Feminism and feminist theory Books
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theorizing Patriarchy
Book SynopsisSylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates -- Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post--structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the state, to culture, sexuality and violence, relying on the most up--to--date empirical findings.Trade Review"Walby offers a powerful and stimulating demonstration of the centrality of patriarchy to social structure and historical analysis." Gillian Rose, Queen Mary College, London "Sylvia Walby has undoubtedly broken the stalemate in theorizing about patriarchy." Mary Maynard, University of YorkTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures. 1. Introduction. 2. Paid Work. 3. Household Production. 4. Culture. 5. Sexuality. 6. Violence. 7. State. 8. From Private to Public Patriarchy. Footnotes. Bibliography.
£35.10
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theology and Feminism
Book SynopsisDr Hampson argues that the Christian Church cannot by definition come to terms with the equality of women, having developed in a world where women were subordinate. Feminism suggests ways to conceive God and reformulate theological ideas for a world in which Christianity is no longer tenable.Trade Review"A very important and challenging book." Theology "Hampson writes with passionate conviction, keen intellect, and an extensive knowledge of Christian theology, past and present." The Ecumenical Review"It will be an invaluable tool for all those concerned with women's issues inside and outside the Christian churches, posing hard questions to radicals and conservatives alike. Essential reading, whether or not you agree with the conclusions." Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury "A brilliant reflection on religion by one of Europe's finest feminist theologians ... Her powerful analysis should both inspire and challenge all those who think seriously about religion." Naomi Goldenberg, University of Ottawa "A thoughtful, well balanced examination of the thoroughly sexist character of Christianity. A fine book." Gordon Kaufman, Mallinckrodt Professor of Divinity Emiterus, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgement. Introduction. 1. Methodology. The Nature of Christianity. The Conservative Response. Attempts to Bridge. The Denial of Discontinuity. A Post-Christian Position. 2. Christology. The Limits of Christianity. Patristic Christology. Feminist Christologies. Conservative Christologies. Counterbalances to Christology. Christ and Feminism. 3. Concretion. The Concretion of Religion. Biblical Religion. The Imaging of God. The 'Feminine' as Construct. Appropriating the Past. Breaking Free. 4. Anthropology. Feminist Anthropology. Sin. Salvation. Creation. 'Angst', Death and Eternal Life. 5. Theology. The Task of Feminist Theology. The Christian God. Renaming God. The Shape of God. Perceptivity. Select Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Three Guineas
Book SynopsisThe controversial Three Guineas was Virginia Woolf's most explicit statement of her feminism. Forming part of the Shakespeare Head Press series of Woolf's works, this new edition includes her carefully considered selection of photographs, her discursive endnotes and annotations.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. Abbreviations. Frontispiece. List of Illustrations. THREE GUINEAS. Editor's Notes. Appendix A: Emendations. Appendix B: Textual Variants. Appendix C: Passages Found Only in the First American Edition of Three Guineas. Appendix D: Books Cited or Referred to by Virginia Woolf in Three Guineas. Appendix E: Periodical Sources Cited or Referred to by Virginia Woolf in Three Guineas.
£108.86
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Weyward Sisters
Book SynopsisIn this fresh alternative to traditional Shakespeare studies, Dympna Callaghan, Lorraine Helms, and Jyotsna Singh address Shakespeare''s works in terms of, amongst other things, the feminist history of sexuality, the ideology of romantic love, and feminist interventions in performance. Their objective is to produce new interpretations of the plays by locating them at the intersections of a range of contemporary critical, theoretical, and cultural practices.Trade Review"This is a fine book. An important and original contribution to feminist Shakespeare studies." Phyllis Rackin, University of Pennsylvania "This is a fresh book, which will have an invigorating effect on Shakespeare studies. Nothing quite like it exists, and I imagine a wide audience among Shakespeare scholars and students." Jean Howard, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Interventions of History: Narratives of Sexuality: Jyotsna Singh. 2. The Ideology of Romantic Love: The Case of Romeo and Juliet: Dympna Callaghan. 3. Acts of Resistance: The Feminist Player: Lorraine Helms. Index.
£38.90
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Literature and Feminism
Book SynopsisLiterature and Feminism is an exemplary new introduction to feminist literary criticism and theory which assumes no previous knowledge of the field. Clear, informative and carefully structured, it provides a thorough guide to, and path through, one of the most important, but also most difficult, areas of contemporary literary studies.Trade Review"A genuinely introductory account of feminist literary criticism and theory which will be of help to all students starting out on literary study." Jennifer Birkett, University of Birmingham "This book is suitable for first year students ... It presumes no prior knowledge, yet covers a wide range of material with admirable clarity and directness." Mary Eagleton, the University College of Ripon & York St John "The pedagogical value of this book is enhanced by this style of presentation and the inclusion of lists of further reading and a glossary of terms ... Morris's book provides an informative introduction to feminist literary debates." VisionsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements. Introduction: Why 'literature and feminism'?. Part I: Literature?. 1. Re-vision: Reading as a Woman. 2. Challenging the Canon and the Literary Establishment. 3. Writing by Women. Part II:. 4. The Construction of Gender: Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. 5. Writing as a Woman: Helen Cixous, Luce Irigaray and Ecriture Feminine. 6. Identities in Process: Poststructuralism, Julia Kristeva and Intertextuality. 7. A Return to Women in History: Lesbian, Black and Class. Criticism. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Working with Feminist Criticism
Book SynopsisUsing the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this constantly challenging workbook not only makes the connection between womena s writing and womena s lives but breaks new ground in enabling students to apply critical concepts and to feel more at ease with the texts common to feminist literary theory.Trade Review"Working with Feminist Criticism is both a guide to understanding and using feminist criticism and also a valuable source book for simple classroom exercises and for wider reading. This is not a daunting tome, but a fantastic source of ideas for the teacher of more advanced English language. It is also a worthwhile addition to the bookshelves of anyone with an interest in criticism and a passion for reading." Vatime Newsletter. "Working with Feminist Criticism is an invaluable resource for students coming to feminist literary criticism for the first time. However, it contains lots of useful and illuminating ideas that could be taken up by more experienced students." Caroline Guerin University of Adelaide.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Introduction 1 Speech and Silence 16 Defining a Feminist Text 32 Creating a Matrilineage 37 The Woman Author: Lost and Found 49 The Death of a Woman Author? 65 Gender and Genre 77 Feminism and Genre Fiction 91 Feminist Publishing 105 Feminist Reading 119 Feminist Criticisms 135 Patriarchal Binary Thought 146 Gender Play 158 Feminine Writing and Reading 172 Finding the Subject 189 The Politics of Location 208 Conclusion 219 Works Cited 221 Index 234
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Feminist Introduction to Romanticism
Book SynopsisElizabeth Faya s invaluable book addresses the student in an immediate and direct manner to provide an unequalled introduction to the issues most important for feminist analyses of Romantic literature.Trade Review"Drawing heavily on the many new historical and feminist interrogations of British romantic texts over the last decade, Elizabeth Fay provides a useful overview of the major areas of feminist enquiry into canonical and non-canonical romantic writing. Fay provides several fresh insights into non-canonical texts as well as helpful classifications of the range of women's writing in the romantic period." Studies in Romanticism Table of ContentsList of Illustrations. List of Women Writers Discussed. 1 A Feminist Approach to Romantic Studies and the Case of Austen. Standard Definitions and Revisions. The Historical Period. Feminist Theory and Romantic Studies. Jane Austen, a Case Study. 2 Women and Politics: Writing Revolution. Letters and the Maternal: Political Metaphors. Revolution as a Frame of Mind. Revolutionary Writing. Maternal Nationalism and Children's Literature. 3 Women and the Gothic: Literature as Home Politics. Defining the Gothic. The Gothic as Domestic: Social Critique Gothics. Psychological Drama Gothics. The Romance of Real Life and the Radical Critique. 4 Women and Thought: Intellectual Critique. The Bluestocking Circle in London. Dissent and the Rights of the Home. Women and History. Literary Criticism as Art. Intellectuality and the Years of Reaction. 5 Women and Identity: Visuality in Romantic Texts. Seeing and Seen: The Writer and the Proper Lady. Display and the Specular Heroine. Tableaux Vivants, Theatrics and Burney's The Wanderer. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd An Introduction to Feminist Epistemologies
