trainers and academic staff of space agencies from both Russia and the US.The interviews highlight some interesting differences between these two cultures in ideas both about gender and about self/other boundaries. The authors also look at representations of the space race in film and science fiction in both cultures, as well as New Age and other texts on dolphins, astrology and space travel. Cosmodolphins shows how all three icons partly reproduce and partly alter the earlier, colonial self/other dichotomy of woman, native and nature against the ‘civilized‘ technologically masterful male self. We see how a particular icon of the wild - the dolphin - is elevated to mythological status, how a secularized society looks for spiritual fulfilment in the `beyond‘ - astrology - and in its own technological advances - space travel. Theoretically innovative, this book represents an alternative approach to ecofeminist themes linking them up with studies of new technocultures and cyborgs. It forms an excellent exemplar of feminist cultural studies.Trade Review'This is a breath-taking ride through the cutting edge of contemporary cultural critique. From the exploration of outer space to the bottom of the sea, the book has a global reach... Witty, even wicked at times, it’s NASA through Bakhtin’s eyes and Flipper meets Foucault... A delight to read.' Rosi Braidotti 'Through reading of post world War II stories of space flight, New Age astrology and dolphin mythology, Mette Bryld and Nina Lykke effectively deconstruct the Euro-American phallocentric mission to civilize the wild trinity of woman-native-nature.' Govind Kelkar, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand 'Mette Bryld & Nina Lykke's Cosmodolphins is one of those rare books that can startle the reader into fresh ways of seeing things... Cosmodolphins does a brilliant job of theorizing the cosmos and of inspiring other feminist cultural critics to do likewise.' Sylvia Bowerbank, McMaster University, Canada 'This inspiring work of necessary de-stabilization and de-naturalization puts feminist culture studies forward into the questions of livable future.' Lena Trojer, University of Karlskrona/RonnebyTable of Contents Contents Prelude and Introduction. 1. Map of Matrices. Amazing Stories 1: The Spaceship, the Horoscope and the Dolphin 2. Between Amazement and Estrangement. 3. The Big Mission. 4. Terraforming: Farmers in the Sky. Amazing Stories 2: The Dark Side of the Moon 5. As Above, So Below. 6. One Does Not Stir Without the Other. 7. Voices from Inner and Outer space: Refiguring Mother Sea and Father Sky. Amazing Stories 3: Dolphin Versatility: From Living Missiles to Healers 8. Rocket State and Dolphin State. 9. Conclusion: Inappropriate Contiguities Revisited.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Rewriting Reality: An Introduction to Elfriede Jelinek
Book SynopsisThis first systematic study of the controversial Austrian feminist writer, Elfriede Jelinek, offers an extensive survey and analysis of Jelinek's major texts and a discussion of the literary techniques which characterise her writing. Background contextual information on historical and literary developments is provided to help the reader gain a better understanding of Jelinek's writing and her place within current international debates on feminism and literary theory.Trade Review'This study is lucidly written and displays a convincing balance between a close textual analysis and the integration of Jelinik's writing into its socio-political and theoretical context.'Forum for Modern Language Studies'This is an important critical work that uses modern feminist approaches sensibly to reveal the texts of one of the most prominent contemporary writers in German as serious contributions to both literature and social awareness. As the first in a new series 'New Directions in European Writing' it sets a high standard.'MLR'...providing a valuable introduction to J.'s biography, her approach to feminism, the broad development of contemporary Austrian literature, and the critical reaction to her work.'The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies'This is the first monograph dedicated to Jelinek in English, and will doubtless prove an essential undergraduate introduction to this most outspoken and yet paradoxiclly elusive of writers ... This is the first inTable of ContentsJelinek in context; the culture industry as target for literary deconstruction; work, class and the everyday; nature and "Heimat" demystification of the Alpenrepublik; sexuality and subjectivity.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain's Fascist Movement
Book SynopsisHow far did women support Oswald Mosley's Black Shirts? This reference aims to fill a significant gap in the historiography of British fascism, which has generally overlooked the contribution of the women's movement to Britain's fascist experience. Looking at female fascist activism and the influence of feminist ideology on the fascist agenda, Gottlieb shows the significant impact of feminist thought in this area. In spite of its mainstream vocal opposition to fascism, parts of the women's movement as Gottlieb demonstrates, had an implicit connection with the British Union of Fascists.Trade Review'...it must be emphatically stated that this is both an original and important book which has major significance for both gender studies, and the history of British Fascism.' -English Historical Review 'If anyone was tempted to believe, given the plethora of works on British fascism, that there was little left to say, Julia Gottlieb's Feminine Fascism would disabuse them.' -Times Higher EducationTable of ContentsIntroduction - feminine Fascism - women in Britain's Fascist movement, 1923-45; feminized Fascism - Rotha Lintorn-Orman and the British Fascists, 1923-35; women in the British Union of Fascists - organization and forms of participation; the ideology of feminine Fascism; the legacy of the suffragettes to British Fascism; Mosley's women and Mosley's woman - the leader's sexual politics; behind bars and barbed wire - women's experiences of internment under defence regulation 18B, 1940-45; conclusion -women, Fascism and fanaticism, past and present; appendix - who's who in the history of women and Fascism in Britain.
