Gender studies: women and girls Books
The University of Michigan Press Gendering Politics
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Plundered Kitchens Empty Wombs
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The University of Michigan Press Portraits of the Vestal Virgins Priestesses of
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The University of Michigan Press Gendered Vulnerability
Book SynopsisExamines the factors that make women politicians more electorally vulnerable than their male counterparts. These factors combine to convince women that they must work harder to win elections - a phenomenon that Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt term gendered vulnerability.Trade ReviewDrawing on an incredible array of evidence, Jeffrey Lazarus and Amy Steigerwalt provide impressive new evidence that female legislators are better at their jobs than their male counterparts and important new theoretical reasoning that explains why this difference emerges. This book will be of broad interest to scholars of American politics, particularly those interested in how biases affect incentives and behavior."" - Justin Grimmer, Stanford University
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Anatomy of a Civil War
Book SynopsisDemonstrates the destructive nature of war, ranging from the physical to the psychosocial, as well as war's detrimental effects on the environment. Mehmet Gurses draws on an original survey conducted in Turkey, where the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), has been waging an intermittent insurgency for Kurdish self-rule since 1984.Trade ReviewAnatomy of a Civil War is an outstanding contribution in terms of portraying the transformation that the Kurdish society has experienced in the shadow of this war. Guided by theoretical concerns and written by extensive fieldwork and survey material, this book will be one of the reference books in Kurdish studies in the future."" - Bahar Baser, Coventry University""Anatomy of a Civil War provides an original empirical account of how conflict impacted individuals' lives and the wider socio-political transformations it has brought about. It is the first quantitative analysis of the Kurdish conflict in Turkey, which enables the author to formulate more concrete conclusions."" - Cengiz Gunes, The Open University
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The University of Michigan Press Womens Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain
Book SynopsisBrings together the work of scholars investigating questions about early modern British women's figurative, material, and cultural relationships with books. They highlight case studies of individual readers and their libraries; analyses of readers and readership in the context of their interpretive communities; and new types of scholarly evidence.
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LUP - University of Michigan Press Dirty Work Domestic Service in ProgressiveEra
Book SynopsisSheds light on the complex relationships between women employers and their household help in the early 20th century through their representations in literature, including women's magazines, conduct manuals, and particularly female-authored fiction.Trade ReviewThe first book to focus on domestic service and all its contradictions in early 20th century American fiction, Dirty Work brings to light an underappreciated element of female-authored realist and modernist texts, namely, that representations of middle-class femininity and domesticity depend upon modern tropes of domestic service . . . A terrific book—innovative, insightful, and accomplished."" - Cynthia J. Davis, University of South Carolina
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The University of Michigan Press What Women Want
Book SynopsisAnalyses decades of voting preferences, values, and policy preferences to debunk some of the myths about gender gaps in voting and policy preferences. Steel extends existing theories to create a broader framework for thinking about gender and voting behaviour to provide more analytical purchase in understanding gender and voters’ preferences.Trade Review“This book is choc-full of great data and represents a timely contribution to political science. Steel’s voice is hip, and especially well-suited for the newcomer to politics seeking a solid introduction to the intersection of gender and electoral politics across three distinct democracies. Experts alike will benefit from Steel’s comparative analysis.”- Dyron Dabney, Earlham College“This well-researched, well-written book draws on an impressive variety of evidence to make an important contribution to our understanding of the ‘gender gap’ in voting. This book has much to teach readers about the relationship between gender and forces like class, symbolic politics, the media, and political campaigns.”- Michael Strausz, Texas Christian UniversityTable of Contents Tables and Figures Abbreviations Acknowledgements Does Gender Matter in Voting? Identifying Voter Patterns: Do Women and Men Vote Differently? Women, Men and Party Choice What Women (and Men) Want: Policy Preferences, Values, and Issue Voting Desperately Seeking the Supervoter: Why Do People Vote the Way They Do? What Women Get: ‘Wooing Women’ Conclusion Appendices A. Coding and Survey Question Wording B. Analyses of U.S. Women’s and Men’s Voting Preferences: Regression Results C. Analyses of British Women’s and Men’s Voting Preferences: Regression Results D. Analyses of Japanese Women’s and Men’s Voting Preferences: Regression Results Index
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University of California Press Unbound Feet A Social History of Chinese Women in
Book SynopsisStarting with the crippling custom of footbinding, this work presents a study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century. Using this symbol of subjugation to examine social change in the lives of these women, it shows the stages of 'unbinding' that occurred between the turn of the century and the end of World War II.Table of ContentsTERMINOLOGY AND TRANSLITERATIONS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Introduction I Bound Feet: Chinese Women in the Nineteenth Century 2 Unbound Feet: Chinese Immigrant Women, 1902-1929 3 First Steps: The Second Generation, 1920s 4 Long Strides: The Great Depression, 1930s 5 In Step: The War Years, 1931-1945 EPILOGUE APPENDIX NOTES GlOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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University of California Press The Lioness in Bloom Modern Thai Fiction about
Book SynopsisThailand's foremost writers about women are brought together in this collection of 11 short stories and excerpts from five novels. The selection shows the many ways fiction has mirrored the lives of Thai women over the 20th century.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Notes on Transliteration Introduction PART ONE: MOTHERS Contents Grandmother the Progressive Junlada Phakdiphumin Deep in the Heart of a Mother Wat Wanlayankul From People of Quality Dok Mai Sot From A Child of the Northeast Kampoon Boontawee Matsii PART TWO: WIVES AND LOVERS Snakes Weep, Flowers Smile Suwanee Suklwntha From Behind the Painting Sri Burapha From That Woman's Name is Boonrawd Botan Deaf Sim Prabhassorn Sevikul A Pot That Scouring Will Not Save Anchan When She Was a Major Wife Subha Devakul Sai-roong's Dream of Love Sri Dao Ruang From This Human Vessel Krisna Asoksin PART THREE: DAUGHTERS The Dancing Girl Ussiri Dhammachoti Greenie Manop Thanomsri A Mote of Dust on the Face of the Earth Preechapoul Bloonchuay Appendix: Kings of the Chakri Dynasty Bibliography Suggested Reading Sources of Publications Index
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University of California Press Lucrecias Dreams Politics and Prophecy in
Book SynopsisLucrecia de Leon lived on the fringes of the 16th-century Spanish royal court. As a teenager, Lucrecia had hundreds of dreams about Spain's future that became the stuff of political controversy. This book is based upon surviving transcripts of her dreams and on the records of her Inquisition trial.Table of ContentsPREFACE EDITORIAL NOTE Introduction 1 Lucrecia de Leon 2 Dreams Diabolical, Dreams Divine 3 "I wake up the moment my eyes are closed" 4 Politics and Prophecy 5 Lucrecia the Prophet 6 Trial in ToletkJ Conclusion: Understanding Lucrecia CALENDAR OF LUCRECIA'S DREAMS ABBREVIATIONS NOTES SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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University of California Press Women Writing Culture
Book SynopsisA collection of reflections on the sexual politics, racial history, and moral predicaments of anthropology that explore a range of visions of identity and difference.Table of ContentsCONTRIBUTORS: Lila Abu-Lughod Barbara Babcock Ruth Behar Sally Cole Laurent Dubois Paulla Ebron Janet L. Finn Gelya Frank Deborah A. Gordon Faye V. Harrison Graciela Hernandez Dorinne Kondo Louise Lamphere Smadar Lavie Ellen Lewin Nancy Lutkehaus Catherine Lutz Kirin Narayan Judith Newton Aihwa Ong Judith Stacey Barbara Tedlock Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
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University of California Press Bicycle Citizens The Political World of the
Book SynopsisWhile the typical Japanese male politician glides through his district in air-conditioned taxis, the typical female voter trundles along the side streets on a simple bicycle. Studying the politics of the average female citizen in Japan, this title argues that this taxi-bicycle contrast reaches deeply into Japanese society.Table of ContentsFOREWORD by Saskia Sassen ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTE ON NAMES 1. "Supposing Truth Is a Woman-What Then?" 2. The Identity of the "Regular Housewife" 3· Housewives and Citizenship 4. Volunteering against Politics: Housewives, Citizenship, and Community Service 5. Toward a "Housewifely'' Movement: The Seikatsu Club Co-op's Daily Life Politics 6. The Ono Campaign: A "Regular'' Housewife in Elite Politics CONCLUSION NOTES REFERENCES INDEX
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University of California Press Brave New Families
