Feminism and feminist theory Books

Book SynopsisRethinking Japanese Feminisms offers a broad overview of the great diversity of feminist thought and practice in Japan from the early twentieth century to the present. Drawing on methodologies and approaches from anthropology, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, history, literature, media studies, and sociology, each chapter presents the results of research based on some combination of original archival research, careful textual analysis, ethnographic interviews, and participant observation. The volume is organized into sections focused on activism and activists, employment and education, literature and the arts, and boundary crossing. Some chapters shed light on ideas and practices that resonate with feminist thought but find expression through the work of writers, artists, activists, and laborers who have not typically been considered feminist; others revisit specific moments in the history of Japanese feminisms in order to complicate or challenge the dominant scholarly

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Book SynopsisOffers a broad overview of the great diversity of feminist thought and practice in Japan from the early twentieth century to the present. Drawing on a range of methodologies, each chapter presents the results of research based on original archival research, careful textual analysis, ethnographic interviews, and participant observation.

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Book SynopsisIn 1973, Betsy Ann Plank became the first woman to chair the Public Relations Society of America in its twenty-five-year history. This book explores how she managed to navigate the very real barriers of gender-based discrimination that existed in PR at least through the 1970s, and how she ultimately became devoted to PR education.

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Book SynopsisIn this new volume of letters, readers are invited to meet Olivia Louise Langdon Clemens on her own terms, in her own voice - as complementary partner to her world-famous spouse, Mark Twain, and as enduring friend, mother to four children, world traveller, and so much more.Trade Review“Barbara Snedecor's Gravity lays a firm cornerstone for all future studies of a remarkable woman. Olivia Langdon Clemens’ reputation has suffered the frequent fate of famous writers' spouses. She has for too long been viewed as an intellectual lightweight and chronic invalid who somehow, for mysterious reasons, managed to wed one of the most celebrated authors of American literature. Kudos to Dr. Snedecor, for rescuing a gifted and adaptable personality from the unfavorable imputations of various Mark Twain biographers.”—Alan Gribben, author, Mark Twain's Literary Resources “Barbara Snedecor’s exemplary edition of Olivia Clemens’ letters is not only a significant contribution to Mark Twain scholarship but the invaluable personal history of an intellectual distinguished in her own right. In these letters Livy speaks eloquently about women’s rights, her travels across the U.S. and Europe and around the world, her anti-imperialism, and her roles as spouse, mother, companion, and literary adviser.”—Gary Scharnhorst, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of English, University of New Mexico, author of The Life of Mark Twain Vols. 1-3 "To refresh our understanding of Mark Twain as an American icon, we need to know the temperament and interests of the woman with whom he kept company for nearly forty years. It was a surprising marriage: this ‘Wild Humorist’ from everywhere and nowhere, and Olivia Langdon, a cultured young woman with frail health from an Upstate New York aristocracy. For exciting clues about what drew them together and how it all worked, Barbara Snedecor’s carefully-edited collection provides new insights into Olivia’s passions and personality.”—Bruce F. Michelson, University of Illinois, author of Printer’s Devil: Mark Twain and the American Publishing Revolution

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the interaction between ideology and experience in the lives of English women during a period of great social and intellectual change.Focusing on the complex relationship between discourse and experience, Women of Quality examines the role of gender in aristocratic women's daily lives during a period of significant cultural change. In the years followingthe Glorious Revolution, didactic writers and other social critics responded to a perceived crisis of gender relations by creating a new discourse of 'natural' feminine behavior in opposition to the luxury and decadence of fashionable women. Modern scholars have often portrayed this agenda as representing the rise of a middle-class ideology, but Ingrid Tague argues that the new rhetoric held enormous appeal for those women who would appear to be its greatest targets: wealthy, fashionable 'women of quality'. Using the correspondence and diaries of these women, Tague traces the ways in which they adopted, adapted, and exploited ideals of femininity. In their hands, feminine values could become powerful tools that enabled them to compete for status and reputation. Ironically, by identifying femininity with private, trivial concerns, these ideals created unique opportunities for elite women. Female participation in informal social and political activities placed women at the heart of aristocratic power in the early eighteenth century, even as they employed the language of wifely subordination and domesticity. Ingrid Tague is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Denver.Trade ReviewA subtle study of early eighteenth-century elite women. The book is well written and comprehensively referenced and provides a valuable addition to existing research, as well as an extremely useful undergraduate textbook. * HISTORY *[Written with] interpretive skill, imagination and panache. The result is a book of fundamental importance for all who are interested in the development of English Society and an absorbing contribution to gender studies.... Deserves to be widely read. * CONTINUITY AND CHANGE *Table of ContentsIdeals of femininity; the attack on fashionable society; marriage; household management; consumption and fashion; politeness and sociability; public life, influence and politics.

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Book SynopsisSince German unification, East Germany has entered a period of rapid change. In this collection of interviews, 18 East German women describe the adjustments they have made and express the excitement, chaos and frustration of this transitional period.

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Book SynopsisA story of growing up in turmoil, of a childhood split between a charming, mercurial, abusive father in the forests of the Pacific Northwest and a mother struggling with poverty in The Dalles. It is also a story of generational turmoil, of violent men, societal restrictions, of children not always chosen and often raised alone.Trade Review“The title of Tina Ontiveros' new memoir, rough house, says it all, describing both the delight of her clever father and his menacing flip-side. Ontiveros pulls no punches in portraying a hardscrabble childhood in Pacific Northwest logging camps and her desperate love for a darkly complicated man."- Debra Gwartney, author of I am a Stranger Here Myself;"In spite of her struggle, there is something so plucky and honest about this book's narrator, you will be converted to a new view of your own troubles. You will look at your own life through the lens of this book, knowing with Ontiveros that "certain beauties can only be seen in the complication of hardship." This kid's got the goods to survive, and this book's got a big story for you."- Kim Stafford, author of Singer Come from Afar

