Gender studies: women and girls Books
John Wiley & Sons Awkward Politics Technologies of Popfeminist
Book SynopsisA cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age.Trade Review"By using the concept of 'awkwardness' to dramatically shift how we talk about activism, Awkward Politics brings a new perspective to the field of feminist theory." - Margaret R. McCarthy, Davidson College
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Natures
Book SynopsisA critical study of L.M. Montgomery's relationship to the material world and the revealing interconnections between nature and culture.Trade Review"An emphasis on humanity's interrelatedness with nature extends the significance of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) past Montgomery studies and Canadian literary and cultural studies to engage with the larger issues of how humans' interactions with nature shape our daily lives and the future of the planet." Mary Jeanette Moran, Illinois State University"This collection is significant for its ability to offer unexpected, highly convincing engagements with L. M. Montgomery's work and disciplines far beyond the scope of traditional literary studies. It provides new perspectives on Montgomery's oeuvre, while also extending the definition of environmental study and eco-critical analysis in this field." Sarah Galletly, James Cook University"The linked themes of understanding and empathy toward the natural world supply a bridge between the literary and the ecological, between the writer and the places she knew. Matter of Nature(s) is a wonderful opportunity to place one of Canada’s most prolific and well-known authors in a wider environmental history." American Review of Canadian Studies
£22.79
McGill-Queen's University Press Stories of Women in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisBetween the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives. In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of fashion icons, art clients, businesswomen, saints, healers, lovers, and pilgrims both famous and little known who challenge conventional understandings of the medieval female experience. Drawing on evidence from literary works and archival documents that include letters, chronicles, trials, testimonials, notary registers, contracts, and wills, Brolis pieces together an intricate overview of sixteen women's lives. With zest and compassion, she describes the mysterious visionary Hildegard of Bingen, the cultured Heloisa, the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine, Saint Clare of Assisi, the rebel Joan of Arc, as well as lesser-known women such as Flora, the penitent moneylender, Bettina the healer, and Belfiore the pilgrim, among others. Following th
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University of British Columbia Press The Struggle for Social Justice in British
Book SynopsisA biography of Helena Gutteridge, who died in 1960, and left behind a legacy of social and political reform.Trade ReviewIrene Howard's biography of Gutteridge is an important step toward changing history's prejudices. It is also an inspiration to women and men who hunger for justice. -- Trish Webb * The Guardian *Table of ContentsIllustrations Abbreviations Preface 1. Chelsea Childhood of Nell Gutteridge 2. The Emergence of Helena 3. Fighting for the Cause 4. Dealing with Tricky Dicky: The Vote and Premier McBride 5. The Cause Victorious: September 1916 6. Hours and Wages 7. Back to the Land 8. Rededication: The Vision of the Co-operative Commonwealth 9. 'A Faithful Alderman' 10. Helena at Lemon Creek 11. 'The Holy Fire': Still Burning Notes Bibliography Index
£31.50
University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
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University of British Columbia Press Houser
Book SynopsisCatherine Bauer changed forever the concept of social housing and inspired a generation of urban activists to integrate public housing into the emerging welfare state of the mid-20th century. She was one of a small group of idealists who called themselves “Housers” because of their commitment to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income families.Trade ReviewPeter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun have traced her career in meticulous detail and written a highly readable account of her life and times. Ostensibly a biography of Catherine, their book is simultaneously a biography of the Housing Movement that she helped to spawn and of the early City Planning Movement in which she was an active participant. -- Mel Webber * Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 138-140 *Houser is a well-researched and well-written biography of this talented woman. -- Graham Adams, Jr. * CBRA 2093 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsForewordPreface1 Early Years (1905-26)2 Learning Years (1926-30)3 Romantic Years (1930-33)4 Political Years (1934-36)5 Legislative Years (1936-38)6 Transition Years (1939-42)7 Academic Years (1943-64)PostscriptNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Telling Tales
Book SynopsisTelling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement.Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroduction / Catherine A. Cavanaugh and Randi R. Warne1 I Wish the Men Were Half as Good: Gender Constructions in the Canadian North-Western Mission Field, 1860-1940 / Myra Rutherdale2 Categories and Terrains of Exclusion: Constructing the “Indian Woman” in the Early Settlement Era in Western Canada / Sarah Carter3 Imagining Native Women: Feminine Discourse and Four Women Travelling the Northwest Coast / Nancy Pagh4 Irene Marryat Parlby: An “Imperial Daughter” in Western Canada, 1896-1935 / Catherine A. Cavanaugh5 Gender(ed) Tensions in the Work and Politics of Alberta Farm Women, 1905-29 / Sheila McManus6 Childbirth on the Canadian Prairies, 1880-1930 / Nanci Langford7 Nursing Nation Builders: The Council Idea, Western Women, and the Founding of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada, 1896-1930 / Beverly Boutilier8 Scattered But Not Lost: Mennonite Domestic Servants in Winnipeg, 1920s-50s / Frieda Klippenstein9 Negotiating Sex and Gender in the Ukrainian Bloc Settlement: East Central Alberta between the Wars / Frances Swyripa10 “Abundant Faith”: Nineteenth-Century African-Canadian Women on Vancouver Island / Sherry Edmunds-Flett11 Marriage, Family, and the Cooperative Ideal: The Telfords / Ann Leger-AndersonBibliographyContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Book SynopsisSince 1980, the Canadian women's movement has been an active participant in constitutional politics and Charter litigation. This book, through its focus on the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), presents a compelling examination of how Canadian feminists became key actors in developing the constitutional doctrine of equality, and how they mobilized that doctrine to support the movement's policy agenda.The case of LEAF, an organization that had as its goal the use of Charter litigation to influence legal rules and public policy, provides rich ground for Manfredi's keen analysis of legal mobilization. In a multitude of areas such as abortion, pornography, sexual assault, family law, and gay and lesbian rights, LEAF has intervened before the Supreme Court to bring its understanding of equality to bear on legal policy development. This study offers a deft examination of LEAF's arguments and seeks to understand how they affected the Court's consideration of the issuesTable of ContentsTablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Legal Doctrine, Legal Mobilization and LEAF2 The Path to Substantive Equality3 Gaining Ground4 Family Matters: Breakdowns and Benefits5 A Difficult Dialogue6 Making A Difference: The Policy Consequences of Legal MobilizationConclusionNotesBibliographyCases CitedIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Book SynopsisSince 1980, the Canadian women's movement has been an active participant in constitutional politics and Charter litigation. This book, through its focus on the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), presents a compelling examination of how Canadian feminists became key actors in developing the constitutional doctrine of equality, and how they mobilized that doctrine to support the movement's policy agenda.The case of LEAF, an organization that had as its goal the use of Charter litigation to influence legal rules and public policy, provides rich ground for Manfredi's keen analysis of legal mobilization. In a multitude of areas such as abortion, pornography, sexual assault, family law, and gay and lesbian rights, LEAF has intervened before the Supreme Court to bring its understanding of equality to bear on legal policy development. This study offers a deft examination of LEAF's arguments and seeks to understand how they affected the Court's consideration of the issuesTable of ContentsTablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Legal Doctrine, Legal Mobilization and LEAF2 The Path to Substantive Equality3 Gaining Ground4 Family Matters: Breakdowns and Benefits5 A Difficult Dialogue6 Making A Difference: The Policy Consequences of Legal MobilizationConclusionNotesBibliographyCases CitedIndex
