Gender studies: women and girls Books
Canongate Books (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman
Book SynopsisExtremely open in its honesty and meticulously researched, (M)otherhood probes themes of infertility, childbirth and reproductive justice, and makes a powerful and urgent argument for the need to tackle society's obsession with women's bodies and fertility.Trade ReviewAn exhilarating, genre-defying read . . . seamlessly interwoven with statistics, quotes and scientific evidence to clever narrative effect . . . reminiscent of Olivia Laing's writing on loneliness or the body . . . The whole thing adds up to the most thoughtful, empathic and inspiring science of the self -- VIV GROSKOP * * Observer * *Absolutely sensational. Revelatory and of its time, challenging myths and ingrained perceptions. I could not put it down. Everyone should read this -- MICHAEL CASHMAN, CBE, co-founder of StonewallBrilliant, brave, beautiful . . . such an inspiring book -- ELIF SHAFAKRiveting. Agarwal writes with searing honesty and tenderness about the joys and agonies of becoming a mother, of trying and failing to conceive again, and then of pursuing a route to motherhood that's widely seen as taboo . . . Agarwal writes beautifully about her own complicated experience * * Guardian * *Intimate and insightful, Pragya Agarwal expands the meaning of the word motherhood in this brilliant book. This is urgent, essential reading for everyone -- AVNI DOSHIA wide-ranging, searingly honest and timely intervention into the framing of a fundamental and fraught choice, as well as an impassioned defence of ambivalence as part of the human condition -- OLIVIA SUDJIC(M)otherhood is a valuable step towards a literature that acknowledges the breadth and variety of the parenting experience and its cultural meanings. It is touchingly personal and brave -- ANGELA SAINI, author of Superior: The Return of Race SciencePowerful and compelling . . . Agarwal is a precise, elegant writer who seeks answers by embracing complexity * * New Statesman * *A book about the disparate forces of duty, stereotypes, pressure, double standards and expectations forced upon women, Agarwal cuts through all of it to examine the multiplicity and complexity of motherhood in all its myriad forms. A moving, urgent and necessary read, ultimately it is a book about love -- LAURA BATESCourageous, tender, painfully resonant and beautifully written - this is such a wise and generous exploration of womanhood and identity, and deserves to be read as widely as possible -- DAISY BUCHANAN
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sex Work
Book SynopsisThis is a richly detailed account of the way the sex industry works, and one of the few empirical studies that investigates the off street industry in Britain. The book seeks to advance a greater knowledge of the social organisation of the sex industry by uncovering the day-to-day activities of women involved in the indoor markets. What types of occupational risks do women experience in work of this kind? How do these hazards affect their personal lives? A key concern throughout the book is to assess whether women are passive victims of the circumstances of prostitution or whether they understand and calculate their responses to danger. Drawing upon both sociological and criminological theories, and on detailed research in the city of Birmingham, the author addresses these questions by estimating the rationality of those responses and by providing a measure of how women make sense of different risks. Sex Work: a risky business describes how women create complex psychological and emotional techniques to maintain their sanity while selling sex, and goes on to argue that the indoor sex markets in Britain have a distinct 'occupational culture' with a set of social norms, code of conduct and moral hierarchies that make it a high regulated workplace despite its illicit and sometimes illegal nature.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 The peculiarities of prostitution 2 Ethnography, sex and the self 3 Choice, risk and selling sex 4 Picking punters 5 Keeping safe 6 Dodging cops 7 Secrets and lies 8 Staying sane 9 Professionalizing prostitution? Bibliography Index
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Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other
Book SynopsisFor too long, artists have been told that they can't have both motherhood and a successful career. In this polemical volume, critic and campaigner Hettie Judah argues that a paradigm shift is needed within the art world to take account of the needs of artist mothers (and other parents: artist fathers, parents who don't identify with the term 'mother', and parents in other sectors of the art world). Drawing on interviews with artists internationally, the book highlights some of the success stories that offer models for the future, from alternative support networks and residency models, to studio complexes with onsite childcare, and galleries with family-friendly policies. Some artists have described motherhood as providing them with renewed focus, a new direction in their work, and even inspiration for a complete change of career. Other artists choose to keep their domestic and creative lives compartmentalised. All are placed at a disadvantage by the art world as it is currently structured. This book argues that by making changes and becoming more sensitive to the needs of artist parents, the art world has much to gain.Trade Review'Hettie Judah’s How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers and Other Parents is a manifesto for change at every level, from art schools to studios to institutions and beyond.' – Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, The Guardian‘Judah’s important book examines the current climate of discrimination against parents who are also artists and points to the impediments of motherhood as symptomatic of wilder societal ills. She makes a valid point in her conclusion, arguing an art world that “does not include artist mothers fails to engage with life in full.”’ – Debra Brehmer, HyperallergicTable of ContentsForeword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Culture; 2. Art School; 3. The Studio; 4. Residencies; 5. The Commercial Gallery; 6. Institutions; Conclusion: Love, Celebration and the Road Ahead; Notes; Further Resources; Index
£31.89
Tangent Books The Women Who Built Bristol 1184-2018
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Earlyworks Press Mrs Gustav Holst: An Equal Partner?
