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IGI Global Handbook of Research on Gender Studies and Feminism in Literature and Media
Book SynopsisThe evolution of how gender and feminism have been portrayed within media and literature has changed dramatically over the years as society continues to understand the importance of representation within entertainment. To fully understand how the field has changed, further study on the current and past forms of media representation is required. The Handbook of Research on Gender Studies and Feminism in Literature and Media engages with literary texts, digital media, films, and art to consider the relevant issues and empowerment strategies of feminism and gender and discusses the latest theories and ideas. Covering topics such as gender performativity, homophobia, patriarchy, sexuality, LGBTQ community, digital studies, and empowerment strategies, this major reference work is ideal for government officials, policymakers, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
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Independently Published See No Gender
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Green Writer Poised And Prepared
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Nomadic Press Mourning My Inner[blackgirl]child
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Sexual Violence at Canadian Universities: Activism, Institutional Responses, and Strategies for Change
Book SynopsisAt least one in four women attending college or university will be sexually assaulted by the time they graduate. Beyond this staggering statistic, recent media coverage of "rape chants" at Saint Mary's University, misogynistic Facebook posts from Dalhousie University's dental school, and high-profile incidents of sexual violence at other Canadian universities point to a widespread culture of rape on university campuses and reveal universities' failure to address sexual violence. As university administrations are called to task for their cover-ups and misguided responses, a national conversation has opened about the need to address this pressing social problem. This book takes up the topic of sexual violence on campus and explores its causes and consequences as well as strategies for its elimination. Drawing together original case studies, empirical research, and theoretical writing from scholars and community and campus activists, this interdisciplinary collection charts the costs of campus sexual violence on students and university communities, the efficacy of existing university sexual assault policies and institutional responses, and historical and contemporary forms of activism associated with campus sexual violence.Trade Review... a welcome and much needed volume of analyses, accounts, and reflections upon the current climate at post-secondary institutions across Canada. ... With particular attention to survivor experiences and activist efforts, the book offers a wealth of knowledge and tools to all stakeholders who wish to inform themselves, take action, and work towards a climate of safety and mutual respect. ... As we continue to work through this tipping point in Canadian higher education, we need more books like this one, and more people reading them. -- Alistair Hibberd -- Canadian Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction | Elizabeth Quinlan Part I: Campus Sexual Violence: Impacts, Voids, and Institutional Betrayals 1. Sexual coercion on campus: The impact of victimization on the educational experiences of Canadian women | Lana Stermac, Sarah Horowitz, and Sheena Bance 2. Campus violence, Indigenous women, and the policy void | Carrie Bourassa, Melissa Bendig, Eric J. Oleson, Cassandra A. Ozog, Jennifer L. Billan, Natalie Owl, and Kate Ross-Hopley 3. Institutional Betrayal and Sexual Violence in the Corporate University | Elizabeth Quinlan Part II: Violent Spaces on Canadian University Campuses 4. "It's not about one bad apple": The 2007 York University Vanier residence rapes | Madison Trusolino 5. The rape chant at Saint Mary's University: The convergence of business school ethics, alcohol consumption, and varsity sport | Judy Haiven 6. Violent bodies in campus cyberspaces | Andrea Quinlan 7. Precarious masculinity and rape culture in Canadian university sport | Curtis Fogel Part III: Institutional Prevention and Responses to Sexual Violence 8. Women as experts: Origins and developments of METRAC's campus safety audit | Andrea Gunraj 9. Theory becomes practice: The Bystander Initiative at the University of Windsor | Anne Forest and Charlene Y. Senn 10. A critical analysis of the report Student Safety in Nova Scotia: Co-creating a vision and language for safer and socially just campus communities | Norma Jean Profitt and Nancy Ross Part IV: Fighting Back: Anti-Violence Activism on Campus 11. The Coalition Against Sexual Assault: Activism Then and Now at the University of Saskatchewan | Elizabeth Quinlan and Gail Lasiuk 12. Collective conversations, collective action: York University's Sexual Assault Survivors' support line and students organizing for campus safety | Jenna M. MacKay, Ursula Wolfe, and Alexandra Rutherford Part V: Strategies for Change 13. From reacting to preventing: Addressing sexual violence on campus by engaging community partners | Julie S. Lalonde 14. Why theory matters: Using philosophical resources to develop university practices and policies regarding sexual violence | Ann J. Cahill 15. Responding to sexual assault on campus: What can Canadian universities learn from U.S. law and policy? | Elizabeth Sheehy and Daphne Gilbert About the Authors Index
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Wits University Press Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Girls Like This, Boys Like That: The Reproduction of Gender in Contemporary Youth Cultures
Book SynopsisWhat role does taste play in contemporary youth culture? How do young people reproduce, or alternatively, reject gender norms? Using new research and the work of renowned theorists such as Judith Butler and Pierre Bourdieu, Victoria Cann argues that popular culture affects young people's experiences of masculinity and femininity and forces them to navigate a social minefield in which they are pressured to display tastes deemed appropriate for their gender. Combining her own unique empirical research with a strong theoretical framework, Cann widens and links the fields of gender and taste studies to show the everyday reality of twenty-first-century youth and their apprehensions - especially those of young boys- about participating in activities, or embracing pop-cultural preferences that have traditionally only been associated with the opposite sex.
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Cognella, Inc Gender and Sexuality in the Southern United
Book SynopsisGender and Sexuality in the Southern United States provides students with engaging and thought-provoking readings that examine the intersection of sex, gender, and sexuality in the American South. The anthology emphasizes the myriad identities and expressions present in the South and the rich opportunities available for sociological study in the region.The anthology is divided into five distinct units. In Unit I, students read articles that provide them with a brief primer on the Southern U.S. and why it remains a unique region. Unit II explores issues of Southern womanhood, including performances of religiosity, gender inequality, and conception, pregnancy, and abortion. Unit III features readings that examine masculinities in the South. These articles discuss hunting and the masculine ideal, collegiate athletics and the mascotting of Black masculinity, and how the ideas of honor, mastery, and independence fuel the South's concept of the masculine. Unit IV features readings on trans and non-binary Southerners. The final unit discusses Southern queer history, the lives of lesbians and Black gay men in the South, and the struggle of the "toxic closet" for gay people living in conservative areas.Gender and Sexuality in the Southern United States is an ideal resource for courses in gender studies, gender and sexuality, and sociology.
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IntechOpen Gender Roles vs. Gender Equality
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Gender: Antiquity and its Legacy
Book SynopsisGender has now become a pervasive topic in the humanities and social sciences. Yet despite its familiarity within universities and colleges, some have argued that the radical debates which first characterized gender studies have become ghettoized or marginalized - so that gender no longer makes the impact on creative thinking and ideas that it once did. Brooke Holmes here rescues ancient ideas about sex and gender in order precisely to reinvigorate contemporary debate. She argues that much writing on gender in the classical age fails to place those ancient ideas within their proper historical contexts. As a result, the full transformational force of that thinking is often overlooked. In this short, lively book, the author offers a sophisticated and historically rounded reading of gender in antiquity in order to map out the future of contemporary gender studies. By re-examining ancient notions of sexual difference, bodies, culture, and identity, Holmes shows that Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicureans and others force us to reassess what is at stake in present-day discussions about gender. The ancient world thus offers a vital resource for modern gender theory.