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University of British Columbia Press This Elusive Land
Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land.Trade ReviewThis exhaustively-researched anthology reviews the experiences of women in their relation to the Canadian environment. It is meant to stress our dependence on the natural environment. The essays note the handicaps women faced via their marginalization but give constructive suggestions on their role in supporting and saving the environment. An excellent reference text. -- Ron MacIsaac * The Lower Island News *
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University of British Columbia Press If I Had a Hammer
Book SynopsisThis book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Laying the Foundation 3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes 4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site 5 Measuring Success 6 "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let’s Get SeriousAbout Retraining Appendices Notes Selected Bibliography Index
£65.25
University of British Columbia Press Tales of Two Cities Women and Municipal
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Restructuring Contexts 2. Seeking Public Office 3. Working from the Inside 4. Planning Ahead 5. Assessing Restructuring 6. Future Prospects Appendix: Interview Schedules Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Tales of Two Cities Women and Municipal
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto.Trade Review"Lucid, succinct, and highly accessible. Readers with an interest in urban affairs will find this book of great value, while its women-centred approach to urban citizenship will appeal to urban analysts and their students in a range of disciplines. The author's comparative analysis of the social, political, and cultural characteristics of two cities that have recently experienced governmental reform is particularly compelling." - Nirmala Rao, co-author of Governing London"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Restructuring Contexts 2. Seeking Public Office 3. Working from the Inside 4. Planning Ahead 5. Assessing Restructuring 6. Future Prospects Appendix: Interview Schedules Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Zina Transnational Feminism and the Moral
Book SynopsisThe Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality.Trade Review"Khan's emphasis on reading zina laws within a larger politicized context, her problematization of the role of the native informant, and her argument to transcend binary thinking gives a cutting edge to this important work. An excellent book for those in the fields of gender studies, Muslim women, Orientalism, and global politics." - Parin Dossa, author of Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women in the Diaspora"Table of ContentsIntroduction: Locating the Issue 1 Native Informing on the Zina Ordinance 2 Contextualizing the Zina Ordinance 3 Speaking to the Women 4 Disobedient Daughters, Errant Wives, and Others 5 Current Challenges to the Zina Ordinance 6 A Politics of Transnationality and Reconfigured NativeInforming Notes References Index
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University of British Columbia Press Bar Codes
Book SynopsisThis book examines women lawyers' attempts to reconcile their professional obligations with other aspects of their lives.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Introduction: Recognizing the Codes 2 “The Portia of Our Chambers”: Voice, Robes, andReputation 3 Educating Women in the Law: Becoming Gentlemen? 4 Caught in the Time Crunch 5 Choreographing Daily Life: Clocks, Calendars, and Cycles 6 Careers and Curricula Vitae 7 Cracking the Codes Appendix: Where Are They Now? Notes Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Working Girls in the West
Book SynopsisExamining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the “working girl” heroines of western Canada’s poetry, prose, and fiction.Trade ReviewUsing an innovative mixture of literary and historical technique, McMaster's book successfully straddles the genres of literature, history, and gender studies to present an engaging look at young women in western Canada during the turbulent years of its explosive population growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. -- Merle Massie, University of Saskatchewan * H-Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Working Women in the West at the Turn of the Century2 The Urban Working Girl in Turn-of-the-Century Canadian Literature3 White Slaves, Prostitutes, and Delinquents4 Girls on Strike5 White Working Girls and the Mixed-Race WorkplaceConclusion: Just GirlsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Working Girls in the West
Book SynopsisExamining the eager debate that followed women into the paid workforce in the early twentieth century, this volume uncovers the “working girl” heroines of western Canada’s poetry, prose, and fiction.Trade ReviewUsing an innovative mixture of literary and historical technique, McMaster's book successfully straddles the genres of literature, history, and gender studies to present an engaging look at young women in western Canada during the turbulent years of its explosive population growth in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. -- Merle Massie, University of Saskatchewan * H-Canada *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Working Women in the West at the Turn of the Century2 The Urban Working Girl in Turn-of-the-Century Canadian Literature3 White Slaves, Prostitutes, and Delinquents4 Girls on Strike5 White Working Girls and the Mixed-Race WorkplaceConclusion: Just GirlsNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Gendering the NationState