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Book SynopsisIn this timely collection, gender, sex, and technology are explored through an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens. Gender, Sex, and Tech! provides insight into the ways that technology affects, and is affected by, cultural perceptions of gender and sex.Trade Review"Gender, Sex, and Tech! is a rich, fresh, and nuanced volume of essays considering unexpected relationships and interactions amongst different bodies, identities, and technologies, and it does this in accessible yet conceptually strong ways. The series of essays is engaging from the first page, and leads the reader through analyses of technologies we think we might know, but in formative uses of that tech that may not be well known or even recognizable to many audiences. The chapters are followed by considerate and genuinely thought-provoking questions for discussion, making this volume especially useful not only for classrooms but for students looking for technology studies with a little more bite."—Jennifer Dyer, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Gender Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland"A unique resource to reflect on the ways in which gender and sex are key to our use and awareness of tech from dating apps to video gaming to surveillance. The editors provide comprehensive introductions to core feminist research approaches that bring readers to an understanding of intersectionality as a lens for social transformation."—Janice Dodd, Professor Emerita, Women's and Gender Studies, University of ManitobaTable of Contents Acknowledgements A Brief Introduction to Sex and Tech: From Everyday to Extraordinary - Jennifer Jill Fellows and Lisa SmithPart I: Disrupt Chapter 1: Birth Control Pills, Baby Bottles, and Bikes: Dancing on the Edge of Social Transformation - Lisa Smith Chapter 2: Flowing with Tech: Bringing an Intersectional Lens to Menstruation Technologies - Lauren Friesen and Ana Brito Chapter 3: Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence, Student Sexuality, and Post-Secondary Institutions - Shaina McHardyPart II: Connect Chapter 4: Neither Crone nor Cougar: Navigating Intimacy and Ageism on Dating Apps - Treena Orchard Chapter 5: "I'm Not Your Fantasy": Sexual Racism, Racial Fetishization, and the Exploitation of Racialized Men Who Have Sex with Men - Christopher Dietzel Chapter 6: Smartphones and Committed Relationships: Navigating the Intersection of Sex, Gender, and Other Social Variables - Noorin ManjiPart III: Surveillance Chapter 7: A Harem of Computers and a Mummery of Bondage - Jennifer Jill Fellows Chapter 8: Empowerment through Participatory Surveillance? Menstrual and Fertility Self-Tracking Apps as Postfeminist Biopedagogies - Jessica Polzer, Anna Sui, Kelly Ge, Laura Cayen Chapter 9: Artificial Unintelligence: How "Smart" and AI Technologies Perpetuate Bias and Systemic Discrimination - Sahar RazaPart IV: Bodies Chapter 10: Gatekeeping "Authentic" Gender: The Somatechnics of Transition Surgery and "Male Enhancement" - Jennifer Hites-Thomas Chapter 11: "So, You Wanna Live Forever?" Representations of Disability, Gender, and Technology in Cyberpunk 2077 - Tamara Banbury and Kelly FritschPart V: Reclaim Chapter 12: Holding Space for Future Matriarchs: Digital Platforms for Resurging Solidarity - Amber Brown and Angela Knowles Chapter 13: The Ethics of Care and Online Teaching: Personal Reflections on Pandemic Post-Secondary Instruction - Kira Tomsons Chapter 14: Zines and Ezines as Holistic Technologies: DIY Feminism in the Transnational Classroom - Jaime YardConclusion: Coming Home to the Future: Start, Pause, Repeat … - Jennifer Jill Fellows and Lisa Smith Contributor Biographies

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Book SynopsisThis work traces the roots of the contemporary abortion debate in the tradition of existential philosophy of the Sartrian type. It studies the geneology of contemporary feminist theory and theology with Simone de Beauvoir as the founding mother.

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Book SynopsisPerforming an in-depth exploration of the gendered nature of marketing theory and practice, this timely book unpacks the many ideological assumptions embedded in marketing thought and action.Trade Review‘Gendered Marketing, by Maclaran and Chatzidakis, offers a compelling and clear synthesis of contemporary feminist and gender theories and their uses in debates in this field of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour. By providing the conceptual tools for re-writing the texts of this field that so often render gender and its consequences surreptitiously invisible, Gendered Marketing demonstrates how gender and feminism continue to challenge and matter.’ -- Lydia Martens, Keele University, UK‘With remarkable elegance and precision, Pauline Maclaran and Andreas Chatzidakis explore and overturn the traditional male-centred nature of marketing and consumer scholarship. Astutely deploying a range of feminist and other critical insights, Gendered Marketing enables us to think through diverse solidarities to envision altogether more creative, progressive and egalitarian marketing and consuming practices. Not to be missed in any progressive pedagogy!’ -- Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London, UK‘Maclaran and Chatzidakis offer a palette of feminist theories and marketing applications, covering a range of topics from history to ad representations, products and services to technoporn, ecology to macho organization culture. Equal parts critique and pragmatic intervention, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners to better understand and traverse today’s gender minefield. The authors explain why things change, yet remain the same, and how marketers and consumers can and must do better.’ -- Lisa Peñaloza, KEDGE Business School, France‘Gendered Marketing is a must-read for those interested in the intersection of gender(s) and marketing. It offers rich and historically contextualized insights on both practice and research related to gendered marketing. And it offers a productive reflection on whether, and how, marketing might eventually be “de-gendered”. Its messages are timely, and relevant for scholars, activists and practitioners alike.’ -- Eileen Fischer, Professor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada‘Gendered Marketing, by Maclaran and Chatzidakis, offers a compelling and clear synthesis of contemporary feminist and gender theories and their uses in debates in this field of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour. By providing the conceptual tools for re-writing the texts of this field that so often render gender and its consequences surreptitiously invisible, Gendered Marketing demonstrates how gender and feminism continue to challenge and matter.’ -- Lydia Martens, Keele University, UK‘With remarkable elegance and precision, Pauline Maclaran and Andreas Chatzidakis explore and overturn the traditional male-centred nature of marketing and consumer scholarship. Astutely deploying a range of feminist and other critical insights, Gendered Marketing enables us to think through diverse solidarities to envision altogether more creative, progressive and egalitarian marketing and consuming practices. Not to be missed in any progressive pedagogy!’ -- Lynne Segal, Birkbeck, University of London, UK‘Maclaran and Chatzidakis offer a palette of feminist theories and marketing applications, covering a range of topics from history to ad representations, products and services to technoporn, ecology to macho organization culture. Equal parts critique and pragmatic intervention, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners to better understand and traverse today’s gender minefield. The authors explain why things change, yet remain the same, and how marketers and consumers can and must do better.’ -- Lisa Peñaloza, KEDGE Business School, France‘Gendered Marketing is a must-read for those interested in the intersection of gender(s) and marketing. It offers rich and historically contextualized insights on both practice and research related to gendered marketing. And it offers a productive reflection on whether, and how, marketing might eventually be “de-gendered”. Its messages are timely, and relevant for scholars, activists and practitioners alike.’ -- Eileen Fischer, Professor of Marketing, Schulich School of Business, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: an overview of gendered marketing 2. Breaking the silences: women in the history of marketing thought and practice 3. Marketing communications: selling or smashing stereotypes? 4. Gendering products and services: from design to brand 5. Marketing’s free externalities: the well-being of human and non-human others 6. Who cares for the marketing organisation? 7. Can marketing be de-gendered? References Index

