Gender studies: women and girls Books

Book SynopsisMothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated fromor unimportant tocentral developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents nuanced issues in gender historiography for Latin America in a readable narrative for undergraduate students Offers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end of each chapter that instructors can use to stimulate class discussion Adheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherent narrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a list of facts textbook style Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface vi Acknowledgments viii Source Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Gender and Latin American History, or: Why Motherhood? 1 2 Motherhood in Transition: From Colonies to Independent Nations 24 3 Poor Women: Mothering the Majority in the Nineteenth Century 51 4 Middle-Class and Elite Mothers: Feminism, Femininity, and the Nation in the Nineteenth Century 80 5 Motherhood at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity, circa 1900–1950 102 6 Poor Mothers and the Contradictions of Modernity, circa 1900–1950 133 7 Mothers and Revolution, circa 1910–1990: Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua 158 8 Maternalizing Politics, Politicizing Motherhood: Women and Politics, circa 1950–1990s 193 9 Bodies, Policies, and Globalization: Contraception and Abortion in Latin America 222 10 Motherhood Transformed? History, Gender, and the Shift into the Twenty-First Century 248 Bibliography 267 Subject Index 283

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Book SynopsisMothers Making Latin America utilizes a combination of gender scholarship and source material to dispel the belief that women were separated fromor unimportant tocentral developments in Latin American history since independence. Presents nuanced issues in gender historiography for Latin America in a readable narrative for undergraduate students Offers brief, primary-source document excerpts at the end of each chapter that instructors can use to stimulate class discussion Adheres to a focus on motherhood, which allows for a coherent narrative that touches upon important themes without falling into a list of facts textbook style Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface vi Acknowledgments viii Source Acknowledgments xi 1 Introduction: Gender and Latin American History, or: Why Motherhood? 1 2 Motherhood in Transition: From Colonies to Independent Nations 24 3 Poor Women: Mothering the Majority in the Nineteenth Century 51 4 Middle-Class and Elite Mothers: Feminism, Femininity, and the Nation in the Nineteenth Century 80 5 Motherhood at the Crossroads of Tradition and Modernity, circa 1900–1950 102 6 Poor Mothers and the Contradictions of Modernity, circa 1900–1950 133 7 Mothers and Revolution, circa 1910–1990: Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua 158 8 Maternalizing Politics, Politicizing Motherhood: Women and Politics, circa 1950–1990s 193 9 Bodies, Policies, and Globalization: Contraception and Abortion in Latin America 222 10 Motherhood Transformed? History, Gender, and the Shift into the Twenty-First Century 248 Bibliography 267 Subject Index 283

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Book SynopsisIn this provocative book, Margaret Heffernan, former CEO and Fast Company contributor, fuses her own experience with that of hundreds of women to identify the biggest challenges and the best solutions that women face today. From VPs of Fortune 100 companies to entrepreneurs to women just starting their careers, she traces the patterns and themes underlying women''s power, choices, love, sex, money, and many other vital topics for working women. Without sugar-coating the facts, preaching, or oversimplifying, she offers solutions and shares the truth about the working world: women''s choices are limited, you can''t have it all, women do work differently from men and, yes, it is possible to find success amidst all of this and feel good about it. Finally! A book that exposes the masculine myths about what it takes to be effective in business and helps women reclaim the relational intelligence we have been taught to ignore. A must-read for all women who want to increase their powTable of ContentsPreface ix Participants xiii Introduction 1 1 Start Smart 6 2 Geishas, Bitches, Guys—and the Invisible Woman 26 3 Balls to the Wall: Toxic Bosses and Hostile Environments 52 4 The Emperor's New Clothes 77 5 Power and Where It Comes From 93 6 Sex, Love, and a Vision for Life 120 7 The Whole Life 139 8 How High Can You Go? 163 9 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do 186 10 The Entrepreneuse 200 11 The Parallel Universe 217 Notes 231 Web Resources 237 Bibliography 241 Acknowledgments 247 The Author 251 Index 253

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Book SynopsisWomen, Crime, and Justice: Balancing the Scales presents a comprehensive analysis of the role of women in the criminal justice system, providing important new insight to their position as offenders, victims, and practitioners. Draws on global feminist perspectives on female offending and victimization from around the world Covers topics including criminal law, case processing, domestic violence, gay/lesbian and transgendered prisoners, cyberbullying, offender re-entry, and sex trafficking Explores issues professional women face in the criminal justice workplace, such as police culture, judicial decision-making, working in corrections facilities, and more Includes international case examples throughout, using numerous topical examples and personal narratives to stimulate students' critical thinking and active engagement Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii About the website xv 1 Foundations for understanding women and crime 1 Student learning outcomes 1 Introduction 1 Reasons for the focus on women and crime 2 Case study: Chibok kidnappings 3 Concepts of importance 3 Special legal issues: Legal considerations for the burqa and niqab 5 Gender in criminology and criminal justice 6 Global perspectives: An example of feminism in Saudi Arabia 11 Feminist criminology and feminist theory 12 Conclusion 13 Suggested readings 13 Student engagement activities 13 Discussion questions 14 Key terms 14 References 14 2 Women and the crimes that they commit 19 Student learning outcomes 19 Introduction 19 Case study: Rosemary West 22 Defining crime 22 Special legal issues: Differences in the defi nitions of crime 23 Measuring crime 24 Global perspectives: Female offenders across the globe 31 Explanations for crime 32 Why do women commit crime? 34 Conclusion 41 Suggested readings 41 Student engagement activities 41 Discussion questions 42 Key terms 42 References 42 3 Women convicted of crime and their punishments 51 Student learning outcomes 51 Introduction 51 Case study: Malala Yousafzai 52 Gender and sentencing 53 Women in institutional custody 54 Conditions specific to imprisoned women 61 Special legal issues: Medical care issues 63 Global perspectives: Incarcerated female offenders across the globe 65 Community corrections and reentry 68 Correctional programming for women 70 Conclusion 72 Suggested readings 72 Student engagement activities 72 Discussion questions 73 Key terms 73 References 74 4 Legal control over women’s bodies: Pregnancy and crime 82 Student learning outcomes 82 Introduction 82 Case study: Aleksa Lundberg 84 Involuntary sterilization and eugenics 85 Global perspectives: The sterilization of women across the globe 90 The criminalization of abortion 90 Special legal issues: One-child family policy in China and abortions 100 Criminalization of pregnant women 101 Shackling of pregnant inmates giving birth 105 Conclusion 108 Suggested readings 108 Student engagement activities 109 Discussion questions 109 Key terms 109 References 110 5 Sexual victimization 115 Student learning outcomes 115 Introduction 115 Case study: Sexual assault in India 116 Defining and prosecuting rape – then and now 118 Special legal issues: Legislative changes in India 119 The measurement of sexual victimization 120 Text box: National Violence Against Women definitions and survey questions 121 Prevalence of sexual victimization 122 Theories of rape 125 The social context of rape 128 Text box: Common rape myths from the Illinois Rape Myth Acceptance Scale 129 Types of sexual victimization 130 Global perspectives: Rape in wartime 136 The impact of rape on victims 136 Text box: “Remember My Name”: A poem written by a rape victim 137 Treatment of rape victims 139 Text box: Contents of a rape kit 140 Preventing sexual violence 144 Conclusion 144 Suggested readings 145 Student engagement activities 145 Discussion questions 146 Key terms 146 References 147 6 Domestic violence 153 Student learning outcomes 153 Introduction 153 When did society start to consider domestic violence to be a crime? 156 How many people are affected by family violence? 157 Global perspectives: Domestic violence across the globe 160 Theory and domestic violence 161 Special legal issues: Battered women syndrome defense in other countries 163 What are the risk factors associated with domestic assault? 164 Case study: Case A. Homicide–parasuicide involving a man killing his spouse 165 Domestic violence and other domestic relationships 167 Intimate partner violence and victim responses 168 What has been done legally? 168 Necessary criminal justice policy responses and domestic violence 170 Necessary social service agencies and medical professional responses to domestic violence 171 What programs exist for offenders? 173 Conclusion 173 Suggested readings 174 Student engagement activities 174 Discussion questions 175 Key terms 175 References 175 7 Victimization enabled by technology: Cyberbullying and related crimes 181 Student learning outcomes 181 Introduction 181 Bullying behavior and victimization 182 Text box: Statistics: Bullying statistics 2010 183 Global perspectives: Cyberbullying in the United Kingdom 188 Case study: Cyberbullying suicide in Italy 190 Cyberbullying laws 190 Necessary criminal justice policy responses to cyberbullying 191 Text box: Cyberbullying: What we know, What can we do? 193 Necessary social and community responses to cyberbullying 194 Conclusion 194 Suggested readings 195 Student engagement activities 195 Discussion questions 195 Key terms 195 References 196 8 Women and law enforcement 199 Student learning outcomes 199 Introduction 199 Case study: Malalai Kakar 200 History of women in policing 200 Global perspectives: Entry into policing and roles 202 Text box: Female police in Latin America 203 Special legal issues: Legal pathways for female officers in South Africa 207 Women and their employment in law enforcement 207 Global perspectives: Shared experiences/distinct differences 213 Conclusion 215 Suggested readings 215 Student engagement activities 215 Discussion questions 216 Key terms 216 References 216 9 Women in the courts 222 Student learning outcomes 222 Introduction 222 Case study: Kate Baker 223 History of women as lawyers and jurists 224 Global perspectives: Entry into the legal profession for women across the globe 225 Text Box: Bradwell v. State of Illinois, 83 U.S. 130 (Wall., 1872) 227 Women and their employment in the legal profession 231 Special legal issues: Discrimination in Iran 235 Text box: Women in the federal judiciary: Still a long way to go 236 Global perspectives: Female judges in Syria 238 Necessary legal system policy responses 239 Conclusion 239 Suggested readings 240 Student engagement activities 240 Discussion questions 240 Key terms 240 References 241 10 Women working with post-conviction offenders 244 Student learning outcomes 244 Introduction 244 Case study: Claire Lewis 245 History of women working in jails and prisons 245 Global perspectives: Entry into corrections for women across the globe 248 Special legal issues: Prison law of China 250 Challenges to women in the fi eld of corrections 251 Global perspectives: Women in corrections across the border 257 Effectiveness of women correctional workers 258 Conclusion 260 Suggested readings 260 Student engagement activities 261 Discussion questions 261 Key terms 261 References 262 11 Conclusion 266 Student learning outcomes 266 Introduction 266 Case study: The Australian rugby team and group sex session 269 Women, feminist criminology, and criminal justice 270 Global perspectives: Islamic feminism in the Middle East 271 Special legal issues: UN Bangkok Rules 272 Text box: International Women’s Day 2015 Theme: MAKE IT HAPPEN 272 Conclusion 276 Suggested readings 277 Student engagement activities 277 Discussion questions 277 Key term 277 Note 277 References 278 Glossary 281 Index 294