Book SynopsisGendering the Nation-State explores the gendered dimensions of a fundamental organizational unit in social and political science – the nation-state.Trade ReviewThe 14 essayists in this book have brilliantly analyzed gender and nation, gender and state processes and gender and citizenship. This is a scholarly book showing the way to justice, equality and understanding for the role of women in the state. -- Ronald F. MacIsaac * Lower Island News, Vol. 25, 2008 *…political scientists and other social scientists will benefit from reading Gendering the Nation-State. It contributes to the breaking down of boundaries in political science and clearly connects theories to both empirical knowledge and the political outcomes that affect women directly. -- Sara Mitchell, University of Ottawa * Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, vol xxxvii, no 3 *This is an excellent collection. While its main focus is clearly on gender and the state, the book makes important contributions to our understanding of nationalism, comparative politics, neoliberalism, postcolonialism, risk society and the role of transnational actors and NGOs. The collection clearly establishes that analyzing gender is not just a matter of “adding” insights to existing analyses but that gendered perspectives often fundamentally challenge the way in which traditional categories and analyses are constructed. As Yasmeen Abu-Laban makes clear in her introduction, the collection “is a response to a disciplinary incompleteness in political science. -- Carol Johnson * Canadian Journal of Political Science (2011), 44: 458-459 *Table of ContentsContributorsAcknowledgmentsGendering the Nation State: An Introduction / Yasmeen Abu-LabanPart 1: Gender and Nation1 Gendering the Hyphen: Gender Dimensions of Modern Nation-State Formation in Euro-American and Anti- and Post-Colonial Contexts / Jill Vickers2 Gender and Nation in the Soviet/Russian Transformation / Maya Eichler3 Projecting Gender and Nation: Literature for Immigrants in Canada and Sweden / Shauna WiltonPart 2: Gender and State Processes4 Assembling Women, Gendering Assemblies / Linda Trimble5 Feminist Ideals versus Bureaucratic Norms: The Case of Feminist Researchers and the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies / Francesca Scala6 Framing Feminists: Market Populism and Its Impact on Public Policy in Australia and Canada / Marian Sawer7 Women’s Rights and Religious Opposition: the Politics of Gender at the International Criminal Court / Louise ChappellPart 3: Gender and Citizenship8 Putting Gender Back In: Women and Social Policy Reform in Canada / Janine Brodie9 Citizenship in the Era of New Social Risks. What Happened to Gender Inequalities? / Jane Jenson10 Carefair: Gendering Citizenship “Neoliberal” Style / Paul Kershaw11 Republican Liberty, Naming Laws, and the Role of Patronymy in Constituting Women’s Citizenship in Canada and Quebec / Jackie F. Steele12 Gendering Nation States and/or Gendering City-States: Debates about the Nature of Citizenship / Caroline AndrewAfterword: The Future of Feminism / Judy RebickNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Electing a Diverse Canada
Book SynopsisCovering eleven cities as well as Canada’s Parliament, this book presents the most extensive analysis to date of the electoral representation of immigrants, minorities, and women in Canada.Trade ReviewElecting a Diverse Canada all fit together seamlessly, and the editors do a tidy job of summing up the key findings of the contributing authors, as well as supplying a theoretical framework for the project in their introductory review of theories of representation. As a result, anybody studying issues of representation will find the collection useful. The volume would also be useful as supplementary reading in most courses related to Canadian elections, women and politics, and municipal politics, as well as acting as a foundational resource for individuals researching issues related to representation, the election of marginalized groups into government, or even those looking for profiles and background information about major Canadian cities. As the editors note, this volume is the first of its kind, and the authors ought to be applauded for their efforts. -- Amanda Bittner, Memorial University * Canadian Journal of Political Science *Table of ContentsTables and MapsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction / Caroline Andrew, John Biles, Myer Siemiatycki, and Erin Tolley1 Reputation and Representation: Reaching for Political Inclusion in Toronto / Myer Siemiatycki2 Diversity and Elected Officials in the City of Vancouver / Irene Bloemraad3 Political Representation of Minorities in the City of Montréal: Dream or Reality? / Carolle Simard4 More than Just Cowboys with White Hats: A Demographic Profile of Edmonton and Calgary / Shannon Sampert5 Our Unrepresentative but Somewhat Successful Capital: Electoral Representation in Ottawa / John Biles and Erin Tolley6 Many Faces, Few Places: The Political Under-Representation of Ethnic Minorities and Women in the City of Hamilton / Karen Bird7 Representation Deficits in Regina and Saskatoon / Joseph Garcea8 The Patterning of Political Representation in Halifax / Karen Bridget Murray, with the assistance of Michael Caverhill9 Diversity and Political Representation in Winnipeg / Brenda O’Neill and Jared J. Wesley10 Ethnoracial Minorities in the 38th Parliament: Patterns of Change and Continuity / Jerome H. BlackConclusionContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Opening Doors Wider
Book SynopsisThis book asks whether the doors to women’s participation in Canadian public life are more open than in the past and probes how they can be opened further.Table of ContentsFigures and TablesAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations1 Introduction / Sylvia BashevkinPart 1: Community and Women’s Group Participation2 Women and Community Leadership: Changing Politics or Changed by Politics? / Caroline Andrew3 Rebuilding the House of Canadian Feminism: NAC and the Racial Politics of Participation / Mary-Jo NadeauPart 2: Winning Legislative Seats4 Women in the Quebec National Assembly: Why So Many? / Manon Tremblay, with Stephanie Mullen5 Are Cities More Congenial? Tracking the Rural Deficit in the House of Commons / Louise CarbertPart 3: Cabinet and Party Leadership Experiences6 Making a Difference When the Doors Are Open? Women in the Ontario NDP Cabinet, 1990-95 / Lesley Byrne7 “Stage” versus “Actor” Barriers to Women’s Federal Party Leadership / Sylvia Bashevkin8 One Is Not Like the Others: Allison Brewer’s Leadership of the New Brunswick NDP / Joanna Everitt and Michael CampPart 4: Media and Public Images9 Crafting a Public Image: Women MPs and the Dynamics of Media Coverage / Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant10 Do Voters Stereotype Female Party Leaders? Evidence from Canada and New Zealand / Elisabeth Gidengil, Joanna Everitt, and Susan BanducciPart 5: Remedies and Prescriptions11 Opening Doors to Women’s Participation / Sylvia BashevkinContributorsIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Quebec Women and Legislative Representation
Book SynopsisThis book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec’s National Assembly and in Canada’s House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present.Trade ReviewQuebec Women and Legislative Representation fills a long-standing gap in the Canadian literature, which is full of acknowledgements that the Quebec context is different but short on attempts to unpack why. On this front, Tremblay's treatment of the topic is compelling ... This book will appeal to large segments of the discipline: specialists of domestic politics; graduate students who should see this book on their comprehensive exam lists, and women and politics scholars ... Its first sentence calls women's under-representation 'a problem' rather than a 'question.' Readers who do no approach this book with the same view will no doubt change their positions by its conclusion. -- Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant * Canadian Journal of Political Science (45:2), June 2012 *"Quebec Women and Legislative Representation fills a long-standing gap in the Canadian literature, which is full of acknowledgements that the Quebec context is different but short on attempts to unpack why. On this front, Tremblay's treatment of the topic is compelling.... This book will appeal to large segments of the discipline: specialists of domestic politics; graduate students who should see this book on their comprehensive exam lists, and women and politics scholars.... Its first sentence calls women's under-representation 'a problem' rather than a 'question' (1). Readers who do no approach this book with the same view will no doubt change their positions by its conclusion." -- Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant * Canadian Journal of Political Science (45:2) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword / Sylvia Bashevkin Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Rights to Vote and to Eligibility: Full Access to Citizenship forQuebec Women? 2 Why Does Women’s Representation in the Legislative Spaces ofQuebec Not Match Their Demographic Weight? 3 Quebec Women in Legislatures: What Identity and What Ideas? 4 Increasing the Numbers of Women in Quebec's LegislativeSpaces? Conclusion Appendices Notes References Index