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Jacaranda Books Art Music Ltd Locating Strongwoman
Book SynopsisLocating Strongwoman is a portrait of unperformed femininity. Eschewing the stereotypical portrayal of the "Strong Woman" and the even more loaded "Strong Black Woman", these poems invite the reader to interrogate the protagonists and find in their stories a quiet strength."...This is a book filled with want, love and the lack thereof, with striking lines like, 'As if he wasn't a bed of nails your love/laid on' and 'The factory of my body works overtime'. It teeters between violence and the razor-blade threat thereof. Straddling the inside and outside worlds on the head of a 'bobbing sewing needle', Locating Strongwoman is visceral and raw, vulnerable and strong. It will leave you thinking and feeling long after you turn its last page".Peter Kahn, author of Little Kings and co-editor of The Golden Shovel Anthology: New Poems Honoring Gwendolyn Brooks"Through Locating Strongwoman, Tolu Agbelusi hosts a black women's sleepover. Where we drink wine and share stories, about the many complexities of navigating our hearts, how we are our mother's daughters and how our mothers are complex women. Strongwoman... The chilling truth behind this collection is that to be woman is to be silent... or silenced.Both in form and content, Locating Strongwoman is a trace of our mothers' silences and the inevitable release of our own voices. Tolu paints in a language that is familiar and comforting. And how wonderful it is to find yourself, over and over in poetry! As the woman who cannot be pinned into a box and doesn't want to be. To be seen."Vangile Gantsho, author of Red Cotton and Undressing in Front of the Window; co-founder of Impepho Press
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John Catt Educational Ltd The Magic in the Space Between: How a unique
Book SynopsisResponding to a challenge posed by state and independent school leaders, Ian Wigston put together a team of experienced leaders from business, the public sector and the military to enable nearly a hundred women to explore their potential for school leadership.The Magic in the Space Between explores how mentoring, in tandem with a variety of innovative community projects undertaken by the women, provided a platform for each of them to develop a range of skills which saw more than a quarter achieve promotion within two years.As well as telling the stories of individual success, frequently challenging their own assumptions, the book includes contributions from former Schools Minister David Laws, actor Juliet Stevenson and Commodore Mel Robinson, one of the most senior women in the Navy. The book concludes with proposals to address the continuing problem of building a pipeline of future women’s leadership in education.Trade ReviewThought-provoking and based on a wealth of personal experience – great insights on raising our sights for professional development in the world of education. -- David Laws * Schools Minister, 2012–2015 *
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Renard Press Ltd Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman
Book SynopsisAs recounted by the Roman poet Ovid, a young nymph, Salmacis, one day spied Hermaphroditus bathing; consumed with passion, she entered the water and, begging the gods to allow them to stay together, the two became one - part man, part woman. An Eclectic Pagan, for Elizabeth Ovid's fables are more than fiction, and form a framework for exploring identity. Drawing on the rich mythological history associated with the tale of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, and re-examining the tale through the lens of metaphor, Salmacis: Becoming Not Quite a Woman is a stirringly relatable and powerful exploration of gender, love and identity. this is my lake salmacis, and i am the wild nymph with a hollow in her belly and nothing between her legs
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Octopus Publishing Group Forgotten Women
Book Synopsis'To say this [book] is "empowering" doesn't do it justice. Buy a copy for your daughters, sisters, mums, aunts and nieces - just make sure you buy a copy for your sons, brothers, dads, uncles and nephews, too.' - indy100'Here's to no more forgotten women.' - Evening StandardForgotten Women reaches around the world and its history to rediscover, retell and reinstate the lives of over 190 important and significant women. From Neolithic times to modernity, Zing Tsjeng has traced the women who have shaped their age and revolutionised society. In this book lies the strength, lives and sacrifices of women who have refused to accept the hand they've been dealt and have changed the course of our futures accordingly.
£24.00
Legend Press Ltd Woman Up: Pitches, Pay and Periods – the progress
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The Sutherland House Inc. Perfect Nightmare: My Glittering Marriage and How
Book SynopsisA chilling portrait of the ways that abuse can be hidden behind a glittering façade. It's also a compelling story of a woman learning to navigate pain, mental illness, and trauma, until finally becoming an advocate for her own strength and healing. ELIZABETH RENZETTI, author of Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and GirlsKaren Gosbee had it all: a successful husband, three beautiful children, the homes, the cars, the jewelery, the A-list invitations. Her life looked perfect and as her husband, George, liked to say, appearances are everything. But at the height of his success as an owner of a major American sports franchise, cracks appeared in George's carefully constructed façade.Karen could not ignore his increasingly erratic and self-destructive behaviour, which spiralled from affairs and hard-drinking to prostitutes and drug abuse. Nor could she escape his abuse as emotional bullying escalated into dangerous beatings. A Perfect Nightmare is the story of a woman's awakening to the realities of her failing marriage and her desperate struggle - one that would end in headlines and tragedy - to bring herself and her children to safety.
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Dictum John Stott's Right Hand: The untold story of
Book SynopsisThis is a charming book, describing, in the words of Chris Wright, 'one of the greatest partnerships in church history.' It is a story which John Stott himself hoped would one day be told. It is widely agreed that Stott could not have been half so effective without Frances Whitehead at his side. He invited her to become his Secretary when she was still a young Christian, at that time working for the BBC. Having done secret war work as a mathematician, she brought a good mind as well as determination. Stott relied on her, and she would shoulder responsibility to work on the infrastructure to establish his ideas. She also typed his 50 books from longhand. They are both described (by one of the succession of young graduate Study Assistants) as 'fast, exacting and determined', with Frances matching Stott's gold standard again and again. 