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Book SynopsisMany women today wonder: what will it take to get that seat at the boardroom table? Earn that coveted promotion? Or simply have their voices heard? Taking the Stage provides a comprehensive, proven approach that enables women to come forward into the spotlight and speak up, stand out, and succeed. Based on a program from the Humphrey Group that has been delivered to over 400,000 women worldwide, Taking the Stage shows womenno matter their age, rank, or professionhow to communicate with courage and confidence in every situation, from formal speeches to brief hallway conversations. Judith Humphrey provides the inspiration and practical advice for women to take the stage mentally, verbally, vocally, and physically. Women can make the most of every opportunity by understanding how best to: Speak up confidently, even when others don't agree; Convey their accomplishments without self-doubt; Be assertive but not aggressive; DelivTable of ContentsPreface ix Introduction 1 Part One Choose to Take the Stage 11 1 We Have Been Taught to Fit In, Not Stand Out 13 2 Silence the Inner Crow 20 3 Develop a Center Stage Mindset 28 4 Speak Up Confidently 34 5 Be Assertive, Not Aggressive 42 6 Promote Yourself 48 7 Be Courageous 59 8 Hold Your Ground 66 Part Two Create a Strong Script 77 9 Portray Yourself as a Leader 79 10 Strengthen Your Language 88 11 Structure Your Script 96 12 Master Meeting Scripts 102 13 Craft Career Conversations 109 14 Elevate Your Elevator Scripts 117 Part Three Unlock the Power of Your Voice 123 15 Begin by Breathing 125 16 Find Your Full Sound 130 17 Develop Your Leader's Voice 137 18 Pace Yourself 143 19 Be Expressive 148 20 Articulate Clearly 155 Part Four Stand Out on Stage 159 21 Understand the Power of Presence 161 22 Be Fearless on Stage 167 23 Sit Tall, Stand Tall 175 24 Strengthen Your Body Language 183 25 She's Smart . . . but She Doesn't Look It 190 Conclusion: The World is Your Stage 199 Notes 205 Acknowledgments 213 About the Author 216 Index 218

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive and up-to-date reference on contemporary, historical, and global concerns about women, crime, and criminal justice The Encyclopedia of Women and Crime is a comprehensive reference work on the pioneers and practitioners in the field of criminal justice, and an expert analysis of both female offenders and victims of crime. Offering a balanced perspective, this innovative work focuses on interdisciplinary, transnational, historical, and current perspectives on gender and offending behavior, victimization, legal and policy responses, and notable cases and individuals. Comprehensive coverage of a wide range of timely and relevant topics, historical analyses, biographies, and legal case studies provide readers with an essential resource on the intersection of race, class, and gender with both crime and victimization. Providing a global perspective and both contemporary and historical scholarship on the subject, this multi-volume encyclopeTable of ContentsVolume I About the Editors Notes on Contributors Lexicon Introduction Women and Crime A-XX Volume II Women and Crime XX-XX Volume III Women and Crime ??-X Index

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Book SynopsisPlan your path to leadership with insight from real women at the top In Real Women, Real Leadership, twenty-four women leaders describe their personal journeys to the top, providing deep insight and a fascinating perspective on making it as a woman in the male-dominated business environment. They discuss their experiences and offer guidance on topics such as balancing family and career, building alliances, mentoring and being mentored, and overcoming obstacles in the business world which is still dominated by men in the senior levels of management. Drawn from a range of industries including higher education, technology, law, the military, politics, the media, and more, these stories provide the details that every ambitious woman needs to know. You''ll learn which skills, attributes, and relationships served these women best, how they overcame the obstacles thrown into their paths, and the people they credit as instrumental along the way. A self-assessment chapter helpTrade Review“There is much to be learned from Hurley and Shumway, who let successful women leaders do their talking for them”. (PQ Magazine, October 2015)“this is a fascinating book….it will be a pity if the book is not widely read” (Professional Manager, January 2016)Table of ContentsForeword vii Acknowledgments xi Preface xiii Note from Kathy Hurley 1 1 Leadership Journey: Skill or Personal Mission? 7 2 Inspires and Motivates Others 13 3 Takes Initiative 41 4 Displays High Integrity and Honesty 71 5 Builds Relationships 95 6 Collaboration and Teamwork 113 7 Drive for Results 133 8 Develops Strategic Perspective 151 Appendices Leadership Self-Assessment 155 A Study in Leadership 165 Resources 171 About the Editors 185 Index 187

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Book SynopsisDelve into gender lens investing and the reality of the female economy Women today are an unparalleled force in the global economyas successful entrepreneurs, corporate executives and family breadwinners. Yet gender-based violence, the absence of women''s legal rights and the persistent wage gap stubbornly remain. This paradox creates an unprecedented and underexplored opportunity for investors. Gender Lens Investing, co-authored by Jackie VanderBrug, Managing Director and Joseph Quinlan, Managing Director and Chief Market Strategist, of U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, is the first book of its kind to examine, in-depth the advantages of integrating gender into investment analysis. While other books speak to growing numbers and influence of women, Gender Lens Investing moves from economic trends to financial strategy. Learn why gender is material to economic prosperity and investment performance Explore ways to Table of ContentsPrologue xi Acknowledgments xxi About the Authors xxv Chapter 1 Womenomics and the Measures That Matter 1 Chapter 2 It’s the Women, Stupid 13 Chapter 3 Womenomics Goes Global 37 Chapter 4 From Womenomics to Gender Lens Investing 57 Chapter 5 New Paths to Capital 77 Chapter 6 Inside and Outside the Workplace 105 Chapter 7 Getting Beyond Pink 133 Chapter 8 A New Field in Motion 159 Chapter 9 A Start That’s Here to Stay 187 Index 203

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Book SynopsisOffers a nuanced account of the multiple aspects of women's lives and their roles in American society American Women''s History presents a comprehensive survey of women''s experience in the U.S. and North America from pre-European contact to the present. Centering women of color and incorporating issues of sexuality and gender, this student-friendly textbook draws from cutting-edge scholarship to provide a more inclusive and complicated perspective on the conventional narrative of U.S. women's history. Throughout the text, the authors highlight diverse voices such as Matoaka (Pocahontas), Hilletie van Olinda, Margaret Sanger, and Annelle Ponder. Arranged chronologically, American Women''s History explores the major turning points in American women's history while exploring various contexts surrounding race, work, politics, activism, and the construction of self. Concise chapters cover a uniquely wide range of topics, such as the roles of Indigenous women iTable of ContentsBrief Introduction ix Part I Maeve Kane 1 Sky Woman, Dawnland, Turtle Island 3 Studying the Past 4 Creation 5 Peopling of the Americas 7 The Spread of Maize 9 Interpreting Cahokia 11 Jigonsaseh and the Founding 13 Chaco and Pueblo 14 Near the Rocks and Seagulls 16 Conclusion 17 Bibliography 17 2 Settling and Unsettling, 1492–1600 18 Early Encounters 18 “Virgin” Landscapes 22 Gender, Slavery, and the Creation of Race 24 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality 27 Conclusion 29 Bibliography 30 3 Growth and Disruption, 1600–1690 31 Creating Race 32 Race and Reproduction 34 Legislating Race 36 Good Wives and Disruptive Women 38 Gender and Social Order 41 Gender and Legal Rights 44 Conclusion 45 Bibliography 46 4 Atlantic Connections, 1690–1750 47 Gender and Warfare 48 Salem Witch Trials 50 Intermarriage and Intermediaries 52 Women and the Atlantic World of Goods 54 Conclusion 56 Bibliography 56 5 Rebellion and Revolution, 1750–1800 58 Resistance Before Revolution 59 Women’s Land and Women’s Lives 60 Gender and Liberty 61 Remember the Ladies 62 Cannons Roaring 64 The Society of Patriotic Ladies 66 A War Against Vegetables 67 Infant Liberty Nursed by Mother Mob 69 Conclusion 72 Bibliography 72 Part II Vanessa M. Holden 6 Expansion and Division: The Women’s Market Revolution, 1800–1820s 75 Maria Stewart: Women of Color, Activism, and the Rising Middle Class 76 A Land- Based Empire: Women’s Migrations 78 Migrations and the Women’s Market Economy: Feminine Ideals, Domestic Labor, and Wage Labor Opportunities 79 Making the South: Southern Women and Planter Migration 82 Making the North: European Immigration and Women’s Labor 84 The West and Far West: Imagining Empire on Indigenous Lands 85 Conclusion 85 Bibliography 86 7 Reform, Revolt, and Women’s Rights, 1830s–1860s 87 Competing Womanhoods: Middle- Class Women and Emerging Definitions of Womanhood 88 Reform and Imperial Aims: Women and “Civilizing” Missions 92 Indigenous Women Strategize for Survival: Violence and Indian Removal 94 Regions Drift Apart: Womanhood, Labor, and Regionalism 96 Class Relations and Women’s Activism: Constructing a Deserving Poor 99 Conclusion 102 Bibliography 102 8 Disunion, 1850–1860 104 The Dred Scott Decision: Women’s Intimate Lives, Marriage, and American’s Crisis over Slavery 105 From the Margins to the Center: Abolitionism and Women’s Activism in the Antebellum Period 107 The Crisis of 1850, Women in the West, and Women’s Activism 110 Conclusion 112 Bibliography 113 9 The Civil War: Women’s Homefronts and Battlefields 114 Harriet Tubman: Foot Soldier of Emancipation and War Veteran 114 1861: The Beginning 115 Bloody Realities 117 1862: A War for Emancipation 118 Escalating Casualties and Advances in Sanitation 119 1863: Battlefields and Homefronts 120 Joining the Fight: Soldiers with Female Bodies 122 1864: Women Face Hard War 123 1865: Emancipation, Lincoln’s Assassination, and Reunion 124 Conclusion 125 Bibliography 125 10 Reconstruction and the Rise of Jane Crow 127 The Emancipation Generation 128 Fighting for Freedom: An Era of Hope and Promise 129 Reform and Reconstruction: Women’s Rights and African American Civil Rights Clash 133 Creating an Old South to Build a New South: Southern Women 135 New Waves of Immigration: New Americans, Old Prejudices, and the Era of Chinese Exclusion 136 Conclusion: Freedom Dream Deferred and the Gradual Arrival of Jane Crow 139 Bibliography 140 Part III Melissa E. Blair 143 11 New Women: 1890–1920 145 African American Women’s Activism, 1890s–1920 146 Marriage, Children, and Family Life 148 Women and Work at the Turn of the Century 150 The Progressive Movement 152 The Final Path to Women’s Suffrage 155 Bibliography 158 12 Women Between the Wars, 1920–1945 160 Work, Family, and Sexuality in the 1920s 161 After Suffrage: Women’s Politics in the 1920s 164 The Great Depression 167 World War II 170 Bibliography 173 13 The Long Fifties, 1945–65 175 The Civil Rights Movement 176 Babies, Suburbs, and Politics: White Middle- Class Lives 180 Sexuality and the Cold War 183 Women and Work in an Age of Abundance 186 Bibliography 188 14 Changes Everywhere, 1965–1980 190 Feminism and Structural Change 191 Black Feminism, Chicana Feminism, and Race- Based Organizing 196 Demographics of Women’s Lives in the 1970s: Family Change and Economic Collapse 200 Women and the Rise of the New Right 201 Bibliography 203 15 Women in Contemporary America, 1980–2020 205 The Fights Continue: Gay Rights and Abortion Rights 206 Daily Life at the Turn of the Century: Work, Immigration, and Family 209 Partisan Politics and Grassroots Activism 213 Popular Culture at the Turn of the Century: Contradictory Images of Women 217 Bibliography 219 Index 221

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Book SynopsisAN INSTANT WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLERA guide for how to not only dream big, but also winboth in business and in lifefrom one of the most celebrated and successful women in America. For the first time ever, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Forbes' Richest Self-Made Woman Liz Elting shares her story on how she co-founded and grew TransPerfect, the billion-dollar translation and language solutions company that began as a dream in an NYU dorm room. In Dream Big and Win, Elting divulges practical and inspiring tips you can implement immediately, teaching why success is not solely about attaining and wielding power. Elting shows you that fulfilling your highest potential will require you to look beyond yourself. In her honest and often humorous narrative, Elting illustrates why actions are more important than mantras and why doing will always eclipse dreaming. This book is for anyone who has ever dreamed of translating their passion into purpose and creating something bigger than themselves.Trade Review"Doing will always eclipse dreaming, and Elting's frank and humorous recollections of lessons in entrepreneurship serve as a guide for anyone who seeks to fulfill their highest potential." –Inc. "This is the finest and most inspiring business book I have read in many years. The book is so nicely laid out and an effortless read! I could not put it down." –Thrive Global"I would absolutely recommend this book to anyone, not just in terms of business, but also to anyone looking to hear an inspiring story of someone who overcame many obstacles thrown in their path." –Irish Tech NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 I Beginning to Dream 3 1 Creating 5 2 Perfecting 23 3 Risking 39 4 Growing 55 5 Overcoming 77 II Building the Business 95 6 Owning 97 7 Balancing 111 8 Competing 125 9 Investing 139 III Refining the Purpose 153 10 Communicating 155 11 Leading 173 12 Servicing 189 13 Hiring 203 IV Reinventing the Win 219 14 Pivoting 221 15 Giving 231 Notes 243 Acknowledgments 251 About the Author 255 Index 257