Book SynopsisA study of how the traditional nuclear family has been supplanted by a variety of relationships that are not defined by blood ties and traditional gender roles.Table of ContentsPreface to the 1998 Edition Acknowledgments Prologue Introductions 1 The Making and Unmaking of Modern Families 2 Land of Dreams and Disasters: Postindustrial Living in the Silicon Valley Book I Pamela's Kin: Feminism, Fundamentalism, and a Postmodern Extended Family 3 Pam's Revelation and Mine 4 Sprouting Some Odd Branches: A Divorce-Extended Family 5 Pamela's Children: Spirited Youth in Stressful Times 6 Global Ministries of Love and New Wave Evangelicalism 7 The Gray and Spotted Dogs Book 11 The Lewisons: High-Tech Visions and Battered Dreams 8 The Last "Modem" Family in Town 9 To Feminism and Partway Back 10 If Wishes Were Fishes: Surviving Loss in a Matrifocal Family Conclusions 11 The Postmodern Family, For Better and Worse Epilogue Taking Women at Their Word Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Commercialization of Intimate Life
Book SynopsisGathers some of the author's widely read articles. This book reflects on the complex negotiations we make day to day to juggle the conflicting demands of love and work.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Two Sides of an Idea Part One A Culture of Psychic Divestment 1 The Commercial Spirit of Intimate Life and the Abduction of Feminism: Signs from Women's Advice Books 2 The Commodity Frontier 3 Gender Codes and the Play of Irony 4 Light and Heavy: American and Japanese Advice Books for Women with Kazuko Tanaka Part Two A Feelingful Self 5 The Capacity to Feel 6 Working on Feeling 7 The Economy of Gratitude 8 Two Ways to See Love 9 Pathways of Feeling Part Three The Referred Pain of a Troubled Society 10 From the Frying Pan into the Fire 11 The Colonized Colonizer: Cruelty and Kindness in Mother-Daughter Bonds 12 The Fractured Family 13 Children as Eavesdroppers Part Four The Ecology of Care 14 Love and Gold Part Five 15 Emotional Geography and the Flight Plan of Capitalism 16 The Culture of Politics: Traditional, Postmodern, Cold Modern, and Warm Modern Ideals of Care Speaking Personally 11 Inside the Clockwork of Male Careers Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Under Confucian Eyes
Book SynopsisFeatures the translations of eighteen classical Chinese texts from the mid-ninth century (Tang dynasty) through the late nineteenth century (Qing dynasty) that offer a comprehensive collection of primary sources focusing on gender issues in medieval and late imperial China.Trade Review"This important volume adds a significant number of new and unique materials for teachers at all levels of higher education to use in classroom and seminar discussion about the issues of gender, society, and religion in imperial China." - Benjamin Elman, author of A Cultural History of Civil Examinations in Late Imperial China "The eighteen primary documents in this anthology, all of them translated for the first time, provide a rich array of sources on the lives of women in China's past. The anthology is important not only for the selection of documents but for the ways it suggests we can think about, and find sources about, women in China. It is must reading for scholars and students alike." - Ann Waltner, author of The World of a Late Ming Visionary. T'an-Yang-Tzu and Her Followers"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Editors' Introduction Guide for Students and Teachers 1. Biography of the Daoist Saint Wang Fengxian by Du Guangting (850 - 933) Translated by Suzanne Cahill This biography of an important Daoist female saint of the mid-ninth century chronicles her life from childhood through her spiritual self-cultivation, culminating in her ascension to heaven. 2. Biography of the Great Compassionate One of Xiangshan by Jiang Zhiqi (1031 - 1104) Translated by Chun-fang Yu The earliest documentary evidence of the legend of Miaoshan, this stone inscription shows how the local story of a Chinese princess became identified with a universal Buddhist deity, the Bodhisattva Guanyin. 3. The Book of Filial Piety for Women Attributed to a Woman Nee Zheng (ca. 730) Translated by Patricia Buckley Ebrey The excerpt from this classic appears opposite corresponding passages from the original Book of Filial Piety to highlight the differences gender makes in the text and its messages. 4. Funerary Writings by Chen Liang (1143-1194) Translated by Beverly Bossler These three funerary odes describe how the funeral tablets of Chen Liang's mother's family came to be in his care, how his mother and her sister decided to marry their children together, and how his sister sustained her natal household during a period of family calamity. Along with the commemorative biography that follows, they open important windows on domestic life and family values during the period following the fall of the Northern Song. 5. "The Customs of Various Barbarians" by Li Jing (1251 - ?) Translated by Jacqueline M. Armijo-Hussein This description of minority peoples from a Yuan dynasty official's record of his experiences in Yunnan province illustrates how views of gender relations and especially sexual practices served as a measure of the level of civilization among non-Han populations. 6. Selected Writings by Luo Rufang (1515 - 1588) Translated by Yu-Yin Cheng In these writings scholar and philosopher Luo Rufang celebrates women who pursue intellectual and philosophical interests. He also champions the virtue of motherly nurturance and love, which he considered as important as the central Confucian virtues of filial piety and brotherly respect. 7. Final Instructions by Yang Jisheng (1516 - 1555) Translated by Beverly Bossler Composed in prison, these notes instruct Yang's wife and sons how to get along without him. His foremost concerns are three: that his family not become the subject of ridicule, that his sons get along with one another, and that his wife--who had already proven herself the moral conscience of the family--not commit suicide. 8. "Record of Past Karma" by Ji Xian (1614 - 1683) Translated by Grace S. Fong This autobiographical essay by the woman poet Ji Xian , with its powerful descriptions of dreams, visions, and personal illness, is unusually self-revelatory of the tensions between her personal religious desires and her obligations to her family. 9. "Letter to My Sons" by Gu Ruopu (1592 - ca.1681) Translated by Dorothy Ko Having seen to it that both sons married capable and learned wives, Hangzhou poet Gu Ruopu, virtuous widow and matriarch of the Huang family, decided to divide the family property and establish separate households for them. In this letter Gu outlines her support for the Confucian ideal of familism, but admonishes her sons to recognize women's indispensable roles in the male-centered kinship system. 10. Personal Letters in Seventeenth-Century Epistolary Guides Translated by Kathryn Lowry The large number of epistolary guides and collected letters published in the late Ming include models for letters to family members as well as a few examples of love letters and provide a unique view of the social universe of that period. The love letters translated here show how this genre can be read as a sort of epistolary fiction and raise questions about how people might have consulted letter-writing manuals for reasons beyond social etiquette. 11. Letters by Women of the Ming-Qing Period Translated by Yu-Yin Cheng These short letters, written in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, reveal the erudition and wit as well as the spiritual and aesthetic sensibilities of highly educated upper-class women. 12. Selected Short Works by Wang Duanshu (1621 - after 1701) Translated by Ellen Widmer These short selections from the works of one of the earliest anthologists of women's writings display the extraordinary range and breadth of her learning, while revealing her personal, aesthetic, and scholarly sensibilities. 13. Two Ghost Stories from Liaozhai's Records of the Strange by Pu Songling (1640 - 1715) Translated by Judith T. Zeitlin The ghost story, authored by men and narrated from the male point of view, is one of the privileged spaces in Chinese literature for exploring fantasies of gender and sexuality. Such tales often involve a passionate affair between a young scholar and a beautiful female ghost who possesses a surprising degree of corporeality. The two late imperial tales translated here share two related themes: the power of love to triumph over death and the cosmic power of male generativity. 14. Two Biographies by Zhang Xuecheng (1738 - 1801) Translated by Susan Mann These biographies by one of the most distinguished scholars of the Qing period breathe life into views of women that are sometimes dismissed as mere conventions or stereotypes. In both texts we see, through men's eyes, how women took responsibility for setting the standards to measure and criticize men's behavior. 15. Poems on Tea-Picking Translated by Weijing Lu These poems about women at work, written mostly by men and spanning the dynasties from Tang through Qing, display the varied meanings of women's work in the poetic imagery of elite writers and point to the ways in which women as literary subjects supplied a ceaseless range of possibilities for inventive poets over time. The poems also show the subtle relationship between poetry as social criticism and poetry as aesthetic performance in the culture of the late imperial elite. 16. Drinking Wine and Reading "Encountering Sorrow": A Reflection in Disguise by Wu Zao (1799 - 1862) Translated by Sophie Volpp In this dramatic tableau the playwright casts herself as the sole speaker. She poses before a portrait of herself cross-dressed as a male scholar and sings to the portrait a sequence of lyrics describing her frustrations as a woman of talent. The text concludes that none but her cross-dressed self-image is a match for the writer herself. Hangzhou poet and official Chen Wenshu, a noted patron of female writers, wrote a collection of poems celebrating this work. 17. A Brief Record of the Eastern Ocean by Ding Shaoyi (fl. 1847) Translated by Emma Jinhua Teng During his eight-month stay in Taiwan in 1847 Ding Shaoyi wrote the Brief Record, which treats sixteen topics, among them: taxes, schools, coastal defense, local products, "savage" villages, "savage" customs, and marvels. When he returned to Taiwan in 1871 he appended new material to each item in his original account. The passage translated here is Ding's 1871 supplement to his original entry titled "Savage Customs." 18. The "Eating Crabs" Youth Book Translated by Mark C. Elliott This anonymous bilingual text, in Manchu and Chinese, reflects the complex ethnic picture in late imperial China, particularly in and around Beijing. Youth books were a form of oral performance very popular in the Qing capital. In this particular one, the story is told of a hapless Manchu bannerman and his shrewish Han Chinese wife who run afoul of a pot of feisty crabs. Glossaries and References Contributors Index