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Book SynopsisWonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique explores a wide range of philosophical questionssurrounding the most popular female superhero of all time, from her creation as feminist propaganda during World War II up to the first female lead in the blockbuster DC movie-franchise. The first book dedicated to the philosophical questions raised by the complex and enduringly iconic super-heroine Fighting fascism with feminism since 1941, considers the power of Wonder Woman as an exploration of gender identity and also that of the human condition what limits us and what we can overcome Confronts the ambiguities of Wonder Woman, from her roles as a feminist cause and fully empowered woman, to her objectification as sexual fantasy Topics explored include origin stories and identity, propaganda and art, altruism and the ethics of care, Amazonians as transhumanists, eroticism and graphic novels, the crafting of a heroine, domination, relaTable of ContentsContributors: The Myndi Mayer Foundation xi Acknowledgments xvii Editor’s Note xix Introduction: In and For a World of Ordinary Mortals 1 Jacob M. Held Part I You Are a Wonder Woman 3 1 Becoming a (Wonder) Woman: Feminism, Nationalism, and the Ambiguity of Female Identity 5 J. Lenore Wright 2 The God of War is Wearing What? Gender in the New 52 19 Sarah K. Donovan 3 Wonder Woman vs. Harley Quinn: The Paradox of the Moral Hero 31 Jill Hernandez and Allie Hernandez 4 Great Hera! Considering Wonder Woman’s Super Heroism 44 Trip McCrossin Part II Dispatches from Man’s World 55 5 Wonder Woman: Feminist Faux Pas? 57 Andrea Zanin 6 Feminist Symbol or Fetish? Žižek, Wonder Woman, and Final Crisis 72 Matthew William Brake 7 When Clark Met Diana: Friendship and Romance in Comics 81 Matthew A. Hoffman and Sara Kolmes Part III When I Deal with Them, I Deal with Them 91 8 Bound to Face the Truth: The Ethics of Using Wonder Woman’s Lasso 93 Melanie Johnson-Moxley 9 “What I Had to Do”: The Ethics of Wonder Woman’s Execution of Maxwell Lord 104 Mark D. White 10 Can a Warrior Care? Wonder Woman and the Improbable Intersection of Care Ethics and Bushido 115 Steve Bein 11 Wonder Woman: Saving Lives through Just Torture? 126 Adam Barkman and Sabina Tokbergenova 12 Wonder Woman Winning with Words: A Paragon of Wisdom, Disarming Threats One at a Time 133 Francis Tobienne Jr. Part IV God(s), Country, Sorority 141 13 Wonder Woman, Worship, and Gods Almighty: Purpose in Submission to Loving Authority 143 Jacob M. Held 14 Merciful Minerva in a Modern Metropolis 151 Dennis Knepp 15 Wonder Woman and Patriarchy: From Themyscira’s Amazons to Wittig’s Guérrillères 162 Mónica Cano Abadía Part V Tying Up Loose Ends 171 16 The Lasso of Truth? 173 James Edwin Mahon 17 Loving Lassos: Wonder Woman, Kink, and Care 188 Maria Chavez, Chris Gavaler, and Nathaniel Goldberg 18 Golden Lassos and Logical Paradoxes 198 Roy T. Cook and Nathan Kellen Index 209

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Book SynopsisFeminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field.Trade Review“Feminist Anthropology says it all: from the early debates on universal oppression of women, to the continued rethinking of resistance and political creativity, this wonderful collection highlights the important work that feminist anthropologists have done, and beckons others to continue this important work.” Rayna Rapp, New York University “Ellen Lewin contributes outstanding commentaries and analyses that introduce and connect some of the most valuable and timeless work in feminist anthropology. This book is an extraordinary resource for teaching in anthropology and across the disciplines.” A. Lynn Bolles, University of Maryland, and past President of the Association for Feminist Anthropology “This well-selected anthology is a treasure trove, guiding readers through more than three decades of feminist anthropology—from the pioneers to the next generation of cutting-edge scholars in the field.” Florence E. Babb, University of Florida “A unique and useful compilation… Highly recommended” ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Ellen Lewin.. Part I. Discovering Women across Cultures. Introduction. 1. Belief and the Problem of Women and The "Problem" Revisited (Edwin Ardener). 2. A Note on the Division of Labor by Sex (Judith K. Brown). 3. Is Woman to Man as Nature is to Culture? (Sherry Ortner). 4. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (Gayle Rubin). 5. The Use and Abuse of Anthropology: Reflections on Feminism and Cross-Cultural Understanding (Michelle Z. Rosaldo). 6. Toward a Unified Theory of Class, Race, and Gender (Karen Brodkin). Part II. Questioning Positionality. Introduction. 7. Writing against Culture (Lila Abu-Lughod). 8. My Best Informant’s Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (Esther Newton). 9. Feminist Insider Dilemmas: Construction Ethnic Identity with Chicana Informants (Patricia Zavella). 10. Contingent Stories of Anthropology, Race, and Feminism (Paulla Ebron). Part III. Interpreting Instability and Fluidity. Introduction. 11. Bringing the Family to Work: Women’s Culture on the Shop Floor (Louise Lamphere). 12. Procreation Stories: Reproduction, Nurturance, and Procreation in Life Narratives of Abortion Activists (Faye Ginsburg). 13. Ethnically Correct Dolls: Toying with the Race Industry (Elizabeth Chin). 14. Strategic Naturalizing: Kinship in an Infertility Clinic (Charis Thompson). Part IV. Maintaining Commitments. Introduction. 15. Dirty Protest: Symbolic Overdetermination and Gender in Northern Ireland (Begoña Aretxaga). 16. Women’s Rights are Human Rights: The Merging of Feminine and Feminist: Interests among El Salvador’s Mothers of the Disappeared (CO-MADRES) (Lynn Stephen). 17. Searching for "Voices: Feminism, Anthropology, and the Global Debates over Female Genital Operations (Christine J. Walley). 18. Imagining the Unborn in the Ecuadoran Andes (Lynn M. Morgan). Part V. Interpreting Instability and Fluidity. Introduction. 19. "Like a Mother to Them": Stratified Reproduction and West Indian Childcare Workers and Employers in New York (Shellee Colen). 20. Femininity and Flexible Labor: Fashioning Class through Gender on the Global Assembly Line (Carla Freeman). 21. Tombois in West Sumatra: Constructing Masculinity and Erotic Desire (Evelyn Blackwood). 22 "What’s Identity Got to Do with It?" Rethinking Identity in Light of the Mati Work (Gloria Wekker). Index.