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Book SynopsisThe beloved Comma Queen returns with a buoyant and charming book about language, love and the wine-dark sea.Trade Review"What a fantastic book! Not only is Greek to Me educational, entertaining, and gorgeously written, it shows us how intellectual curiosity coupled with a dash of bravery can pave the way for a more meaningful life. Mary Norris does for Greek and Greece what Cheryl Strayed did for hiking. Readers will long to follow in her footsteps." -- Ann Patchett"In Greek to Me, Mary Norris’ love for all things Greek is palpable and infectious. She is a charming, insightful guide through both ancient and modern glories, and I expect her lush descriptions of the Greek countryside to provoke a tourism stampede." -- Madeline Miller"Poignant, antic, hilarious, Mary Norris is the definition of wearing your learning lightly, and after a lifetime of Greek immersion, pouring beer libations, and skinny-dipping in the waters of Aphrodite, her lessons slip down sweetly. This book is true ambrosia." -- Caroline Fraser"I fell in love with Mary Norris’s first book, and am now even more in love with this charming, ribald, highly informed, and always funny excursion through the language, culture, and oddities of Greece and the Greek language. An adventure tale for intellectuals—and also for the rest of us." -- Steve Martin"Greek to Me is a[n]... engaging hybrid, mixing philology, travelogue, memoir and psychoanalysis." -- The Telegraph"Mary Norris's book about her love affair with Greece and the Greek language starts with a terrific chapter about alphabets." -- The Spectator"A love letter to Greece and its language is full of delightful facts and brims with nerdish, bookish joy... Norris is a jaunty companion, splendidly bookish, full of excellent little facts about, say, the history of the alphabet that you feel pleased to acquire. Greek gives her, she is happy to admit, “an erotic thrill”. She represents a hearty riposte to the very British notion that a love of dead languages automatically renders one a chilly, Olympian elitist." -- The Guardian"Mary Norris has a remarkable gift for conveying and transmitting passion... In her second book, Greek to Me, she demonstrates this gift with still greater aplomb..." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisA brilliant, sweeping history of the contemporary women’s movement told through the lives and works of the literary women who shaped itTrade Review"They’ve done it again!... Make space on your bookshelf for this lively and indispensable volume." -- Elaine Showalter, professor emerita of English, Princeton University"Still Mad is clever, playful and full of memorable turns of phrase… and its combination of ideas, clear prose and enthralling stories will make it an important text not only for literary scholars and historians but also for the general reader." -- Martha Rampton - Literary Review

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Book SynopsisExplore how women have succeeded in higher education administration through the collective wisdom of diverse college and university leaders As the percentage of women college and university presidents continues to increase, more and more women are considering academic administration as a viable career. Current and future leaders who aspire to rise to the top ranks of a college or university need a path to help them navigate the various issues they might encounter in today's academic institutions. Women in the Higher Education C-Suite: Diverse Executive Profiles explores the personal narratives of a diverse group of women CEOs and senior executives serving in two- and four-year public and private colleges and universities in the United States. Emphasizing real-world leadership, this book focuses on the remarkable women who continue to break barriers and inspire the next generation of leaders. Author Lisa Mednick Takami, Ed.D. draws from extended qualitativTable of ContentsAbout the Author xiii Foreword xv Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1Dr. Lisa Mednick Takami 1 "I Represent Students in all States to Reach their Potential" 5Interview with Dr. Mildred García, Chancellor, California State University System 2 "It Matters Who Is in the Room" 15Interview with Dr. Linda Oubré, President Emeritus, Whittier College 3 "Leadership Is Really an Orientation Toward Action" 25Interview with Dr. Dena P. Maloney, Retired Superintendent/President, El Camino Community College District 4 "I Had to Become More Proximal" 39Interview with Dr. Katrice Albert, Vice President, Office of Institutional Diversity, University of Kentucky 5 "The Best Way to Move Forward is to be Absolutely Great at Your Job" 53Interview with Dr. Jane Close Conoley, President, California State University, Long Beach 6 "Your Path isn’t Necessarily a Straight Line" 67Interview with Dr. Sandra Boham, President, Salish Kootenai Community College 7 "Running Through the Fire" 81Interview with Dr. Judy K. Sakaki, President Emeritus, Sonoma State University 8 "The Wind of the Ancestors was at My Back" 95Interview with Dr. Becky R. Petitt, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, University of California, San Diego 9 "Education is the Great Equalizer" 105Interview with Dr. Erika Endrijonas, Superintendent/President, Santa Barbara Community College District 10 "The Pulse on What Matters" 121Interview with Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston, President, Norfolk State University 11 "You Need to Look Up" 133Interview with Dr. Joanne Li, Chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha Appendix 147 Index 149

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xi Preface xv Introduction xvii Part I The Fable 1 Chapter 1 Getting Started 3 Chapter 2 The Team 15 Chapter 3 Learn and Be Curious— The Tech 29 Chapter 4 The Use Cases— Business Outcomes 71 Chapter 5 The Rabbit Team Plays 121 Chapter 6 Bold Vision and Planning Tools 145 Part II The Application 157 Chapter 7 The Five EmPOWERments Model 159 Appendix A Glossary 207 Appendix B Additional Thoughts on DAOs 213 About the Author 217 Afterword 219 Index 223

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Book SynopsisLeading feminist scholars provide searching treatment of the long-neglected subject of gender and access to land in various regions around the world. A searching treatment of gender and access to land around the world. Includes contributions by leading feminist scholars in the field. Combines theoretical reflections with concrete case studies. Covers diverse regions, including sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Central Asia. Several articles are based on original and extensive field research carried out over the past two years in, for example, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Brazil. Trade Review"Its strength is conceptual - not in telling the reader what to think about agrarian change, gender and land tenure reform, but in rethinking definitions, making new distinctions, giving us conceptual tools and showing us how to use them contextually." (Development and Change) "The outstanding scholarship behind thier conclusions - skilfully woven together by Shahra Razavi in a powerful introduction best appreciated after reading the other contributions - makes this book required reading for anyone concerned with gender justice in land rights (and not only in an agrarian context)." (Gender, Place and Culture) "This book provides a very useful consideration of the relationships between agrarian change, gender and land rights in a number of developing countries... The book is free of jargon and will be of value to final year undergraduates specialising in development and postgraduates looking for a useful summary of the issues and a guide to further reading."—Alasdair Blair, University of WestminsterTable of Contents1. Editorial Introduction: Terence J. Byres and Henry Bernstein (both at University of London). 2. Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights: Shahra Razavi (United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva). 3. Global Capitalism, Deflation and Agrarian Crisis in Developing Countries: Utsa Patnaik (Jawaharlal Nehru University). 4. Policy Discourses on Women’s Land Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re-turn to the Customary: Anne Whitehead (University of Sussex) and Dzodzi Tsikata (University of Ghana). 5. Piety in the Sky? Gender Policy and Land Reform in South Africa: Cherryl Walker. 6. Securing Women’s Interests within Land Tenure Reforms: Recent Debates in Tanzania: Dzodzi Tsikata (lives in Durham). 7. Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market: Bina Agarwal (University of Delhi). 8. The Cry for Land: Agrarian Reform, Gender and Land Rights in Uzbekistan: Deniz Kandiyoti (University of London). 9. Women’s Land Rights and Rural Social Movements in the Brazilian Agrarian Reform: Carmen Diana Deere (Universty of Massachusetts).

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book explores the increasing visibility of women's art in Britain, Europe and America. Considers the work of American artists Martha Rosler and Kara Walker, Irish artist Alice Maher, British artists Lubaina Himid, Christine Borland, Sarah Lucas, Cornelia Parker, Gillian Wearing and Rachel Whiteread, and the international performance group, moti roti. Features specially-commissioned interviews with some of these artists. Covers diverse media, from sculpture and painting through to photography, installations, video and performance. Trade Review"This is a prepossessing volume... all contributions raise questions that are indeed pressing, and address them in thought-provoking and, on the whole, insightful ways." The Art BookTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors. 1. Introduction: Visibility, Difference and Excess: Gill Perry. 2. 'Out of it': Drunkenness and Ethics in Martha Rosler and Gillian Wearing: David Hopkins. 3. A Strange Alchemy: Cornelia Parker: Interviewed by Lisa Tickner. 4. Antibodies: Rachel Whiteread's Water Tower: Sue Malvern. 5. Hybrid Histories: Alice Maher: Fionna Barber. 6. Reading Black Through White in the Work of Kara Walker: A Discussion Between Michael Corris and Robert Hobbs. 7. Corporeal Theory with in Practice: Christine Borland's Winter Garden: Marsha Meskimmon. 8. Cultural Crossings: Performing Race and Trans-gender in the Work of moti roti: Dorothy Rowe. 9. Lubaina Himid's Plan B: Close-up Magic and Tricky Allusions: Jane Beckett. Index.

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Book SynopsisWomen and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of women as leaders in the 16th century Protestant world.Trade Review"Stjerna writes in a style that will be accessible to undergraduate students, and her sophisticated analyses draw on her extensive theological training and wide reading, so that the book will be useful for more advanced students and non-specialist scholars as well." (The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, April 2010) "This work should be viewed as a very welcome teaching resource: it provides novice undergraduate students of the early modern with the means to be informed about and inspired by the Reformation, whilst offering ample resources for postgraduates to develop ideas." (Journal of Theological Studies, April 2010) "Concise descriptions summarize basic biographical information and analyze the leadership role of these women in the larger reformatory movements.... A thorough bibliography (thirty-six pages) offers wide possibilities for further reading. The book succeeds in its goal." (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) "The text is fairly described as ground breaking. An extensive bibliography and a full index are provided. The price for such an academic study is refreshingly modest." (History, October 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 The Vision and the Scope of the Book 1 The Term “Reformation” and Inclusivity Concerns 3 Visionary Studies on Women and the Reformation 5 Women in this Book 7 Part 1 Options and Visions for Women 9 1 Prophets, Visionaries, and Martyrs – Ursula Jost and her Publisher Margarethe Prüss 11 Introduction – Medieval Women Visionaries 11 Anabaptists and Martyrs 14 Prophets in Strasbourg and their Publisher Margarethe Prüss 17 Prophet Ursula Jost and her Visions 19 Conclusion 22 2 The Monastic Option – The Struggle of the Convents 23 Introduction – The Drama of Closing the Convents 23 An Excursion – Monastic Calling 24 Nuns’ Fight for Freedom 26 Conclusion 30 3 Marriage and Motherhood – The Preferred Calling 32 Introduction – Marriage Only? 32 The Holy Marital Vocation 33 Pastors’ Wives 35 Motherhood, Prostitution, Divorce 37 Conclusion 38 4 Learning and Power – An Elusive Option 40 Introduction: The Impetus and Obstacles for Theological Writing 40 Writing with and without Visions 42 The Education Factor 43 The Educated Women 46 Part 2 Women as Models, Leaders and Teachers of the Reformation 49 5 “Herr Doktor” Katharina von Bora, 1499–1552. The Lutheran Matriarch 51 Introduction 52 Katharina – From a Nun to the Ultimate Reformer’s Spouse 52 Conclusion 67 A Word about Sources and References 69 6 Argula von Grumbach, 1492 to 1563/68? – A Bavarian Apologist and a Pamphleteer 71 Introduction 72 Argula as a Defender of Faith – A Valiant Christian, or a Devilish Woman? 73 Conclusion 83 A Word about Sources and References 85 7 Elisabeth von Brandenburg, 1485–1555, and Elisabeth von Braunschweig, 1510–1558 – Exiled Mothers, Reforming Rulers 87 Introduction 88 Elisabeth von Brandenburg née Elisabeth of Denmark – A Reformer in Exile 89 Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Calenberg) 96 Conclusion 107 A Word about Sources and References 108 8 Katharina Schütz Zell, 1498–1562 – A Publishing Church Mother in Strasbourg 109 Introduction 109 A Church Mother, a Pastoral Care Provider, a Writer, Even a Preacher 110 Conclusion 130 A Word about Sources and References 131 9 Marie Dentière, 1495–1561 – A Genevan Reformer and Writer 133 Introduction 133 Marie Dentière – A Feminist Reformer and Biblical Interpreteter 135 Conclusion 146 A Word about Sources and References 147 10 Marguerite de Navarre, 1492–1549, and Jeanne d’Albret, 1528–1572 – The Protectors of the French Reformers 149 Introduction 150 Marguerite d’Angoulême/de Navarre – The Illustrious Queen, Writer and Spiritual Mother 150 Jeanne d’Albret, a Protestant Queen and a Huguenot leader 158 Conclusion 173 A Word about Sources and References 174 11 Renée de France, 1510–1575 – A Friend of the Huguenots 175 Introduction 176 Renée – A French Protector of Huguenots in Italy and France 177 Conclusion 195 A Word about Sources and References 196 12 Olimpia Fulvia Morata, 1526/27–1555 – An Italian Scholar 197 Introduction 197 Olimpia Fulvia Morata, a Classicist Huguenot Teacher 199 Conclusion 210 A Word about Sources and References 212 Conclusions and Observations on Gender and the Reformation 213 Reformation and Gender, Changes and Losses 213 Individual Choices and Women’s Experiences 216 The Options for Women 217 Reformers’ Ideas about Women 219 Sola Scriptura, Education, and Legal Matters 219 Conclusion 221 Bibliography 223 Options and Visions for Women 223 Women as Models, Leaders and Teachers of the Reformation 232 Index 259