Book SynopsisThis text presents a comprehensive introduction to feminist epistemologies which are situated at the intersection of philosophical, sociological, and cultural investigations of knowledge. It provides critiques of more traditional approaches, and explores the alternatives proposed by feminists.Trade Review"One of the strengths of the book is Tanesini's attention to detail in argument and her capacity to draw fine distinctions between the positions she discusses." Alison Ainley, Radical Philosophy "The scope of the book is wide, and I would recommend it as a text book for students in the final year of their degree, postgraduate students and also to academics in general. It is very clearly written and the issues are explained in detail and contextualised adequately. There is no simplification of the topics, and the analyses offered by Tanesini are throrough. I would classify this as an accessible but sophisticated introduction to feminist epistemology." Stella Gonzalez Arnal, Women's Philosophy Review, no. 24, 2000Table of ContentsPart I: Varieties of Epistemology:. 1. Epistemology. 2. The Study of Scientific Knowledge:. a. Philosophy of Science. b. The Sociology of Knowledge. c. The Cultural Study of Scientific Knowledge. Part II: Feminism and "Mainstream" Epistemology. 1. Feminist Criticisms of Individualism in Epistemology. 2. Feminist Objections to the Traditional Epistemic Subject. Part III: Feminism and Science:. 1. Sexist Science. 2. Science and Values. Part IV: Feminist Empiricism:. 1. Contextual Empiricism. 2. Naturalised Empiricism. 3. The Limits of Empiricism. Part V: Naturalised feminist Epistemology:. 1. Feminism and Naturalised Epistemology. 2. Sociology and Naturalised Epistemology. Part VI: The Importance of Standpoint in Feminism:. 1. What is a Standpoint: Beginning from Women's Experience. 2. Starting from Marginal Lives. Part VII: Objectivity and Feminism:. 1. What is Objectivity?. 2. Objectivity and Objectification. Objectivity, Values, and Responsibility. Part VIII: Knowledge and Power:. 1. Power, Knowledge, and Human Interests. 2. Disciplinary Power, Bio-Power, and Science. Part IX: Reason and Unreason in feminism:. 1. Reason and masculinity. 2. Reason and the Philosophical Imaginary. Part X: Feminism and Postmodernism:. 1. Epistemology: Rejection or Transformation?. 2. Knowledge and the Subject.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Feminist Perspective on Renaissance Drama
Book SynopsisUses the writings of 16th and 17th century women to construct a feminist perspective on drama by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, Ford, and their contemporaries. This book includes plays such as: Doctor Faustus, Measure for Measure, The Spanish Tragedy, The Revenger's Tragedy and The Maid's Tragedy.Trade Review"In this valuable book Alison Findlay attempts to develop historically grounded feminist responses to a wide variety of Renaissance plays . . . Findlay writes with admirable clarity and concision, offering interpretations that are informed but never obscured by contemporary - especially Lacanian - critical theory. This is a good book, worth reading and debating." Early Modern Literary Studies. "All the essays are new, and together they illuminate a wide range of issues across a reasonable spread of plays. The book offers a range of thoughtful and stimulating approaches to gender on the Renaissance stage." The Yearbook of English StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1.'Heavenly matters of theology'. 2. Revenge Tragedy. 3. 'I please my self': Female Self-fashioning. 4. Household Tragedies. 5. Queens and Subjects. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Black Feminist Reader
Book SynopsisOrganized into two parts, Literary Theory and Social and Political Theory, this Reader explores issues of community, identity, justice, and the marginalization of African American and Caribbean women in literature, society, and political movements.Trade Review"This volume brings together ten essays in the development of black feminism. The selections reflect the literary, social and political critiques that mark this form of feminist and antiracist thought as unique and transformative." Black Issues Book Review "This collection is certain to become another essential text in the field of women's studies. . . Recommended for public and academic libraries." Library JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Editors' Introduction. List of Contributors. Part I: Literary Theory:. 1. The Race for Theory: Barbara Christian. 2. "Unspeakable Things Unspoken": The Afro-American Presence in American Literature: Toni Morrison. 3. Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: An American Grammar Book: Hortense Spillers. 4. A Black Man's Place in Black Feminist Criticism: Michael Awkward. 5. Beyond Miranda's Meanings: Un-silencing the 'Demonic Ground' of 'Caliban's Woman.': Sylvia Wynter. Part II: Social/Political Theory:. 6. Black Women: Shaping Feminist Theory: Bell Hooks. 7. Women and Capitalism: Dialectics of Oppression and Liberation: Angela Davis. 8. The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought: Patricia Hill Collins. 9. Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics: Kimberlé Crenshaw. 10. Radicalising Feminism: Joy James. Appendix: Key Feminist Statements. I. Combahee River Collective, A Black Feminist Statement (1972). II. African American Women in Defense of Ourselves (1991). Part III: Open Letter from Assata Shakur (1998):. Selected Bibliography. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Feminist Geography in Practice
Book SynopsisA feminist geography text devoted to methodology, it provides a framework for students wishing to undertake gendered work in the discipline. It encourages readers to take on, think about, and do feminist research in geography and offers suggestions for going about it. It also features pedagogical material, developed with students in the classroom.Trade Review"Feminist Geography in Practice offers a fast-paced field guide to feminist research in Geography…. One of the key contributions of this book is that it develops and demonstrates the understanding that feminist research always takes place at the intersection of the personal, the political, and the academic…. This is a timely textbook that represents the maturing of a field. It will be invaluable for courses in research methodology and in feminist geography, and it should be mandatory reading for students and practitioners who are undertaking – or want to undertake – research that is explicitly feminist." – Professor Joni Seager, The University of VermontTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. List of Figures and Tables. Notes on Contributors. 1. Taking on, Thinking about, and Doing Feminist Research in Geography. (Pamela Moss). Part I: Taking on Feminist Research. Defining Feminism?: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 1. Being Feminist in Geography - Feminist Geography in the German-Speaking Academy: History of a Movement. (Elisabeth Baschlind). 2. Making Space for Personal Journeys. (Mary Gilmartin). 3. Feminist Epistemology in Geography. (Meghan Cope). 4. The Difference Feminism Makes: Researching Unemployed Women in an Australian Region. (Louise C. Johnson). Study Material for Taking on Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Part II: Thinking about Feminist Research. Delimiting Language?: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 2. Putting Feminist Geography into Practice - Gender, Place and Culture: Paradoxical Spaces?. (Liz Bondi). 5. Paradoxical Space: Geography, Men, and Duppy Feminism. (David Butz and Lawrence D. Berg). 6. Toward a More Fully Reflexive Feminist Geography. (Karen Falconer Al-Hindi and Hope Kawabata). 7. People Like Us: Negotiating Sameness and Difference in the Research Process. (Gill Valentine). Study Material for Thinking About Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Part III: Doing Feminist Research. Decentering Authority!: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. Short 3. Doing Geography as a Feminist - Reconsidering Success and Failure in Feminist Research. (Maureen G. Reed). 8. Doing Feminist Fieldwork about Geography Fieldwork. (Karen Nairn). 9. Quantitative Methods and Feminist Geographic Research. (Mei-Po Kwan). 10. Borderlands in Feminist Ethnography. (Joan Marshall). 11. Negotiating Positionings: Exchanging Life Stories in Research Interviews. (Deirdre McKay). 12. Interviewing Elites: Cautionary Tales about Researching Women Magazines in Canada's Banking Industry. (Kim V. L. England). 13. Studying Immigrants in Focus Groups. (Geraldine Pratt). Study Material for Doing Feminist Research: Feminist Pedagogy Working Group. 14. Further Notes on Feminist Research: Embodied Knowledge in Place. (Isabel Dyck). References. Index.
£43.65
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory
Book SynopsisThe Concise Companion to Feminist Theory introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years. * Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years. * Guides students along the cutting edge of current feminist theory.Trade Review"A Consise Companion to Feminist Theory is essential reading for researchers engaged in the diverse fields of feminist studies ... Even non-specialist readers with a view to getting started in feminist theory and practice will find the book quite interesting and thought provoking. A book with such a wide sweep of readership is no mean achievement." Discourse & SocietyTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgements xi Introduction 1Mary Eagleton 1 Place and Space 11Linda McDowell 2 Time 32Krista Cowman and Louise A. Jackson 3 Class 53Rosemary Hennessy 4 ‘Race’ 73Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Meg Coulson 5 Sexuality 93Rey Chow 6 Subjects 111Chris Weedon 7 Language 133Sara Mills 8 Literature 153Mary Eagleton 9 The Visual 173Griselda Pollock 10 Feminist Philosophies 195Rosi Braidotti 11 Cyberculture 215Jenny Wolmark 12 Feminist Futures 236Sara Ahmed Select Bibliography 255 Index 257
£104.36
Harvard University Press The Works of Anne Bradstreet
Book SynopsisAnne Bradstreet was one of our earliest feminists and the first true poet in the American colonies. This collection of her extant poetry and prose includes an introduction that sketches the poet's life.