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University of California Press Birthing the Nation
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University of California Press Nine Women Portraits from the American Radical
Book SynopsisA history of American women activists. It features biographical essays on feminist Bella Abzug and civil rights visionary Fannie Lou Hamer and a chapter on women environmental activists.Trade Review"Buy Nies's book and read it aloud faithfully, until all of you, young and old, have shared and incorporated into your vision of America the heroic, unique, and visionary contribution women have made to the history of the United States."-Cynthia Warrick Kemper, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Judith Nies [writes] about those courageous, visionary women in our history who were driven to write for and live for wider audiences.... It is about women who chose confrontation with the formidable forces of society rather than quiet communion with their diaries."-Elizabeth Benedict, Christian Science Monitor "Judith Nies begins here to restore the great women radicals to the tradition, knowing that to think of these heroic women simply as fighters for women's suffrage and women's rights is to impoverish...the larger political tradition of which it is a part."-Frances Putnam Fritchman, In These Times "Readers will be remembering a long time the vivid Mary Harris Jones, "Mother Jones," organizing coal miners...remarkable for insight are Nies's essays on Dorothy Day and Charlotte Perkins Gilman."-Willie LeeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface to the 2002 Edition Introduction Sarah Moore Grimke Harriet Tubman Elizabeth Cady Stanton Mother Jones Charlotte Perkins Gilman Anna Louise Strong Dorothy Day Fanny Lou Hamer Bella Savitsky Abzug Women and the Environmental Movement Epilogue: The Legacy of the Radical Tradition Further Readings and Individual Bibliographies Selected Bibliography on Women, Radicals, and Historiography Updated Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Nation and Its New Women
Book SynopsisThough they are almost completely absent from the historical record, Palestinian women were extensively involved in the unfolding national struggle in their country during the British mandate period. This history studies the development of the Palestine women's movement between 1920 and 1948.Trade Review"A significant and noteworthy contribution to 20th-century Middle Eastern history... Fleischmann's work exemplifies the historian's craft." Intl Journal Of Middle East Stds (Ijmes)
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University of California Press Domestica
Book SynopsisHighlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles.Table of ContentsPreface to the 2007 Edition Preface to the First Edition Acknowledgments PART ONE THE JOB TODAY 1. New World Domestic Order 2. Maid in L.A. PART TWO FINDING HARD WORK ISN'T EASY 3· It's Not What You Know ... 4· Formalizing the Informal: Domestic Employment Agencies 5· Blowups and Other Unhappy Endings PART THREE INSIDE THE JOB 6. Tell Me What to Do, But Don't Tell Me How 7· Go Away ... But Stay Close Enough 8. Cleaning Up a Dirty Business Notes References Index
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University of California Press An Intimate Affair
Book SynopsisPresents the history of twentieth-century lingerie. This book examines the ways cultural meanings are orchestrated by the 'fashion-industrial complex,' and the ways in which individuals and groups embrace, reject, or derive meaning from these everyday, yet significant, intimate articles of clothing.Trade Review"[A] fascinating account."--T: the New York Times Style Magazine "A seminal American feminist history text... The breadth of research and level of theoretical sophistication make it a key reference for any student of women's fashion."--H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Sexual Foundations 1. Drawers 2. Corsets and Girdles 3. Brassieres 4. The Meaning of Black Lingerie 5. The Invisible Woman: Intimate Apparel Advertising 6. The Production of Glamour: Intimate Apparel Workers and Union Culture 7. Return of the Repressed (Waist), 1947--1952 Epilogue: Bra vs. Bra: Feminist Intimate Apparel Art Notes Index
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University of California Press The Veil
Book SynopsisVeiling is a globally polarizing issue, a locus for the struggle between Islam and the West and between contemporary and traditional interpretations of Islam. This book examines the vastly misunderstood and multi-layered world of the veil. It explores and analyzes the cultures, politics, and histories of veiling.Trade Review"A refreshingly three-dimensional portrait of the veil in history and in our contemporary world. This collection of essays turns the veil into a mirror, reflecting back upon us our own presumptions and prejudices. You will learn something about yourself in these pages." - Asifa Quraishi"Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction I 1. From Her Royal Body the Robe Was Removed: The Blessings of the Veil and the Trauma of Forced Unveilings in the Middle East Mohja Kahf 2. Shattered Vessels That Contain Divine Sparks: Unveiling Hasidic Women's Dress Code Barbara Goldman Carrel 3. Going the Whole Nine Yards: Vignettes of the Veil in India Roxanne Kamayani Gupta 4. Out of the Cloister: Unveiling to Better Serve the Gospel Laurene M. Lafontaine 5. The Amish Veil: Symbol of Separation and Community Jana Hawley 6. "What is subordinated, dominates": Mourning, Magic, Masks, and Male Veiling Jennifer Heath 7. I Just Want to Be Me: Issues in Identity for One American Muslim Woman Pamela K. Taylor II 8. "She freed and floated on the air": Salome and Her Dance of the Seven Veils Shireen Malik 9. "He hath couerd my soule inwarde": Veiling in Medieval Europe and the Early Church Desiree G. Koslin 10. Nubo: The Wedding Veil Sarah C. Bell 11. After Eden: The Veil as a Conduit to the Internal Eve Grubin 12. Virtue and Sin: An Arab Christian Woman's Perspective Rita Stephan 13. Drawing the Line at Modesty: My Place in the Order of Things Michelle Auerbach 14. On the Road: Travels with My Hijab Maliha Masood III 15. Purdah, Patriarchy, and the Tropical Sun: Womanhood in India Jasbir Jain 16. The Veil: From Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 17. Concealing and Revealing Female Hair: Veiling Dynamics in Contemporary Iran Ashraf Zahedi 18. That (Afghan) Girl! Ideology Unveiled in National Geographic Dinah Zeiger 19. Burqas and Bikinis: Islamic Dress in Newspaper Cartoons Kecia Ali 20. Dress Codes and Modes: How Islamic Is the Veil? Aisha Shaheed 21. From Veil to Veil: "What's in a woman's head is more important than what's on it" Sherifa Zuhur Epilogue About the Contributors Index
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University of California Press A Garland of Feminist Reflections
Book SynopsisRepresents the major aspects of the author's work and provides an overview of her methodology in women's studies in religion and feminism. This work demonstrates how feminist scholars in the 1970s shifted the paradigm away from an androcentric model of humanity and forever changed the way we study religion.Trade Review"In this book, the reader absorbs the intelligence of Rita Gross' mind, the frustrations and sorrows of her role as a reformer, her perseverance and her yearning." Shambhala Sun "An indispensable collection of her best collected writing from the past forty years... Gross' writing is strikingly beautiful." Feminist Review "This compilation only whets the reader's appetite for another such volume." WaterwheelTable of ContentsI. INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS Introducing A Garland of Feminist Reflections 1. How Did This Ever Happen to Me? A Wisconsin Farm Girl Who Became a Buddhist Theologian When She Grew Up II. FIVE ESSAYS ON METHOD 2. Androcentrism and Androgyny in the Methodology of History of Religions 3. Where Have We Been? Where Do We Need to Go? Key Questions for Women Studies in Religion and Feminist Theology 4. The Place of the Personal and the Subjective in Religious Studies 5. Methodology: Tool or Trap? Comments from a Feminist Perspective 6. What Went Wrong? Feminism and Freedom from the Prison of Gender Roles III. THEORY APPLIED: THREE TESTS 7. Menstruation and Childbirth as Ritual and Religious Experience among Native Australians 8. Toward a New Model of the Hindu Pantheon: A Report on Twenty-Some Years of Feminist Reflection 9. The Prepatriarchal Hypothesis: An Assessment IV. FEMINIST THEOLOGY 10. Steps toward Feminine Imagery in Jewish Theology 11. Is the (Hindu) Goddess a Feminist? 12. Life-Giving Images in Vajrayana Buddhist Ritual 13. Feminist Theology as Theology of Religions V. BUDDHIST FEMINISM: FEMINIST BUDDHISM 14. The Clarity in the Anger 15. Why (Engaged) Buddhists Should Care about Gender Issues 16. The Dharma of Gender 17. Yeshe Tsogyel: Enlightened Consort, Great Teacher, Female Role Model 18. Buddhist Women and Teaching Authority 19. Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full? A Feminist Assessment of Buddhism at the Beginning of the Twenty-first Century 20. Being a North American Buddhist Woman: Reflections of a Feminist Pioneer Notes
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University of California Press Opting Out Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head
Book SynopsisThe New York Times Magazine recently portrayed women who leave their careers in order to become full-time mothers as opting out. But, are high-achieving professional women really choosing to abandon their careers in order to return home? This study tackles this issue from the perspective of the women themselves.Trade Review"A highly worthwhile book." American Journal Of Sociology / AJSTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Dream Team 2. Family Matters 3. Home Alone 4. Gilded Cages 5. The Choice Gap 6. Half-Full, Half-Empty 7. Mothers of Re-Invention 8. Cocooning: The Drift to Domesticity 9. Dreams and Visions: Getting There Appendix: Study Methodology Notes References Index