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University of British Columbia Press Quebec Women and Legislative Representation
Book SynopsisThis book examines the under-representation of Quebec women in Quebec’s National Assembly and in Canada’s House of Commons and Senate from 1791 to the present.Trade ReviewQuebec Women and Legislative Representation fills a long-standing gap in the Canadian literature, which is full of acknowledgements that the Quebec context is different but short on attempts to unpack why. On this front, Tremblay's treatment of the topic is compelling ... This book will appeal to large segments of the discipline: specialists of domestic politics; graduate students who should see this book on their comprehensive exam lists, and women and politics scholars ... Its first sentence calls women's under-representation 'a problem' rather than a 'question.' Readers who do no approach this book with the same view will no doubt change their positions by its conclusion. -- Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant * Canadian Journal of Political Science (45:2), June 2012 *"Quebec Women and Legislative Representation fills a long-standing gap in the Canadian literature, which is full of acknowledgements that the Quebec context is different but short on attempts to unpack why. On this front, Tremblay's treatment of the topic is compelling.... This book will appeal to large segments of the discipline: specialists of domestic politics; graduate students who should see this book on their comprehensive exam lists, and women and politics scholars.... Its first sentence calls women's under-representation 'a problem' rather than a 'question' (1). Readers who do no approach this book with the same view will no doubt change their positions by its conclusion." -- Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant * Canadian Journal of Political Science (45:2) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword / Sylvia Bashevkin Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Rights to Vote and to Eligibility: Full Access to Citizenship forQuebec Women? 2 Why Does Women’s Representation in the Legislative Spaces ofQuebec Not Match Their Demographic Weight? 3 Quebec Women in Legislatures: What Identity and What Ideas? 4 Increasing the Numbers of Women in Quebec's LegislativeSpaces? Conclusion Appendices Notes References Index
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University of British Columbia Press Indigenous Women and Feminism Politics Activism
Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging collection examines the historical roles of Indigenous women, their intellectual and activist work, and the relevance of contemporary literature, art, and performance for an emerging Indigenous feminist project.Trade ReviewA pioneering text…Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture is a comprehensive, inclusive, heterogeneous, and valuable collection for anyone studying Indigenous issues or histories, feminisms, cultural studies and criticism, decolonization, or literary studies. -- Patricia Miranda Barkaskas, The Goose, Issue 10, 2012Table of ContentsIndigenous Feminism: Theorizing the Issues / Shari M. Huhndorf and Cheryl SuzackPart 1: Politics1 From the Tundra to the Boardroom to Everywhere in Between: Politics and the Changing Roles of Inuit Women in the Arctic / Minnie Grey2 Native Women and Leadership: An Ethics of Culture and Relationship / Rebecca Tsosie3 “But we are your mothers, you are our sons”: Gender, Sovereignty, and the Nation in Early Cherokee Women’s Writing / Laura E. Donaldson4 Indigenous Feminism: The Project / Patricia Penn Hilden and Leece M. LeePart 2: Activism5 Affirmations of an Indigenous Feminist / Kim Anderson6 Indigenous Women and Feminism on the Cusp of Contact / Jean Barman7 Reaching Toward a Red-Black Coalition Feminism: Anna Julia Cooper’s “Woman versus the Indian” / Teresa Zackodnik8 Emotion Before the Law / Cheryl Suzack9 Beyond Feminism: Indigenous Ainu Women and Narratives of Empowerment in Japan / ann-elise lewallenPart 3: Culture10 Indigenous Feminism, Performance, and the Politics of Memory in the Plays of Monique Mojica / Shari M. Huhndorf11 “Memory Alive”: An Inquiry into the Uses of Memory by Marilyn Dumont, Jeannette Armstrong, Louise Halfe, and Joy Harjo / Jeanne Perreault12 To Spirit Walk the Letter and the Law: Gender, Race, and Representational Violence in Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson’s Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman / Julia Emberley13 Painting the Archive: The Art of Jane Ash Poitras / Pamela McCallum14 “Our Lives Will Be Different Now”: The Indigenous Feminist Performances of Spiderwoman Theater / Katherine Young Evans15 Bordering on Feminism: Space, Solidarity, and Transnationalism in Rebecca Belmore’s Vigil / Elizabeth Kalbfleisch16 Location, Dislocation, Relocation: Shooting Back with Cameras / Patricia DemersIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The Business of Women
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking study of women entrepreneurs in early twentieth-century British Columbia.Trade Review…Buddle offers rich insights into the characteristics of female self-employment during this period, and lays the groundwork for future explorations of gender and business in Canada…this important book is thus recommended reading for those interested in the history of gender, labour, business, and British Columbia. -- Tina Block * BC Studies, Winter 2011 *Table of Contents1 Businesswomen in British Columbia2 The Marriage of Business and Women: Family Status and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia3 Careers for Women: Sex Segregation in Self-Employment4 “They are quick, alert, clear-eyed business girls”: The Business and Professional Women’s Clubs of British Columbia5 “You have to think like a man and act like a lady”: Gender, Class, and BusinesswomenConclusion: “Darkened by family obligations”: Reflections on the Business of WomenAppendicesNotes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Wife to Widow
Book SynopsisThe diversity of women’s lives as wives then as widows negotiating the law, patriarchy, family relationships, and the economy in 19th-century Montreal come alive in this first major study of widows in Canada.Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: Marriage, Identity, and the Law1 Marriage Metropole: Mobility and Marriage in Early-Nineteenth-Century Montreal2 Companionate Patriarchies: Money Matters and Marriage3 Marriage Trajectories: Class, Choices, and Chance4 “Dower This Barbarous Law”: Debating Marriage and Widows’ Rights5 Imagining Widowhood and Death: Marriage Contracts, Wills, and Funeral ProvisionsPart 2: Individual Itineraries of Widowhood6 Diverse Demographies: Death, Widowhood, and Remarriage7 In the Shadow of Their Husbands: The First Days of Widowhood8 “Within a Year and a Day”: The First Year of Widowhood9 Widows’ Votes: Marguerite Paris, Émilie Tavernier, Sarah Harrison, and the Montreal By-Elections of 183210 Widow to Mother Superior: Émilie Tavernier Gamelin and Catholic Institution Building11 Patchworks of the Possible: Widows’ Wealth, Work, and Children12 Final Years, Final Wishes: Care, Connections, Old Age and DeathConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Age Gender and Work