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Harvard University Press The Return of Thematic Criticism
Book SynopsisHow to determine the theme of a text—can a focus on form be the theme? Can the motif be a formal category? What operations permit us to say that texts are variants of the same theme? The contributors challenge the dismissal of “merely” thematic approaches and offer different ways to tackle the issue of what a piece of writing is “about.”Trade ReviewThis interdisciplinary collection sets the most advanced poetic and ideological approaches side-by-side to resolve the ancient conflict between formalism and the study of content. As a corollary, Sollors’ anthology seeks to sweep away or at least rehabilitate the theoretically impoverished notion-hunting of certain feminists, many new historicists, and race/class/gender critics, to say nothing of second-generation Derrideans… The distinguished contributors…definitely place thematic criticism back on the agenda, and, at the same time, call for a higher level of humanistic discourse. * Virginia Quarterly Review *This study of thematics opens up afresh the problems of literary theory… It also might be an impetus to re-examine the history of postmodernist theory which has co-opted one aspect of thematics in response to modernism but appears to have blithefully ignored what remains problematic. -- John Stephen Martin * Ariel *This collection of essays on thematic criticism, edited by Werner Sollors, can be considered among the most successful and useful examples of the genre… The Return of Thematic Criticism gives a new turn to, and offers new points of observation on, a critical debate that has reached a phase of general confusion and has entered some blind alleys. It should stimulate a broad discussion of international scope, given the importance of the subject and the numbers of centers of research interested in it. The book can also be of notable help to scholars and students, for it can give new theoretical awareness to those who are engaged in some form of thematic criticism without having a theoretical awareness of what they do and without being bothered to consider the methodological problems involved. -- Remo Ceserani * Southern Humanities Review *This is a judicious, wide-ranging study. -- J. F. O’Malley * Choice *
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Harvard University Press Feminisms Forgotten Fight
Book SynopsisKirsten Swinth reconstructs the comprehensive vision of feminism’s second wave at a time when its principles are under renewed attack. In the struggle for equality at home and at work, it was not feminism that failed to deliver on the promise that women can have it all, but a society that balked at making the changes for which activists fought.Trade ReviewChronicles in careful detail the efforts by feminist activists both male and female to remold the structures of family and work life that had historically contributed to a thankless and even punishing existence for most women. -- Ashley Fetters * The Atlantic *Explores how and why our society is structured to make motherhood so hard… [Swinth] documents second-wave feminists’ push for systemic changes to marriage, the workweek, childcare, and welfare that would make being a parent, and a worker, more sustainable and rewarding… Illustrates that policy shifts just don’t happen without cultural shifts. -- Rebecca Stoner * Pacific Standard *Uncovers the all-but-lost history of the women’s movement’s advocacy for mothers. -- Alice B. Lloyd * Weekly Standard *Swinth makes the case that second-wave feminism was never about ‘having it all’—it was about freeing women from the straitjacket of narrow gender roles and the economic penalties associated with all the unpaid labor that keeps society going. -- Natalie Shure * Jacobin *Swinth's point is that the history of post-WWII feminism is far more complex than today's pundits make it out to be, and that we accept reductionist sloganeering at the risk of losing important lessons from our past…It achieves the goal of depicting a rich and varied movement, full of difference, diversity, and idealism. -- Hans Rollmann * PopMatters *Swinth persuasively argues that second-wave feminists advocated work-family balance for women and changed the social fabric in ways that benefit them. This is a smart, nimble corrective history of a rousing fight for societal equality. * Publishers Weekly *Swinth systematically dismantles the myths and stereotypes about second-wave feminism that pervade our culture. Based on rigorous and extensive research, her book traces the numerous ways that feminists of all stripes worked to fight the dilemmas facing working mothers. -- Sara Evans, author of Tidal Wave: How Women Changed America at Century's EndMommy wars and lean-ins step aside! You have met your match in this sweeping, very readable book which recovers the lost feminist vision that equality requires structural transformation of both work and family to become real. Kirsten Swinth shows not only that ‘having it all’ was a myth but that ‘second wave’ feminists were not responsible for selling such an impossible dream to U.S. women during the last third of the twentieth century. -- Eileen Boris, coauthor of Caring for America: Home Health Workers in the Shadow of the Welfare State‘Have it all’ was a marketers’ slogan, not a feminist one. Instead, as Swinth describes in rich detail, women’s groups thoughtfully debated how to reorganize personal relationships and work arrangements in ways that were fair to women, men, children, and families of different racial and economic backgrounds. We might do well to revisit some of their ideas. -- Stephanie Coontz, author of A Strange Stirring: The Feminine Mystique and American Women at the Dawn of the 1960sSwinth reveals the ‘having it all’ myth for what it truly is—a backlash against feminism masquerading as feminism. In its place, she unearths what feminists actually fought for, and sometimes, against great odds, achieved. Her brilliant reconstruction of the wide-ranging activism of 1960s and 1970s feminists rescues their work from contemporary parodies and enables it to serve, once again, as a template for the fairer world that we may yet achieve. -- Beryl Satter, author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
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Princeton University Press In the Realm of the Diamond Queen
Book SynopsisAn ethnography that focuses on Meratus Dayaks, a marginal and marginalized group in the deep rainforest of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. It looks not for consensus and coherence in Meratus culture but rather allows individual Meratus men and women to return our gaze.Trade ReviewWinner of the 1994 Harry J. Benda Prize, Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies Honorable Mention for the 1994 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, Society for Humanistic Anthropology and American Anthropological Association One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 1994Table of ContentsPrefaceOpening: In the Realm of the Diamond Queen3Pt. 1Politics of the Periphery391Marginal Fictions512Government Headhunters723Family Planning104Pt. 2A Science of Travel1214Leadership Landscapes1275Conditions of Living1546On the Boundary of the Skin178Pt. 3Riding the Horse of Gaps2077Alien Romance2138Riding, Writing2309The History of the World253Reprise285Notes303References Cited311Index335
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Princeton University Press Edgework
Book SynopsisBrings together seven of Wendy Brown's essays in political and cultural theory that range from explorations of politics post-9/11 to critical reflections on the academic norms governing feminist studies and political theory. This work is also concerned with the intellectual and political value of critique itself. Each essay probes a problem.Trade Review"Attentive to the paradoxes and fragilities of contemporary democratic life, Wendy Brown's Edgework traverses democratic and feminist theory to deepen our appreciation of love in a time of hostility, equality in a time of difference, and action in a time of felt paralysis. Timely yet not simply 'relevant,' Edgework manifests throughout that quality that Hannah Arendt admired and named 'care for the world.'"—Bonnie Honig, Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University; Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation; author of Democracy and the Foreigner"There is no one who occupies the place Brown occupies, who thinks as she thinks, or who writes with the same startling combination of bravery and moderation. There is no one who has such an acute eye for the structural perversities of American politics. There is no one who can so easily break the surface of political controversies and local scholarly debates, and dive into the profound questions below and behind them."—Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania, author of Leo Strauss and the Politics of American Empireand 95 Theses on Politics, Culture, and MethodTable of ContentsPreface vii Chapter One: Untimeliness and Punctuality: Critical Theory in Dark Times 1 Chapter Two: Political Idealization and Its Discontents 17 Chapter Three: Neoliberalism and the End of Liberal Democracy 37 Chapter Four: At the Edge: The Future of Political Theory 60 Chapter Five: Freedom's Silences 83 Chapter Six: Feminism Unbound: Revolution, Mourning, Politics 98 Chapter Seven: The Impossibility of Women's Studies 116 Notes 137 Index 155
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Princeton University Press For the Many
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Cobble’s appreciation for the integrity of the full rights feminists’ line of reasoning and their persistence shapes her book."---Nancy F. Cott, New York Review of Books"Cobble’s impressive research draws on countless primary sources from collections spanning archives, libraries, and research institutions from around the globe, making her book a must read for students interested in transnational feminism." * Choice Reviews *"[A] comprehensive new history. . . . Cobble’s book is brimming with stories of women who similarly moved in and out of unions, feminist organizations, and government posts."---Laura Tanenbaum, Jacobin"Dorothy Sue Cobble's sweeping, carefully-researched, and beautifully-written story of full-rights feminists. . . . will no doubt remain a touchstone for the history of feminism and labor for years to come."---Jocelyn Olcott, International Review of Social History