'She was as remarkable in her way as John Stott was in his.' They were good friends, and she was named in his Will as 'My friend and Executor'. Neither married and both were completely dedicated to John's ministry. You can't understand his ministry without knowing of Frances Whitehead. This is a very colourful biography looking at Frances Whitehead's ancestry as well as her own interesting life. It includes walk-on parts from George III, Gainsborough, Prince Albert, Florence Nightingale, the Singer family (of Singer sewing Machine fame) and Jacqueline du Pre. It is no ordinary 'Christian biography'. Her family at one stage owned much of Chelsea, including the land on which Harrods now stands. Frances's life story gives us glimpses into the way they worked together, and their shared values. Both were very modest about their contributions, and lived modestly. John Stott lived in a small two-roomed flat, from which he worked. His Study Assistant had a desk in Stott's small bedroom - the desk had been rescued from a skip. Frances worked in a small office looking out onto a brick wall. The book concludes with a summing-up of John Stott's and Frances Whitehead's joint legacy. This includes the founding and establishing of two global movements. Timeline, Family trees, Appendices, and over 30 photographs.Table of ContentsAuthor's Preface Timeline Foreword to the first edition by Chris Wright Introduction to the first edition by Timothy Dudley-Smith The Archangel in charge of 'postings' PART l: LONDON, FRIDAY 13 JANUARY, 2012 1. Memorial Service at St Paul's Cathedral PART ll: FROM CHILDHOOD TO THE BBC (1925-1956) 2. Early years 3. To boarding school 4. Massive changes 5. Travels to Switzerland and South Africa 6. London, the BBC and a new-found faith PART lll: INTERLUDE Snapshots from family history PART IV: JOHN STOTT'S SECRETARY (1956-2011) 7. New beginnings and new projects 8. More time and wider horizons 9. How a global ministry grew 10. The happy triumvirate 11. The Hookses 12. Award of a Lambeth degree 13. Bourne End (1971-2011) 14. John Stott finishes his race PART V: FRANCES WHITEHEAD'S FINAL YEARS (2011-2019) 15. Frances's Final Years 16. From Bourne End to Bovey Tracey AFTERWORD A shared legacy Appendices 1. Tributes to Frances Whitehead; and text of that given by Eidi Cruz-Valdivieso 2 (i) Books typed by Frances Whitehead; 2(ii) The story of a biography 3. Staff appointed by John Stott 4. Press notices and orders of service
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POW POW Press The Mongoose
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Springer International Publishing AG Feminism in Play
Book SynopsisFeminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games culture, and as contributors to the games industry. This volume showcases women’s resistance to the norms of games culture, as well as women’s play and creative practices both in and around the games industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in games and games culture. In offering this framework, this volume provides a platform to the silenced and marginalized, offering counter-narratives to the post-racial and post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of production and consumption of games culture.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reframing Hegemonic Conceptions of Women and Feminism in Gaming Culture (Kishonna L. Gray, Emma Vossen, and Gerald Voorhees) Part I. Neither Virgin Nor Vixen: Representations of Women 2. Women by Women: A Gender Analysis of Sierra Titles by Women Designers (Angela R. Cox) 3. The Material Undermining of Magical Feminism in Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea (James Malazita) 4. “From Sirens to Cyborgs:The media politics of the female voice in games and game cultures (Milena Droumeva) 5. The Magnificent Memory Machine: The Nancy Drew Series and Women’s History (Robyn Hope) 6. The Sexual Politics of Videogame Graphics (Robert Mejia & Barbara LeSavoy) Part II. All Made Up: Gendering Assemblages 7. Women’s Experiences on the Path to Game Development (Johanna Weststar & Marie-Josée Legault) 8. Rule Makers versus Rule Breakers: The Impact of Legislative Policies on Women Game Developers in the Japanese Game Industry (Tsugumi Okabe) 9. Sexism and the WoWGirl: A Study of Perceptions of Women World of Warcraft (Thaiane Oliveira, Reynaldo Gonçalves, Alessandra Maia, Julia Silveira, and Simone Evangelista) 10. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Video Game Live Streaming and its Potential Risks and Benefits for Female Gamers (Lena Uszkoreit) Part III. Beyond Feminization: Gaming and Social Futures 11. Doing/Undoing Gender with the Girl Gamer in High Performance Play (Emma Witkowski) 12. The Magic Circle and Consent in Gaming Practices (Emma Vossen) 13. Shoot the Gun Inside: Doubt and Feminist Epistemology in Video Games (Elyse Janish) 14. Women Agents and Double-Agents: Theorizing Feminine Gaze in Video Games (Stephanie C. Jennings) 15. Feminism and Gameplay Performance (Emma Westecott)
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Bocconi University Press Standing up for the Planet: 45 Stories of
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Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd TeachingWriting Resistance
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Penguin Random House India Off the Beaten Track - The Story of My Unconventional Life
Saeeda Bano was the first woman in India to work as a radio newsreader, known then and still as the doyenne of Urdu broadcasting. Over her unconventional and courageous life, she walked out of a suffocating marriage, witnessed the violence of Partition, lost her son for a night in a refugee camp, ate toast with Nehru and fell in love with a married man who would, in the course of their twenty-five year-relationship, become the Mayor of Delhi. Though she was born into privilege in Bhopal the only Indian state to be ruled by women for four successive generations her determination, independence and frankness make this a remarkable memoir and a crucial disruption in India's understanding of her own past
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Lifeway Church Resources Daring Joy Bible Study Book with Video Access
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£22.40
Fantagraphics Books The Woman with Fifty Faces
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Greenleaf Book Group Press Expanding Your Power
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PM Press Ingrid Schubert
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Transgender Studies Reader 2
Book SynopsisOver the past twenty years, transgender studies has emerged as a vibrant field of interdisciplinary scholarship. In 2006, Routledge's The Transgender Studies Reader brought together the first definitive collection of the field. Since its publication, the field has seen an explosion of new work that has expanded the boundaries of inquiry in many directions. The Transgender Studies Reader 2 gathers these disparate strands of scholarship, and collects them into a format that makes sense for teaching and research. Complementing the first volume, rather than competing with it, The Transgender Studies Reader 2 consists of fifty articles, with a general introduction by the editors, explanatory head notes for each essay, and bibliographical suggestions for further research. Unlike the first volume, which was historically based, tracing the lineage of the field, this volume focuses on recent work and emerging trends. To keep pace with this rapidly chTable of Contents Introduction: Transgender Studies 2.0I. Transgender Perspectives In (and On) Radical Political Economy1. Normalized Transgressions: Legitimizing the Transsexual Body as Productive Dan Irving2. Retelling Racialized Violence, Remaking White Innocence: The Politics of Interlocking