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Zeticula Ltd Wise Wives and Warlocks: A rogues' gallery of East Lothian witchcraft
Book SynopsisEast Lothian is well known as the setting for the notorious "North Berwick" witchcraft outbreak, which is so famous as to have come to dominate all consideration of Scottish witchcraft. This is a pity, as there is much about "North Berwick" which is not typical of Scottish witchcraft, while there is a vast amount of other interesting material which up to now has been virtually ignored. "Wise wives and warlocks" takes a less academic approach than "Goodnight my servants all" (Grimsay Press, 2008)-- which tries to find every reference on record relating to witchcraft and other kindred matters in East Lothian -- and offers a close look at some of the more interesting characters involved. Until recently, the politically correct view of Scottish witchcraft was more or less that it was all nonsense, and that "witches" were poor innocent souls unjustly hounded to a horrible death by tyrannical misogynist religious fanatics. While there is a limited amount of truth in this view, we need not doubt for a moment that there were substantial numbers of people in 17th Century Scotland making a living as healers, charmers, and practitioners of traditional magic. Some of these worthies were not above using their "powers" to cause harm and mischief, and some were seriously unpleasant people habitually extracting money and gifts with threats and menaces. The question of diabolic witchcraft is more problematic. The Devil was originally a foreign import into the world of traditional Scottish magic, and while we cannot absolutely rule out the possibility of "witch clubs" with a "devil" as a sort of master of ceremonies, it seems likely that most of the witchcraft confessions involving the Devil were exercises in telling interrogators what they wanted to hear. We should perhaps make an effort to climb down from our lofty modern superiority, and try to see magic and witchcraft through 17th Century eyes. Our ancestors were not being wilfully stupid or perverse. Magic and witchcraft were realities which pervaded everyday life, and fitted logically into the scheme of things. Many of our cherished 21st Century notions may seem just as bizarre three hundred years into the future.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Women Since 1500
Book SynopsisDrawing on a wide range of historical sources - court records, newspaper reports, medical records, novels, oral histories and personal papers - A Lesbian History of Britain presents the extraordinary history of lesbian experience in Britain. Covering landmark moments and well-known personalities (such as Radclyffe Hall and the publication and banning of her lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness), but also examining the lives and experiences of ordinary women, it brings both variety and nuance to their shared history. In doing so, it also explores cultural representations of, and changing attitudes to, female same-sex desire in Britain. The narrative is arranged chronologically and begins with the accounts of a number of women in the 18th century who passed themselves off as men. The C18th & C19th saw 'Romantic Friendships' between women and, later, the emergence of a science of sexuality, and the concept of the female 'sexual invert''. At the same time, 'New Women' were pursuing independent careers, a self-confidence reflected in the publication of a number of novels explicitly about lesbian experience. The 20s and 30s were characterised by parliamentary debates on lesbianism, court cases and scandals, though, with two world wars, lesbian experiences were already changing, and a newly vibrant lesbian 'scene', centred on bars and night-clubs, was emerging, supported by a growing number of lesbian-oriented magazines and societies. The contemporary period has been marked by political movements and campaigns, in which lesbians have been active, and increasingly vocal debates surrounding the 'sex wars'.Trade ReviewThis title has been reviewed jointly with Her Husband Was a Woman!: Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture, by Alison Oram….Two new books make an effort to address that central question in the context of Great Britain. Jennings (history, Macquarie Univ.) covers the period from 1500 to the present day, discussing how women's same-sex relationships adjusted to larger social and political developments. She synthesizes and builds on existing research to demostrate the numerous forms lesbianism has taken across the centuries, from covert acknowledgement of homoeroticism in the 16th century to the romantic friendships of the 18th century and the bar culture of the mid-20th century. The work is valuable in its own right, and also serves as a straightforward introduction to major trends and