Gender studies: women and girls Books
Bristol University Press Women and Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on developments since the publication of the 2007 Corston Report into women and criminal justice. The challenges of working with women in the current climate also explored, translating lessons from good practice to policy development and recommending future directions arising from the Transforming Rehabilitation' plans.Trade Review"Invaluable to service providers and campaigners aiming to navigate the current uncertainty that surrounds provision for women within the criminal justice system." British Journal of Community Justice“This book is a terrific and timely contribution to discussions about the state of women’s justice in the UK and the need to reduce women’s imprisonment. Its mix of theoretical, empirical and practical insights makes it an invaluable resource for anyone working or studying in this field.” Jenny Earle, Programme Director, Prison Reform Trust"Thought-challenging and offering concrete ways forward to ensure that women's needs are not overlooked in a climate of significant change, this book is a valuable tool for practitioners and an authoritative resource for those leading policy development." Gill Kelly, KWP ConsultancyTable of ContentsCorston and beyond ~ Jill Annison and Jo Brayford; Part One: Context; Transforming Rehabilitation: implications for women ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering; The context: women as lawbreakers ~ Loraine Gelsthorpe and Serena Wright; A comparison: criminalised women in Scotland ~ Michele Burman, Margaret Malloch and Gill McIvor; Part Two: Reviews of current practice; Probation practice with women offenders in Wales ~ Kate Asher and Jill Annison; Youth justice practice with girls ~ Becky Shepherd; Women’s Centres ~ Leeanne Plechowicz; Older Women Prisoners and The Rubies Project ~ Jill Annison and Alma Hageman; Gendered dynamics of mentoring ~ Gillian Buck, Mary Corcoran and Anne Worrall; ‘Serious therapy’ for serious female offenders: the democratic therapeutic community at HMP Send ~ Alisa Stevens Part Three: Towards best practice; Breaking the cycle for women through equality not difference ~ Martina Feilzer and Kate Williams; ‘A very high price to pay?’: Transforming Rehabilitation and short prison sentences for women ~ Julie Trebilcock and Anita Dockley; The role of the media in women’s penal reform ~ Gemma Birkett; Conclusions ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering.
£66.50
Policy Press Women and Criminal Justice
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on developments since the publication of the 2007 Corston Report into women and criminal justice. The challenges of working with women in the current climate also explored, translating lessons from good practice to policy development and recommending future directions arising from the `Transforming Rehabilitation’ plans.Trade Review"Invaluable to service providers and campaigners aiming to navigate the current uncertainty that surrounds provision for women within the criminal justice system." British Journal of Community Justice“This book is a terrific and timely contribution to discussions about the state of women’s justice in the UK and the need to reduce women’s imprisonment. Its mix of theoretical, empirical and practical insights makes it an invaluable resource for anyone working or studying in this field.” Jenny Earle, Programme Director, Prison Reform Trust"Thought-challenging and offering concrete ways forward to ensure that women's needs are not overlooked in a climate of significant change, this book is a valuable tool for practitioners and an authoritative resource for those leading policy development." Gill Kelly, KWP ConsultancyTable of ContentsCorston and beyond ~ Jill Annison and Jo Brayford; Part One: Context; Transforming Rehabilitation: implications for women ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering; The context: women as lawbreakers ~ Loraine Gelsthorpe and Serena Wright; A comparison: criminalised women in Scotland ~ Michele Burman, Margaret Malloch and Gill McIvor; Part Two: Reviews of current practice; Probation practice with women offenders in Wales ~ Kate Asher and Jill Annison; Youth justice practice with girls ~ Becky Shepherd; Women’s Centres ~ Leeanne Plechowicz; Older Women Prisoners and The Rubies Project ~ Jill Annison and Alma Hageman; Gendered dynamics of mentoring ~ Gillian Buck, Mary Corcoran and Anne Worrall; `Serious therapy’ for serious female offenders: the democratic therapeutic community at HMP Send ~ Alisa Stevens Part Three: Towards best practice; Breaking the cycle for women through equality not difference ~ Martina Feilzer and Kate Williams; `A very high price to pay?’: Transforming Rehabilitation and short prison sentences for women ~ Julie Trebilcock and Anita Dockley; The role of the media in women’s penal reform ~ Gemma Birkett; Conclusions ~ Jill Annison, Jo Brayford and John Deering.