Oppressions in Transgender Day of Remembrance Sarah Lamble3. Artful Concealment and Strategic Visibility: Transgender Bodies and U.S. State Surveillance After 9/11 Toby Beauchamp4. Tracing This Body: Transsexuality, Pharmaceuticals & Capitalism Michelle O’Brien5. Transsexual Necropolitics Jin Haritaworn and C. Riley SnortonII. Making Trans-Culture(s): Texts, Performances, Artifacts6. “The White To Be Angry”: Vaginal Creme Davis’ Terrorist Drag Jose Esteban Muñoz7. Felt MattersJeanne Vaccaro8. Groping Theory: Haptic Cinema and Trans-Curiosity in Hans Scheirl’s Dandy Dust Eliza Steinbock9. The Transgender Look J. Halberstam10. Embracing Transition, or Dancing in the Folds of Time Julian CarterIII. Transsexing Humanimality11. Selections from Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People Joan Roughgarden12. Animal TranssexMyra Hird13. Animals Without Genitals: Race and TranssubstantiationMel Chen 14. Lessons from a Starfish Eva Hayward15. Interdependent Ecological Transsex: Notes on Re/Production, “Transgender” Fish, and the Management of Populations, Species, and Resources Bailey KeirIV. Transfeminisms16. Feminist Solidarity After Queer Theory: The Case of Transgender Cressida Heyes17. Inclusive Pedagogy in the Women’s Studies Classroom: Teaching the Kimberly Nixon CaseViviane Namaste (with Georgia Sitara)18. Skirt Chasers: Why the Media Depicts the Trans Revolution in Lipstick and Heels Julia Serano19. The Education of Little Cis: Cisgender and the Discipline of Opposing Bodies A. Finn Enke20. Our Bodies Are Not Ourselves: Tranny Guys and the Racialized Class Politics of Incoherence Bobby NobleV. Cross Talk: Contention and Complexity in Trans-Discourses21. Body Shame, Body Pride: Lessons From the Disability Rights Movement Eli Clare22. The Pharmaco-Pornographic Regime: Sex, Gender, and Subjectivity in the Age of Punk Capitalism Beatriz Preciado23. Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of IllusionTalia Mae Bettcher24. “Still At the Back of the Bus”: Sylvia Rivera’s Struggle Jessi Gan25. Transgender Subjectivity and the Logic of Sexual DifferenceShanna CarlsonVI. Timely Matters: Temporality and Trans-historicity 26. Towards A Transgender Archaeology: A Queer Rampage Through PrehistoryMary Weismantel27. Selections from “Before the Tribade: Medieval Anatomies of Female Masculinity and Pleasure” Karma Lochrie28. Extermination of the Joyas: Gendercide in Spanish California Deborah A. Miranda29. Before Transgender: Transvestia’s Gender Spectrum, 1960-1980 Robert Hill30. Reading Transsexuality in “Gay” Tehran (Around 1979)Afsaneh NajmabadiVII. Being There: The (Im)material Locations of Trans-Phenomena31. Between Surveillance and Liberation: The Lives of Cross-Dressed Male Sex Workers in Early Postwar Japan Todd Henry32. An Ethics of Transsexual Difference: Luce Irigaray and the Place of Sexual Undecideability Gayle Salamon33. Touching Gender: Abjection and the Hygienic ImaginationSheila Cavanaugh34. Perverse Citizenship: Divas, Marginality, and Participation in “Loca-Lization” Marcia Ochoa35. Thinking Figurations Otherwise: Reframing Dominant Knowledges of Sex and Gender Variance in Latin America Vek LewisVIII. Going Somewhere: Transgender Movement(s)36. Transgender Without Organs? Mobilizing a Geo-affective Theory of Gender Modification Lucas Crawford 37. Longevity and Limits in Rae Bourbon’s Life in Motion Don Romesberg38. The Romance of the Amazing Scalpel: Race, Affect and Labor in Thai Gender Reassignment Clinics Aren Z. Aizura39. Trans/scriptions: Homing Desires, (Trans)sexual Citizenship and Racialized Bodies Nael Bhanji40. Transportation: Translating Filipino/Filipino-American Tomboy Masculinities Through Seafaring and Migration Kale FajardoIX. Biopolitics and the Administration of Trans-Embodiment(s)41. Kaming Mga Talyada (We Who Are Sexy): The Transsexual Whiteness of Christine Jorgensen in the (Post)Colonial Philippines Susan Stryker 42. Electric Brilliancy: Cross-Dressing Law and Freak Show Displays in Nineteenth- Century San Francisco Clare Sears 43. Shuttling Between Bodies and Borders: Transmigration and the Politics of Rightful Killing Sima Shakhsari44. Silhouettes of Defiance: the memorialization of historical sites of queer and transgender resistance in an age of neoliberal inclusivity Che Gossett45. Neutering the Transgendered: Human Rights and Japan’s Law No. 111 Laura NortonX. Trans-oriented Practices, Policies, and Social Change46. “We Won't Know Who You Are”: Contesting Sex Designations in New York City Birth Certificates Paisley Currah and Lisa Jean Moore47. Reinscribing Normality: The Politics of Transgender Marriage Ruthann Robson48. Performance as Intravention: Ballroom Culture and the Politics of HIV/AIDS in Detroit Marlon Bailey49. Transgender as Mental Illness: Nosology, Social Justice, and the Tarnished Golden Mean Nick Gorton50. Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got Dean Spade, Morgan Bassichis and Alex Lee
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Voyaging Out
Book SynopsisA fascinating new accountof the work and lives ofBritain?s women artists inthe twentieth century.Trade Review'A wonderfully rich panorama of creative lives, by turns elegiac and celebratory. Truthful, practical and open-minded, Trant’s book points us in new directions' - Alexandra Harris'Offers a powerful and important corrective to historical accounts that continue to draw on the same small pool of participants ... It was a pleasure to discover for the first time so many women artists overdue serious attention' - Times Literary Supplement
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Quarto Publishing PLC Wedded Wife
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Edith Summerskill
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Yale University Press Niki de Saint Phalle in the 1960s
Book SynopsisA timely reassessment of the artist’s early performances and feminist sculptures, affirming their radical engagements and art historical significance
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Yale University Press A Room of Her Own
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Princeton University Press Hannah Wilke
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of American Institute of Graphic Arts’ Top 50 Books / 50 Covers of 2021"
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Pluto Press Sara
Book SynopsisThe second instalment of the iconic memoirs of one of the first female fighters of the PKKTrade Review'This memoir advances our knowledge of human endurance and allows the reader a closer look into the world of state violence. This is a compelling story of fear, hope, tensions, despair, joy, but mostly a dream of liberation' -- Shahrzad Mojab, co-author of 'Revolutionary Learning: Marxism, Feminism and Knowledge''Diyarbakir Military Prison was the main site of Kurdish resistance during the early 1980s and as a senior member of the PKK, Sakine Cansiz played a leading role in it. This book is an excellent resource for understanding this historic period in Kurdish politics' -- Cengiz Gunes, author of 'The Kurdish National Movement in Turkey: From Protest to Resistance' (Routledge, 2012).'This second volume of memoirs covers the 11 years Sakine Cansiz spent in Turkish prisons from 1979 until 1990. With tremendous lucidity and power Cansiz tells a story of struggle against dehumanisation and an unshakeable belief in freedom. This is a deeply moving documentation of the origins of the Kurdish women's movement. A most important book - beautifully written and urgent' -- Estella Schmid, Peace in Kurdistan Campaign'Sakine shows not only Kurdish women, but all women that the most beautiful way to live is to embrace life with more strength. Sakine never gave up her love for freedom, despite the heavy sacrifices she had to bear. In a country where it is forbidden to live in freedom as human beings, she knew that the only way to survive was to fight. Every woman who longs for freedom will find a voice in Sakine's struggle' -- Gönül Tepe, Kurdish Women's Liberation MovementTable of ContentsTranslator-editor's Preface Sara Notes List of People List of Political Names and Acronyms Timeline Index