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Book SynopsisWomen and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of women as leaders in the 16th century Protestant world.Trade Review"Stjerna writes in a style that will be accessible to undergraduate students, and her sophisticated analyses draw on her extensive theological training and wide reading, so that the book will be useful for more advanced students and non-specialist scholars as well." (The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, April 2010) "This work should be viewed as a very welcome teaching resource: it provides novice undergraduate students of the early modern with the means to be informed about and inspired by the Reformation, whilst offering ample resources for postgraduates to develop ideas." (Journal of Theological Studies, April 2010) "Concise descriptions summarize basic biographical information and analyze the leadership role of these women in the larger reformatory movements.... A thorough bibliography (thirty-six pages) offers wide possibilities for further reading. The book succeeds in its goal." (Religious Studies Review, December 2009) "The text is fairly described as ground breaking. An extensive bibliography and a full index are provided. The price for such an academic study is refreshingly modest." (History, October 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 The Vision and the Scope of the Book 1 The Term “Reformation” and Inclusivity Concerns 3 Visionary Studies on Women and the Reformation 5 Women in this Book 7 Part 1 Options and Visions for Women 9 1 Prophets, Visionaries, and Martyrs – Ursula Jost and her Publisher Margarethe Prüss 11 Introduction – Medieval Women Visionaries 11 Anabaptists and Martyrs 14 Prophets in Strasbourg and their Publisher Margarethe Prüss 17 Prophet Ursula Jost and her Visions 19 Conclusion 22 2 The Monastic Option – The Struggle of the Convents 23 Introduction – The Drama of Closing the Convents 23 An Excursion – Monastic Calling 24 Nuns’ Fight for Freedom 26 Conclusion 30 3 Marriage and Motherhood – The Preferred Calling 32 Introduction – Marriage Only? 32 The Holy Marital Vocation 33 Pastors’ Wives 35 Motherhood, Prostitution, Divorce 37 Conclusion 38 4 Learning and Power – An Elusive Option 40 Introduction: The Impetus and Obstacles for Theological Writing 40 Writing with and without Visions 42 The Education Factor 43 The Educated Women 46 Part 2 Women as Models, Leaders and Teachers of the Reformation 49 5 “Herr Doktor” Katharina von Bora, 1499–1552. The Lutheran Matriarch 51 Introduction 52 Katharina – From a Nun to the Ultimate Reformer’s Spouse 52 Conclusion 67 A Word about Sources and References 69 6 Argula von Grumbach, 1492 to 1563/68? – A Bavarian Apologist and a Pamphleteer 71 Introduction 72 Argula as a Defender of Faith – A Valiant Christian, or a Devilish Woman? 73 Conclusion 83 A Word about Sources and References 85 7 Elisabeth von Brandenburg, 1485–1555, and Elisabeth von Braunschweig, 1510–1558 – Exiled Mothers, Reforming Rulers 87 Introduction 88 Elisabeth von Brandenburg née Elisabeth of Denmark – A Reformer in Exile 89 Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (Calenberg) 96 Conclusion 107 A Word about Sources and References 108 8 Katharina Schütz Zell, 1498–1562 – A Publishing Church Mother in Strasbourg 109 Introduction 109 A Church Mother, a Pastoral Care Provider, a Writer, Even a Preacher 110 Conclusion 130 A Word about Sources and References 131 9 Marie Dentière, 1495–1561 – A Genevan Reformer and Writer 133 Introduction 133 Marie Dentière – A Feminist Reformer and Biblical Interpreteter 135 Conclusion 146 A Word about Sources and References 147 10 Marguerite de Navarre, 1492–1549, and Jeanne d’Albret, 1528–1572 – The Protectors of the French Reformers 149 Introduction 150 Marguerite d’Angoulême/de Navarre – The Illustrious Queen, Writer and Spiritual Mother 150 Jeanne d’Albret, a Protestant Queen and a Huguenot leader 158 Conclusion 173 A Word about Sources and References 174 11 Renée de France, 1510–1575 – A Friend of the Huguenots 175 Introduction 176 Renée – A French Protector of Huguenots in Italy and France 177 Conclusion 195 A Word about Sources and References 196 12 Olimpia Fulvia Morata, 1526/27–1555 – An Italian Scholar 197 Introduction 197 Olimpia Fulvia Morata, a Classicist Huguenot Teacher 199 Conclusion 210 A Word about Sources and References 212 Conclusions and Observations on Gender and the Reformation 213 Reformation and Gender, Changes and Losses 213 Individual Choices and Women’s Experiences 216 The Options for Women 217 Reformers’ Ideas about Women 219 Sola Scriptura, Education, and Legal Matters 219 Conclusion 221 Bibliography 223 Options and Visions for Women 223 Women as Models, Leaders and Teachers of the Reformation 232 Index 259

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography Trade Review Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography. 2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion. 3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper? 4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon? 5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example. 6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia. 7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers. 8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period. 9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70. 10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening book makes visible the lives and works of women who played a critical role in the development of geography as an academic field. A rare and detailed analysis of the geographical work of 30 individual women geographers from 1850 to 1970 Includes oral histories from women who have held appointments in British universities since World War II Makes the work of women geographers visible and challenges the notion of pre 1970s geography as an overwhelmingly masculine field Makes an important contribution to debates about the theoretical and methodological framing of the historiography of geography Trade Review"Complex locations should be included on all undergraduate courses about the history of the discipline, and should be read widely by other researchers interested in women and the history of geography, science and education." (Area Book Reviews, 1 November 2010) Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Putting Women in their Place: Women in the Historiography of Geography. 2. Women and British Geographical Societies: Medals, Membership, Inclusion and Exclusion. 3. Marion Newbigin and the Liminal Role of the Geographical Editor: Hired Help or Disciplinary Gatekeeper? 4. Women Travellers: Inside or Outside the Canon? 5. Women in Geographical Education: Demand for Geography Teachers and Teaching by Example. 6. Diplomas, Degrees and Appointments: The First Generation of Women Geographers in Academia. 7. Fieldwork and War Work: Interwar University Geographers. 8. The War Years and Immediate Post-War Period. 9. University Expansion, Specialisation and Quantification: 1950–70. 10. Conclusion: Mapping the ‘Hidden’ Women in British Geography 1900–70. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisOver the past thirty years the number of women assuming leadership roles has grown dramatically. This original and important book identifies the challenges faced by women in positions of leadership, and discusses the intersection between theories of leadership and feminism.Trade Review"Seventeen readable and relevant articles.... Essential reading for anyone concerned with this increasingly important subject in both theory and practice." (Long Range Planning, April 2009) “Chin offers a timely collection of readings about past and present leaders…includes contributions from many respected and successful women…carefully crafted…excellent references enhance the discussion.”(Choice) "I opened this book with enthusiasm… .There is much to be appreciated." (Times Higher Education Supplement)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword xvi Alice Eagly Overview: Women and Leadership: Transforming Visions and Diverse Voices 1 Jean Lau Chin Part I Models of Leadership and Women: Reconciling the Discourses on Women, Feminism, and Leadership 19 Bernice Lott 1 Conducted Monotones to Coacted Harmonies: A Feminist (Re)conceptualization of Leadership Addressing Race, Class, and Gender 35 Karen L. Suyemoto and Mary B. Ballou 2 Diverse Feminist Communication Styles: Challenges to Women and Leadership 55 Ann S. Yabusaki 3 Women as Academic Leaders: Living the Experience from Two Perspectives 69 A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert and Judith E. N. Albino 4 Toward Culturally Competent, Gender-Equitable Leadership: Assessing Outcomes of Women’s Leadership in Diverse Contexts 88 Ester R. Shapiro and Jennifer M. Leigh 5 Gender and Leadership in the Corporate World: A Multiperspective Model 106 Karen Korabik and Roya Ayman Part II Collaboration and Leadership 125 Joy K. Rice 6 Leadership Through Policy Development: Collaboration, Equity, Empowerment, and Multiculturalism 140 Norine G. Johnson, Florence L. Denmark, Dorothy W. Cantor, Diane F. Halpern, and Gwendolyn Puryear Keita 7 Collaborative Leadership and Social Advocacy Among Women’s Organizations 157 Joy K. Rice and Asuncion Miteria Austria 8 Women, Collaboration, and Social Change: An Ethics-Based Model of Leadership 177 Marlene G. Fine 9 Strategic Planning: Gender, Collaborative Leadership, and Organizational Change 192 Margaret E. Madden Part III From Margin to Center: The Voices of Diverse Feminist Leaders 209 Janis Sanchez-Hucles and Penny Sanchez 10 Increasing Diverse Women Leadership in Corporate America: Climbing Concrete Walls and Shattering Glass Ceilings! 228 Penny Sanchez, Phillip Hucles, Janis Sanchez-Hucles, and Sanjay C. Mehta 11 Developing Transformational Leaders: Theory to Practice 245 Natalie Porter and Jessica Henderson Daniel 12 Feminist Leadership Among Latinas 264 Melba Vasquez and Lillian Comas-Díaz 13 Voices of Black Feminist Leaders: Making Spaces for Ourselves 281 Ruth L. Hall, BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, and Michael Hucles 14 Asian American Women Leaders: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Leadership 297 Debra M. Kawahara, Edna M. Esnil, and Jeanette Hsu 15 Feminist Leadership Among American Indian Women 314 Clara Sue Kidwell, Diane J. Willis, Deborah Jones-Saumty, and Dolores S. Bigfoot 16 Leadership and Collaboration among Women with Disabilities 330 Martha E. Banks and Linda R. Mona 17 Lesbian Women and Leadership: Which Comes First? 341 Nancy L. Baker and Beverly Greene Conclusion: Transforming Leadership with Diverse Feminist Voices 355 Jean Lau Chin Index 363