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Book SynopsisFeminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and contemporary articles, grouped to highlight key themes from the past and present. * Offers vibrant examples of feminist ethnographic work rather than synthetic overviews of the field.Trade Review“Feminist Anthropology says it all: from the early debates on universal oppression of women, to the continued rethinking of resistance and political creativity, this wonderful collection highlights the important work that feminist anthropologists have done, and beckons others to continue this important work.” Rayna Rapp, New York University “Ellen Lewin contributes outstanding commentaries and analyses that introduce and connect some of the most valuable and timeless work in feminist anthropology. This book is an extraordinary resource for teaching in anthropology and across the disciplines.” A. Lynn Bolles, University of Maryland, and past President of the Association for Feminist Anthropology “This well-selected anthology is a treasure trove, guiding readers through more than three decades of feminist anthropology—from the pioneers to the next generation of cutting-edge scholars in the field.” Florence E. Babb, University of Florida “A unique and useful compilation… Highly recommended” ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: Ellen Lewin.. Part I. Discovering Women across Cultures. Introduction. 1. Belief and the Problem of Women and The "Problem" Revisited (Edwin Ardener). 2. A Note on the Division of Labor by Sex (Judith K. Brown). 3. Is Woman to Man as Nature is to Culture? (Sherry Ortner). 4. The Traffic in Women: Notes on the "Political Economy" of Sex (Gayle Rubin). 5. The Use and Abuse of Anthropology: Reflections on Feminism and Cross-Cultural Understanding (Michelle Z. Rosaldo). 6. Toward a Unified Theory of Class, Race, and Gender (Karen Brodkin). Part II. Questioning Positionality. Introduction. 7. Writing against Culture (Lila Abu-Lughod). 8. My Best Informant’s Dress: The Erotic Equation in Fieldwork (Esther Newton). 9. Feminist Insider Dilemmas: Construction Ethnic Identity with Chicana Informants (Patricia Zavella). 10. Contingent Stories of Anthropology, Race, and Feminism (Paulla Ebron). Part III. Interpreting Instability and Fluidity. Introduction. 11. Bringing the Family to Work: Women’s Culture on the Shop Floor (Louise Lamphere). 12. Procreation Stories: Reproduction, Nurturance, and Procreation in Life Narratives of Abortion Activists (Faye Ginsburg). 13. Ethnically Correct Dolls: Toying with the Race Industry (Elizabeth Chin). 14. Strategic Naturalizing: Kinship in an Infertility Clinic (Charis Thompson). Part IV. Maintaining Commitments. Introduction. 15. Dirty Protest: Symbolic Overdetermination and Gender in Northern Ireland (Begoña Aretxaga). 16. Women’s Rights are Human Rights: The Merging of Feminine and Feminist: Interests among El Salvador’s Mothers of the Disappeared (CO-MADRES) (Lynn Stephen). 17. Searching for "Voices: Feminism, Anthropology, and the Global Debates over Female Genital Operations (Christine J. Walley). 18. Imagining the Unborn in the Ecuadoran Andes (Lynn M. Morgan). Part V. Interpreting Instability and Fluidity. Introduction. 19. "Like a Mother to Them": Stratified Reproduction and West Indian Childcare Workers and Employers in New York (Shellee Colen). 20. Femininity and Flexible Labor: Fashioning Class through Gender on the Global Assembly Line (Carla Freeman). 21. Tombois in West Sumatra: Constructing Masculinity and Erotic Desire (Evelyn Blackwood). 22 "What’s Identity Got to Do with It?" Rethinking Identity in Light of the Mati Work (Gloria Wekker). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Politics of Violence develops an interdisciplinary feminist perspective grounded in original ethnographic research on everyday forms of violence in El Salvador. Hume challenges dominant theories of violence through foregrounding subaltern vocabularies that have been historically ignored in debates on violence. Unites a critical analysis of theories of violence with original ethnographic research on its use and broader responses to its different manifestations Makes an important theoretical contribution to debates on violence, through developing in-depth accounts of the violence of everyday life from a feminist perspective Examines the vocabularies of violence of those who live with it on an everyday basis, locating these vocabularies in a critical analysis of the relations of domination that have shaped Salvadoran history Table of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Questioning Violence: Meanings, Myths and Realities. 2. (Mis)recognising Violence in Latin America. 3. ‘Terror as Usual’: Uniting Past and Present Accounts of Violence. 4. Gendered Hierarchies of Violence. 5. ‘Kill Them, Attack Them at the Roots and Kill Them All’: Examining Responses to Violence. Conclusions. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1967. Jane Addams was one of the most creative thinkers and activists in the history of American social reform. She pioneered the settlement house movement. She was a leader in the attempt to relate education to the new urban environment for millions of Americans in the early twentieth century. She was a vocal advocate of the Progressive movement and active in the drive for women's rights. She was also an outstanding spokesman for international understanding and world peace. Although Jane Addams is well known as one of the originators of social work in the United States, as an early advocate of a War on Poverty, and as the proponent of ideas that led to the creation of the modern welfare state, the convictions that motivated her prodigious energy had not, prior to Dr. Farrell's investigation, been carefully examined. He traces the relation between her philanthropic principles and her Progressive politics, her feminism, and her efforts to achieve world peace. He Table of ContentsForewordChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Rockford Female Seminary – and AfterChapter 3. Hull House – The First DecadeChapter 4. Educational ThoughtChapter 5. Urban RecreationChapter 6. Climax and Dissatisfactions: The Progressive Campaign of 1912Chapter 7. NeutralityChapter 8. The War Years and AfterChapter 9. PacifismBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how transnational approaches to women's psychology can address a range of topics including human trafficking, sexuality, migration, human rights, healing, empowerment, domestic violence, education, and work.Trade Review“The complex conceptualization of transnational feminist psychology, as posited in this volume, advocates for a paradigm shift in the ways psychology approaches the intersectional and international psychology of women. Emerging from multiple disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, history, and women’s studies, transnational feminist psychology makes visible the voices and experiences of the ‘Global Majority,’ roughly 85 percent of the world’s non-Western population.” —Choice * Choice *Table of ContentsContributors Series ForewordMary Wyer Acknowledgments IntroductionLynn H. Collins, Sayaka Machizawa, and Joy K. Rice Chapter 1. Transnational Psychology of WomenLynn H. Collins, Sayaka Machizawa, and Joy K. Rice Chapter 2. The Transnational Turn: Looking Back and Looking AheadJanet M. Conway Chapter 3. Strategies and Considerations for Transnational Feminist Research: Reflections From Research in UgandaJennifer J. Mootz and Sally D. Stabb Chapter 4. Transnational Psychological Perspectives on Assessment and InterventionLynn H. Collins Chapter 5. A Transnational Feminist Perspective on the Psychology of MigrationOliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo Chapter 6. Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women's Education, Work, and LeadershipEdwina Pio Chapter 7. Using Transnational Feminist Theory to Expand Domestic Violence UnderstandingsAlisha Guthery, Nicole Jeffrey, Sara Crann, and Elizabeth Schwab Chapter 8. Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology of Women's Reproductive ExperiencesJeanne Marecek Chapter 9. Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Human Trafficking: Centering Structures, Institutions, and SubjectsJulietta Hua and Jessica Tjiu Chapter 10. Transnational Psychology in the Classroom: A Pluralistic ApproachLynn H. Collins, Jennifer J. Mootz, Jeanne Marecek, Alisha Guthery, Sayaka Machizawa, Oliva M. Espin, Andrea L. Dottolo, Julietta Hua, Sara Crann, Nicole Jeffrey, and Elizabeth Schwab Chapter 11. Toward an Inclusive, Affirmative Transnational PsychologyJoy K. Rice and Shelly Grabe Glossary Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisAddressing essential questions of women's movement activism and political change in Western democraciesTrade Review"The book is sure to be a classic for scholars focused on advanced research on women, gender, institutions, and politics, and for those studying women's policy apparatus in government as it connects with women's movements in the majority of nations (i.e., in the non-Western world). Summing Up: Highly recommended."—CHOICE"[A] long awaited culmination of a 15- year-long international collaborative project on comparative state feminism which was initiated by two prominent feminist political scientists.... This book is a celebrated finale of this collective odyssey that addresses essential questions of women’s movement activism and political change in Western democracies through a comprehensive comparative analysis of the effectiveness of women’s policy agencies and women’s movements on a range of important policy issues. The book presents a unique combination of conceptual sophistication, first-hand original data, wide-ranging review of interconnected literatures, methodological rigor, and thought-provoking theoretical conclusions. This book will be widely read by scholars and students interested in gender politics, institutional and policy change, social movements, and democratization.... The study’s conclusions are very important and timely." —The Journal of PoliticsTable of ContentsPrefacePart I. Framework and Foundations 1. The State Feminism Project 2. Concepts and Mixed Methods 3. Mapping Women’s Policy AgenciesPart II. Exploring State Feminism 4. Women’s Policy Agencies and Women’s Movement Success 5. Women’s Policy Agency Success and Failure: The Search for Explanations 6. What’s Feminist about State Feminism?Part III. Unpacking State Feminism 7. Social Movements and Women’s Movements – Joyce Outshoorn 8. Political Representation – Joni Lovenduski and Marila Guadagnini 9. Framing and Gendering – Birgit Sauer 10. Gendering New Institutionalism – Amy G. Mazur and Dorothy E. McBridePart IV. Conclusion 11. The New Politics of State FeminismNotes Glossary References Index