controversies in lesbian historical scholarship….Both of these books are valuable additions to the literature. Recommended. All levels/libraries. * Choice *For the reader wishing to explore some of the lush concoction of types of lesbian sexualities that have proliferated over the past 500 years, [the book] is successful and readable, particularly for non-specialist readers wanting a coherent, well-written introduction to the field. A Lesbian History of Britain would be of vital interest to students and could stimulate them to seek out more specialist scholarship. For that reason…I would highly recommend it, particularly for university and local libraries. * Times Higher Education Supplement *The myths of lesbian life are many. From the legend of Queen Victoria's view that it didn't exist, to the stereotype of the hairy-legged, man-hating butch, they are also at the extremes. Rebecca Jennings's serious and sensible book rejects the crude and salacious versions, but she also explains and counteracts the silences. For those familiar with queer history there will be little that is new here. But in recent years a great deal of scholarly work has been devoted to seeking out the traces of lesbian existence and tracking the varied manifestations that marked out different historical and cultural contexts. Jennings succeeds in synthesising all of this and in making clear the complicated interaction between what may, or may not have happened then and the political motives (or wishful thinking) of historians writing from the perspective of now. * Margaret Reynolds, The Guardian *"In their separate histories of gay and lesbian Britain, Matt Cook and Rebecca Jennings have produced not only impressive historiographical summaries of recent scholarship but also compelling narratives of same-sex desire in Britain." Reviewed with A Gay History of Britain: Love and Sex Between Men Since the Middle Ages * Journal of British Studies *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Invisibility or Cultural Renaissance? Same-Sex Desire, 1500–1800 Chapter 2 Cross-Dressing and Female Husbands, 1600–1800 Chapter 3 Romantic Friendship, 1700–1900 Chapter 4 'New Women', 1850–1900 Chapter 5 Sexology and the Science of Sex, 1880s–1920s Chapter 6 Sapphism and the First World War, 1914–1918 Chapter 7 Identity Crisis? The Emergence of the Modern Lesbian, 1918–1939 Chapter 8 Lesbian Bars, 1920s–1970s Chapter 9 Lesbian Social Organisations, 1960s–1970s Chapter 10 The Politics of Lesbianism, 1970–2000 List of Illustrations Bibliography Notes Index
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James Currey ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction: African Literature Today
Book SynopsisPAPERBACK FOR SALE IN AFRICA ONLY ALT 36 turns a "queer eye" on Africa, offering provocative (re-)readings of texts to position formerly erased sexualities and contemporary sexual expression among Africans on the continent, and abroad. Debates on the future of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these visions are increasingly present in literary criticism forums as African writers become bolder in exploring the challenges they face and celebrating gender diversity in the writing of short stories, novels, poetry, plays and films. Controversies over the rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, Queer (LGBTIQ) communities in Africa, as elsewhere, continue inthe context of criminalization and/or intimidation of these groups. Residual colonial moralizing and contemporary western identity norms and politics vie with longstanding polyvalent indigenous sexual expression. In addition to traditional media, the new social media have gained importance, both as sources of information exchange and as sites of virtual construction of gender identities. As with many such contentious issues, the variety of responses to the"state of the question" is strikingly visible across the continent. In this issue of ALT, guest editor John Hawley has sampled the ongoing conversations, in both African writing and in the analysis of contemporary African cinema,to show how queer studies can break with old concepts and theories and point the way to new gender perspectives on literary and cinematic output. This volume also includes a non-themed section of Featured Articles anda Literary Supplement. Guest Editor: John C. Hawley is Professor in the Department of English, Santa Clara University Series Editor: Ernest N. Emenyonu is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint, USA. Reviews Editor: Obi NwakanmaTable of ContentsEditorial Article. Introduction: Desiring Africans - John C. Hawley Visual Activism: A Look at the Documentary Born This Way - Unoma Azuah African Queer, African Digital - Naminata Diabate To Revolutionary-type Love - An Interview with Kawira Mwirichia, Neo Musangi, Mal Muga, Awuor Onyango, Faith Wanjala & Wawira Njeru - Ng'ang'a Wahu-Muchiri Liminal Spaces & Conflicts of Culture in South African Queer Films: Inxeba[The Wound] - Grant Andrews Queer Africa, Capitalism & the Digital Age - Shola Adenekan The City as a Metaphor of Safe Queer Experimentation in Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree"' & Beatrice Lamwaka's "Pillar of Love" - Edgar Fred Nabutanyi Homosexuality & the Postcolonial Idea: Notes from Kabelo Sello Duiker's The Quiet Violence of Dreams - Ives S. Loukson A Warm, Woolly Silence: Rethinking Silence through to Molefe's "Lower Main" & Monica Arac de Nyeko's "Jambula Tree" - Robert LaRue Breaking/Voicing the Silence: Diriye Osman's Fairy Tales for Lost Children - Asuncion Aragon Reading for Ruptures: HIV & AIDS, Sexuality & Silencing in Zoe Wicomb's "Search of Tommie" - Lizzy Attree Queer Temporalities & Epistemologies of Jude Dibia's Walking with Shadows & Chinelo Okparanta's Under the Udala Trees - Kerry Manzo Dilemma of an African Woman Faced with Bisexuality: A Reading of Armand Meula's Coq mâle coq femelle - Stella Onome Omonigho FEATURED ARTICLES African Oral Literature & the Environment - Ndubuisi Osuagwu From the Street to the World of Art: Writing Women's Liberation in Nawal El Saadawi's - Simone James Alexander LITERARY SUPPLEMENT Pregnancy in the Time of Ebola [short story] - M'Bha Kamara Okonkwo's Revenge [short story] - Pede Hollist Guilt [short story] - Chioma Toni-Duruaku Tribute to Ben Obumselu (1930-2017): Pioneering African Literary Critic - Isidore Diala REVIEWS [Edited by Obi Nwakanma]
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Chipmunkapublishing Madonna Complex
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Trans Pacific Press Gender Gymnastics: Performing and Consuming Japan's Takarazuka Revue
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Sheffield Phoenix Press A Question of Sex? Gender and Difference in the Hebrew Bible and Beyond
£21.05
Silvertail Books Lady Constance Lytton: Aristocrat, Suffragette, Martyr
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Scribe Publications The Paula Principle: how and why women work below
Book SynopsisAn expert on innovation and work argues that many highly capable women are not being recognised, and that this harms businesses, societies, and individuals alike. Whereas The Peter Principle, a four-million–copy bestseller from the 1960s, argued that most (male) workers will inevitably be promoted to one level beyond their competence, Tom Schuller shows how women today face the opposite scenario: their skills are being wasted as they work below their competence levels. Schuller blends interviews and case studies with examples drawn from literature and popular culture to examine how attitudes have changed, from the advent of higher education for women in the 19th century to female dominance at all academic levels today. He also reveals how this has translated — or failed to translate — into the lived experiences and careers of professional women, whether they are nursery workers, council employees, journalists, or oil company executives. Engrossing and full of everyday insights into how gender impacts on working life, The Paula Principle is a well-reasoned analysis of the obstacles that many women face, and a call for us to challenge them on a personal, organisational, and societal level. PRAISE FOR TOM SCHULLER ‘[Schuller’s] passion for social justice is stamped on every page of a study whose clarity and well researched insights are captivating.’ The Times Higher Education ‘The path to equality thus far has involved women converging on traditionally male employment patterns, Schuller argues: now is the time for men to move towards traditionally female ones — to improve equality and work-life balance, and to make better use of our resources.’ ProspectTrade Review‘Tom Schuller writes candidly on an issue too many men would rather not confront - why working women operate below their level of competence. The glass ceiling in learning is all but shattered. This book brilliantly establishes why now it’s time for the work place.’ -- Jon Snow‘A really interesting book — and an encouraging one, despite its central premise. It provides an absorbing and accessible look at what exactly holds today’s women back - and what we can do about it. The Paula Principle deserves to become an instant classic.’ -- Melissa Benn * author of What Should We Tell Our Daughters? *‘Essential reading for anyone who thinks about the future of work; compelling evidence showing how unions help women and men build alternative working lives; and a powerful argument for radical changes to achieve genuine equality.’ -- Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the TUC‘In a world where women’s work, despite changes in the last decades, is still given less recognition than men's at every level, and where the gap is closing slowly if at all, it lifts the spirits to find Tom Schuller’s thoughtful book analysing with subtlety and elegance why this might be so. He reminds us, as if we needed reminding, that the problem of equality is by no means solved and needs continually to be rethought.’ -- Ursula Owen * founder-director of Virago Press *‘It’s almost 50 years since the Equal Pay Act, women are doing brilliantly in education — and yet gender, and gender inequalities, are still huge issues. The Paula Principle tells us both why and why we should care. It’s a splendid analysis, a fascinating read — and a great way to understand just how differently women, as well as men, experience today’s reality. Just try Schuller’s test on page 230 with yourself and your family.’ -- Alison Wolf (Professor the Baroness Wolf of Dulwich)‘The path to equality thus far has involved women converging on traditionally male employment patterns, Schuller argues: now is the time for men to move towards traditionally female ones — to improve equality and work-life balance, and to make better use of our resources.’ -- Jessica Abrahams * Prospect *'Why do women tend to outperform men in education, yet earn less in the labour market? In this important new book, Tom Schuller shows that gender inequity should concern all of us. A society where women work below their level of competence is missing out on the chance to reach its potential. With pithy statistics, fascinating interviews and entertaining literary references, this book explains why the Paula Principle has emerged, and how we might work together to fix it.' * Andrew Leigh MP, author of The Economics of Just About Everything *‘[Schuller’s] passion for social justice is stamped on every page of a study whose clarity and well researched insights are captivating.’ * Times Higher Education *‘The Paula Principle is an important book. Tom Schuller presents fresh reasons which explain women’s continued disadvantage in the workplace and what can be done about this. The book’s case studies and examples also make the book eminently readable.’ -- Sue Williamson, senior lecturer at School of Business, Australian Defence Force Academy
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Red Press Ltd The Anatomy of Silence
Book SynopsisBefore #MeToo, there was silence. Let's talk about that silence. The Anatomy of Silence is a collection of voices speaking out loud - often for the first time - about what it means to stay silent, to be silenced, and to break the silence that surrounds sexual violence. About how we are all complicit in creating that silence. It offers an unflinching account of how a culture of shame perpetuates a culture of violence against our bodies--and reflects on what it would take to create a world in which that silence - once broken - stays broken.Trade Review"A book that turns whispers into roars, The Anatomy of Silence isn't just an amplifier, but asks serious questions of where society fails victims of sexual abuse on every level, leaving the question - what part are you playing?" - Scott Wilson, The Fountain --The Fountain "Raw... profoundly introspective... These deeply personal stories will make any empathetic person cry, rage, grieve, and sit in awe. - Publisher's Weekly --Publisher's WeeklyTable of Contents1. Introduction: by Cyra Perry Dougherty 2. Flying Out of Bed: By Joan Kresich 3. The Misogyny in Me: By Melissa Dickey 4. A Small Thing: By Andrea Roach 5. I matter: By Caroline Numuhire 6. Healing Silence: By Esther Diplock 7. This is Why: By Chelsea MacMillan 8. Now I Can Say: By Pam Bettencourt 9. Why We Are Hush: By Patrick McFarlane 10. Things Fall Apart: By Monique Harris 11. Exchange: By Jennifer Jean 12. Why Aren't We Listening?: By Amna Abdul 13. Unintended Consequences: By Lauren Spahn 14. The Surprise that Surprises No One: By Michelle Bowdler 15. Community of Silence: By Ashley Easter 16. Men's Work: By Frederick Marx 17. After the Freeze: By Amy Elizabeth Paulson 18. Courage Calls to Courage: By Emily Porth 19. Dissecting My Silence: By Terrence `Red' Crowley 20. Ghosts in the Blk Girl Throat: By Khalisa Rae 21. "pink cookies in a plastic bag": By stephen hicks 22. College Dreams: by Steven Strafford 23. Faking it: Alandra Markman 24. Listening to My Body: By Nadia Colburn 25. Reindeer Girls: By Katie Simon 26. Waterways: By Aisha Fukushima
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Lived Places Publishing Accounting for the Self Locating the Body
£25.64
Lived Places Publishing Punk Rock Women Alive and Well in South Philly
£17.99
Academic Conferences International Ltd. Female Role Models in Higher Education Around the Globe Motivators Challenges Gaps and Barriers
£19.90
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Disgendered
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Book Publishing Pulse Shadows Of Power