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Book SynopsisOver the past thirty years the number of women assuming leadership roles has grown dramatically. This original and important book identifies the challenges faced by women in positions of leadership, and discusses the intersection between theories of leadership and feminism.Trade Review“The promise and the power to transform leadership theory, practice, and research are given voice through the innovative data and diverse topics, contributors, and contexts explored in this impressive text.” Janice D. Yoder, University of Akron “Chin offers a timely collection of readings about past and present leaders…includes contributions from many respected and successful women…carefully crafted…excellent references enhance the discussion.” Choice "I opened this book with enthusiasm… .There is much to be appreciated." Times Higher Education SupplementTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Foreword xvi Alice Eagly Overview: Women and Leadership: Transforming Visions and Diverse Voices 1 Jean Lau Chin Part I Models of Leadership and Women: Reconciling the Discourses on Women, Feminism, and Leadership 19 Bernice Lott 1 Conducted Monotones to Coacted Harmonies: A Feminist (Re)conceptualization of Leadership Addressing Race, Class, and Gender 35 Karen L. Suyemoto and Mary B. Ballou 2 Diverse Feminist Communication Styles: Challenges to Women and Leadership 55 Ann S. Yabusaki 3 Women as Academic Leaders: Living the Experience from Two Perspectives 69 A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert and Judith E. N. Albino 4 Toward Culturally Competent, Gender-Equitable Leadership: Assessing Outcomes of Women’s Leadership in Diverse Contexts 88 Ester R. Shapiro and Jennifer M. Leigh 5 Gender and Leadership in the Corporate World: A Multiperspective Model 106 Karen Korabik and Roya Ayman Part II Collaboration and Leadership 125 Joy K. Rice 6 Leadership Through Policy Development: Collaboration, Equity, Empowerment, and Multiculturalism 140 Norine G. Johnson, Florence L. Denmark, Dorothy W. Cantor, Diane F. Halpern, and Gwendolyn Puryear Keita 7 Collaborative Leadership and Social Advocacy Among Women’s Organizations 157 Joy K. Rice and Asuncion Miteria Austria 8 Women, Collaboration, and Social Change: An Ethics-Based Model of Leadership 177 Marlene G. Fine 9 Strategic Planning: Gender, Collaborative Leadership, and Organizational Change 192 Margaret E. Madden Part III From Margin to Center: The Voices of Diverse Feminist Leaders 209 Janis Sanchez-Hucles and Penny Sanchez 10 Increasing Diverse Women Leadership in Corporate America: Climbing Concrete Walls and Shattering Glass Ceilings! 228 Penny Sanchez, Phillip Hucles, Janis Sanchez-Hucles, and Sanjay C. Mehta 11 Developing Transformational Leaders: Theory to Practice 245 Natalie Porter and Jessica Henderson Daniel 12 Feminist Leadership Among Latinas 264 Melba Vasquez and Lillian Comas-Díaz 13 Voices of Black Feminist Leaders: Making Spaces for Ourselves 281 Ruth L. Hall, BraVada Garrett-Akinsanya, and Michael Hucles 14 Asian American Women Leaders: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Leadership 297 Debra M. Kawahara, Edna M. Esnil, and Jeanette Hsu 15 Feminist Leadership Among American Indian Women 314 Clara Sue Kidwell, Diane J. Willis, Deborah Jones-Saumty, and Dolores S. Bigfoot 16 Leadership and Collaboration among Women with Disabilities 330 Martha E. Banks and Linda R. Mona 17 Lesbian Women and Leadership: Which Comes First? 341 Nancy L. Baker and Beverly Greene Conclusion: Transforming Leadership with Diverse Feminist Voices 355 Jean Lau Chin Index 363

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Book SynopsisDeveloping Women Leaders answers the question How do we best develop women leaders? with practical solutions drawn from current literature and the author's personal interviews with high-achievers in major US companies and universities. Presents research-based, practical solutions to help people in organizations develop talented women Describes what organizations and individuals need to know about leadership competencies, personality, and leadership styles Explains gender-related issues that affect the behaviors of both women and men at work Integrates first-hand accounts by high-achieving women and men from major US companies and universities about their leadership experiences Separate chapters addressed to CEOs and Human Resource executives, managers, and women offer practical suggestions to implement in their organizations, using examples from some ''best practice'' companies Has relevancTrade Review"Valerio leaves the reader with some thought provoking questions as to where we go from here. In short, the book is an important read for anybody committed to developing and harnessing women's leadership talent." (Work, Employment & Society, 21 November 2011) "The book has relevance across the range of all organizations including major companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations. It has significance for every aspect of society - business, government, law, families, careers, and health.” (Publicnet.co.uk, November 2009) Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Historical and Current Contexts for Women’s Leadership 1. Introduction How This Book Is Organized How to Use This Book Most Effectively Your Role in Developing Women’s Leadership 2. Why Women’s Leadership Today Invites Questions and Requires Answers Recent History Key Historical Events from the 1920s to the 1960s Present Realities Metaphors through Time: From Concrete Wall to Glass Ceiling to Labyrinth Driving Forces Behind Organizational Change More Women in the Workforce than Ever Before Women’s Educational Attainment Women as Corporate Officers: The Current Situation Women Leaders Are a Driving Force for Powering Business Generations in the Workforce Work–life Integration – Shared by Both Genders Summary 3. What Women and Men Need To Know About Leadership and Its Development What Does Leadership Research Reveal About the Behavior of Effective Leaders? Leadership Competencies Why Use Leadership Competencies? Personality Traits Associated with Leadership Ethics Leadership Styles Transformational and Transactional Leadership Women as Transformational Leaders What Are Some Effective Leadership Development Practices? Challenging Job Assignments Coaching Mentoring Leadership Development Programs Summary Part II: Practical Suggestions for Organizations, Managers, and Women 4. CEOs and Human Resource Executives Can Develop Talented Women Diversity and Inclusion and the Creation of Wealth What CEOs and HR Executives Can Do Fairness Issues Leadership Development Career Design Summary 5. What Managers Can Do To Develop Talented Women Social-Relational Contexts at Work Best Practices in Talent Management Stereotypical Perceptions Gender Stereotypes Stereotypes about Men and Women Why Is It Critical for Managers to Understand Gender Stereotypes? What the Research Tells Us The Double Bind for Women The Double Standard Women’s Competence Questioned Resistance to Women’s Leadership Both Men and Women Internalize Gender Stereotypes What Can Managers Do? Ensuring Fair Performance Evaluations Women’s Networks Mentoring Coaching Dual-Gender Actions Become More Aware of How Gender Biases Influence Your Decisions Help Female Managers Develop Their Networks Endorse the Authority of Female Leaders Send Talented Women to Both Internal and External Training Programs Give Women Challenging Job Assignments with Sufficient Support Steer Clear of the Glass Cliff Balance the Numbers of Men and Women on Teams Actions by Men Ask Questions to Understand the Perspective of Women Overcome the Reluctance to Provide Women with Feedback About Their Performance Champion Women’s Leadership Development Actions by Women Share Experiences with Other Women Recognize the Wide Range of Diversity among Women Provide Realistic Feedback Summary 6. What Women Can Do To Develop Themselves The Importance of Seeking Feedback The Importance of Reflection What Can Women Do? Join a Women’s Network Ask For What You Want Enhance Your Influence by Combining Competence with Warmth Seek High Visibility and Line Assignments Find Mentors Seek External Stretch Assignments Ask for an Executive Coach Attend Both Internal and External Development Programs Summary Part III: Present and Future Leadership 7. In the Words of Some of Today’s Leaders 8. What Does the Future Hold? Changes at the Individual, Organizational and Societal Levels Change at the Individual Level Change at the Organizational Level Change at the Societal Level Questions for Practitioners and Researchers What Makes the Present Different from the Past? Notes References and Further Readings Index