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Princeton University Press Sex and Secularism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of The Guardian’s Best Books of 2017""Sex and Secularism offers a series of bracing and illuminating reflections on a whole culture of oppression that ought to have been exposed much earlier."---Pankaj Mishra, The Guardian"Sex and Secularism must be praised for drawing attention to the history of secularism and gender inequality. Scott’s message is no doubt timely in light of the powerful effect of the #MeToo campaign, which should give anyone pause before boasting about the superior treatment of women in the secular west."---Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, The Guardian"Scott’s ardent and principled opposition to the prejudice and hostility expressed towards Islam – more specifically towards Islamic countries, societies and practices – by 'secularists' in Europe (principally France) and the United States is timely and necessary."---Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Times Literary Supplement"In Sex and Secularism, Scott broadens her scope geographically and temporally. Here the subject is women’s relationship to secularism in modern western nation-states. This is a big and complex subject for a compact volume, but Scott is especially well-positioned to tackle it. . . . A challenging, timely, and important book. . . . Readers of Sex and Secularism will be forced to rethink their assumptions about the role of women and their bodies in contemporary political debates."---Susan B. Whitney, Literary Review of Canada"Sex and Secularism is a challenging, timely, and important book. . . . Her aim, she continues, was to 'open--not to definitively close--a conversation about the place of gender equality in the discourse of secularism.' That she has definitively done, as few other scholars could."---Susan Whitney, Literary Review of Canada"In her new book, the eminent feminist historian Joan Wallach Scott[’s] . . . aim is to sketch a speculative history of the relationship between sex and secularism: to uncover how ideas about the proper place of religion and the proper place of women have influenced each other and to show how both have been placed in the service of Western imperialism. . . . Scott does not contend that religious societies are more egalitarian than secular ones, but she wants to draw attention to the long history of conflict whitewashed by the assertion that feminism and secularism are naturally aligned."---Namara Smith, Bookforum"Scott's theoretical, historical narrative in Sex and Secularism takes its place in a wider conversation in which critical thinkers working in many genres-including film, music, and fiction-ponder gender, race, religion, and sexual difference in a way that refuses essentialism while taking seriously the political effects of these categories on people living in worlds of ongoing inequality and violence. Secularism is not the savior, nor is it the demon in this narrative; it is, like all political ideals, including feminism, a promise that variably incites and excludes."---Pamela E. Klassen, Public Books"Wide-ranging, sophisticated and up-to-date. . . . Anyone from a good senior school student to an expert can expect to learn a great deal from Scott's narrative and notes."---Chris Forbes, Ancient History Resources for Teachers"Joan W. Scott has written an important and timely book."---Sarah B. Farris, H-Diplo Roundtable Review"In many ways, the true success of Sex and Secularism should be pointing out the obvious. A secular society does not mean an equal society. . . . By expertly countering this assertion with a carefully crafted argument throughout the pages of this work, Scott has successfully revealed the continued hypocrisy of Western democracies."---Meltem Ince-Yenilmez, Journal of Global Analysis"Joan Scott argues in this finely crafted, well-argued, wide-ranging, and timely book, secularism has never been a set of abstract truths, but has rather been a historically produced, discursive operation of power based on sexual difference."---Laura L. Frader, H-France Review"Some academic books are so rich and complex that they leave a lasting impression and feed the mind long after the reader has finished them. [Sex and Secularism] is one of those rare books."---Marta Trzebiatowska, Journal of Religion in Europe"Sex & Secularism is a passionate argument against Islamophobia and its rationalization in arguments that only secular societies foster gender equality and sexual liberalization."---Edward Andrew, European Legacy
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Princeton University Press Accidental Feminism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law & Society Association""Shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize, New India Foundation"
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Princeton University Press Chains of Love and Beauty
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Faced with Michael Field’s vast and extraordinary output, of prose, poems and plays, selections such as the ones offered in [Chains of Love and Beauty] certainly lend the reader a welcome 'pair – of – scissors.'"---Angela Leighton, Times Literary Supplement"In Chains of Love and Beauty: The Diary of Michael Field . . . scholar Carolyn Dever pulls that diary out of a century of obscurity and unfurls 30 years and almost 10,000 pages to reveal a genre-defying, protomodernist document."---Evangeline Riddiford Graham, Los Angeles Review of Books
£28.80
Princeton University Press Accidental Feminism
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Co-Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law & Society Association""Shortlisted for the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Book Prize, New India Foundation""Revealing the infrastructural scaffolding and affective registers through which the accidental works its power, this book is an important contribution to expanding legal and organisational sociology beyond Euro-American contexts in deepening readers’ understanding of professional women’s entry into the workforce in India."---Dr Hemangini Gupta, LSE Review of Books
£74.80
Princeton University Press Helen of Troy in Hollywood
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Engaging."---Harry Strawson, Times Literary Supplement"An enlightening and accessible overview of the pervasive presence of Zeus’s daughter in American popular culture, ranging from silent Hollywood cinema to televised speculative fiction . . . [and] a must read for scholars of both classical reception and popular culture."---Gabrielle Stecher, Popular Culture Studies Journal"A smart exploration of how this mythic figure has been portrayed in film and television. [Blondell] has written a thematically bold book that entertainingly contemplates what Helen of Troy signifies in old and modern Hollywood productions."---Christopher Schobert, The Film Stage
£29.75
Pluto Press EcoSufficiency and Global Justice
Book SynopsisFemale academics discuss the big issues of our timeTrade Review'The Eco-Sufficiency anthology based on the diversity and pluralism of perspectives inspired by ecofeminism is a must read for anyone searching for alternatives' -- Vandana Shiva, Director of the Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecology, New Delhi; author, activist, and winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize'By far and away the best collection of ecological feminist writing I have found' -- Richard Norgaard, Professor of Energy and Resources, University of California at Berkeley'People are much more than the atomised units of neoclassical and environmental economics. Economic and ecological practices conducted by women and other marginalised groupings must be recognised as a source of new theoretical understandings, critical for social and environmental justice to be achieved' -- Peter Dickens, Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge; author of the award winning book Society & Nature (Polity, 2004)'These new and incisive perspectives put forth a transformative agenda for global justice. And in doing so, the collection draws all of us -- activists and academics alike -- closer to a common political denominator in the search for a true alternative to globalisation' -- Lim Li Ching, leading international biodiversity activist, Third World Network, Kuala LumpurTable of ContentsEcological Debt: Embodied Debt by Ariel Salleh PART I - HISTORIES 1. The Devaluation of Women's Labour by Silvia Federici Who is the 'He' of He Who Decides in Economic Discourse? by Ewa Charkiewicz 2. The Diversity Matrix: Relationship and Complexity by Susan Hawthorne PART II - MATTER 3. Development for Some is Violence for Others by Nalini Nayak 4. Nuclearised Bodies and Militarised Space by Zohl de Ishtar 5. Women and Deliberative Water Management by Andrea Moraes and Ellie Perkins PART III - GOVERNANCE 6. Mainstreaming Trade and Millennium Development Goals? by Gig Francisco and Peggy Antrobus 7. Policy and the Measure of Woman by Marilyn Waring 8. Feminist Ecological Economics in Theory and Practice by Sabine U. O'Hara PART IV - ENERGY 9. Who Pays for Kyoto Protocol? Selling Oxygen and Selling Sex by Ana Isla 10. How Global Warming is Gendered by Meike Spitzner 11. Women and the Abuja Declaration for Energy Sovereignty by Leigh Brownhill and Terisa E. Turner PART V - MOVEMENT 12. Ecofeminist Political Economy and the Politics of Money by Mary Mellor 13. Saving Women: Saving the Commons by Leo Podlashuc 14. From Eco-Sufficiency to Global Justice by Ariel Salleh Index
£31.50
Pluto Press Commoning with George Caffentzis and Silvia