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Chicago Review Press Inc DBA Indepe Women on the Right
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Living on the Streets in Japan: Homeless Women Break their Silence
Book SynopsisHomelessness has been recognized as a serious problem in Japan since the 1990s, but the dominant model of a "homeless person" has been that of an unemployed male labourer - a model that has largely excluded women, who experience homelessness in different forms. This study gives the homeless women of Japan a voice at last. Based on extensive fieldwork, the author paints a vivid picture of the unique experiences of homeless women living in a diverse range of environments. By introducing a gender perspective to the analytic framework and challenging the conception of the homeless individual as a rational, autonomous subject, the author invites a critical reconsideration of homeless studies and of public policy.Table of Contents Figures Tables Photos Foreword to the English-Language Edition Foreword to the Original Edition 1 Toward an ethnography of homeless women 2 Who are the homeless women? 3 Establishing welfare for homeless women 4 Gender norms and the use of welfare facilities 5 The world of women who sleep rough 6 Continuing and ending rough sleeping 7 The process of change 8 Resisting the spell of the autonomous subject Epilogue Afterword Notes References Name Index Subject Index
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Pine Hill Books Biological Us: Gender and Sexuality
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Kyoto University Press and Trans Pacific Press Gender History in China
Book SynopsisHow have femininity and masculinity been defined and understood in China from prehistoric times to the present day? Gender History in China presents for the first time in English the work of leading Japanese scholars in the fields of archaeology, history, literature, sociology and law who examine the gender dynamics that have shaped and changed Chinese society over several thousand years. The eighteen chapters and six columns look at the ways gender norms and customary legal practices shaped the family, kinship, and the social order, and how those norms were reflected in work patterns, inheritance, daily life, and literary works. Attention is given to the fundamental principle of qi (material essence) as a building block in cosmology, as well as in legal understandings of family relations. The second part of the volume turns to the dramatic changes in gender patterns from the late nineteenth century, looking at the inflow of new ideas, the struggle for political rights and economic equality, and the institution of new gender norms in socialist and reform-era China. The authors take up such topics as the view of the body in relation to Chinese cosmology, the incorporation of the military man into China's model of hegemonic masculinity, the household registration system as a means of control, the appraisal of "talented women", and the intersection of gender norms and nationalism. Gender History in China enriches our understanding of Chinese history and of contemporary Chinese society.Trade Review"Provides the international scholarly community with a convenient introduction to the most influential Japanese research on Chinese gender and family history…. The contents are [so] rich and comprehensive." - NAN NÜ JournalTable of Contents Figures Contributors Acknowledgement Preface: Gender Order in Chinese History [PART I] Phase I: Pre-Qin to Sui-Tang: Classical China – The Formation of Patrilineal Society Introduction 1. Gender Structure in Pre-Qin China from an Archaeological Perspective 2. The Patrilinealization of Society 3. Literature and Women in China 4. The Family in the Tang Period Column 1: Introduction of Historical Materials: Wives' Divorce and Daughters' Inheritance of Property, Seen in Dunhuang Documents Column 2: Empress Wu Zetian and Thereafter Phase II: Song to Ming-Qing: Traditional China – The Strengthening of Gender Norms Introduction 5. Livelihood and Gender in the Tang and Song Dynasties Focal Point: An Overview of Shiga Shuzo's Principles of Chinese Family Law 6. Traditional Family Ideology and the Chen-Zhu School 7. Marriage and 'Chastity': Structure and Change 8. The Sense of Social Status and Gender Column 3: Court Ladies and Gender Phase III: Modern and Contemporary China – Changing Gender Order Introduction 9. Nationalism and Gender 10. Masculinity in Modern China 11. Discourses on the Family, Love and Sex in Modern China 12. Women's Labor in Modern and Contemporary China 13. The Founding of the People's Republic of China and the Transformation of Gender Order 14. Rearrangement of Gender Order in Post-Mao China: Changing Networks of Women's Federations Column 4: Two Histories of Women in Modern China [PART II] 15. The Household Register and the Family in Ancient China 16. Perceptions of 'Talented Women' 17. Healthcare, the Body and Gender in Chinese Medicine 18. The History of Women's/Gender Studies and Feminism in China Column 5: Sexual Minorities Column 6: Theatre and Gender Bibliography Index