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University of Toronto Press Northern Grit
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Bristol University Press Civil Society and the Family
Book SynopsisThis enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.Table of ContentsStarting points The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society The challenges of researching the ‘private sphere’ of the family The uncertain business of raising citizens Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement Family arguments: finding one’s voice Politicising family food practices The upward transmission of civic ‘virtues’ Reframing civil society and the family
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Bristol University Press Experiences of Punishment Abuse and Justice by
Book SynopsisShedding light on the challenges and experiences of women and families within the criminal justice system, this book considers issues of intersectionality, violence and gender. Accessible to both academics and practitioners and with real-world policy recommendations, this collection demonstrates how positive change can be achieved.Table of ContentsForeword ~ Anita Dockley 1. Keeping the conversation going: the Women, Family, Crime and Justice network ~ Natalie Booth, Isla Masson and Lucy Baldwin Part I: Punishing women in the criminal justice system 2. Pregnancy and new motherhood in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic ~ Laura Abbott 3. Empowerment or punishment? The curious case of women’s centres ~ Gemma Ahearne 4. Silent victims: uncovering the realities of the criminal justice system for families of prisoners ~ Zobia Hadait, Somia R. Bibi and Razia Tariq Hadait Part II: Violence, abuse and justice 5. Recognising and responding to domestic violence and abuse in LGB and/or T+ people’s relationships: towards a ‘relationships services’ approach ~ Rebecca Barnes and Catherine Donovan 6. “Throwing the first punch before I got hurt”: the experiences of imprisoned women who have perpetrated intimate partner violence and abuse ~ Jenny Mackay 7. “It feels like a mini victory”: alternative routes to justice in experiences of online misogyny ~ Jo Smith 8. The conversation isn’t over: gaining justice for women and families ~ Natalie Booth, Isla Masson and Lucy Baldwin
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University of North Carolina Press Reclaiming Clio
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New York University Press The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe Tragedy of Heterosexuality wastes absolutely no time getting to the point...it is at heart a somber, urgent academic examination of the many ways in which opposite-sex coupling can hurt the very individuals who cling to it most....[The book] might be just the thing to rescue heterosexuality from its unearned hegemony in our shared cultural imagination. * New York Times Book Review *A gender and sexuality professor has written a book explaining the secret to straight people having happier relationships — be more like queer couples. Jane Ward, a gender and sexuality studies professor at University of California, Riverside, studied tips from marriage manuals, self-help books, dating coaches and marriage therapists while writing The Tragedy of Heterosexuality. * Pink News *This book is a loving lesbian intervention, a defamiliarized look at what we’ve come to expect from heterosexuality. * Bitch Magazine *A great read for LGBTQ+ and straight readers, Jane Ward's non-fiction book tackles compulsory heterosexuality, heteronormativity, patriarchy, and how they impact us all. * Cosmopolitan UK's "Best Books by LGBTQ+ Authors" *The intelligent generosity of spirit of Jane Ward’s bullseye critique of heterosexual culture is the icing on the cake of its timeliness, necessity, and page-turning readability. I lost track of the number of times I wrote 'fuck YES!' in the margins as I read this book. -- Hanne Blank, author of FatSharp, witty, provocative, informed, and feeling, The Tragedy of Heterosexuality flips the scripts of queer suffering and heterosexual happiness. Jane Ward details the harms and disappointments of heterosexual culture for straight women, analyzes the "misogyny paradox" at its heart, and points toward a deeper love. -- Joshua Gamson, author of The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, The Music, the Seventies in San FranciscoThis book needed to be written and who better to plunge into the murky mysteries and sad dramas of heterosexuality than Jane Ward? The Tragedy of Heterosexuality offers a map of the complex and shifting landscape of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo, sexual harassment, and Title IX....[A]n immensely readable, fairly controversial and surely relevant book. -- Jack Halberstam, author of Wild Things: The Disorder of Desire
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University Press of Mississippi Too Fast Too Short
Book SynopsisAmerican actress and socialite Diana Barrymore (19211960) was a figure often overshadowed by her famous lineage and tragic narrative. In Too Fast, Too Short: The Life of Diana Barrymore, author Jennifer Ann Redmond illuminates Barrymore's complex world, revealing a woman caught between the glittering facade of Hollywood and the dark shadows of her personal struggles. That she was the confused, neglected daughter of legendary actor John Barrymore is common knowledge. Just as central to Barrymore's story is the profound influence of her mother, poet/playwright Michael Strange. Both distant and domineering, Strange's contradictory nature stifled Barrymore and her siblings, thrusting her into a socialite world she neither desired nor understood. Barrymore's familial relationships were marked by pain and complexity. Her older brother, Leonard, was detached and the golden child brother Robin, who lived openly as a gay man in an era of secrecy, died by suicide after the death of his lover, Billy Rambo. Barrymore's later years were colored by her relationship with the iconic playwright Tennessee Williams. Viewing Williams as the gateway to her dreams of a successful career, a happy marriage, and motherhood, Barrymore's interactions with him reveal her vulnerability and resilience. Unpublished correspondence with mutual friends sheds light on her aspirations and the poignant desperation of her delusions. This biography endeavors to present Diana Barrymore not as a cautionary tale but as a complex individual. Volatile, bristly, and unreliable, yet also clever, funny, and profoundly intelligent, Barrymore was a woman of remarkable talent and beauty, even if she rarely saw it herself. Through this volume, Barrymore emerges as a fully realized person, reclaiming her place in Hollywood's history.