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University of California Press Women of the Klan
Book SynopsisIgnorant. Brutal. Male. One of these stereotypes of the Ku Klux Klan offers a misleading picture. This work dismantles the popular notion that politically involved women are always inspired by pacifism, equality, and justice.Table of ContentsPreface to the 2009 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. THE KLAN AND WOMANHOOD 1. Organizing 100% American Women 2. Womanhood and the Klan Fraternity 3. Battling the Seductive Allurements PART II. WOMEN IN THE KLAN 4. Joining the Ladies' Organization 5. A Poison Squad of Whispering Women 6. 100% Cooperation: Political Culture in the Klan Epilogue Notes A Postscript on Sources Index
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University of California Press Land of the Unconquerable
Book SynopsisOffers a three-dimensional portrait of Afghan women. This title examines the realities of life for women in both urban and rural settings. It addresses topics including food security, sex work, health, marriage, education, poetry, politics, prisoners, and community development.Trade Review"[Paints] a textured picture of the lives of both Afghan women and men... Provides them with texture and nuance, and reflects their strength." Huffington Post "Indispensable reading for anyone sincerely interested in fostering peace and well-being for Afghanistan and its people." Choice "The book provides insights into the many-layered lives of Afghan women." -- Taran N. Khan Himal Southasian "One comes away from this mosaic-like presentation with the sense of having traveled through a wide variety of Afghan milieus accompanied by highly knowledgable guides and having had informative first-hand experiences of problems facing Afghan women." -- Ann Elizabeth Mayer Peace Review: A Journal of Social JusticeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Jennifer Heath Part I. Perceptions and Realities 1. The Politics of Zan from Amanullah to Karzai: Lessons for Improving Afghan Women's Status Shireen Khan Burki 2. Between Covered and Covert: Traditions, Stereotypes, and Afghan Women's Agency Margaret A. Mills 3. Centuries of Threat, Centuries of Resistance: The Lessons of Afghan Women's Resilience Anne E. Brodsky 4. Don't Say What, Who, and When, Say How: Community Development and Women Wahid Omar 5. Afghanistan Blues: Seeing Beyond the Burqa on YouTube Dinah Zeiger Part II. A Woman's Place 6. Women's Political Presence: A Path to Promoting Gender Interests? Anna Larson 7. Voices of Parliamentarians: Four Women MPs Share Their Thoughts Massouda Jalal, Malalai Joya, Fawzia Koofi, and Azita Rafat 8. Nothing Left to Lose: Women in Prison Lizette Potgieter 9. Selling Sex in Afghanistan: Portraits of Sex Workers in Kabul Alisa Tang 10. Between Choice and Force: Marriage Practices in Afghanistan Deborah J. Smith Part III. To Be Whole in Body and Mind 11. The Hidden War against Women: Health Care in Afghanistan Sima Samar 12. Challenges to Cripple the Spirit: A Midwife's Experiences Pamela Chandler 13. Women with Disabilities: Recollections from Across the Decades Mary MacMakin 14. A Question of Access: Women and Food Security Elizabeth Stites 15. Psychological Impacts of War: Human Rights and Mental Health Nahid Aziz Part IV. Making the Rubble Bloom 16. Mending Afghanistan Stitch by Stitch: How Traditional Crafts and Social Organization Advance Afghan Women Rachel Lehr 17. Rural Women's Livelihood: Their Position in the Agrarian Economy Jo Grace and Adam Pain 18. Chadari Politics: Translating Perceptions into Policy and Practice Lina Abirafeh 19. When the Picture Does Not Fit the Frame: Engaging Afghan Men in Women's Empowerment Ashraf Zahedi Part V. "Don't Eclipse My Happy New Moon" 20. Empowering Women through Education: Recipe for Success Sakena Yacoobi 21. From Both Sides of the Mic: Women and the Media Aunohita Mojumdar 22. Painting Their Way into the Public World: Women and the Visual Arts Lauryn Oates 23. A Hidden Discourse: Afghanistan's Women Poets Zuzanna Olszewska Epilogue: Great Expectations 24. Hopes and Dreams: Interviews with Young Afghans Amina Kator Selected Bibliography About the Contributors Index
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University of California Press Neon Wasteland
Book SynopsisExamines the lives of five topless dancers in the economically devastated 'rust belt' of upstate New York. With insight and empathy, this title shows how these women negotiate their lives as parents, employees, and family members while working in a profession widely regarded as incompatible with motherhood and fidelity.Trade Review"Dewey contributes to a growing wave of qualitative research on the sex industry." Choice "Fresh... As keen as it is thorough... Neon Wasteland is a provocative, highly readable analysis." -- Kate W. Read & Yasmina Katsulis, Arizona State University Tempe Social & Cultural GeographyTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Feminized Labor and the Classed Body 3. Everyday Survival Strategies 4. Being a Good Mother in a "Bad" Profession 5. Pseudointimacy and Romantic Love 6. Calculating Risks, Surviving Danger 7. Body Work and the Feminization of Poverty 8. Conclusion Notes Works Cited Index
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University of California Press Shadow Mothers
Book SynopsisFocuses on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the 'shadow mothers' they hire. The author illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship.Trade Review"Offers surprising and layered insights into the ... modern mommy phenomenon played out every day from coast to coast." Boston Globe "Sparks important insights for mother-employers and their employees... And along the way, it offers society and individuals a way to create positive mother-childcare worker relationships." Foreword "An interesting read... [Macdonald's] findings are thought-provoking" -- Kate Burns Law Society JournalTable of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Childcare on Trial 2. Mother-Employers: Blanket Accountability at Home and at Work 3. Nannies on the Market 4. "They're Too Poor and They All Smoke": Ethnic Logics and Childcare Hiring Decisions 5. Managing a Home-Centered Childhood: Intensive Mothering by Proxy 6. Creating Shadow Mothers 7. The "Third-Parent" Ideal 8. Nanny Resistance Strategies 9. Partnerships: Seeking a New Model 10. Untangling the Mother-Nanny Knot Appendix: Research Methods Notes Bibliography Index Contents Preface
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University of California Press The Monster Within
Book SynopsisMixed feelings about motherhood - uncertainty over having a child, fears of pregnancy and childbirth, or negative thoughts about one's own children - are not just hard to discuss, they are a social taboo. This title uncovers the roots of ambivalence, and tells how it manifests in lives of women and their children.Trade Review"Just the thing for a gray and drizzly autumn afternoon. Drawing on her thirty-seven years of practice as a psychoanalyst as well as her own experiences as a mother, Almond leads an adventurous tour through the shadowy, secret parts of the mother's psyche... An oddly compelling read." New Yorker "Myth-shredding look at maternal ambivalence." Ms Magazine "First, let me recommend this engrossing study to every new mother, old mother, good mother and bad mother. Sons, husbands, dads and lovers might profit from reading this, too. 'The Monster Within' addresses what everybody knows, but almost nobody talks about: Even the best mothers among us will be or have been tormented from time to time by strong feelings of dread, fear, hatred and even revulsion at the whole process of motherhood, as well as experiencing downright murderous feelings toward our children." -- Carolyn See Washington Post Book World "A smart, cohesive read, and a welcome respite from perfect-mother guidebooks. Recommended If: The last book you'd ever pick up is one about motherhood." Bitch "Takes on the taboo of maternal ambivalence... Almond, a psychoanalyst, offers an optimistic message about the roots of these mixed emotions." The Washington PostTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Ubiquity of Maternal Ambivalence Chapter 2. Motherlove: The Power of Maternal Desire Chapter 3. The Subtle Ambivalence of the Too-Good Mother Chapter 4. "Before the Beginning": Women's Fears of Monstrous Births Chapter 5. Women's Reproductive Fears: More Clinical Examples Chapter 6. Rachel's Story: Internalized Ambivalence and the Dangers of Hidden Guilt Chapter 7. Whose Fault Is It? The Externalization of Ambivalence Chapter 8. When Fears Are Realized Chapter 9. From the Child's Point of View Chapter 10. Vampyric Mothering: From Stage Moms to Invasive Moms Chapter 11. The Darkest Side of Motherhood: Child Murder Chapter 12. What Happens Later: The Fate of Maternal Ambivalence Chapter 13. What's a Mother to Do? Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Womens Empowerment and Global Health