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Book SynopsisLambda Literary Award for Best Book in Transgender Nonfiction, 2013Trade Review"Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies is a very worthwhile book. Enke is knowledgeable about the field, and frames the issues nicely, explicitly addressing some of the core problems in feminism and women’s studies. This anthology shrewdly demonstrates how transgender studies can do feminist work, and it goes a long way toward furthering that important critical/political task."—Susan Stryker, Professor of Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Arizona, and author of Transgender History"Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, is a smart, well-written, and appealing book. Enke has defined, explained, and situated the concept of ‘transfeminism’ vis-à-vis the study of gender. The book is truly multi-disciplinary and the essays address the challenges that trans students, researchers of transgender subjects, and teachers of trans/feminist theory and activism face. This will be an important book." —Paisley Currah, Professor of Political Science at the Brooklyn College of New York, and co-editor (with Richard Juang and Shannon Minter) of Transgender Rights"Enke’s book is crucial to teaching how gender identity and trans issues have shifted and will continue to push gender studies. There is no other collection on transgender theory and action that has this level of detail and focus on higher education and gender studies-related disciplinary concerns. Transfeminist Perspectives in and beyond Transgender and Gender Studies, examines how institutions as lived contexts shape everyday life and thus the context for thinking, learning and researching trans issues. Enke’s introductory essay is superb, and the collection's interdisciplinary range is comprehensive—it covers key topics in gender studies, and it provides theoretical and experiential critiques of the field of gender studies as well. This is an indispensable volume." —Cris Mayo, Associate Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and author of Disputing the Subject of Sex: Sexuality and Public School ControversiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction: Transfeminist Perspectives; Anne Enke; Terms and Concepts; Anne Enke; Part I: "This Much Knowledge:" Flexible Epistemologies; Vic Munoz; Gender/Sovereignty; Kate Forbes; 'Do These Earrings Make Me Look Dumb?' Diversity, Privilege, and Heteronormative Perceptions of Competence within the Academy; Bobby Noble; Trans. Panic. Some Thoughts Toward a Theory of Feminist Fundamentalism; Anne Enke; The Education of Little Cis: Cisgender and the Discipline of Opposing Bodies; Part II: Categorical Insufficiencies and "Impossible People"; Clark Pomerleau; College Transitions: Recommended Policies for Trans Students and Employees; Pat Griffin; "Ain't I a Woman?" Transgender and Intersex Student-Athletes in Women's Collegiate Sports; Christoph Hanssmann; Training Disservice: The Productive Potential and Structural Limitations of Health as a Terrain for Trans Activism; Aren Aizura; Transnational Transgender Rights and Immigration Law; Part III: Valuing Subjects: Toward Unexpected Alliances; Dan Irving; Elusive Subjects: Notes on the Relationship Between Critical Political Economy and Trans Studies; Julia Serano; Reclaiming Femininity; Dean Spade; What's Wrong with Trans Rights?; Ryka Aoki; When Something Is Not Right; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisChronicles these important cultural artifacts and their collection, cataloging, preservation, and distribution.Trade Review"Eichhorn has produced an original and incisive addition to the increasingly lively and crowded international debate around archives, feminism and activism... Her book is a particularly welcome intervention into current debates inasmuch as she is prepared to move well beyond those nostalgic, over-simplified and unreflective gestures towards 'recovering' and 'memorializing' feminist cultural heritage in order to engage in a seriously nuanced discussion of what it means to put 'outrage in order' or to see the cultural products of resistance movements transferred into formal spaces of preservation and - more often than not - into academic institutions marked by money, power and privilege... [A]n intelligently written history of a moment in feminist activism and an equally compelling interrogation of the conditions that ultimately shape one's capacity to think in historical terms about feminism as a movement." - Australian Feminist StudiesTable of Contents PrefaceIntroduction1 The “Scrap Heap” Reconsidered: Selected Archives of Feminist Archiving2 Archival Regeneration: The Zine Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center3 Redefining a Movement: The Riot Grrrl Collection at Fales Library and Special Collections4 Radical Catalogers and Accidental Archivists: The Barnard Zine LibraryConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the 1990s, a generation of women born during the rise of the second wave feminist movement plotted a revolution. These young activists funneled their outrage and energy into creating music, and zines using salvaged audio equipment and stolen time on copy machines. By 2000, the cultural artifacts of this movement had started to migrate from basements and storage units to community and university archives, establishing new sites of storytelling and political activism.The Archival Turn in Feminism chronicles these important cultural artifacts and their collection, cataloging, preservation, and distribution. Cultural studies scholar Kate Eichhorn examines institutions such as the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University, The Riot Grrrl Collection at New York University, and the Barnard Zine Library. She also profiles the archivists who have assembled these significant feminist collections.Eichhorn shows why young feminist activists, cultural producers, anTrade Review"Eichhorn uses this book to argue passionately that collecting-that is, archiving-feminism and its by-products is never without deep context, rich history, and radical foresight."-Bitch magazine"Eichhorn has produced an original and incisive addition to the increasingly lively and crowded international debate around archives, feminism and activism.... Her book is a particularly welcome intervention into current debates."-Australian Feminist StudiesTable of Contents PrefaceIntroduction1 The “Scrap Heap” Reconsidered: Selected Archives of Feminist Archiving2 Archival Regeneration: The Zine Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center3 Redefining a Movement: The Riot Grrrl Collection at Fales Library and Special Collections4 Radical Catalogers and Accidental Archivists: The Barnard Zine LibraryConclusionNotesWorks CitedIndex