Book SynopsisA unique examination of how age and gender inform the workplace and its culture in the new knowledge-based economy.Table of ContentsPart 1: Key Concepts and Methods1 Gender, Age, and Work in the New Economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh2 Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin, and Tammy Duerden ComeauPart 2: Gender Projects and Regimes3 Firms as “Gender Regimes”: The Experiences of Women in IT Workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh4 Variants of Masculinity within Masculinist IT Workplace Regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp5 Negotiating Work and Family in the IT Industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. KempPart 3: Age Regimes and Projects6 Generational and Age Discourse in IT Firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic, and Tammy Duerden Comeau7 Aging and Age Discrimination in IT Firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau8 Conclusion: Inequality Regimes and New Economy Work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullinContributorsIndex
£78.30
University of British Columbia Press Age Gender and Work
Book SynopsisA unique examination of how age and gender inform the workplace and its culture in the new knowledge-based economy.Table of ContentsPart 1: Key Concepts and Methods1 Gender, Age, and Work in the New Economy / Julie McMullin and Heather Dryburgh2 Methods / Emily Jovic, Julie McMullin, and Tammy Duerden ComeauPart 2: Gender Projects and Regimes3 Firms as “Gender Regimes”: The Experiences of Women in IT Workplaces / Gillian Ranson and Heather Dryburgh4 Variants of Masculinity within Masculinist IT Workplace Regimes / Tammy Duerden Comeau and Candace L. Kemp5 Negotiating Work and Family in the IT Industry / Ingrid Arnet Connidis and Candace L. KempPart 3: Age Regimes and Projects6 Generational and Age Discourse in IT Firms / Julie McMullin, Emily Jovic, and Tammy Duerden Comeau7 Aging and Age Discrimination in IT Firms / Julie McMullin and Tammy Duerden Comeau8 Conclusion: Inequality Regimes and New Economy Work / Emily Jovic and Julie McMullinContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press A Sisterhood of Suffering and Service
Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary collection fills a gap in First World War scholarship, revealing the diversity and richness of women’s and girls’ wartime experiences in Canada and Newfoundland.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Transformation in a Time of War? / Sarah Glassford and Amy ShawPart 1: Mobilizing Women1 “In Defense of the Empire”: The Six Nations of the Grand River and the Great War / Alison Norman2 The Unquiet Knitters of Newfoundland: From Mothers of the Regiment to Mothers of the Nation / Margot I. Duley3 Freshettes, Farmerettes, and Feminine Fortitude at the University of Toronto during the First World War / Terry WildePart 2: Women’s Work4 Gendering Patriotism: Canadian Volunteer Nurses as the Female “Soldiers” of the Great War / Linda J. Quiney5 “Such Sights One Will Never Forget”: Newfoundland Women and Overseas Nursing in the First World War / Terry Bishop Stirling6 Patriotic, Not Permanent: Attitudes about Women’s Making Bombs and Being Bankers / Kori StreetPart 3: Family Matters7 An Honour and a Burden: Canadian Girls and the Great War / Kristine Alexander8 Supporting Soldiers’ Wives and Families in the Great War: What Was Transformed? / Desmond Morton9 Marks of Grief: Black Attire, Medals, and Service Flags / Suzanne EvansPart 4: Creative Responses10 Verses in the Darkness: A Newfoundland Poet Responds to the First World War / Vicki S. Hallett11 “’Twas You, Mother, Made Me a Man”: The Motherhood Motif in the Poetry of the First World War / Lynn Kennedy12 “Mother, Lover, Nurse”: The Reassertion of Conventional Gender Norms in Fictional Representations of Disability in Canadian Novels of the First World War / Amy TectorConclusion: “Sisterhood of Suffering and Service” / Sarah Glassford and Amy ShawSelected Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Selling Sex
Book SynopsisA diverse and comprehensive dialogue between sex workers, advocates, and researchers that looks at sex work in a new way.Trade ReviewA unique collection of sex workers and their allies describing and defending a timely subject. A very insightful read. -- Maria Nengeh Mensah, professor, School of Social Work, Université du Québec à MontréalAs a Canadian sex worker, I know too well how hard it can be to find a balanced, nuanced analysis of the lived experiences of people in my profession and the complex legal and social realities we encounter. Selling Sex proved to be a notable exception ... this book is invaluable as a resource to help people understand the complexities of the sex trade and to see the people who work within it as competent and capable of making their own decisions, rather than victims in need of rescue or deviants in need of punishment and control. -- Kamala Mara * Canadian Dimension *Selling Sex is an impressive testament to the agency, activism, and theorizing of sex workers, drawing from a multiplicity of viewpoints, including trans, male, youth, and Indigenous experiences. It importantly shines light on histories of sex work, the politics of regulation, and organizing for change in Canada and is a critical intervention into debates on feminism, anti-racism, and decolonization. A deeply insightful collection and a vital new contribution to the field of sex work studies. -- Kamala Kempadoo, professor of Social Science at York University and co-editor of Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance and RedefinitionIntellectually stimulating, emotionally engaging and beautifully written, Selling sex: Experience, advocacy and research on sex work in Canada weaves together the diverse voices and perspectives of sex workers, academics, and activists to present a multilayered, complex, and rich understanding of sex work practice, research, policy, and political organizing. This collection of chapters centers the lived experiences of sex workers who are experts in their own lives and who are critical to the knowledge production about sex work.I highly recommend this refreshing and inspiring book that positions itself as a form of activism and resistance against sensationalistic and mainstream narratives of sex work. It challenges unidimentional notions of sex work by highlighting often silenced communities, including male, trans, youth, and indigenous sex trade workers. This collection of voices is an essential read for anyone working in a practice setting with sex workers, for students engaging in a critical analysis of sex work, for researchers committed to privileging the lived experiences of marginalized communities, and for those interested advancing their human rights and engaging in activism for social change. -- Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, California State University Northridge * Affilia *The breadth of ethnographic data and theoretical insights explored in Selling Sex makes it an excellent resource for most courses in sociology, law, gender and sexuality studies, criminology, and anthropology interested in deconstructing the contingent nature of sexuality, labor, and gender identity, and its intersection with various state agencies and other mechanisms of regulation. Similarly, the timely nature of this publication in relation to the Bedford decision situates this text, and the contributing authors, as influential authorities on sex work research in the post-Bedford era. -- Marcus A. Sibley, Carleton University * Canadian Review of Sociology *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin, and Victoria LovePart 1: Realities, Experiences, and Perspectives1 Work, Sex, or Theatre? A Brief History of Toronto Strippers and Sex Work Identity / Deborah Clipperton2 Myths and Realities of Male Sex Work: A Personal Perspective / River Redwood3 Champagne, Strawberries, and Truck-Stop Motels: On Subjectivity and Sex Work / Victoria Love4 Trans Sex Workers: Negotiating Sex, Gender, and Non-Normative Desire / Tor Fletcher5 We Speak for Ourselves: Anti-Colonial and Self-Determined Responses to Young People Involved in the Sex Trade / JJ6 Decolonizing Sex Work: Developing an Intersectional Indigenous Approach / Sarah Hunt7 Transitioning Out of Sex Work: Exploring Sex Workers’ Experiences and Perspectives / Tuulia LawPart 2: Organizing and Social Change8 Working for Change: Sex Workers in the Union Struggle / Jenn Clamen, Kara Gillies, and Trish Salah9 Overcoming Challenges: Vancouver’s