Book SynopsisWhat is women's empowerment, and how and why does it matter for women's health? This book presents thirteen multidisciplinary case studies that demonstrate how science and advocacy can be creatively merged to enhance the agency and status of women.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction: Empowering Women for Health Gita Sen SECTION ONE. SOCIOCULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND HEALTH SERVICE INTERVENTIONS AS TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT Introduction Dallas Swendeman and Paula Tavrow 1. Taking Services to the Doorstep: Providing Rural Indian Women Greater Control over Their Fertility Pallavi Gupta, Kirti Iyengar, and Sharad Iyengar 2. Obstetric Fistula in Kenya: A Holistic Model of Outreach, Treatment, and Reintegration Lindsey Pollaczek, Paula Tavrow, and Habiba Mohamed 3. Pathways to Choice: Delaying Age of Marriage through Girls' Education in Northern Nigeria Daniel Perlman, Fatima Adamu, Mairo Mandara, Olorukooba Abiola, David Cao, and Malcolm Potts 4. Early Empowerment: The Evolution and Practice of Girls' "Boot Camps" in Kenya and Haiti Karen Austrian, Judith Bruce, and M. Catherine Maternowska 5. Empowerment and HIV Risk Reduction among Sex Workers in Bangladesh Victor Robinson, Theresa Y. Hwang, and Elisa Martinez 6. Gender Roles in U.S. Women with HIV: Intersection with Psychological and Physical Health Outcomes Leslie R. Brody, Sannisha K. Dale, Gwendolyn A. Kelso, Ruth C. Cruise, Kathleen M. Weber, Lynissa R. Stokes, and Mardge H. Cohen 7. Examining the Impact of a Masculinities-Based HIV Prevention and Antiviolence Program in Limpopo and Eastern Cape, South Africa Shari L. Dworkin, Abigail M. Hatcher, Christopher Colvin, and Dean Peacock SECTION TWO. STRUCTURAL (LEGAL/POLICY, ECONOMIC) INTERVENTIONS AS TOOLS OF EMPOWERMENT Introduction Shelly Grabe, Sheri Weiser, Shari L. Dworkin, Joanna Weinberg, and Lara Stemple 8. Empowering Adolescent Girls and Women for Improved Sexual Health in Zimbabwe: Lessons Learned from a Combined Livelihoods and Life Skills Intervention (SHAZ!) Megan S. Dunbar and Imelda Mudekunye-Mahaka 9. Is Microfi nance Coupled with Gender Training Empowering for Women? Lessons from the IMAGE Process Evaluation in Rural South Africa Abigail M. Hatcher, Jacques de Wet, Christopher Bonell, Godfrey Phetla, Vicki Strange, Paul Pronyk, Julia Kim, Linda Morison, Charlotte Watts, John Porter, and James R. Hargreaves 10. Older U.S. Women's Economic Security, Health, and Empowerment: The Fight against Opponents of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid Carroll L. Estes 11. Women's Health and Empowerment after the Decriminalization of Abortion in Mexico City Gustavo Ortiz Millan 12. Impact of a Grassroots Property Rights Program on Women's Empowerment in Rural Kenya Kate Grunke-Horton and Shari L. Dworkin 13. Land Tenure and Women's Empowerment and Health: A Programmatic Evaluation of Structural Change in Nicaragua Shelly Grabe, Anjali Dutt, and Carlos Arenas Conclusions: A Twenty-First-Century Agenda for Women's Empowerment and Health Shari L. Dworkin and Lara Stemple List of Contributors Index
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University of California Press Love Money and HIV
Book SynopsisDrawing on an array of interview, ethnographic, and survey data from her native country of Kenya, the author examines how young African women, who suffer disproportionate rates of HIV infection compared to young African men, navigate their relationships, employment, and finances in the context of economic inequality and a devastating HIV epidemic.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface 1. A Stubborn Disparity 2. Consuming Women, Modernity, and HIV Risk 3. Historical and Cultural Context 4. Love, Money, and HIV Prevention 5. School and the Production of Consuming Women 6. Gendered Economies and the Role of Ecology in HIV Risk 7. "To Stem HIV in Africa, Prevent Transmission to Young Women" Epilogue: The Magic Bullet Notes Appendix Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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University of California Press From Cuba with Love
Book SynopsisDeals with love, sexuality, and politics in contemporary Cuba. In this narrative, the author explores the role of women in Cuban political culture by examining the rise of economies of sex, romance, and money since the early 1990s.Trade Review"She has succeeded -- crafting an engrossing, complex text that will be useful for scholars across a wide range of disciplines: women and gender studies, sociology, political science, criminology, law and society, and international studies. Additionally, her strong methodological focus is a useful guide for students beginning fieldwork with hidden populations or engaging controversial topics." Criminal Law and Criminal Justice BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Ochun and Yemaya 1. From Mulata to Jinetera: Prostitution as Image of Thought 2. Love, Sex, Money, and Meaning: Interrogating Jineterismo on the Ground 3. Lessons in Subterfuge: Everyday Acts of Repression and Resistance 4. There Is Only One Revolution: State Institutions and the Moral Revolution 5. Conduct Unbecoming: Bodily Resistance and the Ethics of the Self Conclusion: On the Malecon Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Caught Up
Book SynopsisFrom home, to school, to juvenile detention center, and back again. This book follows the lives of fifty Latina girls living forty miles outside of Los Angeles, California, as they are inadvertently caught up in the school-to-prison pipeline.Trade Review"By centering the compelling testimonials of 30 young Latinas, Flores details the multiple impacts and varied forms of gendered, socioeconomic, and racialized violence the participants encounter at home, school, in intimate relationships, and while in detention. Especially significant are the tolls that trauma and inequality take and the ways the participants are caught up in the California juvenile justice system, despite its intended focus on rehabilitation. The book ends with concrete experiences from Latinas who have been able to leave the criminal justice system and those who have not—highlighting Flores's main finding that increased contact with criminal justice agencies reduces the possibilities of escaping from them." * CHOICE *"This worthy work deserves a caring examination as it helps us to understand the consequences of the frightening accelerated fusion between education and the criminal justice system for Latina girls. It was written with passion and academic accuracy." * Border Criminologies *"Caught Up offers an interesting and provocative discussion of primarily Latina youth who are justice involved and caught in the school-to-prison pipeline. ... extremely well researched, organized, and thorough." * International Criminal Justice Review *"Very informative and engaging... To the reader, Flores can seem as if he is closely tied to his participants, and as if he wants his readers to feel that same connection." * Journal of Youth and Adolescence *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Trouble in the Home, and First Contact with the Criminal Justice System 2. Life behind Bars 3. Legacy Community School and the New Face of Alternative Education 4. School, Institutionalization, and Exclusionary Punishment 5. Hooks for Change and Snares for Confinement Conclusion Appendix A: "Who Is Th is Man in the Classroom?" Appendix B: Demographic Information Notes References Index
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University of California Press The Unending Hunger
Book SynopsisBased on ethnographic fieldwork from Santa Barbara, California, this book sheds light on the ways that food insecurity prevails in women's experiences of migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States.Trade Review"Incisive, empathetic, and engaging ... The rich data Dr. Carney has obtained through her engaged anthropology are a compelling indictment of the human failings of our national food system." -- Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "Well-written and thoroughly researched ... The Unending Hunger is an important exploration of the promise of a better life in the United States." Food and Foodways "A timely critical engagement with the partner concepts of food security and insecurity ... The Unending Hunger has much to offer a wide range of scholarly and applied readers." Food, Culture, and Society "Compelling... masterfully [contributes] to discussions of biopolitics and boundaries." Antipode "Well grounded... fascinating." Medical Anthropology QuarterlyTable of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. "We Had Nothing to Eat": The Biopolitics of Food Insecurity 2. Caring Through Food: "La Lucha Diaria" 3. Nourishing Neoliberalism? Narratives of "Sufrimiento" 4. Disciplining Caring Subjects: Food Security as a Biopolitical Project 5. Managing Care: Strategies of Resistance and Healing Conclusion Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Notes References
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University of California Press Abusive Endings Separation and Divorce Violence
Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the social-science literature on one of the most significant threats to women's health and well-being today - abuse at the hands of their partners. The author provides a description of why and how men abuse women in myriad ways during and after a separation or divorce.Trade Review"Abusive Endings is written by self-proclaimed feminist scholars and practitioners who indeed challenge our beliefs and fuel our appetite for knowledge. It is a powerful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and all humans, inspiring us to challenge and alter our culture’s response to men’s violence against women." * Criminal Justice Studies *“A well-written and well- organized review of extant studies on violence against women. ... Everyone should read this book and reflect on the devastation that violence against women continues to cause to our societies.” * Contemporary Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1. Conceptualizing Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 2. The Extent and Distribution of Separation/Divorce Assault 3. New Technologies and Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 4. Explaining Separation/Divorce Violence against Women 5. Children as Collateral Victims of Separation/Divorce Woman Abuse 6. What Is to Be Done about Separation/Divorce Violence against Women? Notes References Index
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University of California Press Good Catholics The Battle Over Abortion in the