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Book SynopsisThe United States remains the only industrialized nation in the world that does not provide paid family leave at the national level for either men or women. In the more than two decades since the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act, there have been numerous unsuccessful attempts to expand family leave benefits nationally. However, in the United States, it is common for innovations in family policies to arise at the state level. In her timely book, Getting Paid While Taking Time, Megan Sholar explains the development of family leave policies at both the national and state levels in the United States. She provides cogent studies of states that have passed and proposed family leave legislation, and she pays special attention to the ways in which women's movement actors and other activists (e.g., labor unions) exert pressure on public officials to help influence the policymaking process. In her conclusion, Sholar considers the future of paid family leave policies in the United StTable of ContentsChapter 1: Women’s Movements and the Passage of Family Leave Policies Chapter 2: The Passage of the National Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Chapter 3: From the FMLA to the FAMILY Act: Family Leave Policy at the National Level since 1993 Chapter 4: Success in the States: Paid Family Leave in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York Chapter 5: When Paid Family Leave Fails to Pass in the States: Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Hawaii Chapter 6: The Future of Family Leave in the United States

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1: Women’s Movements and the Passage of Family Leave Policies Chapter 2: The Passage of the National Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Chapter 3: From the FMLA to the FAMILY Act: Family Leave Policy at the National Level since 1993 Chapter 4: Success in the States: Paid Family Leave in California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and New York Chapter 5: When Paid Family Leave Fails to Pass in the States: Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Hawaii Chapter 6: The Future of Family Leave in the United States

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Book SynopsisInsubordinate spaces are places of possibility, products of acts of accompaniment and improvisation that deepen capacities for democratic social change. Barbara Tomlinson and George Lipsitz's Insubordinate Spaces explores the challenges facing people committed to social justice in an era when social institutions have increasingly been reconfigured to conform to the imperatives of a market society. In their book, the authors argue that education, the arts, and activism are key terrains of political and ideological conflict. They explore and analyze exemplary projects responding to current social justice issues and crises, from the Idle No More movement launched by Indigenous people in Canada to the performance art of Chingo Bling, Fandango convenings, the installation art of Ramiro Gomez, and the mass protests proclaiming Black Lives Matter in Ferguson, MO. Tomlinson and Lipsitz draw on key concepts from struggles to advance ideas about reciprocal recognition and co-creation as compon

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Book SynopsisInsubordinate spaces are places of possibility, products of acts of accompaniment and improvisation that deepen capacities for democratic social change. Barbara Tomlinson and George Lipsitz's Insubordinate Spaces explores the challenges facing people committed to social justice in an era when social institutions have increasingly been reconfigured to conform to the imperatives of a market society. In their book, the authors argue that education, the arts, and activism are key terrains of political and ideological conflict. They explore and analyze exemplary projects responding to current social justice issues and crises, from the Idle No More movement launched by Indigenous people in Canada to the performance art of Chingo Bling, Fandango convenings, the installation art of Ramiro Gomez, and the mass protests proclaiming Black Lives Matter in Ferguson, MO. Tomlinson and Lipsitz draw on key concepts from struggles to advance ideas about reciprocal recognition and co-creation as compon

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Book SynopsisFeminism and liberalism need each other, argues Judith Baer. Her provocative book, Feminist Post-Liberalism, refutes both conservative and radical critiques. To make her case, she rejects classical liberalism in favor of a welfareand possibly socialistpost-liberalism that will prevent capitalism and a concentration of power that reinforces male supremacy. Together, feminism and liberalism can better elucidate controversies in American politics, law, and society. Baer emphasizes that tolerance and self-examination are virtues, but within both feminist and liberal thought these virtues have been carried to extremes. Feminist theory needs liberalism's respect for reason, while liberal theory needs to incorporate emotion. Liberalism focuses too narrowly on the individual, while feminism needs a dose of individualism. Feminist Post-Liberalism includes anthropological foundations of male dominance to explore topics ranging from crime to cultural appropriation. Baer develops a theory that

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Book SynopsisFeminism and liberalism need each other, argues Judith Baer. Her provocative book, Feminist Post-Liberalism, refutes both conservative and radical critiques. To make her case, she rejects classical liberalism in favor of a welfareand possibly socialistpost-liberalism that will prevent capitalism and a concentration of power that reinforces male supremacy. Together, feminism and liberalism can better elucidate controversies in American politics, law, and society. Baer emphasizes that tolerance and self-examination are virtues, but within both feminist and liberal thought these virtues have been carried to extremes. Feminist theory needs liberalism's respect for reason, while liberal theory needs to incorporate emotion. Liberalism focuses too narrowly on the individual, while feminism needs a dose of individualism. Feminist Post-Liberalism includes anthropological foundations of male dominance to explore topics ranging from crime to cultural appropriation. Baer develops a theory that

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Book SynopsisInRefounding Democracy through Intersectional Activism,Wendy Sarvasy recovers the unacknowledged Progressive Era social democratic feminist refounders who used collective political agency to reshape the body politic. Through intersectional activism, or the bridging of different movements, the refounders, who include Ida Wells-Barnett, Rose Schneiderman, and Jane Addams, created an intersectional, social democratic feminist understanding of democracy that allowed them to imagine their full inclusion. Sarvasy shows how these activists worked to incorporate women by combining political democracy with the creation of a welfare state. They embedded this nation-state project within a new humanitarian transnational level as they evolved their multileveled social citizenship. Refounding Democracy through Intersectional Activism demonstrateshow a theory-activist dynamic played out in experimental socializing spaces and democratic conversations. Itoffers an inspirational method for intersec