Sex Worker Movement / Joyce Arthur, Susan Davis, and Esther Shannon10 Né dans le Redlight: The Sex Workers’ Movement in Montreal / Anna-Louise Crago and Jenn Clamen11 Stepping All Over the Stones: Negotiating Feminism and Harm Reduction in Halifax / Gayle MacDonald, Leslie Ann Jeffrey, Karolyn Martin, and Rene Ross12 Are Feminists Leaving Women Behind? The Casting of Sexually Assaulted and Sex-Working Women / Jane Doe13 Going ’round Again: The Persistence of Prostitution-Related Stigma / Jacqueline Lewis, Frances M. Shaver, and Eleanor Maticka-TyndalePart 3: The Politics of Regulation14 Regulating Women’s Sexuality: Social Movements and Internal Exclusion / Michael Goodyear and Cheryl Auger15 Crown Expert-Witness Testimony in Bedford v. Canada: Evidence-Based Argument or Victim-Paradigm Hyperbole? / John Lowman16 Repeat Performance? Human Trafficking and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games / Annalee Lepp17 A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Canadian Anti-Pimping Law and How It Harms Sex Workers / Kara Gillies18 Still Punishing to “Protect”: Youth Prostitution Law and Policy Reform / Steven Bittle19 To Serve and Protect? Structural Stigma, Social Profiling, and the Abuse of Police Power in Ottawa / Chris Bruckert and Stacey Hannem20 Beyond the Criminal Code: Municipal Licensing and Zoning Bylaws / Emily van der Meulen and Mariana ValverdeAfterword / Alan YoungIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Sporting Gender
Book SynopsisSporting Gender is the first book to explore the rise to fame of female athletes in China during its national crisis of 1931-45 brought on by the Japanese invasion. By re-mapping lives and careers of these athletes, administrators, and film actors within a wartime context, Gao shows how they coped with the conflicting demands of nationalist causes, unwanted male attention, and modern fame. Addressing themes of state control, media influence, fashion, and changing gender roles, she argues that the athletic female form helped to create a new ideal of modern womanhood in China at a time when women's emancipation and national needs went hand in hand. This book brings vividly to life the histories of these athletes and demonstrates how intertwined they were with the aims of the state and the needs of society.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Zhang Huilan (1898-1996): The “Mother of Women’s Modern Physical Education”2 Nationalist and Feminist Discourses on Jianmei (Robust Healthy Beauty)3 The Basketball Team of the Private Liangjiang Women’s Tiyu Normal School4 The Evanescent Glory of the Track Queens5 “Miss China,” Yang Xiuqiong (1918-82): A Female Olympic Swimmer6 Sportswomen on Screen: The “Athletic Movie Star,” Li Lili (1915-2005)ConclusionNotes; Glossary of Chinese Terms, Titles, and Names; Bibliography; Index
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Stalled
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the representation of women in elected and appointed office in Canada to explain why gender parity remains elusive.Trade ReviewThis book is a must-read for people interested in Canadian history, gender, and electoral politics in Canada. I cannot say enough about Stalled: The Representation of Women in Canadian Govenrments, which includes chapters written by well-known scholars, features a strong cross-section of expertise in Canadian political science, covers virtually every province and territory, and contains the different constituent groups within a Canadian context ... Well written and appropriate for lay and academic audiences, Stalled is the perfect addition to classes in gender and politics, to upperdivision courses in comparative politics focused on the status of 'women and politics, and to Canadian history courses. -- Janni Aragon * BC Studies, Spring 2015 *Table of ContentsForeword – Women, Power, Politics: Surveying the Canadian Landscape / Sylvia BashevkinIntroduction: The Road to Gender Parity / Manon Tremblay, Jane Arscott, and Linda Trimble1 Truly More Accessible to Women than the Legislature? Women in Municipal Politics / Manon Tremblay and Anne Mévellec2 The Alberta Advantage? Women in Alberta Politics / Brenda O’Neill3 When Numerical Gains Are Not Enough: Women in British Columbia Politics / Jocelyne Praud4 Complacency and Gender Silence: Women in Manitoba Politics / Shannon Sampert5 A Province at the Back of the Pack: Women in New Brunswick Politics / Joanna Everitt6 A Laggard No More? Women in Newfoundland and Labrador Politics / Amanda Bittner and Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant7 Electoral Breakthrough: Women in Nova Scotia Politics / Louise Carbert and Naomi Black8 Breaking the Holding Pattern? Women in Ontario Politics / Tracey Raney9 Getting Women’s Names on the Ballot: Women in Prince Edward Island Politics / John Crossley10 Hitting a Glass Ceiling? Women in Quebec Politics / Manon Tremblay11 A Prairie Plateau: Women in Saskatchewan Politics / Loleen Berdahl12 In the Presence of Northern Aboriginal Women? Women in Territorial Politics / Graham White13 Slow to Change: Women in the House of Commons / Lisa Young14 “Way Past That Era Now?” Women in the Canadian Senate / Stephanie Mullen, with the collaboration of Manon Tremblay and Linda TrimbleConclusion: A Few More Women / Linda Trimble, Manon Tremblay, and Jane ArscottIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press Pinay on the Prairies
Book SynopsisAn investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canada’s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Gender, Migration, and Feminism2 Pinay Migration3 Welcoming Prairies4 Making Meanings: Identities and Integration5 Building Bridges: Activism and Community Engagement6 Vested TransnationalismConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£61.50
University of British Columbia Press Pinay on the Prairies
Book SynopsisAn investigation into the experiences of Filipino women in Canada’s Prairie provinces, which reveals much about their understanding of transnational identities, feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Gender, Migration, and Feminism2 Pinay Migration3 Welcoming Prairies4 Making Meanings: Identities and Integration5 Building Bridges: Activism and Community Engagement6 Vested TransnationalismConclusionNotesReferencesIndex
£26.99
University of British Columbia Press I Was the Only Woman
Book SynopsisA compelling new perspective on Canada's planning history that offers a counter-narrative to the official story of the profession, one that has generally overlooked the contributions of women and the Community Planning Association of Canada.Table of ContentsForeword / Julia MarkovichPreface1 Introduction: An Argument about History, Planning, and Women2 Women, Professions, and Planning3 Creating and Advocating for a Profession: A Tale of Two Planning Organizations4 Recovering the Women of the CPAC and TPIC/CIP5 Women in Planning: Making a Difference6 Conclusion: Imagine ...AppendicesNotes; References; Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press Private Women and the Public Good Charity and
Book SynopsisAn engaging history of the Ladies Benevolent Society and Hamilton Orphan Asylum and a broad consideration of the ability of women’s charitable work to bridge the nineteenth-century boundaries of public and private spheres.Trade ReviewA very readable, persuasive, and important contribution to the literature on gender and social policy in nineteenth-century Canada written in a way that engagingly connects history with theory. -- James E. Struthers, professor in the Canadian Studies Department at Trent University...Nielson’s well-crafted study provides a unique lens through which to examine gender, the public-private spheres, and politics in nineteenth-century Canada. -- Claire L. Halstead, University of Western Ontario * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gender and the Public Sphere1 Hamilton, Upper Canada, to 18462 A “sufficiently extensive and efficient instrumentality”3 A Mixed Social Economy4 The City and the Ladies5 Public Acts and Private Lives6 Institutionalization, Adoption, and Apprenticeship7 Continuity and Change, 1870-93Conclusion: A Career in Christian CharityNotesBibliographyIndex