£29.20
University Press of Mississippi To Absent Friends
£27.90
Metropolitan Museum of Art Women Dressing Women: A Lineage of Female Fashion
Book SynopsisThis survey of women-led fashion design centered around the twentieth and twenty-first centuries emphasizes the creative agency and artistic legacy of female creators “This excellent book is recommended for readers interested in women fashion designers, particularly those who are not well-known today.”—Sandra Rothenberg, Library Journal (starred review) Exploring the enduring impact of fashions created by and for women, this book traces a historical and conceptual lineage across more than 70 female designers— from unidentified dressmakers in eighteenth-century France, to contemporary makers who are leading the direction of fashion today—all culled from the incredible permanent collection of The Costume Institute. Insightful essays that consider notions of anonymity, visibility, agency, and absence/omission reveal women’s impact within the field of fashion, highlighting celebrated designers and forgotten histories alike. The publication includes fashion houses such as Mad Carpentier, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Madeleine Vionnet, American makers like Ann Lowe, Claire McCardell, and Isabel Toledo, along with contemporary designers such as Rei Kawakubo, Anifa Mvuemba, Simone Rocha, and Iris van Herpen. New photography, created especially for this volume, uses light, shadow, and reflection to connect the garments to the four themes of the essays, which situate the works within a larger social context, and a fold-out genealogical chart traces connections between the makers featured. This overdue look at women-led design will be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of fashion. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (December 7, 2023–March 3, 2024)
£33.25
Red Lightning Books Plant-Based Himalaya: Vegan Recipes from Nepal
Book SynopsisThe art of healthy cooking is all about loving yourself and spreading that love to those around you. It's even better when you can cook a delicious meal and also help protect the environment. In Plant-Based Himalaya, Nepalese author Babita Shrestha shares 38 vegan recipes from her home country that she has been cooking and eating since she was very young, including mouthwatering grains, dal, curries, greens, sauces, and desserts. In addition to food, Shrestha introduces her beloved Nepal along with her personal goals for a plant-based diet: decreasing mass production and consumption of unhealthy processed food in plastic packaging. Featuring 250 beautiful full-color photos, Plant-Based Himalaya is designed to inspire you to cook and eat exquisitely vegan home-style Nepali cuisine. Make it exceptional, and share it with your loved ones!Trade ReviewA very useful book for those who want to cook Nepali food with beautiful photography of Nepali food and culture. -- Sunil Ulak, Historian & Photographer, NepalBring Nepal into your kitchen with Babita's wonderful cookbook, Plant-Based Himalaya. In addition to fabulous recipes that will satisfy vegans and non-vegans alike, this book also provides a glimpse into the pristine landscapes, ancient architecture, rich culture, and generous people of Nepal. -- Anne-Marie Bonneau, author of The Zero-Waste Chef, Plant-Forward Recipes for a Sustainable Kitchen and PlanetBabita has cooked many special meals for my family. Her passion for food comes through in the pages of this stunning book. Beautifully written and photographed, it is one you will go back to time and time again. -- Lucy A. VanMeter, Judge, Fayette County, KentuckyPlant-based eating is a healthy alternative for you and our planet. But even if you don't cook, you'll want this beautiful book on your table. (Or it would make a perfect gift!) -- Subakka.bookstuff
£23.39
Moody Publishers Discerning the Voice of God
Book Synopsis OVER350,000 COPIES SOLD! Do you feel that the ability to hear God''s voice is for other people and not for you? Is it only for people who lived in Biblical times? Not at all! The God who loved you enough to die for you loves you enough to talk to you. And wherever you are in your spiritual walk, God will find a way to speak to you in a way you will understand. Become acquainted with the Voice that has spoken from a fire and a cloud, with visible signs and an invisible Spirit, through a burning bush and burning hearts. Hear from some of the most well known Christians in history about how God speaks to them, and discover for yourself how you can discern the voice of God. One of Priscilla?s bestselling titles, Discerning the Voice of God is now completely revised with updated content and reflection questions. Each section contains insights that will aid you in your desire to hear Him speak. Discover the treasure of recognizing how God keeps in touch with his beloved people.
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Amazon Publishing Nancy Wake: World War Two’s Most Rebellious Spy
Book Synopsis‘Of all the variously talented women SOE sent to France, Nancy Wake was perhaps the most formidable’ —Sebastian Faulks This is the incredible true story of the greatest spy you’ve never heard of—as told to the author by the woman herself. At the outbreak of World War Two, Nancy Wake’s glamorous life in the South of France seemed far removed from the fighting. But when her husband was called up for military service, Nancy felt she had just as much of a duty to fight for freedom. By 1943, her fearless undercover work even in the face of personal tragedy had earned her a place on the Gestapo’s ‘most wanted’ list. Mixing armed combat with a taste for high living, Nancy frustrated the Nazis at every turn’whether she was smuggling food and messages as part of the underground Resistance or being parachuted into the heart of the war to lead a 7,000-strong band of Resistance fighters. The extraordinary courage of this unequalled woman changed the course of the war, and Russell Braddon’s vividly realised biography brings her incredible story to life. Revised edition: This edition of Nancy Wake includes editorial revisions.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Thats What She Said
Book SynopsisAn artist and activist committed to the empowerment of women and girls has created a gorgeous illustrated volume, blending watercolor and short biography to showcase the contributions of more than fifty influential female leaders whose words and actions are a passionate call to arms.Distraught by the results of the 2016 election and the realization that the nation was not ready for its first female president, Kimothy Joy found herself poring over the biographies of brave women throughout history—those who persisted in the face of daunting circumstances—to learn from their experiences.Turning to art, Joy channeled her feelings to the canvas, bringing these strong women to life in bold watercolor portraits surrounded by inspirational hand-lettered quotes. With each creation, Joy found catharsis and hope. She shared her watercolors with her online community and encouraged everyone to raise their own voices and recharge for the battles ahead.Now, in this beautiful gift book, Joy has gathered her stunning illustrations and quotes and paired them with surprising, illuminating biographies of her subjects to inspire women of all ages, races, and backgrounds. That’s What She Said honors a powerful and diverse group of over fifty women—from Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, and Virginia Woolf to Sojourner Truth, Malala Yousafzai, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg—role models whose words and insights remind us that we must never give up the fight for a more just and equitable society.Reclaiming the derogatory cultural barb that’s what she said, this stunning book celebrates strong female leadership throughout history and empowers current and future generations to find their voices and inspire change in their communities.Trade Review“Kimothy’s illustrations are some of The Huffington Post’s most successful graphics to date. They consistently engage our audiences in conversations about intersectional feminism, legacy and resistance.” — Savannah O’Leary, Multimedia Producer, The Huffington Post “Kimothy’s illustrations are a beautiful addition to The Huffington Post’s Women’s History Month campaign because she presents these historic women in such an artistic and unique way. The beautiful portraits paired with these groundbreaking women’s words have been shared widely by the Huffington Post audience.” — Alanna Vagianos, Editor, Huffpost Women “A stunning book that celebrates a diverse group of inspirational women, from Maya Angelou to Malala Yousafzai. The book features illustrations and quotes with illuminating biographies to inspire women of all ages and backgrounds.” — Hello Sunshine “[Joy’s] work combines art and insight in the same tradition as Kalman’s. I reach for That’s What She Said whenever I’m looking to feel re-energized in the fight for women’s issues.” — Alexandra Sacks, for TED’s Winter Reading List
£15.29
Duke University Press On Being Included