Book SynopsisA passionate collection rediscovering the work of two giants of autonomist Marxism and feminism.Trade Review'An impassioned tribute' -- LSE Review of Books'In this labour of love, radical theory joins passionate praxis to honour the social thought and political vision of Silva Federici and George Caffentzis, whose work together and apart offers hope that another world can be made' -- Eileen Boris, co-author of 'Caring for America''The path breaking work of Caffentzis and Federici is continually generative for contemporary anticapitalist thinkers and activists because it is at once critical and visionary. This fine collection of essays pays homage to their writing not through mere praise, but by putting their ideas to work toward the ongoing struggle for new understandings and better worlds' -- Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries''We need comrades with a clear sight and an open, affective heart. Many of us have found in George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici that company... And here they are, to celebrate them, with an exceptional cohort of intellectuals/activists, with compas, who are saying today what needs to be said to continue the struggle, to resist the horror and to create a new world' -- Gustavo Esteva, activist, 'deprofessionalised intellectual' and founder of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico'No one has taught us more that communism is with us than George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici... the greatest living theorists of commoning' -- Stefano Harney, co-author of 'The Undercommons''This collection offers an extraordinary kaleidoscope of critical reflections on social reproduction and class struggle. More than that, it is fitting testimony to the inspiration and grounding that Silvia and George continue to provide for those seeking a life beyond the sway of capital' -- Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist MarxismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Always Struggle - Camille Barbagallo, Nicholas Beuret and David Harvie I - REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES 1. In Conversation with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici - Carla da Cunha Duarte Francisco, Paulo Henrique Flores, Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes and Joen Vedel 2. Comradely Appropriation - Harry Cleaver 3. The Radical Subversion of the World - Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar 4. Strange Loops and Planetary Struggles: A Postscript to Midnight Notes - Malav Kanuga II - MONEY AND VALUE 5. Cogito Ergo Habo: Philosophy, Money and Method - Paul Rekret 6. Thomas Spence’s Freedom Coins - Peter Linebaugh 7. Standardisation and Crisis : The Twin Features of Financialisation - Gerald Hanlon 8. Reading ‘Earth Incorporated’ through Caliban and the Witch - Sian Sullivan III - REPRODUCTION 9. WTF is Social Reproduction? - Nic Vas and Camille Barbagallo 10. Extending the Family: Reflections on the Politics of Kinship - Bue Rübner Hansen and Manuela Zechner 11. They Sing the Body Insurgent - Stevphen Shukaitis 12. The Separations of Productive and Domestic Labour: An Historical Approach - Viviane Gonik 13. Another Way Home: Slavery, Motherhood and Resistance - Camille Barbagallo 14. Along the Fasara – A Short Story - P.M. IV - COMMONS 15. The Strategic Horizon of the Commons - Massimo De Angelis 16. A Vocabulary of the Commons - Marcela Olivera and Alexander Dwinell 17. A Bicycling Commons : A Saga of Autonomy, Imagination and Enclosure - Chris Carlsson 18. Common Paradoxes - Panagiotis Doulos 19. The Construction of a Conceptual Prison - Edith Gonzalez V - STRUGGLES 20. In the Realm of the Self-Reproducing Automata - Nick Dyer-Witheford 21. Notes from Yesterday: On Subversion and the Elements of Critical Reason - Werner Bonefeld 22. Sunburnt Country: Australia and the Work/Energy Crisis - Dave Eden 23. Commons at Midnight - Olivier de Marcellus 24. Practising Affect as Affective Practice - Marina Sitrin Contributor Biographies Index
£25.19
Pluto Press Commoning with George Caffentzis and Silvia
Book SynopsisA passionate collection rediscovering the work of two giants of autonomist Marxism and feminism.Trade Review'An impassioned tribute' -- LSE Review of Books'In this labour of love, radical theory joins passionate praxis to honour the social thought and political vision of Silva Federici and George Caffentzis, whose work together and apart offers hope that another world can be made' -- Eileen Boris, co-author of 'Caring for America''The path breaking work of Caffentzis and Federici is continually generative for contemporary anticapitalist thinkers and activists because it is at once critical and visionary. This fine collection of essays pays homage to their writing not through mere praise, but by putting their ideas to work toward the ongoing struggle for new understandings and better worlds' -- Kathi Weeks, author of 'The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries''We need comrades with a clear sight and an open, affective heart. Many of us have found in George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici that company... And here they are, to celebrate them, with an exceptional cohort of intellectuals/activists, with compas, who are saying today what needs to be said to continue the struggle, to resist the horror and to create a new world' -- Gustavo Esteva, activist, 'deprofessionalised intellectual' and founder of Universidad de la Tierra in Oaxaca, Mexico'No one has taught us more that communism is with us than George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici... the greatest living theorists of commoning' -- Stefano Harney, co-author of 'The Undercommons''This collection offers an extraordinary kaleidoscope of critical reflections on social reproduction and class struggle. More than that, it is fitting testimony to the inspiration and grounding that Silvia and George continue to provide for those seeking a life beyond the sway of capital' -- Steve Wright, author of Storming Heaven: Class Composition and Struggle in Italian Autonomist MarxismTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction: Always Struggle - Camille Barbagallo, Nicholas Beuret and David Harvie I - REVOLUTIONARY HISTORIES 1. In Conversation with George Caffentzis and Silvia Federici - Carla da Cunha Duarte Francisco, Paulo Henrique Flores, Rodrigo Guimaraes Nunes and Joen Vedel 2. Comradely Appropriation - Harry Cleaver 3. The Radical Subversion of the World - Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar 4. Strange Loops and Planetary Struggles: A Postscript to Midnight Notes - Malav Kanuga II - MONEY AND VALUE 5. Cogito Ergo Habo: Philosophy, Money and Method - Paul Rekret 6. Thomas Spence’s Freedom Coins - Peter Linebaugh 7. Standardisation and Crisis : The Twin Features of Financialisation - Gerald Hanlon 8. Reading ‘Earth Incorporated’ through Caliban and the Witch - Sian Sullivan III - REPRODUCTION 9. WTF is Social Reproduction? - Nic Vas and Camille Barbagallo 10. Extending the Family: Reflections on the Politics of Kinship - Bue Rübner Hansen and Manuela Zechner 11. They Sing the Body Insurgent - Stevphen Shukaitis 12. The Separations of Productive and Domestic Labour: An Historical Approach - Viviane Gonik 13. Another Way Home: Slavery, Motherhood and Resistance - Camille Barbagallo 14. Along the Fasara – A Short Story - P.M. IV - COMMONS 15. The Strategic Horizon of the Commons - Massimo De Angelis 16. A Vocabulary of the Commons - Marcela Olivera and Alexander Dwinell 17. A Bicycling Commons : A Saga of Autonomy, Imagination and Enclosure - Chris Carlsson 18. Common Paradoxes - Panagiotis Doulos 19. The Construction of a Conceptual Prison - Edith Gonzalez V - STRUGGLES 20. In the Realm of the Self-Reproducing Automata - Nick Dyer-Witheford 21. Notes from Yesterday: On Subversion and the Elements of Critical Reason - Werner Bonefeld 22. Sunburnt Country: Australia and the Work/Energy Crisis - Dave Eden 23. Commons at Midnight - Olivier de Marcellus 24. Practising Affect as Affective Practice - Marina Sitrin Contributor Biographies Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Social Reproduction Theory and the Socialist
Book SynopsisHow can we use Social Reproduction Theory to inform political strategy?Trade Review'Timely, urgent and highly original. Jaffe provides social reproduction theory with a sustained discussion of its ethical stakes and implicit assumptions, offering important theoretical and philosophical tools to make us able to wage political struggle, and possibly win.' -- Cinzia ArruzzaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Cinzia Arruzza Introduction: Why Theorize Social Reproduction? 1. Social Reproduction Theories as Frameworks for Empirical Analysis 2. Power as Potentiality or the Critical Dimension of Labor Power 3. The Question of Immanence and the Social Form of Labor Power 4. The Body and Gender in Social Reproduction Theory 5. Reproducing Intersections and Social Reproduction 6. The Socialist Horizon of Emancipation 7. Social Reproduction Theory and Political Strategy Postscript Notes Index
£20.69
Pluto Press A Social Ecology of Capital
Book SynopsisAn original theory of contemporary capitalist growth and its socio-ecological contradictionsTrade Review'A remarkably insightful analysis of the complex interface between capital and nature. This is indispensable reading for scholars, students and activists' -- William Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada'A Social Ecology of Capital is essential reading for all interested in ecological crises, limits to growth, and alternatives. Its materialist-feminist analysis of growth as biophysical expansion and accumulation presents a much-needed foundation for understanding our current predicament' -- Matthias Schmelzer, author of 'The Hegemony of Growth''In systematically illuminating the material flows and constraints of fossil-fuelled capitalism, Pineault has compiled a useful guide to social metabolism for Marxists. He shows that, to understand our global ecological predicament, we must go beyond Marx in establishing a materialist social science' -- Alf Hornborg, Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, Lund University and author of 'The Magic of Technology: The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery''A timely and urgent analysis which seeks to comprehend our ecological plight through an elucidation of monopoly capital' -- Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University, UK'Social ecology is further developed by Éric Pineault with this fascinating theoretical and empirical study. He shows how capital as a social relation exercises its domination - and how contested this is. A must read for scholars, students, activists, progressive politicians and the interested public!' -- Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna, co-author of the book 'The Imperial Mode of Living. Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of Capitalism'‘Eric Pineault's book is a true Capital in the 21st Century. One where ecology matters’ -- Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB.'Applying biophysical accounting methods from social ecology, Pineault analyses the metabolism of capitalism. It provides important lessons for scholars and activists about the root causes of ongoing environmental crises and the need for an encompassing social ecological transformation' -- Christoph Görg, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, AustriaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Material Flow 2. Nature's Work: The Ecology of the Material Flow 3. Metabolic Regimes in a Historical Perspective 4. Fossil Based Industrial Metabolism 5. On Capitalist Metabolism 6. Accumulation and Social Metabolism in the Great Capitalist Acceleration Conclusion: Emancipation amid the Ruins of Fossil Metabolism