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Book SynopsisDeveloping Women Leaders answers the question How do we best develop women leaders? with practical solutions drawn from current literature and the author's personal interviews with high-achievers in major US companies and universities. Presents research-based, practical solutions to help people in organizations develop talented women Describes what organizations and individuals need to know about leadership competencies, personality, and leadership styles Explains gender-related issues that affect the behaviors of both women and men at work Integrates first-hand accounts by high-achieving women and men from major US companies and universities about their leadership experiences Separate chapters addressed to CEOs and Human Resource executives, managers, and women offer practical suggestions to implement in their organizations, using examples from some ''best practice'' companies Has relevancTrade Review"Valerio leaves the reader with some thought provoking questions as to where we go from here. In short, the book is an important read for anybody committed to developing and harnessing women's leadership talent." (Work, Employment & Society, 21 November 2011) "The book has relevance across the range of all organizations including major companies, academic institutions and non-profit organizations. It has significance for every aspect of society - business, government, law, families, careers, and health.” (Publicnet.co.uk, November 2009) Table of ContentsSeries Editor’s Preface Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Historical and Current Contexts for Women’s Leadership 1. Introduction How This Book Is Organized How to Use This Book Most Effectively Your Role in Developing Women’s Leadership 2. Why Women’s Leadership Today Invites Questions and Requires Answers Recent History Key Historical Events from the 1920s to the 1960s Present Realities Metaphors through Time: From Concrete Wall to Glass Ceiling to Labyrinth Driving Forces Behind Organizational Change More Women in the Workforce than Ever Before Women’s Educational Attainment Women as Corporate Officers: The Current Situation Women Leaders Are a Driving Force for Powering Business Generations in the Workforce Work–life Integration – Shared by Both Genders Summary 3. What Women and Men Need To Know About Leadership and Its Development What Does Leadership Research Reveal About the Behavior of Effective Leaders? Leadership Competencies Why Use Leadership Competencies? Personality Traits Associated with Leadership Ethics Leadership Styles Transformational and Transactional Leadership Women as Transformational Leaders What Are Some Effective Leadership Development Practices? Challenging Job Assignments Coaching Mentoring Leadership Development Programs Summary Part II: Practical Suggestions for Organizations, Managers, and Women 4. CEOs and Human Resource Executives Can Develop Talented Women Diversity and Inclusion and the Creation of Wealth What CEOs and HR Executives Can Do Fairness Issues Leadership Development Career Design Summary 5. What Managers Can Do To Develop Talented Women Social-Relational Contexts at Work Best Practices in Talent Management Stereotypical Perceptions Gender Stereotypes Stereotypes about Men and Women Why Is It Critical for Managers to Understand Gender Stereotypes? What the Research Tells Us The Double Bind for Women The Double Standard Women’s Competence Questioned Resistance to Women’s Leadership Both Men and Women Internalize Gender Stereotypes What Can Managers Do? Ensuring Fair Performance Evaluations Women’s Networks Mentoring Coaching Dual-Gender Actions Become More Aware of How Gender Biases Influence Your Decisions Help Female Managers Develop Their Networks Endorse the Authority of Female Leaders Send Talented Women to Both Internal and External Training Programs Give Women Challenging Job Assignments with Sufficient Support Steer Clear of the Glass Cliff Balance the Numbers of Men and Women on Teams Actions by Men Ask Questions to Understand the Perspective of Women Overcome the Reluctance to Provide Women with Feedback About Their Performance Champion Women’s Leadership Development Actions by Women Share Experiences with Other Women Recognize the Wide Range of Diversity among Women Provide Realistic Feedback Summary 6. What Women Can Do To Develop Themselves The Importance of Seeking Feedback The Importance of Reflection What Can Women Do? Join a Women’s Network Ask For What You Want Enhance Your Influence by Combining Competence with Warmth Seek High Visibility and Line Assignments Find Mentors Seek External Stretch Assignments Ask for an Executive Coach Attend Both Internal and External Development Programs Summary Part III: Present and Future Leadership 7. In the Words of Some of Today’s Leaders 8. What Does the Future Hold? Changes at the Individual, Organizational and Societal Levels Change at the Individual Level Change at the Organizational Level Change at the Societal Level Questions for Practitioners and Researchers What Makes the Present Different from the Past? Notes References and Further Readings Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach.Trade Review"This companion without doubt succeeds in its mission, while advocating for the further inclusion of women in antiquity in both scholarship and teaching." (The Classical Journal, 3 May 2013) "This is a fascinating study, one which will feed into much current thought and discussion, lead to more links being made between periods, between genres and opening up the world of the ancient woman to further scrutiny and understanding, perhaps even more scholarship." (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2012) Named CHOICE Outstanding Title for 2012"While the scope of topics here is massive and not every subject has been covered, this is an invaluable compilation of great breadth and a valuable resource on an important, complex subject." (Choice, 1 September 2012)Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xvi Preface and Acknowledgments xxii Abbreviations xxiii Maps xxvi Introduction 1 PART I Women Outside Athens and Rome 5 Case Study I: The Mother Goddess in Prehistory: Debates and Perspectives 7 Lauren Talalay 1 Women in Ancient Mesopotamia 11 Amy R. Gansell 2 Hidden Voices: Unveiling Women in Ancient Egypt 25 Kasia Szpakowska 3 Looking for Minoan and Mycenaean Women: Paths of Feminist Scholarship Towards the Aegean Bronze Age 38 Marianna Nikolaïdou 4 Women in Homer 54 Cristiana Franco 5 Etruscan Women: Towards a Reappraisal 66 Vedia Izzet PART II The Archaic and Classical Periods 79 Case Study II: Sex and the Single Girl: The Cologne Fragment of Archilochus 81 Sharon L. James 6 Woman, City, State: Theories, Ideologies, and Concepts in the Archaic and Classical Periods 84 Madeleine M. Henry and Sharon L. James 7 Women and Law 96 Barbara Levick 8 Women and Medicine 107 Holt Parker 9 Reading the Bones: Interpreting the Skeletal Evidence for Women’s Lives in Ancient Greece 125 Maria A. Liston 10 Approaches to Reading Attic Vases 141 Kathryn Topper 11 Spartan Girls and the Athenian Gaze 153 Jenifer Neils 12 Interpreting Women in Archaic and Classical Greek Sculpture 167 A. A. Donohue 13 Dress and Adornment in Archaic and Classical Greece 179 Mireille M. Lee 14 Women and Religion in Greece 191 Eva Stehle 15 Women and Roman Religion 204 Lora L. Holland 16 Women in Magna Graecia 215 Gillian Shepherd PART III Women in a Cosmopolitan World: The Hellenistic and Late Republican Periods 229 Case Study III: Hellenistic Tanagra Figurines 231 Sheila Dillon Case Study IV: Domestic Female Slaves in Roman Comedy 235 Sharon L. James 17 Female Patronage in the Greek Hellenistic and Roman Republican Periods 238 Anne Bielman 18 Women on Hellenistic Grave Stelai: Reading Images and Texts 249 Christina A. Salowey 19 Female Portraiture in the Hellenistic Period 263 Sheila Dillon 20 Women and Family in Menander 278 Cheryl A. Cox 21 Gender and Space, "Public" and "Private" 288 Monika Trümper 22 Oikos Keeping: Women and Monarchy in the Macedonian Tradition 304 Elizabeth D. Carney 23 The Women of Ptolemaic Egypt: The View from Papyrology 316 Maryline Parca 24 Jewish Women: Texts and Contexts 329 Laura S. Lieber 25 Women, Education, and Philosophy 343 Marguerite Deslauriers 26 Perceptions of Women’s Power in the Late Republic: Terentia, Fulvia, and the Generation of 63 BCE 354 T. Corey Brennan PART IV The Beginnings of Empire 367 Case Study V: Vergil's Dido 369 Sharon L. James 27 Women in Augustan Rome 372 Judith P. Hallett 28 Women in Augustan Literature 385 Alison Keith 29 Women on the Bay of Naples 400 Eve D'Ambra 30 Early Imperial Female Portraiture 414 Elizabeth Bartman 31 Portraits, Prestige, Piety: Images of Women in Roman Egypt 423 Christina Riggs PART V From Empire to Christianity 437 Case Study VI: Female Portraiture in Palmyra 439 Maura K. Heyn 32 Women in Imperial Roman Literature 442 Rhiannon Ash 33 Female Portraiture and Female Patronage in the High Imperial Period 453 Rachel Meyers 34 Women in Roman Britain 467 Lindsay Allason-Jones 35 Public Roles for Women in the Cities of the Latin West 478 Emily A. Hemelrijk 36 Rari exempli femina: Female Virtues on Roman Funerary Inscriptions 491 Werner Riess 37 Women in Late Antique Egypt 502 Jennifer Sheridan Moss 38 Representations of Women in Late Antiquity and Early Byzantium 513 Ioli Kalavrezou 39 Becoming Christian 524 Ross S. Kraemer Appendix: Women in Late Antiquity (Apart from Egypt): A Bibliography 539 References 545 Index of Women 605 Subject Index 611

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Book SynopsisMadigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.Trade ReviewThe richly varied texts introduce us to a remarkable group of women. -- Rev. Dr. John Binns Church Times 2005 An invaluable resource for all who are interested in the historical evidence relating to the ordination of women as deacons and presbyters in the early centuries up to roughly the sixth century. -- Mary Coloe Review of Biblical Literature 2006 Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek's collection and analysis of the historical documents on the topic is important and relevant to church historians and modern church leaders alike. Review of Biblical Literature 2006 Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek... have done the important work of bringing together into one volume all known Greek and Latin references to women deacons and presbyters. -- Andrew Gregory Church of England Newspaper 2006 Thanks to this work, most of the pieces of the jig saw of the history of women in the diaconate are laid out before us. Distinctive Diaconate 2006 A masterful compilation and translation. -- Phyllis Zagano Theological Studies 2006 Madigan and Osiek bring considerable scholarly expertise and experience to this difficult task. -- Bonnie Flessen Currents in Theology and Mission 2007 A thorough, well-researched, and lucid documentary history. -- Daniel Keating Henoch 2007 Finally, readers have a single compendium in English of the evidence that women did hold church office as deacon, presbyter, and bishop, not simply as spouses of male officeholders and not in heretical sects but in their own right and in the Catholic Church. -- Maureen A. Tilley Catholic Biblical Quarterly 2008 No academic library (and particularly seminary library) will want to be without this book. -- Leslie Baynes Religious Studies Review An excellent resource for deeper study of original texts as well as for informed entry into current ecclesial discussions of practice and polity. -- Francine Cardman Journal of Religion 2009 It is impossible to come away from this excellent, erudite and evenly argued book without some very uncomfortable questions about how women in the church have from the beginning been fitted into wider society's conception of what is appropriate and expedient. -- Morwenna Ludlow New Blackfriars 2009 Madigan and Osiek have produced the best, most comprehensive, and extremely useful documentary history to date regarding the ordination of women in the early church. -- William Tabbernee Catholic Historical Review 2007Table of ContentsPrefaceSource Abbreviations1. Introduction2. New Testament Texts and Their Patristic CommentatorsRomans 16:1–21 Timothy 3:8–111 Timothy 5:3–133. Women Deacons in the East: Literary Texts, Literary Allusions, InscriptionsLiterary Texts and AllusionInsciptions4. Women Deacons in the East: Canons and Comments on Church PracticeDidascalia and Apostolic ConstitutionsOther Sources before the Sixth Century, in Chronological OrderJustinian, Novellae5. Women Deacons in the East: Later Texts6. Women Deacons in the WestLiterary TextsInscriptionsCanons and Comments on Church Practice7. Women Deacons: Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi and Related Texts8. Women PresytersIn the EastLiterary Texts, Canonical, and LegendaryInscriptionsIn the WestWives of ClericsThree North Africans against Women PresbytersCanons and Episcopal LettersInscriptions9. ConclusionsAppendixesA. Locations of Deacon InscriptionsB. Locations of Deacons in Literary SourcesC. Locations of PresbytersD. Family Relationships Identified for Women in InscriptionsIndex of Ancient NamesIndex of Deaconesses, Presbyters, and EpiscopaIndex of Modern Authors