Book SynopsisTells the story of the individuals who have struggled to assert the moral legitimacy of a pro-choice position in the Catholic Church. This book addresses questions about the separation of church and state, including what concessions society should make in public policy to matters of religious doctrine, such as the Catholic ban on contraception.Trade Review"For anyone looking around in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent Hobby Lobby decision and asking, 'How did we get here?' [Good Catholics] provides your answer--and then some... An excellent primer on the dynamic issue of religion in reproductive health issues in the US." -- Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Conscience "Anyone interested in discovering how and why the abortion issue is so inextricably tied up with Catholicism will be fascinated by this important work." Publishers Weekly "The book will likely give off sparks. But if these sparks inspire people to study this potent moral question in an informed manner, it will have done a service to those on both sides of the divide -- and Miller's book is a good place to begin that study." National Catholic Reporter "While evangelical Christians ultimately brought down the contraception mandate, [Miller shows] they had big help from Catholics." Salon "Lends a voice to Catholics who support abortion rights, giving legitimacy to a group that is often overlooked in the abortion debate." Ms. Magazine "A page-turning thriller filled with courageous individuals." -- Lousewies van der Laan, Vice President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Conscience "Patricia Miller's excellent new book deals primarily with the top-down leadership of the Vatican and the bishops, who, it should be very clear, do not represent the views of most Catholics but are able to spook many politicians into thinking otherwise... Five stars." Free Inquiry "A serious study instead of what could have been a partisan puff piece." -- Mary E. Hunt Women's Review of Books "Thoroughly researched." -- Jim Hinch The Los Angeles Review of BooksTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Virgin, the Saint, and the Nun Part I: The History of an Idea 1. The Four Wise Women 2. The Dread Secret 3. Pope Patricia 4. Coming of Age 5. The Cardinal of Choice Part II: The Bishops' Lobby 6. The Bishops' Lobby 7. Showdown at Cairo 8. Matters of Conscience 9. Playing Politics 10. Health Care and Politics Redux Epilogue: The Philippines Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press In Search of Safety
Book SynopsisLooks at the sources of gendered violence and conflict in women's prisons. The authors examine how intersectional inequalities and cumulative disadvantage are at the root of prison conflict and violence, reflecting the women's pathways to prison.Trade Review"Theoretically and conceptually sophisticated... the authors provide a sound rationale for their proposed solutions, and they are likely to be applauded by many critical criminologists exposed to them." * Critical Criminology *"A timely and sobering assessment of what mass imprisonment has meant for women behind bars in our country. One could hardly have asked for a better team to compile the assessment." * Theory in Action *"Owen, Wells and Pollock have produced a perceptive and thought-provoking study, an invitation to think creatively about the connections between gender, criminal justice and harm.... Overall, this is an extensive, thorough and important contribution to the field, one which will reverberate personally, politically and professionally." * British Journal of Criminology *"Conceptualizing the incarceration of women as a human rights issue is timely and important, and it is a powerful feminist stance for social justice for this gendered population that is in need of advocacy, treatment, care, and concern. We recommend In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women’s Imprisonment as a powerful tool for education and empowerment by those who would choose to step forward to offer care for these women behind bars." * Sex Roles *"In Search of Safety: Confronting Inequality in Women’s Imprisonment is an expertly written, and captivating book that examines imprisoned women’s experiences with violence and their ability to navigate prison conflict." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Intersectional Inequality and Women's Imprisonment 2. Pathways and Intersecting Inequality 3. Prison Community, Prison Conditions, and Gendered Harm 4. Searching for Safety through Prison Capital 5. Inequalities and Contextual Conflict 6. Intersections of Inequality with Correctional Staff 7. Gendered Human Rights and the Search for Safety Appendix 1: Methodology Appendix 2: Tables of Findings Glossary Bibliography Index
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University of California Press The Pitfalls of Protection
Book SynopsisShowing why Afghan activists often chose to use the leverage of Western powers instead of entering into either protracted negotiations with powerful national actors or broad political mobilization, this book examines both the achievements and the limits of this strategy.Table of ContentsAbbreviations Note on Language Acknowledgments Introduction: The Politics of Violence against Women Part I. Legal Regimes 1. Intrusions, Invasions, and Interventions: Histories of Gender, Justice, and Governance in Afghanistan 2. “Good Women Have No Need for This Law”: The Battles over the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women Part II. New Protection Mechanisms 3. Brokers of Justice: The Special Prosecution Unit for Crimes of Violence against Women in Kabul 4. With a Little Help from the War on Terror: The Women’s Shelters Part III. Individual Cases 5. Runaway Women 6. Upholding Citizen Honor? Rape in the Courts and Beyond Conclusions: Protection at a Price? Notes References Index
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University of California Press Getting Wrecked Women Incarceration and the
Book SynopsisGetting Wrecked provides a rich ethnographic account of women battling addiction as they cycle through jail, prison, and community treatment programs in Massachusetts. As incarceration has become a predominant American social policy for managing the problem of drug use, including the opioid epidemic, this book examines how prisons and jails have attempted concurrent programs of punishment and treatment to deal with inmates struggling with a diagnosis of substance use disorder. An addiction physician and medical anthropologist, Kimberly Sue powerfully illustrates the impacts of incarceration on women's lives as they seek well-being and better health while confronting lives marked by structural violence, gender inequity, and ongoing trauma. Trade Review"In this volume [Sue] offers an eye-opening account of the gendered dimensions of the 'War on Drugs.'—Highly recommended" * CHOICE *"Sue demonstrates empathy for the women she has come to know, as well as realism regarding the harshness of their circumstances." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Author’s Note 1 Introduction: “It’s Just Part of the Game” 2 The Beauty Shop and the Segregation Unit 3 Heroin Is My Counselor 4 Discipline, Punish, and Treat Trauma? 5 Where Medicine Is Contraband 6 Recovery Is My Job Now 7 Life and Death after Jail 8 Conclusion: Breaking “Wicked Bad Habits” Notes References Index
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University of California Press Better Safe Than Sorry
Book SynopsisHow toxic are the products we consume on a daily basis? Whether it's triclosan in toothpaste, formaldehyde in baby shampoo, endocrine disruptors in water bottles, or pesticides on strawberries, chemicals in food and personal care products are of increasing concern to consumers. This book chronicles how ordinary people try to avoid exposure to toxics in grocery store aisles using the practice of precautionary consumption. Through an innovative analysis of environmental regulation, the advocacy work of environmental health groups, the expansion of the health-food chain Whole Foods Market, and interviews with consumers, Norah MacKendrick ponders why the problem of toxics in the U.S. retail landscape has been left to individual shoppersand to mothers in particular. She reveals how precautionary consumption, or green shopping, is a costly and time-intensive practice, one that is connected to cultural ideas of femininity and good motherhood but is also most available to upper- and middle-class households. Better Safe Than Sorry powerfully argues that precautionary consumption places a heavy and unfair burden of labor on women and does little to advance environmental justice or mitigate risk.Trade Review“Examining everyday toxics from a variety of angles, MacKendrick’s book is an impressive analysis of how many of us shop today, why we do so, and what we can do to achieve greater equality.” * New Books Network *"The topic dealt within the book is timely and of great concern to post-modern consumers: how do we make our decisions when buying something that can affect our health? . . . It shows how the failure to apply the precautionary principle in the USA leads inexorably individual consumers alone to navigate complicate decisions about which products to buy, whilst widespread consumers’ concern and uncertainty open spaces to be capitalised by the market actors on the promise of health and safety." * Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies *"Better Safe than Sorry is a richly evidenced, engagingly written account of a phenomenon of central interest to sociologists studying health, gender, social movements, political consumption, and the environment. MacKendrick has provided readers with a definitive account of precautionary consumption, theorizing this phenomenon in a way that connects macro- to microlevel social action. This work shows us how corporate control of government regulation renders the consumer marketplace a minefield of health risks and how gendered social discourses implicating mothers as the guardians of their families’ well-being combine to create a practice that is financially, temporally, and emotionally draining: precautionary consumption." * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv 1 • Introduction 1 2 • Safe until Sorry: Chemical Regulation in the United States 26 3 • Personalizing Pollution: The Environmental Health Movement 56 4 • Be a Super Shopper! Precautionary Consumption at the Grocery Store 83 5 • The High Stakes of Shopping: Precautionary Consumption as Mothers’ Work 103 6 • Precautionary Consumption as a Class Act 125 7 • Moving toward Environmental Justice 143 Methodological Appendix 159 Notes 179 Reference List 205 Index 233
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University of California Press Reproduction Reconceived