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Book SynopsisWhen it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly’s The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.M. Montgomery’s books were unworthy of serious study. Examining all of Montgomery’s fiction, Epperly argues that Montgomery was much more than a master of the romance genre and that, through her use of literary allusions, repetitions, irony, and comic inversions, she deftly manipulated the normal conventions of romance novels. Focusing on Montgomery’s memorable heroines, from Anne Shirley to Emily Byrd Starr, Valancy Stirling, and Pat Gardiner, Epperly demonstrates that Montgomery deserves a place in the literary canon not just as the creator of Anne of Green Gables but as an artist in her chosen profession.Since its publication more than twenty years ago, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass has become a favourite of scholars, writers, and Montgomery fans. This new edition adds a preface in which ETrade Review'Epperly's discerning treatment of the heroines should prove of interest not only to Montgomery devotees but to any reader interested in social history and particularly in attitudes toward women reflected in popular fiction.' -- Genevieve Wiggins American Review of Canadian Studies 'Now you don't have to hide that Montgomery novel when an intellectual friend drops by. Flaunt it and enjoy.' -- Patricia Morley Ottawa Citizen '[The] first book-length critical study of L.M. Montgomery's works ... There is no doubt that Epperly's work will be valued as a reference for Montgomery scholars and teachers of Canadian literature and children's literature.' -- Lalage Grauer University of Toronto QuarterlyTable of ContentsPreface to the 2014 Edition Permissions Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Part I: Anne Romancing the Voice: Anne of Green Gables Romance Awry: Anne of Avonlea Recognition: Anne of the Island 'This Enchanted Shore': Anne's House of Dreams Heroism's Childhood: Rainbow Valley Womanhood and War: Rilla of Ingleside Recapturing the Anne World: Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of Ingleside Part II: Emily The Struggle for Voice: Emily of New Moon Testing the Voice: Emily Climbs Love and Career: Emily's Quest Part III: The Other Heroines Romancing the Home: Pat of Silver Bush, Mistress Pat, Jane of Lantern Hll A Changing Heroism: An Overview of the Other Novels Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisMiriam David celebrates the achievements of international feminists as activists and scholars and provides a critique of the expansion of global higher education masking their pioneering zeal and zest for knowledge.Trade Review"The final result is a book shining with personal memories and tributes to individual women, as well as intelligent ― but not heavy-going ― discussion of the development of the women’s movement and of the contributions of feminist scholars over the years." Older Feminist Network Newsletter"David writes accessibly, punctuating her political and sociological commentary with personal reflections that are elegantly informed, and underpinned by her long career as feminist academic and activist." Emma Rees, Times Higher Education“Immensely readable and informative, this book brings together the history and sociology of feminism in Britain and beyond for new students, delighting older feminists with its remarkable wisdom about the past.” Professor Sharon Lamb, University of Massachusetts Boston"This inspiring and important memoir shows David at her best - as rigorous and seasoned scholar, academic and activist, as well as consummate reporter of the achievements and thoughts of feminists of different generations." Professor Helen Taylor, University of Exeter"This is a treasure for feminism and where it is going! A comprehensive, up-to-the-minute history, challenging HE to re-commit, in solidarity with ALL women, to face down the rampant misogyny that neo-liberalism has produced" Berny McMahon, Maynooth University"This book powerfully sets out how reclaiming and reinventing feminist futures continues to matter. It's a must read for new generations of academic feminists struggling to challenge and change neo-patriarchal structures and practices in education and beyond." Professor Emma Renold, Cardiff UniversityTable of ContentsA note about the waves of feminism; 1. Feminist reflections on a lifetime in academe; 2. Changing feminism; 3. Feminist pioneers; 4. Gender and generations; 5. Cultivating feminists; 6. A feminist resurgence; 7. Feminists on campus; 8. Feminist fortunes;

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Book SynopsisIn this hard-hitting timely book Judith Orr, leading pro-choice campaigner, shows that despite the 1967 Abortion Act full reproductive rights in Britain are yet to be won. The book also highlights current debates over decriminalisation and argues for abortion provision fit for the 21st century.Trade Review"Abortion Wars needs to be in the hands of anyone committed to the fight for women’s liberation. There is no doubt it will resonate in the activity and struggle of its readers." - Socialist Review * Socialist Review *“Not so much a book, more a call to arms. Clearly written and rationally argued. Read it and ACT before any more women’s lives are ruined.” Tony Garnett, author of The Day the Music Died“An excellent weapon in the wars its title refers to. It will be especially useful here in Ireland where the struggle for a woman's right to choose is now a central political issue, North and South.” Brid Smith, People Before Profit, TD Dublin“A call to arms to engage in the struggle for real abortion rights. This book should be read by any and all activists involved in the struggle for abortion rights for all women.” International Socialism"Relevant, informative, engaging and necessary - This book is a crucial weapon in the battle for a woman's right to choose." Saba Shiraz, student, University of West London“As a dedicated pro-choice activist Judith is best placed to write this informative and well-pitched analysis of issues related to defending abortion rights.” Kerry Abel, Chair of Abortion Rights the UK national pro choice campaign"This excellent book shows why working class women have always had most to gain from campaigns for free, legal and safe abortion and arms us with all the current arguments about reproductive rights. I recommend it to activists everywhere." Jane Loftus, Communication Workers Union"Highly readable and informative, this is essential and timely reading for anyone who cares about women’s reproductive rights. A political tour de force." Lucy Bland, Anglia Ruskin UniversityTable of ContentsA choice moment; A web of solidarity; Abortion: as old as humanity; An Act of liberation?; Opposition and resistance; Women’s bodies as battlegrounds; What we need; Voices from the frontline; Get involved.