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Book SynopsisScholars of the period will find this to be a richly informative and thoroughly engrossing read.Trade Review"A gem. Beautifully written, creatively crafted, and thoroughly researched, this is an erudite book, written with verve. It brings to life the richness and vitality of Mediterranean societies in early modern times." (Judith C. Brown, author of Immodest Acts: The Life of a Lesbian Nun in Renaissance Italy)"Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Fatima Hatun née Beatrice Michiel2. Elena Civalelli / Suor Deodata and Mihale / Catterina Šatorovic3. Maria Gozzadini and Her Daughters—Aissè, Eminè, CatigèConclusionGeographic EquivalentsAbbreviationsNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death.Trade ReviewInsightful and powerfully affecting, Dead Women Talking deepens our understanding of how the dead remain a vital presence and social force in American life and literature. -- Kristin Hutchins Women's Studies Norman examines an original, intriguing phenomenon in American literature-stories with deceased female characters... The study is well researched and offers an array of critical approaches. This important contribution to the study of American fiction should endure for some time. Choice Dead women have been speaking out in literature for a long time. What Norman does with this book is to bring our attention to them as a group so that we might bring the concerns of these women to the forefront of our discussions. -- Dana Benge Rocky Mountain ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Recognizing the Dead1. Dead Woman Wailing: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"2. Dead Woman Dictating: Henry James's The Turn of the Screw3. Dead Woman Rotting: William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying4. Dead Woman Cursing: Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens5. Dead Woman Wanting: Toni Morrison's Beloved6. Dead Woman Heckling: Tony Kushner's Angels in America7. Dead Women Gossiping: Randall Kenan's Let the Dead Bury Their Dead8. Dead Women Healing: Ana Castillo's So Far from God9. Dead Woman Coming of Age: Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones10. Dead Woman Singing: Suzan-Lori Parks's Getting Mother's Body11. When Dead Women Don't Talk: Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman"NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis index helps to illuminate why women's sexuality, dress, and image so compel militant Muslim outrage and sometimes violent action, revealing a deeper human story of how women's status defines competing moral visions of society and why this present clash is erupting with such ferocity.Trade ReviewAn ambitious analysis of the implications of globalism and cultural conflict on the battlefield of women's bodies... Casual readers shouldn't be dissuaded-Jacobson's prose is accessible, and he has treated the complicated underpinnings of identity, cultural belonging, and economic motivations with respect. Publishers Weekly What Jacobson does beautifully in his accessibly academic book is differentiate between politicized Islamist patriarchy and 'the broader Muslim community,' the former being 'a core expression of a deeper global fissure,' he explains... As globalization improves the status of many women, it also incites a ferocious backlash against them. -- Tracy Clark-Flory Salon The breadth of engagement in terms of issues, space, time, geography, and history it traverses is the book's strength... With an accessible prose peppered with rich imagery, it has something to offer to every reader... -- Shweta Majumdaradur Gender and Society Of Virgins and Martyrs cleverly written with exciting prose, would be appropriate in small doses for advanced undergraduates and in full for scholars and graduate students. Jacobson must be applauded for striking a balance between breadth and depth; the book takes readers across time and place in fairly effortless fashion, while providing specifics about various cultures, such as Cuba, the Netherlands, or Pakistan. -- Candice D. Ortbals Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly ReviewTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Historical Trajectories of the Middle East and Europe1. The Honor of Virgins: The Biblical Roots of Patriarchy2. A Pirouette in Europe: With Dutch Women in the Lead, History Changes Course3. Jerusalem, Rome, Mecca: A Crescent Rises in the Firmament and in ArabiaPart II: How Globalization Advantages Women4. Global Markets: Putting Homo economicus on the Defensive5. Fashioning Herself: Women Unbound by TraditionPart III: Explaining the Islamist Backlash6. Loathing the Feminine Mystique: The Islamist Resistance7. Thoughts and Consequences: The Ink of Scholars and the Blood of MartyrsPart IV: Abroad at Home: European Paradoxes8. Europe's Winter of Discontent: A Clash of Traditions and Generations9. An Education: Women and Men in Europe's Poorer Neighborhoods10. Islamist Tipping Points: Why Think Radically in Europe?ConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisThe prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death.Trade ReviewInsightful and powerfully affecting, Dead Women Talking deepens our understanding of how the dead remain a vital presence and social force in American life and literature. -- Kristin Hutchins Women's Studies Norman examines an original, intriguing phenomenon in American literature-stories with deceased female characters... The study is well researched and offers an array of critical approaches. This important contribution to the study of American fiction should endure for some time. Choice Dead women have been speaking out in literature for a long time. What Norman does with this book is to bring our attention to them as a group so that we might bring the concerns of these women to the forefront of our discussions. -- Dana Benge Rocky Mountain ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Recognizing the Dead1. Dead Woman Wailing: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"2. Dead Woman Dictating: Henry James's The Turn of the Screw3. Dead Woman Rotting: William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying4. Dead Woman Cursing: Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens5. Dead Woman Wanting: Toni Morrison's Beloved6. Dead Woman Heckling: Tony Kushner's Angels in America7. Dead Women Gossiping: Randall Kenan's Let the Dead Bury Their Dead8. Dead Women Healing: Ana Castillo's So Far from God9. Dead Woman Coming of Age: Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones10. Dead Woman Singing: Suzan-Lori Parks's Getting Mother's Body11. When Dead Women Don't Talk: Maxine Hong Kingston's "No Name Woman"NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAimed at students, parents, faculty members, university leaders, service providers, and lawmakers, Campus Sexual Assault seeks to put an end to the silence around sexual trauma by giving voice to those closest to it and providing tools for others to hear with-and to act on.Trade ReviewCampus Sexual Assault provides in-depth insight into the post-assault experiences of college women. It frames women as agentic beings who conceptualize their experiences and cope with their assault in a multitude of ways. By highlighting the individual pathways for recovery, readers are offered a deeper understanding of how women adapt and move forward following sexual assault. PsycCRITIQUES Lauren Germain has written a powerful, important, and timely book that helps the reader understand the devastation caused by campus sexual assault... A must read for educators! ChoiceTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What We Don't Know about Campus Sexual Assault2. The Paradox of Embodied Agency3. Managing Identity4. Telling Friends and Family5. Seeking Justice6. The Beautiful Process of Empowerment7. Agency and Campus Sexual AssaultAppendixesA. Participant Demographics and Case DetailsB. Methodological NotesC. Supplementary IdeasNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisSurvivors of campus sexual assault share the stories of how they confronted and overcame the trauma of being attacked. A 2014 report issued by the White House Council on Women and Girls included the alarming statistic that one in five female college students in the United States experiences some form of campus sexual assault. Despite more than fifty years of anti-rape activism and over two decades of federal legislation regarding campus sexual violence, sexual assault on American college and university campuses remains prevalent, underreported, and poorly understood. A principal reason for this lack of understanding is that the voices of women who have experienced campus sexual assault have been largely absent from academic discourse about the issue. In Campus Sexual Assault, Lauren J. Germain focuses attention on the postsexual assault experiences of twenty-six college women. She reframes conversations about sexual violence and student agency on American college campuses by drawinTrade ReviewCampus Sexual Assault provides in-depth insight into the post-assault experiences of college women. It frames women as agentic beings who conceptualize their experiences and cope with their assault in a multitude of ways. By highlighting the individual pathways for recovery, readers are offered a deeper understanding of how women adapt and move forward following sexual assault.—PsycCRITIQUESLauren Germain has written a powerful, important, and timely book that helps the reader understand the devastation caused by campus sexual assault. A must read for educators!—ChoiceStigma, sexism, and additional forms of oppression frequently result in survivors' voices being absent from the dialogue about how to respond to sexual violence on campus. Lauren J. Germain sought to address this void by centering the lived experiences of student women survivors. Her book . . . provides insight into the ways that college women respond in the aftermath of sexual assault, highlighting an understanding of empowerment and agency among survivors of sexual assault.—NASPA Journal about Women in Higher EducationA concise and coherent book on identity and identity management, following [college women's] reported sexual assaults at their places of study. Intelligently written and planned.—MetapsychologyTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. What We Don't Know about Campus Sexual Assault2. The Paradox of Embodied Agency3. Managing Identity4. Telling Friends and Family5. Seeking Justice6. The Beautiful Process of Empowerment7. Agency and Campus Sexual AssaultAppendixesA. Participant Demographics and Case DetailsB. Methodological NotesC. Supplementary IdeasNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA revelatory history of the characters that playwrights and managers created out of the real lives of women in intimate relationships with military men to serve Great Britain's greatest needs during the war-saturated eighteenth century. During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. As the era unfolded, the theatre gradually discovered the potential in having actresses, recently introduced to the stage in the 1660s, perform as wartime women characters. As playwrights and managers began casting women in transformative roles to meet each major national need, female characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming them into deeply patriotic British subjects. Paula Backscheider's Women in Wartime is the first study of theatrical representations of women with intimate connections to military men. Drawing upon her extensive expertise in gender, performance studies, popular culture, and archival studies, BackscheTrade ReviewPaula R. Backscheider, a significant writer on the subject of eighteenth-century drama...analyses more than fifty plays in a substantial work that she acknowldges took years to write.—Times Literary SupplementWomen in Wartime is masterfully written tying together theory, historical context and a vast body of evidence....Backscheider's work is relevant far beyond the eighteenth century; she identifies quintessential themes that continue to shape perceptions of gender in theatre and literature today, and perhaps most importantly, shows how intertheatricality can impact studies of theatre, gender, representation and reception.—Gender & HistoryPaula R. Backscheider offers an expansive prehistory of this familiar gendered and generational patriotism...There is much to appreciate in this study.—Theatre SurveyParticularly valuable among the critical pieces I have thus far discussed are those that contribute to the continued recovery and recentring of women's writing and women's representation in long eighteenth-century drama.... Prime among these is Paula R. Backscheider's Women in Wartime: Theatrical Representations in the Long Eighteenth Century, a tremendous undertaking that explores, as the title suggests, how the backdrop of 'intense periods of British wars' across the long eighteenth century affected playwrights' portrayals of female characters of all classes.—The Year's Work in English StudiesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and Textual NoteIntroduction1. Prolegomenon. The Genesis of Wartime Women: Statira, Parisatis, and Roxana2. The Changing Face of War: Fidelia, Mrs. Gripe, and Clarinda 3. In the Shadow of Marlborough's War: Silvia, Rose, Belvedera, and Dorcas4. Crisis Years: Women Must Say "Go"5. From Props to Players: Nelly, Sukey, and Feridon6. Marrying Military: Gendered PatriotismCodaAppendix A: Wars, Recruiting, and Women's Responsibilities and RightsAppendix B: NewsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA revelatory history of the characters that playwrights and managers created out of the real lives of women in intimate relationships with military men to serve Great Britain's greatest needs during the war-saturated eighteenth century. During the long eighteenth century, Great Britain was almost continuously at war. As the era unfolded, the theatre gradually discovered the potential in having actresses, recently introduced to the stage in the 1660s, perform as wartime women characters. As playwrights and managers began casting women in transformative roles to meet each major national need, female characters came to be central figures in bringing the war home to the nation, transforming them into deeply patriotic British subjects. Paula Backscheider's Women in Wartime is the first study of theatrical representations of women with intimate connections to military men. Drawing upon her extensive expertise in gender, performance studies, popular culture, and archival studies, BackscheTrade ReviewPaula R. Backscheider, a significant writer on the subject of eighteenth-century drama...analyses more than fifty plays in a substantial work that she acknowldges took years to write.—Times Literary SupplementWomen in Wartime is masterfully written tying together theory, historical context and a vast body of evidence....Backscheider's work is relevant far beyond the eighteenth century; she identifies quintessential themes that continue to shape perceptions of gender in theatre and literature today, and perhaps most importantly, shows how intertheatricality can impact studies of theatre, gender, representation and reception.—Gender & HistoryPaula R. Backscheider offers an expansive prehistory of this familiar gendered and generational patriotism...There is much to appreciate in this study.—Theatre SurveyParticularly valuable among the critical pieces I have thus far discussed are those that contribute to the continued recovery and recentring of women's writing and women's representation in long eighteenth-century drama.... Prime among these is Paula R. Backscheider's Women in Wartime: Theatrical Representations in the Long Eighteenth Century, a tremendous undertaking that explores, as the title suggests, how the backdrop of 'intense periods of British wars' across the long eighteenth century affected playwrights' portrayals of female characters of all classes.—The Year's Work in English StudiesTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations and Textual NoteIntroduction1. Prolegomenon. The Genesis of Wartime Women: Statira, Parisatis, and Roxana2. The Changing Face of War: Fidelia, Mrs. Gripe, and Clarinda 3. In the Shadow of Marlborough's War: Silvia, Rose, Belvedera, and Dorcas4. Crisis Years: Women Must Say "Go"5. From Props to Players: Nelly, Sukey, and Feridon6. Marrying Military: Gendered PatriotismCodaAppendix A: Wars, Recruiting, and Women's Responsibilities and RightsAppendix B: NewsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisHighlighting the nine guiding principles to help women succeed in their academic careers. Although there are more women in higher education than ever beforeand increasingly in leadership positionstheir paths to success are more difficult than those paved for men. Nine Guiding Principles for Women in Higher Education is a concise and accessible resource aimed at helping women faculty succeed in their academic careers. Karyn Z. Sproles offers guidance, humor, and courage to women in higher education, paying particular attention to those with children and women of color. Based on a wide range of scholarship, stories from dozens of women, and Sproles's personal experience from 34 years as a professor, department chair, and dean, Nine Principles offers advice on facing down impostor syndrome, avoiding social isolation, building networks of mentors, preparing for tenure, balancing teaching, scholarship, and home life,and more. Practical and visionary, the nine principles guide readers frTable of ContentsPreface. How to Thrive in Higher EducationPrinciple 1. Face Down Impostor SyndromePrinciple 2. Connect with Colleagues Principle 3. Build a Team of MentorsPrinciple 4. Manage Your Time Principle 5. Connect with Your Students Principle 6. Reflect on Teaching and Student EvaluationsPrinciple 7. Make Scholarship a HabitPrinciple 8. Prepare for Promotion and Tenure EarlyPrinciple 9. Revolutionize the Culture of Higher Education through Generosity and CompassionConclusion. CelebrateWorkshopsReferencesNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first book to address the challenges and opportunities for women, especially from underrepresented communities, in wildlife professions. Women in Wildlife Science is dedicated to the work of promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in wildlife conservation and management. Editors Carol L. Chambers and Kerry L. Nicholson collaborate with a diverse team of authors to analyze the status and celebrate the achievements of women in wildlife science. They share proven models and propose new methods to increase the inclusion of women in wildlife professions based on an intersectional framework. Centering perspectives from LGBTQ+ people, women of color, and members of other marginalized communities, this is a groundbreaking and vitally important resource. Covering academic and professional spheres, Women in Wildlife Science draws on enlightening personal stories and peer-reviewed scientific literature unavailable anywhere else to explain the challenges women face in the field of wildlTrade ReviewWomen in Wildlife Science is a groundbreaking explanation and toolbox that inspires allyship within an increasingly multicultural field, which was once historically restricted to white men.—Journal of Wildlife ManagementTable of ContentsPart I. Breaking Ground and Presenting Facts: Acknowledging the Past and Defining Present ChallengesChapter 1. The Importance of DiversityChapter 2. Trailblazers: Women Who Forged a Path in Wildlife HistoryChapter 3. Who Are We Now? Shaping the Future Generations of the Wildlife ProfessionChapter 4. Personal and Institutional Barriers to Success: Challenges and Solutions for Women Chapter 5. Creating an Equitable Environment: Learning from a RiverPart II. Diverse Perspectives and Practical Acts: Listening and Learning for an Inclusive and Equitable FutureChapter 6. Perspectives of Native Women in Wildlife: Building a Diverse FutureChapter 7. Women of Color in Wildlife: Stories of Support and SetbacksChapter 8. Breaking the Binary: LGBTQ+ Wildlifer PerspectivesChapter 9. Intergenerational Insight: #MeetTheMillennialsChapter 10. Multi-scale Approaches to Increase InclusionChapter 11. The Responsibilities of Men in Supporting WomenChapter 12. Melting the IcebergChapter 13. Looking toward the FutureAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisAlsup exhorts all women to apply what they believe about God in their everyday lives. As they do this, their husbands, homes, and churches will benefit.