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Feminism and Criminology
Book SynopsisThis much--needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime.Trade Review"This is both a significant and intelligent contribution to the transformation of criminology by one of the most challenging feminist theorists working in the field." Carol C. Smart, University of Leeds "This thought-provoking book challenges the dominant criminological tradition from a feminist perspective. But it is more than a polemical argument about what is omitted and silenced in that tradition. It is both an intellectual history of criminology, told in an accessible way and a book of feminist jurisprudence that will be of interest to students and scholars working in that area. The book offers a new way of seeing, a new paradigm for feminist criminology, addressed to criminologists in general, inviting them to break out of the prison of their own masculine standpoints and conventional scholarship." Katherine O'Donovan, University of London "The book provides an excellent synthesis of ideas relating to the relationship between feminism and criminology ... essential ... for its detailed exploration of the intellectual relationship between feminism and criminology ... Extremely important in stimulating critical thinking about current directions and reflections in feminism and criminology." International LawTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part 1: A Feminist History of Criminology. . 1. The Scientific Origins of Criminology. 2. The Criminologist as Partisan. 3. Examining our Frames of Reference: Realism to Derrida. Part 2: Effecting Change. 4. Reinterpreting the Sexes (through the Crime of Rape). 5. Relocating the Sexes (through Crime Fiction). 6. An Ethical Relation. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought
Book Synopsisaeo This is an introductory textbook, offering a concise and lucid guide to the main developments in contemporary feminist thinking; its introductory nature is a strong selling point (other books on this subject tend to be written at a more exclusive level).Trade Review"This is a compelling and elegantly written book, focusing on the main areas of feminist thinking from the early 1970s up to the present day. Mary Evans departs from other writing on feminist thought, by avoiding sterile debates which categorize feminism into different perspectives. Instead, she charts the changing nature of feminist ideas into a number of key themes, demonstrating both their wide-ranging and interdisciplinary character. The book shows how feminism has been a simultaneously destabilizing and creative force in intellectual and political life, arguing that it holds rich possibilities for rethinking our social worlds. Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought is at the cutting edge of feminist work in the area and will be crucial reading for those wishing to understand contemporary debates and how they have evolved historically." Mary Maynard, The University of York "Mary Evans has provided a wide-ranging interdisciplinary snapshot of the history of western feminism over the last twenty years. She draws on a wealth of sources and locates many of the texts that were influential in western feminism in their historical context. As such, the book will be a useful addition to the range of texts available for the beginning student of women's studies." Women's Philosophy ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Enter Women. 2. Public and Private: Women and the State. 3. Engendering Knowledge. 4. Representation. 5. The Body. 6. Feminism and the Academy. 7. Worlds of Difference?. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Reconstructing Political Theory
Book SynopsisIn this volume leading feminist theorists re-think the traditional concepts of political theory and expand the range of problems and concerns regarded as central to the analysis of political life. Written by well-known scholars in philosophy, political science, sociology and law, the book provides a rich interdisciplinary account of key issues in political thought. While some chapters discuss traditional concepts such as rights, power, freedom and citizenship, others argue that less frequently discussed topics in political theory - such as the family, childhood, dependency, compassion and suffering - are just as significant for an understanding of political life. The opening chapter by Narayan and Shanley shows how this diverse set of topics can be linked together and how feminist theory can be elaborated systematically if it takes notions of independence and dependency, public and private, and power and empowerment as central to its agenda. This book will be oTrade Review"This disciplined collection of essays bears witness to the live and dynamic state of feminist political theory ... fresh perspectives on some of feminist theory's more intractable problems; and some much-needed attention to neglected issues, such as compassion and dependency ... [It is] a useful and stimulating anthology, to be recommended not least for the dextrous argument and taut analysis of many of its contributions." Women's Philosophy Review "A most welcome addition to any political theory course." Political StudiesTable of ContentsList of Contributors. Editor's Note. Introduction by Narayan and Shanley. 1. Alchemy or Fool's Gold? Assessing Feminist Doubts about Rights: E. Kiss. 2. Decoding 'Dependency': Inscriptions of Power in a Keyword of the US Welfare State: N. Fraser and L. Gordon. 3. Towards a Feminist Vision of Citizenship: Rethinking the Implications of Dignity, Political Participation, and Nationality: U. Narayan. 4. The Jurispolitics of Privacy: A. L. Allen. 5. Revisioning the Family: Relational Rights and Responsibilities: M. Minow and M. L. Shanley. 6. Political Children: Reflections on Hannah Arendt's Distinction between Public and Private Life: J. Bethke Elshtain. 7. The Heady Political Life of Compassion: E. V. Spelman. 8. Feminism and Power: A. Yeatman. 9. Rethinking Anarchism/Rethinking Power: A Contemporary Feminist Perspective: M. Ackelsberg. 10. Intersectionality and Identity Politics: Learning from Violence against Women of Color: K. Crenshaw. 11. The Theory and Practice of Freedom: The Case of Battered Women: N. Hirschmann. Further Reading. Index.
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hegel and Feminist Philosophy
Book SynopsisHegel and Feminist Philosophy traces the legacy of Hegel in the work of thinkers such as de Beauvoir, Irigaray and Butler, and also in contemporary debates in feminist ethics and political philosophy. As Hutchings demonstrates, this is an ambivalent legacy.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Chapter One: Feminist Philosophy and the Way of Despair. Introduction. Thinking as a Feminist. Feminist Re-thinkings of Reason and Truth. Feminist Re-thinkings of Moral Agency and Judgement. Feminist Re-Thinkings of Politics. Conclusion. Chapter Two: Philosophy as the Task of Comprehension. Introduction. Phenomenology and Science. On Nature, History and Right. Feminist Readings of Hegel. Conclusion. Chapter Three: Thinking the Second Sex. Introduction. Ambiguities. How Has 'Woman' Come to Be?. Thinking Being as Life; Existence as Spirit. Conclusion. Chapter Four: Re-thinking the Second Sex. Introduction. Antigone's Story. Hegel's Antigone. Towards a Hegelian Feminist Philosophy. Conclusion. Chapter Five: Hegel and Feminist Ethics. Introduction. Moral Identity and an Ethics of Difference. Hegel, the 'Moral Point of View' and 'Ethical Life'. Conclusion. Chapter Six: Hegel and the Sexual Contract. Introduction. Modern Patriarchy. Beyond the Sexual Contract. Towards a Hegelian Feminist Ethical Theory. Conclusion. Conclusion. Notes. References
£54.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Jung A Feminist Revision
Book SynopsisJung: A Feminist Revision explores the relationship between feminist theory and Jungian studies.Trade Review"Susan Rowland's Jung: A Feminist Revision makes a powerful contribution to criticism. More than assert Jung's relevance for postmodern and feminist theories, she succeeds, single-handedly, in restoring Jung to his rightful place in contemporary thought. Encyclopaedic in scope yet original in its aims and approach, Jung: A Feminist Revision will become the seminal, standard work in its field. Readers new to Jung will find Rowland's outline of his life and writings highly accessible; Jungian scholars will find her interpretations as sensible and compelling as they are revisionary; most important, contemporary feminists will now find in Jung a surprising new ally and resource for constructing ‘postmodern feminisms'. Featuring background surveys of current feminist theories, postmodernism, and deconstruction as well as of Jungian (and post-Jungian) psychology, this book provides no less than a primer of recent criticism. Here and in previous studies, Rowland establishes herself as one of Jung's most sensitive and original contemporary critics. The distinctions she makes between Jung the ‘grand theorist' and Jung the author of ‘personal myth' will prove particularly useful to scholars interested in postmodern approaches to Jungian psychology and criticism. " James S. Baumlin, Southwest Missouri State University "This is a truly ground-breaking book. Rowland has done what has needed to be done by introducing Jung and the post-Jungians to the academy in a way that will promote dialogue and lead to all manner of unpredictable outcomes. Jung: A Feminist Revision is a book for everyone interested in feminism, gender studies, cultural studies, intellectual history and psychoanalysis, from professors to undergraduates" Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex "Susan Rowland brings Jungian psychology face-to-face with contemporary feminism and stakes a brilliant claim in the critical territory that is postmodern Jungian studies." Christopher Hauke, Goldsmith's College, University of London; Jungian analyst "...an immensely enjoyable and stimulating book which amply fulfils its aim of opening up a new dialogue between Jung and feminism." Angela Connolly, The Journal of Analytical PsychologyTable of ContentsPreface. Abbreviations. Chronology. 1. The Lives of C. G. Jung. 2. Introducing Jungian Theory. 3. The Goddess and the Feminine Principle: Gender and the Feminine After Jung (1) Grand Theory. 4. Jungian Feminisms?: Gender and the Feminine after Jung (2) Personal Myth. 5. Jungian Feminisms in Deconstruction and Post-Freudian Feminism. 6. Postmodern Jungian Feminisms: Alchemy, the Body, the Postmodern Sublime, Narrative Form and the Gothic. Notes. Glossary. Index.