£70.20
University of British Columbia Press Private Women and the Public Good Charity and
Book SynopsisAn engaging history of the Ladies Benevolent Society and Hamilton Orphan Asylum and a broad consideration of the ability of women’s charitable work to bridge the nineteenth-century boundaries of public and private spheres.Trade ReviewA very readable, persuasive, and important contribution to the literature on gender and social policy in nineteenth-century Canada written in a way that engagingly connects history with theory. -- James E. Struthers, professor in the Canadian Studies Department at Trent University...Nielson’s well-crafted study provides a unique lens through which to examine gender, the public-private spheres, and politics in nineteenth-century Canada. -- Claire L. Halstead, University of Western Ontario * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Gender and the Public Sphere1 Hamilton, Upper Canada, to 18462 A “sufficiently extensive and efficient instrumentality”3 A Mixed Social Economy4 The City and the Ladies5 Public Acts and Private Lives6 Institutionalization, Adoption, and Apprenticeship7 Continuity and Change, 1870-93Conclusion: A Career in Christian CharityNotesBibliographyIndex
£22.79
University of British Columbia Press Mixed Race Amnesia
Book SynopsisMixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Disentangling Our Curious Affection with Multiraciality1 Mixed Race Mythologies: Toward an Anticolonial Mixed Race Studies2 Mixed Race Narcissism? Thoughts on the Interview Experience3 The Model Multiracial: Propping Up Canadian Multiculturalism through Racial Impotency4 Beyond the Passing Narrative: Multiracial Whiteness5 Mongrels, Interpreters, Ambassadors, and Bridges? Mapping Liberal Affinities among Mixed Race Women6 Mixed Race Scanners: Performing Race7 Present Tense: The Future of Critical Mixed Race StudiesReferencesIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Mixed Race Amnesia
Book SynopsisMixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Disentangling Our Curious Affection with Multiraciality1 Mixed Race Mythologies: Toward an Anticolonial Mixed Race Studies2 Mixed Race Narcissism? Thoughts on the Interview Experience3 The Model Multiracial: Propping Up Canadian Multiculturalism through Racial Impotency4 Beyond the Passing Narrative: Multiracial Whiteness5 Mongrels, Interpreters, Ambassadors, and Bridges? Mapping Liberal Affinities among Mixed Race Women6 Mixed Race Scanners: Performing Race7 Present Tense: The Future of Critical Mixed Race StudiesReferencesIndex
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press French Canadians Furs and Indigenous Women in the
Book SynopsisThis book describes how a long generation of founding French Canadians shaped the Pacific Northwest.Trade ReviewBarman’s feast of historical and genealogical data on French Canadians in British Columbia forces the reader to ponder their absence in previous BC histories, and reinforces the position of French Canadians as one of the founding peoples of that province. -- Maurice Guibord, Société historique francophone de la Colombie-BritanniqueThe history of French Canadian fur trappers in the northwest, often mentioned in local state histories, here crosses national and cultural borders to include their interactions with indigenous peoples and stories of travels from eastern Canada to Oregon and British Columbia. This book is an essential forensic history for all people who trace their ancestry to the fur trade era of the Pacific Northwest. -- David G. Lewis, PhD, Tribal Historian, Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of OregonIn Barman’s adroit hands, the lives and experiences, hopes and dreams of the French Indian families who had a significant yet generally unremarked impact on the Pacific Northwest come to life. Rather than peripheral figures in the larger course of historical events, they were often at the center of the action - in exploring and fur-trapping expeditions, during periods of relatively peaceful negotiation and exchange, and at times of armed conflict. -- Melinda Marie Jetté * Oregon Historical Quarterly, Summer 2015 *Barman concludes this extensive, well-researched, and analytical work by stressing the need to view the history of the Pacific Northwest more inclusively. -- Jacky Moore, Herne Bay * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 *This is a massive undertaking by a historian at the height of her powers. Barman has availed herself of an eclectic assemblage of sources: biographies, fur trade journals and exploration narratives, church records, and recent Canadian and American historiography on the fur trade, among others. She has seamlessly integrated this material to tell the stories of individuals and families, while at the same time providing a contextual framework for understanding the social, economic, and political trajectories of these people … French Canadian, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest is yet another fine contribution to BC history by one of its leading practitioners. -- Heather Devine, University of Calgary * BC Studies *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: French Canadians and the Fur Economy1 To Be French Canadian2 Facilitating the Overland Crossings3 Driving the Fur Economy4 Deciding Whether to Go or to StayPart 2: French Canadians, Indigenous Women, and Family Life in the Fur Economy5 Taking Indigenous Women Seriously6 Innovating Family Life7 Initiating Permanent Settlement8 Saving British Columbia for CanadaPart 3: Beyond the Fur Economy9 Negotiating Changing Times10 Enabling Sons and Daughters11 To Be French Canadian and Indigenous12 Reclaiming the PastAppendixNotesWorks CitedIndex
£999.99
University of British Columbia Press Working Mothers and the Child Care Dilemma A
Book SynopsisAs a deeply researched history, Working Mothers and the Child Care Dilemma reveals how, for over 100 years, a persistent political uneasiness with the role of mothers in the workforce has contributed to the lack of affordable, quality child care services in British Columbia.Trade ReviewReading Pasolli’s extensively documented book is a sobering exploration of twentieth and twenty-first century policies guided by familiar rhetoric about why mothers partnered with male breadwinners should not work and why mothers without breadwinners should work (in low-wage jobs) to redeem themselves … In the end, Pasolli’s history of childcare policy in British Columbia tells us that out-of-home childcare is a radical claim that requires a paradigmatic shift in thinking about working mothers and the ‘‘contested nature of social citizenship.’’ -- Rachel Langford, Ryerson University * Pacific Historical Review *Much more than connecting the chronological dots (which is itself an important achievement), Pasolli provides an analytical explanation for the rather discouraging continuities that shaped decades of public debate and marginalized the childcare and employment needs of women and families … A smart book on an issue we continue to wrestle with, and the sole monograph on the topic from a historian’s perspective, it will find its way on to many bookshelves. -- Esyllt W. Jones, University of Manitoba * BC Studies *To assemble this impeccable book, Lisa Pasolli has formulated impressive questions … Readers … will be interested to discover how contemporary debates over the importance of early education, and over the educational disadvantages of parents and workers who bore the consequences of the deficiencies of child care, became part and parcel of The Child Care Dilemma. -- Dominique Marshall, Carleton University * Historical Studies in Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction1 “A proper independent spirit”: The Vancouver City Crèche, 1909–202 “Self help is to be encouraged to the fullest extent”: Working Mothers and the State in the Interwar Years3 “It takes real mothers and real homes to make real children”: Child Care Debates during and after the Second World War4 “The working mother is here to stay”: The Making of Provincial Child Care Policy in the 1960s5 “Talkin’ Day Care Blues”: Feminist Child Care Battles in the 1960s and 1970s6 “The feeling lingers that day care just isn’t nice”: Provincial and National Child Care Politics since the Mid-1970sConclusionNotes; Bibliography; Index