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Advances Press Working with Sharks: A Pakistani Woman's Story of Sexual Harassment in the United Nations - From Personal Grievance to Public Law
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Mystic Productions Traversing Gender
Book SynopsisIn the current age of gender identity and transgender awareness, many questions are coming to light for everyone. Whether brought about by media and cultural attention or personal journeys, individuals who have never heard of transgender, transsexual, or gender variant people can feel lost or confused. Information can be hard to find, and is often fragmented or biased. Meanwhile, trans people are getting a chance to dialogue with each other and finally be heard by the world at large. In Traversing Gender: Understanding Transgender Realities, author Lee Harrington helps make the intimate discussions of gender available for everyone to understand. Topics include: - Understanding the terms “trans” and “transgender” - Differences (and crossovers) between sex, gender, and orientation - The wide array and types of trans experiences - Social networking and emotional support systems for trans people - Navigating medical care, from the common cold to gender-specific procedures - What “transitioning” looks like, from a variety of different approaches - How legal systems interplay with gender and trans issues - Extra challenges based on gender, race, class, age and disability - Skills and information on being successful a trans ally Bringing these personal matters into the light of day, this reader-friendly resource is written for students, professionals, friends, and family members, as well as members of the transgender community itself. It is here for you and those in your life, helping create an opportunity for overcoming the challenges trans people face through awareness and action, making the world a better place one life at a time.
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Punctum Books Gender Trouble Couplets: Volume 1
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Joseph A. Rogowski Seeing Others Successful
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PublishDrive Self Help for the Manosphere
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Ingrid-Astrid Older woman Younger man
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B.L. Horak The Problem Left
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B.L. Horak The Problem Left
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Occult Roots of Postgenderism: And a History of Changes to Psychiatry and Psychology
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Rowman & Littlefield Scripturalizing Jewishness through Blackness
Book SynopsisWhile conversions to Judaism are generally understudied in France, conversions of Black persons go unnoticed. The past three decades witnessed an increasing number of claims to Jewishness in Africa and conversions in the African diaspora and Israel. Their diverse life stories reflect deep spiritual quests. Scripturalizing Jewishness through Blackness: Black Jews in France describes the multiple ways in which they practice and claim their Judaism, relate to their fellow Jews, and reconstruct their identities. Whether former Christians or native Jews, they (re)define their racial and ethnic identities as members of two minority groups in their interactions with Jewish texts and communities, to find their place in the French Jewry and the broader French society, where they have to face both anti-Semitism and racism. After fifteen years of fieldwork, Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot offers an original analysis of their individual and collective itineraries.
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The Book On Publishing The Book On Men for Women
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The Book On Publishing The Book On Women for Men
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Editions L'Harmattan Les femmes et leur corps
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Editions L'Harmattan Le féminisme islamique na pas de sexe
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Editions L'Harmattan Transculturation et perspectives féministes chez les amérindiennes Kalinago et Garifun
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Editions L'Harmattan Genre et sexualité en Corée
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Editions L'Harmattan Quand déclencher laccouchement cest confisquer la maternité aux femmes
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