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Crescent Moon Publishing Sexing Hardy: Thomas Hardy and Feminism
£15.60
Crescent Moon Publishing Wild Zones: Pornography, Art and Feminism
£18.57
Crescent Moon Publishing Julia Kristeva: Art, Love, Melancholy, Philosophy, Semiotics and Psychoanalysis
£16.59
Crescent Moon Publishing Luce Irigaray: Lips, Kissing and the Politics of Sexual Difference
£14.61
Ahead Publishing House (Imprint: Okcir Press) Re-Membering Anzaldua: Human Rights, Borderlands, and the Poetics of Applied Social Theory--Engaging with Gloria Anzaldua in Self and Global Transformations (Proceedings of the Third Annual Social Theory Forum, April 5-6, 2006, UMass Boston
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Ahead Publishing House (Imprint: Okcir Press) Re-Membering Anzaldua: Human Rights, Borderlands, and the Poetics of Applied Social Theory--Engaging with Gloria Anzaldua in Self and Global Transformations (Proceedings of the Third Annual Social Theory Forum, April 5-6, 2006, UMass Boston
£110.20
Aziloth Books Herland
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Lawrence & Wishart Ltd Women Against Fundamentalism: Stories of Dissent
Book Synopsis2014 is WAF's 25th anniversary year, and this book maps the development of the organisation over the past 25 years, through the life stories and political reflections of some of its members. It focuses on the ways in which lived contradictions have been reflected in their politics. Their stories describe the pathways that led them to WAF, and the role WAF has played in their lives and in the different forms of politicial activism in which they have engaged. Discussing feminist activism from a wide variety of different ethnic and religious backgrounds, contributors highlight the complex relationships of belonging that are at the heart of contemporary social life - including the problems of exclusionary political projects of belonging. They also explore the ways in which anti-fundamentalism relates to broader feminist, anti-racist and other emancipatory political ideologies and movements. The personal stories at the centre of this book are those of women whose lives enact the complexities of multiple (if shifting and contingent) mutually constitutive axes of power and difference. Much of their concerns therefore relate to crossing the boundaries of collectivity and practising a 'dialogical transversal politics' that has developed as an alternative to identity politics.Trade ReviewThis timely book should inspire younger generations of activists to pick up the torch, to lead simultaneously anti-racist and anti-fundamentalist feminist politics. With the xenophobic far right rising and communalism turning beliefs and cultures into identity politics' weapons, women's rights, citizenship and secular traditions are at stake. The spirit of WAF, its rare political clarity, its true internationalism, are more than ever needed. Marieme Helie Lucas, founder of Women Living Under Muslim Laws The powerful analyses and reflections of diverse women in the UK fighting authoritarian religious movements are documented here in all their brilliance and honesty. This is a resource in the best sense: of the refusal to submit, the courage to challenge, the strength to reflect critically. In a turbulent and complex period global - religious atrocities, military invasions, and a brutal war against the dignity and personhood of women - this book shows us that we can and must face many ways at once if progressive global politics is to have a future. Professor Chetan Bhatt, London School of Economics and Political Science There is much to learn from, and much to celebrate, in these pages: a feminist, anti-racist politics which supports religious freedom and expression but which challenges fundamentalism in all its forms, combined with compelling testaments to the intermingling of the personal and the political in private and public life. As individual accounts and as the documentation of an important social movement, these inspiring political narratives provide insight into one of the most complex and persistent challenges of our time. Molly Andrews, Professor of Political Psychology and Co-Director, Centre for Narrative Research, University of East LondonTable of ContentsIntroduction Sukhwant Dhaliwal & Nira Yuval-Davis 1. Pragna Patel Flying by the nets of racism, patriarchy and religion 2. Clara Connolly Confessions of an Anti-Clerical Feminist 3. Gita