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press From Slave Girls to Salvation
Book SynopsisA fascinating and critical study of the Chinese Rescue Home, an iconic institution in Victoria, BC, where members of the Women’s Missionary Society taught domestic skills to Chinese and Japanese women believed to be prostitutes, slave girls, or to be at risk of falling into these roles.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Breaking Ground1 Foundations of Stone: Victoria and the Chinese Rescue Home2 Pillars of Domesticity and the “Chinese Problem”3 Crossing the Threshold: Interrogating the Space and Place of Victoria’s Chinese Rescue Home4 Outside the Walls of the Home: Men, Marriage, and Morals in the Public Arena5 Roofs, Rafters, and Refuge: The State, Race, and Child CustodyConclusion: Race, Gender, and National ImaginingsNotes; Appendix: Sources and Methodology; Bibliography; Index
£25.19
University of British Columbia Press From Left to Right Maternalism and Womens
Book SynopsisThis fresh look at Canadian women’s political engagement during the Cold War reveals that whether they were on the “left” or “right” end of the political spectrum, women were motivated by similar concerns and the desire to forge a new vision for their nation.Table of ContentsIntroduction1 Women No Longer Need Fear Want or Illness: Women on the Left2 Ladies, Let Us Hold High the Banner of Social Credit! Women on the Right3 Peace Is the Concern of Every Mother: Communist and Social Democratic Women’s Anti-War Activism4 Traveling Bags for Their Trip to Russia: Social Credit Women Campaign for Peace5 The Well-Being of the Home Depends on the Well-Being of the Union: Women-Only Organizations6 Healthy Activity and Worthwhile Ideas: Confronting Juvenile DelinquencyConclusionAppendix: Brief BiographiesNotes; Bibliography; Index
£69.70
University of British Columbia Press Shelter in a Storm
Book SynopsisDrawing on the experiences of three YWCA women’s shelters in Ontario, this book exposes the dangers for women that are embedded in government neoliberal policies and reveals how feminism can counteract this pervasive ideology.Table of ContentsPreface1 Neoliberalism: The Project That Has No Name2 An Uneasy Alliance: Feminism and Neoliberalism3 Feminist Agendas: YWCAs4 Harris: The Face of Neoliberalism5 McGuinty: Neoliberalism Lingers On6 From Frayed Rope to Tight Strings: NGO Relationship with the State7 Red Heels: A Desperate Need to Fundraise8 Still Speaking Out9 Feminist Resistance in Neoliberal TimesAppendicesWorks CitedIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Science of the Seance
Book SynopsisIn this enthralling study of the ethereal, the scientific, and the strange, Beth A. Robertson investigates the gendered world of the seance, a place where self-proclaimed “psychic researchers” laid claim to objectivity and where spiritual mediums and the spirits they channeled resisted their methods.Trade ReviewWhile there has been a considerable academic interest in Victorian Spiritualism and séance room phenomena, the 1918–1939 period has been less well served. Beth Robertson’s Science of the Seance helps to redress that imbalance ... [S]he provides a useful introduction to some of the work exploring the boundary between this world and the next in the period. -- Tom Ruffles * Fortean Times *It’s a rare treat when I get to indulge my interest in the paranormal through such a well-researched and argued work as Beth A. Robertson’s Science of the Seance … it will appeal not only to those studying the paranormal, but also to scholars of technology, gender, and sexuality, and those who are interested in the origins of new sciences and the construction of knowledge ... It takes its subject matter seriously (which shouldn’t be underestimated), and makes far-reaching conclusions that cross disciplinary boundaries. It draws together a number of seemingly disparate threads into a concise framework that, for me, transformed how I thought about paranormal research. I look forward to more work like this. -- Matthew Hayes, The Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, Trent University * American Review of Canadian Studies *In this provocative book, Robertson contends that the study of mediumship impacted both empirical methods and gender studies … A major contribution of this work is its description of how women, both as participants and researchers, debunked the stereotype that had linked femininity with “intellectual ineptitude.” Robertson’s work can serve as a model for further inquiries on the contributions psychical research can make to scholarship, methodology, and philosophy. -- S. Krippner, Saybrook University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGroping in the Dark: An Introduction1 The “Scientific Self ”: Performative Masculinity in the Psychical Laboratory2 Otherworldly Subjects: Mediums and Spirits3 A Touch of the Uncanny: Sensing a Material Otherworld4 The Qualities of Quartz: Technology, Inscriptions, and Mechanizing Vision5 Fragments of a Spectral Self: Psychology, Medicine, and Aberrant Souls6 Teleplasmic Mechanics: Spirit Scientists and Vital TechnologiesThe Knot Unravelled: An EpilogueNotes; Bibliography
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University of British Columbia Press One Hundred Years of Struggle
Book SynopsisAcclaimed historian Joan Sangster celebrates the 100th anniversary of Canadian women getting the federal vote with a look at the real struggles women faced, depending on their race, class, and location in the nation, in their fight for equality.Trade ReviewJoan Sangster's One Hundred Years of Struggle jolts us back into women's often grim historical reality, reminding us that the political rights that we often take for granted today were keenly opposed in years past. -- Susan Whitney, associate professor of history, Carleton University * Literary Review of Canada *Joan Sangster’s clear, concise, and lively treatment of the women’s suffrage movement in Canada provides a broad historical survey…One Hundred Years of Struggle succeeds remarkably well in presenting ideas in an accessible way without oversimplifying them. -- Barbara Messamore, University of the Fraser Valley * The Ormsby Review *Sangster’s honest analysis of the role that imperial and racist attitudes played (and continue to play) in the fight for women’s equal political participation offers a challenge to those who believe that struggles associated with women’s suffrage are entirely historical. -- Stephanie Milliken * THIS Magazine, March 2018 *Now this is one of those books you need to read and you need to buy for others, especially now as women are facing watershed moments on many fronts. In this fantastic book, acclaimed historian Joan Sangster celebrates the 100th anniversary of Canadian women getting the vote not with rah, rah speeches and pleasantries, but with looks at the real warriors and the real struggles women faced … this comprehensive book truly reminds the reader of what determination and dedication can do. -- Dana Gee * Vancouver Sun *Under one cover, One Hundred Years brings together aspects of the story that have hitherto been scattered throughout the historiography and reflects the growing maturity of the field of women’s/gender history. -- Dianne Dodd, Parks Canada * Manitoba History Journal, Issue 88, *Table of ContentsPreface1 The Privilege of Property2 Race and the Idea of Rights for Women3 Suffrage as a Socialist Issue4 Making Suffragists5 The Anti-suffragists6 Feminist Countercultures7 Debating War and Peace8 Old and New Agendas in Peacetime9 Votes for All WomenAfterwordSources and Further Reading; Photo Credits; Index
£18.99