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Book SynopsisIn True Life: Practical Wisdom from the Book of Ecclesiastes, Carolyn Mahaney and Nicole Whitacre lay out 14 lessons that can be learned from Ecclesiastes, helping women learn how to endure life's hardships and enjoy life's pleasures.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it look like for women to truly thrive as Christians? In this short booklet, Keri Folmar presents8 essential principles to help women fully engage in their local church.

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Book SynopsisHow Black women's engagement in improving health and fitness raises questions about feminism and the construction of black female identityTrade Review"In Body Language, Kimberly Lau adeptly draws the reader into the Sisters in Shape culture, whose central players emerge as multidimensional beings. The author's personal and extended connection with the group provides rich detail as to its origins, day-to-day activities, and impact on Black women looking not to embody familiar health statistics. The 'discursive' focus of the text is novel, and explores the reworkings of identity and body that Sisters in Shape enable through talk and action." -Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant, Associate Professor of Sociology and Education Studies at DePauw University, and author of Behind the Mask of the Strong Black Woman (Temple)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. The Anatomy of a Movement 2. Experience: Spirituality, Sisterhood, and the Unspeakable 3. Performance: Negotiating Multiple Black Womanhoods 4. New Bodies of Knowledge 5. Rearticulating Feminist Identity Politics Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisOffers an analytic framework to show how the process of candidate selection often limits the participation of women in various Latin American countriesTrade Review"[A] discerning exploration of women in Latin American politics... [Hinojosa] handily disproves the leading explanations for female under-representation, refuting both supply-side arguments and demand-side excuses with a parade of data on women's progress... Selecting Women, Electing Women [provides] detailed case studies on Chile and Mexico, drawing the surprising conclusion that it may in fact be the primary process - often thought of as the most democratic of all nominating systems - that keeps Latin American women disempowered."--NACLA Report on the Americas, Winter 2012 "Selecting Women, Electing Women argues that the rules for candidate selection affect the election of women to political office in Latin America. Hinojosa's overall approach and the substantive argument she makes represent significant innovations... In addition to providing a persuasive explanation of the puzzle of variation in women's representation in the region, the book provides ample background on the status of women overall, a clear description of the political terrain in two important countries in the region, and a sense of how the same issues play out in other countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Guatemala, and Peru. Her interview data provides the kind of detail that illuminates important differences within and across countries and makes the book easily accessible to readers unfamiliar with political parties in Latin America."--Journal of Politics, April 2013 "Hinojosa has analyzed the results of her magnificent, tightly organized research project that examined institutional and gatekeeper barriers to women who run for municipal (mayoral) offices in Latin America, with a focus on Mexico and Chile... The genius of Hinojosa's research design is attention to the candidate selection process. Counterintuitively, she finds that selection procedures that are more exclusive (not inclusive) and centralized (not decentralized) benefit women... Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice, June 2013Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Electing Women: Female Political Representation in Latin America 2 Why Selection Matters: Explaining Women's Representation in Politics 3 How Selection Matters: A Theoretical Framework 4 The Paradox of Primaries: Inclusive-Decentralized Selection 5 Inclusive-Centralized and Exclusive-Decentralized Selection 6 "Less Democratic, but More Effective": Exclusive-Centralized Selection 7 Selecting Candidates Closer to Home: Widows, Wives, and Daughters 8 Altering Candidate Selection: The Adoption and Implementation of Gender Quotas 9 Candidate Selection and Women's Representation in Latin American Politics Appendix A: Latin American Women's Representation by Party Appendix B: Interviews Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisA disabled woman confronts body image, sexuality, bias, discrimination and condescension as she fashions an independent and fulfilling lifeTrade Review"I've known Harilyn Rousso as a powerful activist and gifted artist, but with this revelatory book, she becomes something even more rare: a storyteller who conveys her uniqueness, and so helps us to discover our own. Don't Call Me Inspirational is irresistible to read, honest, insightful and universal."-Gloria Steinem "Don’t Call Me Inspirational is stunning, a pleasure to read. Rousso’s outstanding book is both a beautifully written memoir about growing up in the 1950s and a critical historical analysis of disability politics. The author moves through her life, diving into gender/sexuality/embodiment/disability politics with grace and honesty. Nothing is simply resolved; rather, it is lived, moved through, engaged, struggled over, and then revisited."—Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the Graduate Center, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsI Close Encounters with the Clueless1 Who’s Harilyn?2 Birth, Mine3 Close Encounters with the Clueless4 The Beggar and the Cripple5 The Stare 6 Always the Other 7 Why I am Not Inspirational8 HomeII On Leaving Home9 Wedding Day, 193310 Dancing11 Exploding Beans12 My Sister13 Adolescent Conversation14 On Leaving Home15 Hideous Shoes16 Driving High17 Eli18 My Father, Myself19 Driving away from HomeIII On Not Looking in the Mirror20 Walk Straight!21 On Not Looking in the Mirror22 Facing My Face23 Meditations on Speech and Silence24 Daring Digits25 Right-Hand Painting26 Being Only One: Some Meditations on SolitudeIV What's a Woman?27 What’s a Woman?28 He Was the One29 Blank Page30 Buying the Wedding Dress31 First Date32 First Night33 Mixed Couple34 Sylvester35 Faces of Eve36 Tough Bird37 Hand in HandV Why Claim Disability?38 Finding My Way 39 Keeping the Distance40 That “Inspirational” Label41 Token of Approval42 Disabled Women’s Community43 The Story of Betty, Revisited44 Listening to Myself45 Activist Sisters46 Toilet Troubles47 My Mentoring Project48 Why Claim Disability?49 Broken Silences50 Eulogy for My Nondisabled Self51 Eulogy for My Freakish Self52 Ode to My Disabled Self

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Book SynopsisReveals how four very different women seek a sense of belonging, identity and home through the lifelong process of immigrationTrade Review "Building parallels among diverse stories, Kelley presents the physical and emotional journeys of four 'accidental immigrants.' Now middle-aged, these four women reflect on leaving their home country because of life choices like education or relationships. Anthropologist Kelley tackles issues of home, belonging, adjustment, transnationalism, acculturation, and the experience of being foreign through the eyes of her informants.... Kelley’s subjects are introspective and intelligent, and she examines the complexities of each set of circumstances." --Publishers Weekly"A valuable contribution to the immigration debate, Accidental Immigrants and the Search for Home broadens the discourse about a humane immigration policy for uprooted family members neither seeking work nor separately documented." —Mary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Approaching Home 1 Accidental Immigrants: From Roots to Routes2 Transitions: Negotiating Identity in a New Culture3 Turning Points: Realization, Transformation, and Commitment4 Lejanía Cercana: Living “Closely Far” from HomeNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the classic Black Feminist Thought, a book on the nature and value of the public intellectualTrade Review"On Intellectual Activism is Collins' attempt to frame her more-than-20-year intervention in the critical issues of gender, race and sexuality for an audience not likely to sit in on her--or anyone else's--introduction to gender studies class... Her book is a cogent reminder of the stakes of engagement." Ms. Magazine , Fall 2012 "On Intellectual Activism...presents readers with an opportunity to marvel at the incredible internal coherence of [Collins's] life's work. The sociology of Collins's imagining is quite appealing. Despite the sorrow reflected and generated by many of the topics under consideration, her analyses are enormously enjoyable to read because she is so cogent and she notices so much. Like a present-day sage, she seems able to interpret any situation - from the family rhetoric that supported Barack Obama's presidential election to the selection of housewares available at T. J. Maxx - with acuity... Her longstanding and gorgeously articulated contempt for the problematic standards that govern success in academia is on proud display in these writings that span decades."--Gender and SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Note on Usage I BLACK FEMINISM 1 Why Black Feminist Thought? 2 Fighting Words ... Or Yet Another Version of "The Emperor's New Clothes" 3 Black Sexual Politics 101 4 Resisting Racism, Writing Black Sexual Politics 5 Still Brave? Black Feminism as a Social Justice Project II SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 6 Learning from the Outsider Within Revisited 7 Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name 8 Changing Times: Sociological Complexities 9 The Racial Threat 10 Rethinking Knowledge, Community, and Empowerment: An Interview III CRITICAL EDUCATION 11 Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Scholarship: Lessons from Africana Studies 12 Teaching for a Change: Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Communities 13 Another Kind of Public Education 14 Making Space for Public Conversations: An Interview IV RACIAL POLITICS 15 Coloring Outside the Color Line 16 Are We Living in a Post-Racial World? 17 The Ethos of Violence 18 Who's Right? What's Left? Family Values and U.S. Politics V INTELLECTUAL ACTIVISM REVISITED 19 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection 20 Where Do We Go from Here? Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the author of the classic Black Feminist Thought, a book on the nature and value of the public intellectualTrade Review"On Intellectual Activism is Collins' attempt to frame her more-than-20-year intervention in the critical issues of gender, race and sexuality for an audience not likely to sit in on her--or anyone else's--introduction to gender studies class... Her book is a cogent reminder of the stakes of engagement." Ms. Magazine, Fall 2012Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Note on Usage I BLACK FEMINISM 1 Why Black Feminist Thought? 2 Fighting Words ... Or Yet Another Version of "The Emperor's New Clothes" 3 Black Sexual Politics 101 4 Resisting Racism, Writing Black Sexual Politics 5 Still Brave? Black Feminism as a Social Justice Project II SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE 6 Learning from the Outsider Within Revisited 7 Going Public: Doing the Sociology That Had No Name 8 Changing Times: Sociological Complexities 9 The Racial Threat 10 Rethinking Knowledge, Community, and Empowerment: An Interview III CRITICAL EDUCATION 11 Critical Pedagogy and Engaged Scholarship: Lessons from Africana Studies 12 Teaching for a Change: Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Communities 13 Another Kind of Public Education 14 Making Space for Public Conversations: An Interview IV RACIAL POLITICS 15 Coloring Outside the Color Line 16 Are We Living in a Post-Racial World? 17 The Ethos of Violence 18 Who's Right? What's Left? Family Values and U.S. Politics V INTELLECTUAL ACTIVISM REVISITED 19 Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection 20 Where Do We Go from Here? Index

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Book SynopsisRestores black women to their rightful place in American and black history and demonstrates their faith in themselves, their race, and their God.Trade Review“Bettye Collier-Thomas tells the untold stories of scores of religious and politically active black women, their organizations, informal gatherings and intellectual movements. For readers who imagine that the religious and political activism of Sojourner Truth, Mary McLeod Bethune and Rosa Parks is exceptional, [this] book will be a revelation.”—The New York Times Book Review

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