Book SynopsisThe landmark case Roe v. Wade redefined family: it is now commonplace for Americans to treat having children as a choice. But the historic decision also coincided with widening inequality, an ongoing trend that continues to make choice more myth than reality. In this new and timely history, Matthiesen shows how the effects of incarceration, for-profit healthcare, disease, and poverty have been worsened by state neglect, forcing most to work harder to maintain a family. Trade Review"Reproduction Reconceived is an urgent reminder that a renewed fight for the right to choose must do more than restore legal access to abortion." * Chicago Review *"Reproduction Reconceived is based on extensive research. . . .Its arguments and conclusions shed new light on the harsh conditions that encumber so many women’s efforts at family-making, call for a change in values that fully appreciate and support the essential work of private and public caregiving, and insist that making reproductive choice a reality demands the elimination of inequities based on gender, race, class and sexuality.' * Society for U.S. Intellectual History *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Labor of Illegibility: Lesbian and Single Motherhood According to the Law 2. The Labor of Captivity: Incarcerated Mothers and Their Children 3. The Labor of Survival: Racism, Poverty, and the Uses of Infant Mortality Rates 4. The Labor of Risk: Or, How to Have a Family in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic 5. The Labor of "Choice": Navigating the Abortion Debate and Lifelines of Last Resort Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Harassed Gender Bodies and Ethnographic Research
Book SynopsisResearchers frequently experience sexualized interactions, sexual objectification, andharassmentas they conduct fieldwork.These experiences are often left out of ethnographers' tales from the field and remain unaddressed within qualitativeliterature.Harassedargues that the androcentric, racist, and colonialist epistemological foundations of ethnographicmethodology contribute to the silence surrounding sexualharassmentand other forms of violence. Rebecca Hanson and Patricia Richards challenge readers to recognizehow these attitudes put researchers at risk, further the solitude experienced by researchers,lead others to question the validity of their work, and, inturn, negatively impact the construction of ethnographic knowledge. To improve methodological training, data collection,and knowledge produced by all researchers,Harassedadvocates for an embodied approach to ethnography that reflexively engages with theways in which researchers' bodies shape the knowledge they produce. By challenging these assumptions, the authors offer an opportunity for researchers, advisors, and educators to consider the multiple ways in which good ethnographic research can be conducted. Beyond challenging current methodological training and mentorship, Harassed opens discussions about sexual harassment and violence in the social sciences in general. Trade Review"Harassed is an important, insightful text that should become a staple for research methods classes in anthropology, sociology, and women’s and gender studies. . . . This is a must-read for anyone conducting or supervising ethnographic research. . . . Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"One of this book’s major contributions is to lay bare the gendered character of ethnography as practical endeavor and intellectual pursuit. Interview extracts vividly convey how prevailing conventions create pernicious traps and impossible binds for female researchers, for whom the very act of entering a field site alone and unknown frequently contravenes prescribed norms of feminine conduct and so renders them vulnerable to overtures and advances. . . . While positioned as a challenge to institutional silence, Harassed could instead be seen as throwing down the gauntlet, providing a comprehensive appraisal of the problem and setting out clear-headed proposals for change." * Times Higher Education *"When my friends and I faced gendered issues during fieldwork, we viewed it as an anomalous problem to manage as best we could. Hanson and Richards move beyond individual-level suggestions on how to handle risks; they challenge academic assumptions about the very nature of ethnography. Their vision of an embodied ethnography should inform ongoing conversations about how we produce knowledge as well as how to appropriately train and support our students and colleagues." * Social Forces *"Harassed should be required reading for any class on ethnography or in-depth interviewing, for any researcher conducting ethnography or interviews, and for any faculty member who is advising students conducting such work. Armed with this book, researchers will not only be better able to protect themselves but they will also gain a model for how to learn and teach from their own embodied experiences in the field." * Gender & Society *"The book is an essential read for any student and/or researcher using and/or teaching ethnography as a methodology, as it is a much-needed point of departure for a discussion about the roles of our bodies, gender, and sexuality in our interactions with other people and in the construction of ethnographic knowledge. Moreover, it is an essential read for anyone engaged in international development research as it complements calls within the wider research governance framework for increased safeguarding, accountability, and transparency." * Anthropology in Action *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 • Ethnographic Fixations 2 • Gendered Bodies and Field Research 3 • Sexual Harassment in the Field 4 • The Costs 5 • Constructing Knowledge 6 • Moving Forward Notes References Index
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University of California Press A Queer Way of Feeling
Book SynopsisA Queer Way of Feeling gathers an unexplored archive of fan-made scrapbooks, letters, diaries, and photographs to explorehowgirls coming of age in the United States in the 1910s used cinema to forge a foundational language of female nonconformity, intimacy, and kinship. Pasting cross-dressed photos into personal scrapbooks and making love to movie actresses in epistolary writing, girl fans from all walks of life stitched together established homoerotic conventions with an emergent syntax of film stardom to make sense of feeling queer or different from the norm. These material testimonies show how a forgotten audience engenderedterminologies, communities, and creative practices that became cornerstones of media fan reception and queer belonging. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction: Girl, Fan, Queer: Female Film Reception in the 1910s 1. It Disquiets, It Delights: Same-Sex Attachments and Early Female Moviegoing 2. “Dear Flo”: Homoerotic Desire and Queer Identification in Private Fan Mail 3. “If I Were a Man”: Gender-Bending in Girls’ Published Fan Poems 4. Girls, Pick Up Your Scissors: The Queer Makings of the “Movie Scrap Book” Fad 5. Different from Others: Movie-Illustrated Diaries, Cross-Dressing, and Circulated Discourses on Female Deviance 6. A Coding of Queer Delights: Gender Nonconformity in Girls’ Movie Scrapbooks Epilogue: One of Us: The Corporatization of Female Fan Love and Labor Notes Illustration Credits Index
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University of California Press The Labor of Lunch Why We Need Real Food and Real
Book SynopsisThere's a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower lunch ladies to do more than just unbox and reheat factory-made food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality for all children? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the US National School Lunch Program, Jennifer E. Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration and moral heft, The Labor of Lunch offers a stirring call to action and a blueprint for school lunch reforms capable of delivering a healthier, more equitable, caring, and sustainable future. Trade Review“The Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the country’s low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day.” * Quality Assurance Magazine *"Argues that universally free, from-scratch lunches turns the school cafeteria into a vital community resource: one that helps kids develop healthy eating habits and provides skilled jobs for workers." -- Tom Philpott * Mother Jones *“When we think about the crumbling national infrastructure that holds our country back, Jennifer Gaddis argues that we need to look beyond bridges, broadband, and high-speed rail –– and see the urgency of bringing our nation's 100,000 school cafeterias into the 21st century. She's on exactly the right track. What if our nation's largest restaurant chain –– our 100,000 schools –– could be retooled as an engine for creating good jobs in our communities, building our local farm economies, and nourishing our kids with fresh-cooked food?" -- Curt Ellis * Co-Founder & CEO, FoodCorps *"A welcome addition to the growing library of works focusing on labor in the food system. This topic deserves attention and Gaddis is looking at the plight of an especially neglected group, the people who make and serve food to kids in schools. . . . Let grass-roots advocacy begin!" -- Marion Nestle * Food Politics *"The book seeks to engage the reader to learn about the power struggles of ‘lunch ladies’ and how such discourses are maintained in society. Gaddis is an advocate with a strong interest in environmental justice, which comes through in the writing. The book is more than just an ethnography of school lunches; it is a reminder that we need to revisit our food systems and consider how this policy area is still very much classed, gendered, and racialized. . . . This book reignites the importance of food activism and recognizes historical roots while seeking and creating theories of change." * Contemporary Sociology *"The Labor of Lunch is a comprehensive and readable work of activist scholarship examining school feeding in the US. This work is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and scholars of school food policy, institutional feeding and history of food systems, as well as those interested in food movements, and care-labor." * Food, Culture & Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Why We Need to Fix the Food and the Jobs 1 • The Radical Roots of School Lunch 2 • The Fight for Food Justice 3 • From Big Food to Real Food Lite 4 • Cafeteria Workers in the “Prison of Love” 5 • Building a Real Food Economy Conclusion: Organizing a New Economy of Care Notes Bibliography Index
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University of California Press Love Inc.