Sahgal Knowing My Place - The Secular Tradition and Universal Values 4. Ruth Pearson Linking the local with the global: the legacy of migrant grandparents 5. Taranum Maan Gods and Daughters Shakila 6. Nira Yuval-Davis Intersectional Contestations 7. Hannana Siddiqui My Life as an Activist 8. Julia Bard Learning to Question 9. Georgie Wemyss Activist Listening 10. Nadje Al-Ali From Germany to Iraq via WAF: A Political Journey 11. Sukhwant Dhaliwal Made in 'Little India' 12. Cassandra Balchin Making myself through difference 13. Rashmi Varma Telling Lives 14. Sue O'Sullivan Change, Chance, and Contradictions 15. Eva Turner One of My CVs 16. Jane Lane No clear pathway, just a lifelong zigzag 17. Ritu Mahendru Sexual and Gender Based Violence Against Women 18. Natalie Bennett Anti-fundamentalist feminism and green politics 19. Judy Greenway The Spirit of Resistance: Helen Lowe 1944-2011
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Womancraft Publishing Burning Woman
£10.99
Red Press Ltd She Found it at the Movies: Women writers on sex,
Book SynopsisBecause Timothee Chalamet's eyes gleam with the light of a thousand suns. Because you'd let Zoe Kravitz get away with putting gum in your hair. And because there really should be a national monument dedicated to Gene Kelly's ass. From the tongue-in-cheek to the righteously enraged, She Found it at the Movies explores women's secret desires, teen crushes, and one-sided movie star love affairs, flipping the switch on a century of cinema's male-gaze domination. With misogyny and sexism still taking centre stage in the real world -- what can women's relationships with movies tell us about the wider landscape of sexuality, politics and culture? Featuring writers you know and love from Buzzfeed, The Guardian, and Vulture, these essays pose thoughtful questions about sex and fantasy at the cinema. Like a guilt-free chat with your smartest girlfriends, this book is a positive celebration of female sexuality at its thirstiest.Trade Review'She Found it at the Movies collapses the space between screen and body and foregrounds the reality of our very complex and always present bodies. While that space has long been dominated by so-called objectivity and clinical analysis, this collection dives into uncharted waters to explore, creating space for discussing desire instead of repressing it.' --KIVA REARDON (Editor in Chief of Cleo Film Journal and film programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival) 'At its best, a book of fiercely original writing and thinking, not only about cinema, but about ourselves.' --MARK COUSINS (Writer and filmmaker) 'She Found it at the Movies gives film criticism the vitamin-boost it needed, a female gaze bringing eroticism, sensuality and a new subversive intimacy to the critical act; the book celebrates not just desire but pleasure. Each of these essays is a seduction, leading you astray to the great seduction of the movies themselves.' --PETER BRADSHAW, Film Critic at The Guardian
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Aurora Metro Publications Noor
Book SynopsisPrincess, poet, pacifist ... and World War II spy. The enigmatic, indefinable Noor Inayat Khan was an unlikely recruit to the SOE as an undercover wireless operator. How did she face off fascism with such courage and resilience and evade capture longer than any of her counterparts? Noor's moving and inspirational story takes us across borders and time into a shadowy world of espionage, as British officer Vera Atkins and Gestapo Major Hans Kieffer trade secrets to uncover the woman behind the code names. From her Sufi mysticism to her astonishing creativity, Noor's individuality was ultimately her greatest strength. Reviews of previous work: "... an incredible new voice; witty and wise." - Adele Parks "...some of the best, cutting edge Asian theatre." - The Herald, ScotlandTrade Review“A stylish, noirish retelling of a story so genuinely extraordinary you could not have made it up.” – The Times; “… compelling story of wartime spy Noor Inayat Khan.” – The Guardian; "... an incredible new voice; witty and wise." – Adele Parks; "...some of the best, cutting edge Asian theatre." – The Herald Scotland
£999.99
Aurora Metro Publications Virginia's Sisters