Book SynopsisArgues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent.Trade Review“Ahmed’s book is not a how-to guide to ‘what works.’ But On Being Included would be an excellent choice for a faculty-staff reading group about social justice in the academy, because Ahmed provides a rich resource for serious rethinking: ‘My aim is not to suggest that we should stop doing diversity, but that we need to keep asking what we are doing.’” - Meryl Altman, Academe“For those of us interested in diversity work, Ahmed’s On Being Included provides a novel way of thinking about diversity. In her readings of institutional documents interwoven with the voices of diversity workers, Ahmed cautions us to think about diversity as a tool deployed to further crystallize institutionally sanctioned racist practices that recede to the background of everyday life.” - Andres Castro Samayoa, Somatechnics“[A] unique account of diversity as an institutional practice and also of what people do and feel when they do not quite fit the norms of an institution orare ‘out of place’. Ahmed captures the experience of diversity in liberal institutions through the image of a coming up against a brick wall and an important part of this book is the ‘physical and emotional’ labour of confronting that wall.” - Karim Murji, Ethnic and Racial Studies“Regardless of positionality and lived experiences, this text is engaging both intellectually and emotionally. Ahmed’s unflinching candor compels reflection and tough (hopefully productive) conversations far more effectively than a conventional ‘diversity document’. This is a text that moves to confront and change the status quo.” - Corin de Freitas and Alex Pysklywec, Society and Space, Environment and Planning D“Despite having read widely within the field of diversity and higher education, it is rare for a book to so powerfully call to mind my own identities as did this one. . . . This work is most appropriate for an educational anthropology course or unit focused on applied work within higher education. . . . It would also be useful for researchers looking for a new theoretical approach to how discourse and documents perform within institutions or, more provocatively, how they fail to do so.” - Lauren Miller Griffith, Anthropology and Education Quarterly"Just when you think everything that could possibly be said about diversity in higher education has been said, Sara Ahmed comes along with this startlingly original, deeply engaging ethnography of diversity work. On Being Included is an insightful, smart reflection on the embodied, profoundly political phenomenology of doing and performing diversity in predominantly white institutions. As Ahmed queers even the most mundane formulations of diversity, she creates one eureka moment after another. I could not put this book down. It is a must-read for everyone committed to antiracist, feminist work as key to institutional transformation in higher education."—Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity"Sara Ahmed's sensitive and respectful analysis of the complexities faced by diversity workers in higher education institutions arrives at a moment when we urgently need ways to rethink institutional dynamics and the animating effects of policy regimes and processes. This is a vital book: vital as a compass guiding the eye, heart, and mind to the knowledge that can emerge from the labor of institutional transformation, and vital in the sense of being life-giving to those involved in the process."—Gail Lewis, coauthor of Citizenship: Personal Lives and Social Policy"There are no other books of this caliber examining the institutional culture of diversity in higher education. Sara Ahmed not only offers a rigorous empirical study of how diversity operates in the real world; she also develops a brilliant theoretical framework exploring the affective reproduction of inequality. At the same time, as a black feminist, she draws on her own embodiment of difference and experience as a diversity practitioner."—Heidi Safia Mirza, author of Race, Gender and Educational Desire: Why Black Women Succeed and Fail“Ahmed’s book is not a how-to guide to ‘what works.’ But On Being Included would be an excellent choice for a faculty-staff reading group about social justice in the academy, because Ahmed provides a rich resource for serious rethinking: ‘My aim is not to suggest that we should stop doing diversity, but that we need to keep asking what we are doing.’” -- Meryl Altman * Academe *“Regardless of positionality and lived experiences, this text is engaging both intellectually and emotionally. Ahmed’s unflinching candor compels reflection and tough (hopefully productive) conversations far more effectively than a conventional ‘diversity document’. This is a text that moves to confront and change the status quo.” -- Corin de Freitas and Alex Pysklywec * Environment and Planning D *“[T]he book links deeply theoretical questioning to personal experience, empirical findings in interviews, informal discussions and engaged participant observation. It provides the reader with many insights, some created within different varieties of collective intellectual labor that are referred to as discussions in a seminar, meeting or informal talk, that nourish the quest for reading that is simultaneously compelling and delightful. In its combination of theory and practice, the book offers food for thought to theorists and practitioners alike.” -- Anitta Kynsilehto * International Feminist Journal of Politics *“On Being Included is one of those books that took over my life. It seemed like, for a while, I inserted this text into just about every conversation I had. ‘Oh, that’s similar to what Sara Ahmed talks about when she says … ‘ Maybe it’s because I want people to associate me with this brilliant author! It’s also partially because this book is really smart about dealing with the ways that terms–specifically, diversity–are taken up within the institution (and she does a neat job of thinking through what institution means) and used to obscure particular kinds of work.” -- Erin Frost * Theorizing Feminist Apparency blog *“On Being Included does an excellent job of bringing to life, in highly perceptive ways, the experience of doing diversity work. As ethnography, its strength indeed may lie in bracketing other times and places. However, the resonance with other documented experiences in Britain and Australia contributes to the book’s value in offering not just a picture of diversity politics but a vivid account of the persistent features of contemporary organisational life when faced with projects seeking change.” -- Davina Cooper * British Journal of Educational Studies *“Drawing from interviews and informal conversations with higher education diversity practitioners across the United Kingdom and Australia, scholar Sara Ahmed has crafted a keen meditation on the meaning of diversity in higher education and its implications for inclusion.... Focusing on what practitioners can learn about institutions as they work to transform them, her book will be of interest to anyone seeking to promote greater inclusion at their institution.” * On Campus with Women *“This book offers a grounded and open exploration of what it means to ‘do’ diversity, to ‘be’ diverse. It challenges the reader, both in style and in content, to reconsider relations of power that stick to the multiple practices, meanings, and understandings of diversity, and to reconsider how we engage, reproduce, and disrupt these relations.” -- Juliane Collard and Carolyn Prouse * Gender, Place & Culture *“A key finding in Ahmed’s rich analysis of race relations is how diversity policies can become a mechanism for preserving whiteness. . . . Above all, Ahmed’s corpus of work on race and cultural studies continues to remind us that race is a ‘sticky sign’. . . . The wonder of Ahmed’s book is that it allows us insight into some of the more ephemeral ways whiteness, privilege and institutional discrimination come to operate as normative.” -- Anoop Nayak * British Journal of Sociology of Education *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. On Arrival 1 1. Institutional Life 19 2. The Language of Diversity 51 3. Equality and Performance Culture 83 4. Commitment as a Non-performative 113 5. Speaking about Racism 141 Conclusion. A Phenomenological Practice 173 Notes 191 References 221 Index 235
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DeVorss & Co ,U.S. The Rules Handbook
Book SynopsisMillions of women have already learned these time-tested lessons of love. The world has changed . . . Now it’s time for a new generation to find “the one.” In their #1 New York Times bestseller, THE RULES...Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider shared their time-tested techniques for finding the “one.” Controversial yet effective, THE RULES has changed millions of women’s lives all over the world since 1995. From Oprah to the Today Show, they helped women attract love through confidence and self-esteem.Over the past 30 years, the world has changed dramatically. Today, anything goes with fast paced dating and social media. While technology has accelerated the change (Instagram, texting, TikTok), biology has remained the same. It was time for a much needed reminder.The Rules Handbook was written out of necessity. Ellen and Sherrie were hearing froTable of ContentsCOURSE 1: Becoming the Best Version of YourselfCOURSE 2: Navigating New RelationshipsCOURSE 3: Empowered DatingCOURSE 4: Effective Commitment and CommunicationCOURSE 5: Create Respectful Marriages and PartnershipsCOURSE 6: The Rules Refresher Course
£12.34
Tara Books Hope is a Girl Selling Fruit
Book SynopsisIn the light of continuing debates on Indian women’s mobility and choices, young Mithila painter from Bihar, India, Amrita Das offers a disarmingly fresh perspective on being female and an artist in the making.