£49.50
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Eve Escapes
Book Synopsis* Cixous is generally regarded as one of the leading, if not the leading French feminist writer. * All of her books tend to be written as philosophical novels, combining elements of autobiography and fiction with reflection of a more philosophical and psychoanalytic kind.Trade Review"Suggests the mysteriousness of parents and the inacccessible internal lives barely imaginable to their children." Times Higher Education "Eve Escapes is all at once a poetic meditation on aging, a performative novel on the powers of writing, and a passionate description of a literary family. This book, published in a beautiful translation, is a high point in Cixous's narrative oeuvre, whose singularity and magic are simply inextinguishable." Laurent Dubreuil, Cornell University "Cixous's ongoing saga of farewell to her mother offers an unprecedented exploration of what it means to live old age. Moving between Freud and Montaigne, between broccoli and Balzac, the writer has created a poignant yet joyful celebration of her nonagenerian mother's determination to live life to the full." Mairéad Hanrahan, University College LondonTable of ContentsDay of SufferanceThe Prisoner's DreamFreud Dreams No MoreThe ShrinkingTales and Days of ReadingThe Cane and the ParasolOn Board the MagnoliaI Become a Cemetery CitizenTranslator's Notes
£14.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Irigaray
Book SynopsisThe work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and provides a far-reaching challenge to western philosophy's entrenched patriarchal norms. This book guides the reader through Irigaray's critical and creative transformation of western thought.Trade Review"The book is eloquent, well researched, and written by one of the sharpest feminist philosophers and brightest academic thinkers on the UK scene. It should in fact establish itself as a model for introductory philosophical texts. This is absolutely first-rate work – philosophy at its best." Tina Chanter, DePaul University "Rachel Jones provides an excellent introduction to Irigaray's thought which will benefit feminist philosophers and theorists as well as students. Jones gives a lucid and original account of central themes in Irigaray's work, such as the relation between matter and form, the nature of sexual difference, and the idea of a female subject position." Alison Stone, Lancaster University "This valuable and accessible book meets an urgent need for all those who have wrestled with the intricacies of Luce Irigaray's prose - or who have found the most important of her writings, Speculum of the Other Woman, simply too baffling. Written in an admirably clear style, Rachel Jones's book breaks new ground in showing why and how Irigaray's 'fling with the philosophers' still matters today." Christine Battersby, University of Warwick "This is an astonishing book in its depth and framing of Irigaray. It offers an important contribution to feminist philosophy and has daring, bold, insightful claims that are not seen in other texts." Breanne Fahs, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Towards a Sexuate Philosophy 1. Approaching Irigaray: Feminism, Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy2. Re-visiting Plato's Cave: Orientation and Origins3. The Way Out of the Cave: A Likely Story...4. Woman as Other: Variations on an Old Theme5. Freud, Lacan, and Speaking (as a) Woman6. The Status of Sexuate Difference7. An Ethics of Sexuate Difference Conclusion: The Incalculable Being of Being BetweenNotesBibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Irigaray
Book SynopsisThe work of French Philosopher Luce Irigaray has exerted a profound influence on feminist thinking of recent decades and provides a far-reaching challenge to western philosophy's entrenched patriarchal norms. This book guides the reader through Irigaray's critical and creative transformation of western thought.Trade Review"The book is eloquent, well researched, and written by one of the sharpest feminist philosophers and brightest academic thinkers on the UK scene. It should in fact establish itself as a model for introductory philosophical texts. This is absolutely first-rate work – philosophy at its best." Tina Chanter, DePaul University "Rachel Jones provides an excellent introduction to Irigaray's thought which will benefit feminist philosophers and theorists as well as students. Jones gives a lucid and original account of central themes in Irigaray's work, such as the relation between matter and form, the nature of sexual difference, and the idea of a female subject position." Alison Stone, Lancaster University "This valuable and accessible book meets an urgent need for all those who have wrestled with the intricacies of Luce Irigaray's prose - or who have found the most important of her writings, Speculum of the Other Woman, simply too baffling. Written in an admirably clear style, Rachel Jones's book breaks new ground in showing why and how Irigaray's 'fling with the philosophers' still matters today." Christine Battersby, University of Warwick "This is an astonishing book in its depth and framing of Irigaray. It offers an important contribution to feminist philosophy and has daring, bold, insightful claims that are not seen in other texts." Breanne Fahs, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Towards a Sexuate Philosophy 1. Approaching Irigaray: Feminism, Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy2. Re-visiting Plato's Cave: Orientation and Origins3. The Way Out of the Cave: A Likely Story...4. Woman as Other: Variations on an Old Theme5. Freud, Lacan, and Speaking (as a) Woman6. The Status of Sexuate Difference7. An Ethics of Sexuate Difference Conclusion: The Incalculable Being of Being BetweenNotesBibliography
£17.09
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Changing Difference
Book Synopsis* Catherine Malabou is a rising star of French philosophy and has a high reputation in the English speaking world. * She is particularly well known for her innovative arguments about plasticity and the body, and for her work at the intersection of philosophy, feminism and neuroscience.Trade Review"Complex and suggestive … Malabou's concept of plasticity has considerable potential to advance our thinking about gender and essentialism." LSE Review of Books "Confronting the current anti-essentialist doxa, Malabou claims for woman an essence that is never more itself than when it escapes its own clutches. This essentialism is not merely tactical or pragmatic, it is a bold philosophical position that gives back to feminism its prematurely sacrificed reason to be. A rare book, one of the few in history, in which philosophy rises to the challenges posed by sexual difference." Professor Joan Copjec, University of Buffalo "Changing Difference will introduce many new readers to the remarkable work of Catherine Malabou. It extends the profound philosophical iconoclasm of her readings of Derrida, Hegel and Heidegger and her emergent thought of plasticity to an encounter with queer and gender theory on the question of ontological and sexual difference. Yet it is above all a passionate and inspiring meditation on 'what, for a woman, is the life of a philosopher'." Professor Howard Caygill, Kingston University LondonTable of ContentsTranslator's PrefaceInsertIntroduction The Meaning of the "Feminine" Admiring the Wonders of Difference Why the "Feminine"? Isn't the privilege of the feminine determined by a particular situation of "woman"?The Vulva's Schema The Dangers of Deneutralizing Difference, or the Ambivalence of the Feminine The Neuter and EvilGrammatology and Plasticity The Phoenix, The Spider and The Salamander Woman's Possibility, Philosophy's ImpossibilityActing As If Acting Together Acting Without
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Feminine Subject
Book SynopsisIn 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, What does it mean to be a woman? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of woman that defined the direction of subsequent feminist theory.Trade ReviewSusan Hekman has written a brilliant and much needed book. She encourages contemporary scholars to pursue the radical, boundary-breaking project of bringing ‘woman’ into philosophical traditions and offers a shrewd analysis of what has impeded this project. This accessible book will be of great value to students of feminist philosophy, feminist theory, gender studies, and in fact, anyone who recognizes that the search for ‘woman’ is on-going and continues to evolve Carol Gilligan, New York University Feminist theorists are fortunate that Susan Hekman has written this well-argued book. It will no doubt be read with interest and delight and assigned to students for classes. It is a pleasure to see a mature scholar take account of the field with an engaging thesis. Eloise Buker, Saint Louis University In The Feminine Subject, Susan Hekman has crafted an original account of feminist theory as a positive cumulative enterprise with discernible lineages to Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. The intriguing result of this approach, which treats feminist theory as an ‘evolving tradition,’ is a feminism that embraces its differences within, rather than being undone by them. Christine Di Stefano, University of WashingtonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Simone De Beauvoir and the Beginnings of The Feminine Subject Chapter 2: Difference I: The “French Feminists” Chapter 3: Difference Ii: Radical Feminism and the Relational Self Chapter 4: Continuing the Tradition: Liberalism and Marxism Chapter 5: From Difference to Differences: Postmodernism, Race, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality Chapter 6: The Material Subject Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Feminine Subject
Book SynopsisIn 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, What does it mean to be a woman? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of woman that defined the direction of subsequent feminist theory.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Chapter 1: Simone De Beauvoir and the Beginnings of The Feminine Subject Chapter 2: Difference I: The “French Feminists” Chapter 3: Difference Ii: Radical Feminism and the Relational Self Chapter 4: Continuing the Tradition: Liberalism and Marxism Chapter 5: From Difference to Differences: Postmodernism, Race, Ethnicity, and Intersectionality Chapter 6: The Material Subject Bibliography
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Spirit of Revolution
Book SynopsisIn recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics.Trade Review"A remarkable book, worthy of the twenty-first century and the new demands placed on theory and practice. Cornell and Seely argue for a spirit of revolution that is at once wary of the false hegemony of man, while nevertheless insisting on the promise of a new politics that finds its energy in sexual difference and queerness. This book will generate lively debate; it is not one more “turn” towards inhuman, posthuman or non-human materialisms, but it is all the more revolutionary for holding on to struggles of the polity."Claire Colebrook, Penn State"The Spirit of Revolution is a courageous, very engaging and timely work that packs a real revolutionary punch. Supplementing political economy, the authors speak directly and brilliantly to the erotic, racial, and spiritual challenges of self-transformation that must be integral parts of any attempt at re-imagining the urgently needed socialist alternative to contemporary capitalism. This is engaged philosophy at its best, with great power to expand consciousness and deepen our ethical responses to the planetary dimensions of crisis that we must now address. An extremely important philosophical work."Paget Henry, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Legacies of Erotic Transformation: Feminism and Revolution2. Burning Problems of Our Time: Revolution, Erotic Ethics, and Political Spirituality3. An Other Future: The Erotics of Revolution, The Psychosis of Colonialism, and the Haunting Promise of a New Humanity4. Undertaking Man, Making the Human: Toward a New CeremonyConclusion