Book SynopsisA unique anthology of short stories and poetry by feminist contemporaries of Virginia Woolf, who were writing about work, discrimination, war, relationships and love in the early part of the 20th Century. Includes works by English and American writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Radclyffe Hall, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf, alongside their recently rediscovered 'sisters' from around the world. This book offers a diverse and international array of over 20 literary gems from women writers living in Bulgaria, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Italy, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Spain and Ukraine.Trade Review"This important anthology reclaims the voices of female writers from around the world, illustrating the existence of a powerful female literary tradition outside the male literary patrimony." - Professor Stiliana Milkova, author of Elena Ferrante as World Literature; "This book is a collection of short stories and poems written by female writers in the early 1900’s. Some are translated to English from the native language. It’s a nice book because you can read one short story and come back later to a different story. I’ve not read many of these authors before so it was interesting to hear their stories. I also loved the drawings and quotes from famous women throughout history. It reminds me how far women have come in the last 100+ years and how much more can change in the next 100 years. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in early 1900’s stories about women and the struggles they faced." -Sheri Steuben, reviewer Netgalley; "Virginia's Sisters is a fantastic anthology which brings to light female voices from the early 1900s who have not been celebrated as much in the literary canon, either because they were overshadowed by male contemporaries or because their work was not translated into English at the time of publishing. While well known names like Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton and Katherine Mansfield figure in this collection of poetry and short stories, their work is illuminated and complemented by voices from Eastern Europe and Asia. All of these stories sing with talent but also shed light upon the female experience in the early 20th century. Every woman in these stories is tackling how they are defined by their relationships to men, motherhood and marriage. But these writers also weave in the intricacies of human existence too - these are not two-dimensional narratives focusing just on the 'plight' of womanhood. Within these tales we learn about the loves, hungers and secrets these women keep. Independence, success, transgressing boundaries and queer relationships are all celebrated in these stories. Thus, rather than being an anthology dictated by a white male professor in a stuffy office, this anthology breathes with refreshing perspectives as it exists to ensure quieter voices from literature of the past are finally being heard." -Kristiana Reed, reviewer NetgalleyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Gabi Reigh List of authors and works included: A Woman by Fani Popova-Mutafova (translated by Petya Pavlova) Thoughts by Myra Viola Wilds The Little Governess by Katherine Mansfield Villa Myosotis by Sorana Gurian (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself [extract] by Radclyffe Hall I sit and sew by Alice Dunbar Nelson First Steps [extract] by Dorka Talmon (translated by Mira Glover) Coming Home by Maria Messina (translated by Juliette Neil) Vegetal Reverie by Magda Isanos (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Iceberg by Zelda Fitzgerald The Russian Princess by Carmen de Burgos (translated by Slava Faybysh) Bring to Me All... by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Nina Kossman) Autres Temps by Edith Wharton Unheard by Yente Serdatsky (translated by Dalia Wolfson) Fog by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Stuart Cooke) Natalia [extract] by Fausta Cialente (translated by Laura Shanahan) What makes this century worse? by Anna Akhmatova (translated by Olga Livshin) Broken by Nataliya Kobrynska (translated by Hanna Leliv & Slava Faybysh) Sunset by Antonia Pozzi (translated by Sonia di Placido) Once Upon A Time by Ling Shuhua (translated by Leilei Chen) Their Religions and our Marriages: Herland [extract] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Goodbye Lebanon by May Ziadeh (translated by Rose DeMaris)
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Breviary Stuff Publications By a Flash and a Scare: Arson, Animal Maiming, and Poaching in East Anglia 1815-1870
£17.00