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Book SynopsisThis book considers how societal influences, such as religion, nationalism and culture, impact abortion law and access. It provides an accessible, informative and engaging text for academics, policy makers and readers interested in abortion politics.Trade Review"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the global politics of abortion, and to shaping our advocacy strategies. It shows how reproductive justice helps to bridge the gap between the Global North and South." Marlene Gerber Fried, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Hampshire College"With clarity and an impressively wide reach, this book shows how abortion politics are shaped by local contexts but connected by broader, global contexts about morality, equality, control and reproductive freedom. An indispensable addition to the scholarship." Fiona de Londras, Law School, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsIntroduction Criminalisation The biomedicalisation of abortion Abortion discourses: Religion, culture, nation International interventions Activism Is choice enough? Engaging with reproductive justice Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book considers how societal influences, such as religion, nationalism and culture, impact abortion law and access. It provides an accessible, informative and engaging text for academics, policy makers and readers interested in abortion politics.Trade Review"This book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the global politics of abortion, and to shaping our advocacy strategies. It shows how reproductive justice helps to bridge the gap between the Global North and South." Marlene Gerber Fried, Professor of Philosophy and Director, Hampshire College"With clarity and an impressively wide reach, this book shows how abortion politics are shaped by local contexts but connected by broader, global contexts about morality, equality, control and reproductive freedom. An indispensable addition to the scholarship." Fiona de Londras, Law School, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsIntroduction Criminalisation The biomedicalisation of abortion Abortion discourses: Religion, culture, nation International interventions Activism Is choice enough? Engaging with reproductive justice Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIrish law only currently allows for abortion where the life of the pregnant woman is at risk. A constitutional referendum will be held in 2018 to liberalise abortion law. This book offers practical proposals for policymakers and advocates, including model legislation, making it an essential campaigning tool leading up to the referendum.Trade Review"Nuanced, detailed and clearly explained, even for laypeople like me. A map through the quagmire of Ireland’s reproductive laws” Tara Flynn, Comedian, Actor and Repeal the 8th Campaigner"A quick and mandatory read for anyone seeking the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the 8th Amendment.” Mara Clarke, Founder, Abortion Support Network."This text's novel proposals for Irish abortion law reform make it an essential read." Brid A Ni Ghrainne, Sheffield University"An incisive, forensic and comprehensive analysis of the legal implications of the 8th amendment to the Irish Constitution in 1983." Linda Connolly, Maynooth University"This careful analysis of the 8th amendment, with its succinct roadmap for reform, should be compulsory reading for Irish legislators." Sandra McAvoy, Historian"This concise critique cuts through decades of controversy with a compelling case for repeal and proposes a workable legislative solution. Bravo!" Ailbhe Smyth, Convenor, Coalition to Repeal the 8thTable of ContentsThe case for repealing the 8th The Constitution after the 8th A rights-based approach to abortion Accessing abortion care: principles for legislative design Model legislation Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates how an ethics of care can help researchers work through challenges and solve complex issues. Keeping social justice at the heart of research, the book shows how an ethics of care can provide a systematic approach supporting good judgements about research practices from inception to impact.Table of ContentsForeword by Joan C Tronto PART I Chapter 1. Research and Ethics of Care Chapter 2. Caring, Knowing and Making a Difference Chapter 3. Relational Research Chapter 4. Stages of Research, Phases of Care PART II Chapter 5. Research as Praxis, Interweaving a Complex Web Chapter 6. Doing Research Together: Interdependencies to Maintain, Sustain and Renew Our Worlds Chapter 7. Analysis, Legacy and Care Chapter 8. Reflections on Researching with Care References

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Book SynopsisThis book considers new and alternative ways of doing scholarship in management studies and the social sciences. Spotlighting new methods and voices, it will be an invaluable resource for current and future scholars.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Researching and Writing Differently Today 1. The Contemporary Neoliberal Academic Context 2. Researching and Writing Differently as a Political and Feminist Project Part 2: Daring to Research and Write Differently 3. Researching and Writing Differently 4. Exploring Key Themes in Writing Differently Part 3: Researching and Writing Differently: Methods and Processes 5. Qualitative Inquiry 6. Practical Implications of Researching and Writing Differently

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Book SynopsisExamines an understudied dimension of women's history in the United States: how a group of affluent white women from the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries advanced the status of all women through acts of philanthropy.Trade ReviewJohnson makes a careful and persuasive case that a cluster of wives and daughters of major railroad, real estate, manufacturing, banking, and mining magnates used their inheritances to create opportunities for their 'sisters' in a sexist world." - American Historical Review"Johnson's book is a strong reminder of the progress that women have made in the past 150 years, and I believe it will fuel awareness about the need for more women to give major gifts for gender equality today." - Kiersten Marek, Philanthropy Women"Details both the successes attributed to the contributions of monied women and the challenges their philanthropy posed to the early women's movement, arguing that stark class differences bred resentment among women's organizations and undermined cross-class coalition." - Choice"Highly readable and relevant for anyone interested in women's history, philanthropy, and social justice." - Indiana Magazine of History"A remarkable book." - Resources for Gender and Women's Studies"Shows us how the feminist movement actually achieved its goals, not how it should or might have. That is a service to all who want to understand culture change, and how it becomes real." - Philanthropy"Offers an important and accessible. . . contribution to both academic and lay audiences interested in women's history in America, philanthropy, and indeed, select social change movements led by prominent women over the course of nearly 100 years." - New York Journal of Books"Offers a worthy contribution not just to women's history but also to the history of capitalism." - The Journal of Southern History"This compelling work of original and much-needed research [will] be of interest not only to those who study the history of feminist activism but to those with an interest in the power that private money wields in social justice circles." - Library Journal starred review"A riveting new vantage point on the fight for women's rights in the twentieth century. . . . The scope of Johnson's book is as generous as the narrative is nuanced and compelling." - Reviews in American History

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Book SynopsisMapping out a trajectory that links the sexist buffoonery of Bobby Riggs in the 1970s, the popularity of Rush Limbaugh's screeds against Feminazis in the 1990s, and the present day misogyny underpinning Trumpism, Julie Willett shows what can happen when we neglect or trivialize the political power of humour.

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Book SynopsisMapping out a trajectory that links the sexist buffoonery of Bobby Riggs in the 1970s, the popularity of Rush Limbaugh's screeds against ""Feminazis"" in the 1990s, and the present day misogyny underpinning Trumpism, Julie Willett shows what can happen when we neglect or trivialize the political power of humour.

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Book SynopsisChanges the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt's life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land.

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Book SynopsisDai Jinhua interrogates history, memory, and the future of China as a global economic power in relation to its Cold War past to show how the recent erasure of the country's socialist history signifies socialism's failure and forecloses the imagining of a future beyond that of globalized capitalism.Trade Review"This volume is one of the best publications of its kind, not only because of the brilliance of the original essays, but also because of the excellent translation and editing that come across as judicious as one reads it." -- Jessica Yeung * China Perspectives *"This is a challenging book by an author at the top of her game. Insightful and cosmpolitan in its range, the book shows that public intellectuals in China are managing to find a voice. The editors have done the author and readers a fine service." -- Paul Clark * China Journal *Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Preface / Carlos Rojas vii Acknowledgments xi Editor's Introduction / Lisa Rofel xiii Introduction / Translated by Jie Li 1 Part I. Trauma, Evacuated Memories, and Inverted Histories 1. I Want to Be Human: A Story of China and the Human / Translated by Shuang Shen 25 2. Hero and the Invisible Tianxia / Translated by Yajun Mo 47 Part II. Class, Still Lives, and Masculinity 3. Temporality, Nature Morte, and the Filmmaker: A Reconsideration of Still Life / Translated by Lennet Daigle 67 4. The Piano in a Factory: Class, in the Name of the Father / Translated by Jie Li 91 Part III. The Spy Genre 5. The Spy-Film Legacy: A Preliminary Cultural Analysis of the Spy Film / Translated by Christopher Connery 109 6. In Vogue: Politics and the Nation-State in Lust, Caution, and the Lust, Caution Phenomenon in China / Translated by Erebus Wong and Lisa Rofel 127 Finale. History, Memory, and the Politics of Representation / Translated by Rebecca E. Karl 141 Interview with Dai Jinhau, July 2014 / Lisa Rofel 160 Notes 167 Selected Works of Dai Jinhua 181 Bibliography 183 Translators' Biographies 189 Index 191

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