£8.54
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Women for Victory
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£61.49
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Kingdom of Women
Book SynopsisIn a mist-shrouded valley on China''s invisible border with Tibet is a place known as the Kingdom of Women, where a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries. In a mist-shrouded valley on China''s invisible border with Tibet is a place known as the Kingdom of Women, where a small tribe called the Mosuo lives in a cluster of villages that have changed little in centuries. This is one of the last matrilineal societies on earth, where power lies in the hands of women. All decisions and rights related to money, property, land and the children born to them rest with the Mosuo women, who live completely independently of husbands, fathers and brothers, with the grandmother as the head of each family. A unique practice is also enshrined in Mosuo tradition--that of walking marriage, where women choose their own lovers from men within the tribe but are beholden to none.Trade ReviewA fascinating portrait of one of the world’s last matriarchal societies, a land without fathers or husbands, without marriage or divorce, written by an international corporate lawyer who ditched her hectic life to embrace this Shangri-La inside deepest China. -- Jan Wong, author of 'Beijing Confidential'A crisp account by a high-powered Singaporean lawyer of how she renounced her former life of fifteen-hour working days in a male-dominated corporate world to find her feminist soul in the last matriarchal ethnic group remaining in China. Full of insights and touching descriptions, this is one of the most accessible and concrete descriptions of the Mosuo, a group more analysed than understood, putting the humanity of this tribe at the forefront of their identity. -- Kerry Brown, author of 'CEO China and The New Emperors'A most engaging account of life among the matrilineal and matriarchal Mosuo tribe in China’s Yunnan province, but also a lament to a way of life now threatened by modernity and tourism. Full of detail and telling insights into gender roles, it will appeal to armchair travellers as well as to anthropologists and sociologists. -- Jonathan Fryer, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of LondonA refreshing and authentic portrait of a hidden society in patriarchal China. A must read for anyone studying women and alternative societies. -- HsiaoHung Pai, author of 'Scattered Sand'Table of ContentsList of Plates Acknowledgements Preface Prelude Map: Kingdom of Women 1. Arriving in the Kingdom of Women 2. Building a Mosuo Home 3. Going Native 4. Getting to Know the Mosuos 5. Becoming the Godmother 6. Hunting and Eating in Bygone Times 7. How the Mosuo Women Rock 8. The Men Rock Too 9. A Marriage That Is Not a Marriage 10. The Matrilineal Ties That Bind 11. The Birth-Death Room 12. On the Knife-Edge of Extinction Glossary
£14.99
Harvest House Publishers,U.S. George E OneMinute Inspirations for Women
Book SynopsisIn this powerful and value-priced volume of uplifting devotions, Elizabeth George shares practical everyday wisdom from her celebrated cornerstone book A Woman After God's Own Heart to help women experience the reward of a close walk with God.
£5.94
Saqi Books I Killed Scheherazade
Book SynopsisFiery and candid, I Killed Scheherazade is a provocative exploration of what it means to be an 'Arab woman' today.Trade Review'Haddad is a revolutionary, this book is the manifesto. Read it or be left behind.' Rabih Alameddine 'Haddad is a poet who inhabits the storm.' Tahar Ben Jelloun 'In this courageous book Haddad breaks down the taboo of the silent absent Arab woman.' Elfriede Jelinek 'Courageous and illuminating - it opens our eyes, destroys our prejudices and is very entertaining.' Mario Vargas Llosa 'Haddad cannot be intimidated. This book is a lesson of courage for all those who fight to go beyond their own limits and chains.' Roberto Saviano 'A spirited call to arms' New York Times 'A vivid assertion of individuality, free speech, free choice and dignity against religious bigotry, prejudice and the herd instinct both within and outside the Arab world.' Guardian 'Lifts the veil on love and sex' Marie Claire 'Provocative and sensual' Huffington Post 'Beirut's body language pioneer' Washington PostTable of ContentsCONTENTS: TO START WITH - On camels, belly dancing, schizophrenia and other disasters 1 AN ARAB WOMAN READING THE MARQUIS DE SADE 2 AN ARAB WOMAN NOT BELONGING ANYWHERE 3 AN ARAB WOMAN WRITING EROTIC POETRY 4 AN ARAB WOMAN CREATING A MAGAZINE ABOUT THE BODY 5 AN ARAB WOMAN REDEFINING HER WOMANHOOD 6 AN ARAB WOMAN SAYING NO 7 AN ARAB WOMAN FLYING AN AIRPLANE 8 AN ARAB WOMAN SEIZING THE MOMENT 9 AN ARAB WOMAN UNAFRAID OF PROVOKING ALLAH 10 AN ARAB WOMAN TALKING TO HER SON ABOUT SEX TO START again - Am I really an 'Arab Woman'? POST PARTUM - I killed Scheherazade THE MISSING CHAPTER - Attempt at an autobiography
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