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Spirit of Revolution
Book SynopsisIn recent years, feminist and queer theory have effectively disavowed both the human and revolutionary politics. In the face of massive geopolitical crisis, posthumanists have called for us to reconsider fundamentally the superiority and centrality of mankind and the human, and question how Man can presume to change the world by revolutionary action, particularly when Marx's dreams seem to have been swept into the dustbin of history.This provocative book reaffirms what is most basic in feminism the attack on the universality and sovereignty of Man but contends that the only way this can mean anything other than pessimistic rhetoric is to embrace human agency and the struggle against colonialism and capitalism. In a series of creolized readings Foucault with Ali Shari'ati, Lacan with Fanon, and Spinoza with Sylvia Wynter the authors demonstrate what is at stake in the ongoing debate between humanism and posthumanism, putting this debate in the context of contemporary Trade Review"A remarkable book, worthy of the twenty-first century and the new demands placed on theory and practice. Cornell and Seely argue for a spirit of revolution that is at once wary of the false hegemony of man, while nevertheless insisting on the promise of a new politics that finds its energy in sexual difference and queerness. This book will generate lively debate; it is not one more “turn” towards inhuman, posthuman or non-human materialisms, but it is all the more revolutionary for holding on to struggles of the polity."Claire Colebrook, Penn State"The Spirit of Revolution is a courageous, very engaging and timely work that packs a real revolutionary punch. Supplementing political economy, the authors speak directly and brilliantly to the erotic, racial, and spiritual challenges of self-transformation that must be integral parts of any attempt at re-imagining the urgently needed socialist alternative to contemporary capitalism. This is engaged philosophy at its best, with great power to expand consciousness and deepen our ethical responses to the planetary dimensions of crisis that we must now address. An extremely important philosophical work."Paget Henry, Brown UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Legacies of Erotic Transformation: Feminism and Revolution2. Burning Problems of Our Time: Revolution, Erotic Ethics, and Political Spirituality3. An Other Future: The Erotics of Revolution, The Psychosis of Colonialism, and the Haunting Promise of a New Humanity4. Undertaking Man, Making the Human: Toward a New CeremonyConclusion
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University of Toronto Press The Christian Religion as Professed by a Daughter
Book SynopsisThis book is the most mature and comprehensive statement of Mary Astell's religious and philosophical views. It also represents the culmination of Astell's feminist project to teach her fellow women how to lead useful lives of virtue and wisdom. The main purpose of this work is to instruct women about the ultimate nature of reality, the true source of happiness, their duties and obligations to God, and about how best to live and how to treat other people. This volume offers the first complete modern version of the 1717 second edition. It provides a fully modernized text, a scholarly introduction, biographical and bibliographical information, general historical-intellectual background, and definitions of obscure and archaic terms.Trade Review"This first modern edition of Astell's The Christian Religion makes available an important but previously neglected text. Broad's thorough and well-researched footnotes and her lucid introduction do an excellent job of situating Astell's views in the philosophical landscape. This text will be essential reading for anyone interested in Astell and other women writers of the early modern period and a very valuable resource for readers interested in early modern philosophy more generally." * Deborah Boyle, College of Charleston *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixCover Illustration xiIntroduction 1The Christian Religion, as Professed by a Daughter of the Church of England Advertisement 45I. Natural and Revealed Religion 47II. Of Our Duty to God 101III. Of Our Duty to Our Neighbor 151IV. Of Our Duty to Ourselves 179V. Appendix 267Index 315Bibliography 333
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John Wiley & Sons Architecture in the Family Way Doctors Houses and Women 18701900
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John Wiley & Sons Awkward Politics Technologies of Popfeminist
Book SynopsisA cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age.Trade Review"By using the concept of 'awkwardness' to dramatically shift how we talk about activism, Awkward Politics brings a new perspective to the field of feminist theory." - Margaret R. McCarthy, Davidson College
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University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
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University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
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University of British Columbia Press Reaction and Resistance
Book SynopsisThe image of backlash is pervasive in contemporary debates about the impact of second-wave feminism on law and policy. But does it really explain the resistance to feminist initiatives for social change in contemporary culture?In this timely volume, contributors from various disciplines analyze reaction and resistance to feminism in several areas of law and policy child custody, child poverty, sexual harassment, and sexual assault and in a number of institutional sites, such as courts, legislatures, families, the mainstream media, and the academy. Collectively, their studies paint a more complicated, often contradictory, picture of feminism, law, and social change than the popular image of backlash suggests.Reaction and Resistance offers feminists and other activists empirically grounded knowledge that can be used to develop legal and political strategies for change.Trade ReviewReaction and Resistance adds to the extant critical and feminist theorizing about the workings of social movements and counter-movements. Their research provides empirically grounded knowledge that feminists and other social activists can draw on in developing new legal and political strategies…. The contributors, taken together, bring an interdisciplinary, historically informed approach to the analysis of feminism, law, and social change. The chapters provide exemplars of the complete range of issues that feminists have addressed. They build on and expand the existing work and synthesize knowledge about the dynamics and impacts of feminist social movements. -- SirReadaLot, February 2008This text provides an analysis of the resistance to feminism evident in the Courts, government, media and academia. As a result of these views, a wide range of social ills have been allowed to proliferate including child poverty, sexual harassment and sexual assault. […] The book is a well organized outline of what remains to be done, and what can be done, to achieve equality between men and women. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac, Verdict, Issue 116, March 2008Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Feminism, Law, and Social Change: An Overview / Dorothy E. Chunn, Susan B. Boyd, and Hester LessardPart 1: Media Representations of Feminism, Anti-Racism, and Their Counter-Movements2 “Take It Easy Girls”: Feminism, Equality, and Social Change in the Media / Dorothy E. Chunn3 Virtual Backlash: Representations of Men’s “Rights” and Feminist “Wrongs” in Cyberspace / Robert Menzies4 Imperial Longings, Feminist Responses: Print Media and the Imagining of Nationhood after 9/11 / Sunera ThobaniPart 2: Sexual Terrains: Criminal Law and the Campus5 The Discursive Disappearance of Sexualized Violence: Feminist Law Reform, Judicial Resistance, and Neo-liberal Sexual Citizenship / Lise Gotell6 Backlash in the Academy: The Evolution of Campus Sexual Harassment Regimes / Hester LessardPart 3: Familial Identities and Neo-Liberal Reform7 Feminism, Fathers’ Rights, and Family Catastrophes: Parliamentary Discourses on Post-Separation Parenting, 1966-2003 / Susan B. Boyd and Claire F.L. Young8 Child-Centred Advocacy and the Invisibility of Women in Poverty Discourse and Social Policy / Wanda Wiegers9 Challenging Heteronormativity? Reaction and Resistance to the Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships / Claire F.L. Young and Susan B. BoydContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Feminist History in Canada
Book SynopsisThis new collection of original research demonstrates the continued relevance of the feminist history project in Canada.Trade Review... a thoughtful, well-written and ultimately convincing compilation of essays composed by leading scholars who have forever shaped the fields of women's and gender history in Canada ... this collection evocatively features works that demonstrate the important contributions women have made to the economic, social and cultural realm of Canada. With a strong focus on biography, the authors present a unique flare to Canadian feminist history, offering rich descriptions of various conditions, interactions and experiences faced by individual and collective groups of women over time. This anthology focuses on a wide range of issues and explores a variety of important themes, covering the latest debates in the field and providing thought-provoking analysis to questions that have long interested feminist historians. -- Vanessa Lovisa, McMaster University * Histoire sociale I Social History, Vol. 48, No. 96, May 2015 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Productive Pasts and New Directions / Catherine Carstairs and Nancy Janovicek1 James Douglas, Amelia Connolly, and the Writing of Gender and Women’s History / Adele Perry2 Using Diaries to Explore the Shared Worlds of Family and Community in Nineteenth-Century New Brunswick / Gail G. Campbell3 “A Little Offensive and Defensive Alliance”: Friendship, Professional Networks, and International Child Welfare Policy / Karen Balcom4 "The Necessity of Going": Julia Grace Wales's Transnational Life as a Peace Activist and a Scholar / Lorna R. McLean5 Feminist Ideals and Everyday Life: Professional Women's Feminism at Victoria College, University of Toronto, 1900-40 / Catherine Gidney6 Singleness and Choice: The Impact of Age, Time, and Class on Three Female Youth Diarists in 1930s Canada / Heidi MacDonald7 Sexual Spectacles: Saleswomen in Canadian Department Store Magazines between 1920 and 1950 / Donica Belisle8 Gender and the Career Paths of Professors in the École de service social at Laval University, 1943-72 / Hélène Charron9 Teaching June Cleaver, Being Hazel Chong: An Oral History of Gender, Race, and National "Character" / Kristina R. Llewellyn10 The Ontario Women's History Network: Linking Teachers, Scholars, and History Communities / Rose Fine-Meyer11 Fighting the “Corset of Victorian Prejudice”: Women's Activism in Canadian Engineering during the PioneeringDecades (1970s-80s) / Ruby Heap12 Ad Hoc Activism: Feminist Citizens Respond to the Meech Lake Accord in New Brunswick / Anthony S.C. Hampton13 To Help and to Serve: Women’s Career Paths in the Domestic Services Sector in Quebec City, 1960-2009 / Catherine CharronContributors; Index
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