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Essig is a capable, companionable and brisk navigator of her material." * Times Literary Supplement *"Recommended." * CHOICE *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Learning to Love 2. Finding Love 3. Marry Me? 4. White Weddings 5. The Honeymoon Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
£20.70
University of California Press Syndicate Women Gender and Networks in Chicago
Book SynopsisTrade Review"With extensive archival analysis, attention to details and richness of data, the book provides a picturesque, entertaining yet rigorous picture of the unique illicit society of underground Chicago in the first 30 years of the 20th Century. . . . I highly recommend this book, which opens many historical, sociological, criminological, and organisational questions on gender inequalities and their structural contexts." * Global Crime *"Smith’s careful study is a welcome addition to the history of crime and criminal justice." * Law & Society Review *"This well-presented and well-researched work puts faces to significant women of the era, and shows how the dynamics of the relationships between men and women influenced the roles that women could access in illicit vice in Chicago." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"It is beautifully written, appropriate for a broad audience of novices and experts, and challenges long-assumed relationships between gender, legal and social change, and crime." * Journal of Social Structure *"Syndicate Women is a highly readable and entertaining study of a fascinating empirical puzzle with theoretical implications for its historical context as well as today. It showcases theories and techniques, as well as combinations of multiple theories and mixed methods in a way that is complementary rather than gratuitous, while contributing to important debates about the nature and study of criminality. Ultimately, the book offers lessons not only about female criminality, but about criminality in general." * Theoretical Criminology *"In short, Syndicate Women stands out for its rich and engaging blend of historiographical and network-analytic techniques applied to a topic of both scholarly and general interest. The book will especially be of interest to readers who wish to know more about the application of network techniques to historical data, Prohibition-era criminal historiography, and the gender dynamics of organized crime." * Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews *"Smith’s careful study is a welcome addition to the history of crime and criminal justice." * Law and Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Gender and organized crime. 2. Mapping Chicago’s organized crime and illicit economies. 3. Chicago, crime, and the progressive era. 4. Syndicate women, 1900–1919. 5. Chicago, crime, and prohibition. 6. Syndicate women, 1920–1933. 7. The case for syndicate women. Notes References Index
£22.50
University of California Press Their Own Best Creations
Book SynopsisA rich account that combines media-industry history and cultural studies, Their Own Best Creations looks at women writers' contributions to some of the most popular genres of postwar TV: comedy-variety, family sitcom, daytime soap, and suspense anthology. During the 1950s, when the commercial medium of television was still being defined, women writers navigated pressures at work, constructed public personas that reconciled traditional and progressive femininity, and asserted that a woman's point of view was essential to television as an art form. The shows they authored allegorize these professional and personal pressures and articulate a nascent second-wave feminist consciousness. Annie Berke brings to light the long-forgotten and under-studied stories of these women writers and crucially places them in the historical and contemporary record.Trade Review"Berke’s imagination — bolstered by insight, expertise, and scholarship — reveals stunning depths. Authors’ intent may be unknowable, but critical interpretations are their own kind of creative work. Berke’s interpretations are generative and convincing accounts of the way that art and artists can come to reflect each other." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Their Own Best Creations seamlessly bridges the fields of media studies and feminist studies via a rich and lively exploration of the women who scripted the first Golden Age of television." * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *"Drawing on writers who worked in both film and radio, Berke’s book will pique the interest of radio and television scholars, but her conceptual frameworks and innovative use of texts alongside industrial history make it essential reading for students and scholars of media industries and labor." * Media Industries Journal *"The book is energetic and animated, drawing on rich source materials that come to life. . . . an impressive accomplishment and valuable contribution." * H-Soz-Kult *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Craftsmen and Work Wives The Gendering of Television Writing 2. “A Sea of Male Interests” Your Show of Shows and the Comedy of Female Mischief 3. Gertrude Berg, Peg Lynch, and the “Small Situation” of the Stay-at-Home Showrunner 4. “What Girl Shouldn’t?” The Many Children of Irna Phillips 5. “Knowing All the Plots” Presenting the Woman Story Editor 6. “A Girl’s Gotta Live” The Literate Heroines of the Suspense Anthology Drama Conclusion Better Than It Never Was Notes Bibliography Index
£63.90
University of California Press Their Own Best Creations
Book SynopsisA rich account that combines media-industry history and cultural studies, Their Own Best Creations looks at women writers' contributions to some of the most popular genres of postwar TV: comedy-variety, family sitcom, daytime soap, and suspense anthology. During the 1950s, when the commercial medium of television was still being defined, women writers navigated pressures at work, constructed public personas that reconciled traditional and progressive femininity, and asserted that a woman's point of view was essential to television as an art form. The shows they authored allegorize these professional and personal pressures and articulate a nascent second-wave feminist consciousness. Annie Berke brings to light the long-forgotten and under-studied stories of these women writers and crucially places them in the historical and contemporary record.Trade Review"Berke’s imagination — bolstered by insight, expertise, and scholarship — reveals stunning depths. Authors’ intent may be unknowable, but critical interpretations are their own kind of creative work. Berke’s interpretations are generative and convincing accounts of the way that art and artists can come to reflect each other." * Los Angeles Review of Books *"Their Own Best Creations seamlessly bridges the fields of media studies and feminist studies via a rich and lively exploration of the women who scripted the first Golden Age of television." * Journal of Cinema and Media Studies *"Drawing on writers who worked in both film and radio, Berke’s book will pique the interest of radio and television scholars, but her conceptual frameworks and innovative use of texts alongside industrial history make it essential reading for students and scholars of media industries and labor." * Media Industries Journal *"The book is energetic and animated, drawing on rich source materials that come to life. . . . an impressive accomplishment and valuable contribution." * H-Soz-Kult *Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Craftsmen and Work Wives The Gendering of Television Writing 2. “A Sea of Male Interests” Your Show of Shows and the Comedy of Female Mischief 3. Gertrude Berg, Peg Lynch, and the “Small Situation” of the Stay-at-Home Showrunner 4. “What Girl Shouldn’t?” The Many Children of Irna Phillips 5. “Knowing All the Plots” Presenting the Woman Story Editor 6. “A Girl’s Gotta Live” The Literate Heroines of the Suspense Anthology Drama Conclusion Better Than It Never Was Notes Bibliography Index
£22.50