£26.59
Policy Press Gender Ageing and Extended Working Life
Book SynopsisA challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles.Trade Review"The 11 contributions challenge widely accepted assumptions about later-life work and retirement by grounding their reflections in empirical evidence from a range of national and international sources… Overall, this book offers a welcome, evidence-based perspective on extended working lives in which the arguments are inspired by rich empirical data.” Ageing and Society"A compelling and much-needed analysis of the different challenges facing older women and men, as pressures to extend working lives intensify." David Lain, Brighton Business SchoolTable of ContentsPART ONE: Gendering later life work: Empirical, theoretical and policy issues The empirical landscape of extended working lives ~ Debra Street Theoretical and conceptual issues in the extending working lives agenda ~ Clary Krekula and Sarah Vickerstaff Gender perspectives on extended working life policies ~ Áine Ní Léime and Wendy Loretto PART TWO: Extended working life in seven OECD countries The Australian empirical landscape of extended working lives: a gender perspective ~ Elizabeth Brooke Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition ~ Anna Hokema Extended working life, gender and precarious work in Ireland ~ Áine Ní Léime, Nata Duvvury and Caroline Finn Ageing and older workers in Portugal: a gender-sensitive approach ~ Sara Falcão Casaca and Heloísa Perista Sweden: an extended working life policy that overlooks gender considerations ~ Clary Krekula, Lars-Gunnar Engström and Aida Alvinius The United Kingdom - a new moral imperative: live longer, work longer ~ Sarah Vickerstaff and Wendy Loretto Is 70 the new 60? Extending American women’s and men’s working lives ~ Debra Street and Joanne Tompkins PART THREE: Conclusion Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life ~ Sarah Vickerstaff, Debra Street, Áine Ní Léime and Clary Krekula
£27.54
Bristol University Press Veiled Threats
Book SynopsisUses original scholarship and empirical research to examine how Muslim women are represented in social policy discourse and situated within national debates about Britishness, the death of multiculturalism and international terrorism.Trade Review"Rashid’s book should be required reading not only to academics researching counter-terrorism policy, nationalism and feminism, but also to policymakers tasked with reviewing and implementing such policies in Europe. The Prevent programme remains the flagship UK counter-terrorism policy, and Rashid’s book is a stern warning to policymakers of how problematic it is when security policy approaches identity in a reductive way." Maria W. Norris, LSE Review of Books“This much-needed critical analysis is a major contribution to our understanding of the complex ways that the figure of the Muslim woman is debated, instructed, feared, and fetishized.” Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims are Coming! Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror"With religion and gender at the heart of moral panics across Britain and Europe, from hijabs to jihadi brides, Rashid’s work could scarcely be more timely, or more necessary." Claire Alexander, University of Manchester"Provides an excellent lens to look at future political initiatives that focus on Islam and successfully deconstructs the artificial and biased idealistic construction of a `Muslim woman’ in UK policy.” Anna Piela, Leeds Trinity University"Rashid skilfully challenges simplistic accounts of `the Muslim woman’ and reveals the complex and situated interplay of gender, race, religion, class and culture in contemporary Britain” Suki Ali, London School of Economics“A challenging exposition of how Muslim women are represented in policy discourses and in the wider society. It reminds us that there is is a need for clear, intelligent and critical analysis of this important social issue.” John Solomos, University of Warwick"A valuable contribution that provides new scholarly insights into how policy contributes to the social construction of its target group - in this case the 'Muslime Woman'." - Journal of Religion and GenderTable of ContentsPrologue: Veiled threats?; “Muslim women: your country needs you!” Gendering the UK’s `War on Terror’; Gendered nationalisms: the `True’ Clash of Civilisations?; Tales of the city: diversity in diversity, working between and within local differences; Giving the silent majority a stronger voice?; “As a mother and a Muslim”: maternalism and neoliberal empowerment; A community of communities: privileging religion; The Muslim Woman: victims of oppression or agents of change?; Epilogue: some reflections on Prevent
£77.39
Policy Press Like Mother Like Daughter
Book SynopsisWomen are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. This book shows that having a mother as a role model does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers. It offers a timely and original perspective on the debate about gender equality in leadership positions.Trade Review"Jill Armstrong's study about pairs of mothers and daughters shines light on the intimate and private relations between such women. It illustrates the quiet ambitions of both generations, in an extremely approachable way." Miriam David, University College London"A fascinating study on change and continuity in intergenerational gender relations. This is a must read!" Elisabeth Kelan, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield UniversityTable of ContentsMothers, daughters and careers Well-mothered daughters? A backlash against the way their mothers worked? Career choice: like mother, like daughter Quiet ambition Daughters’ aspirations for working motherhood Working motherhood across generations Partners in parenting Making working motherhood work
£77.39
Bristol University Press Like Mother Like Daughter
Book SynopsisWomen are encouraged to believe that they can occupy top jobs in society by the example of other women thriving in their careers. This book shows that having a mother as a role model does not predict daughters progressing in their own careers. It offers a timely and original perspective on the debate about gender equality in leadership positions.Trade Review"Jill Armstrong's study about pairs of mothers and daughters shines light on the intimate and private relations between such women. It illustrates the quiet ambitions of both generations, in an extremely approachable way." Miriam David, University College London"A fascinating study on change and continuity in intergenerational gender relations. This is a must read!" Elisabeth Kelan, Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield UniversityTable of ContentsMothers, daughters and careers Well-mothered daughters? A backlash against the way their mothers worked? Career choice: like mother, like daughter Quiet ambition Daughters’ aspirations for working motherhood Working motherhood across generations Partners in parenting Making working motherhood work
£27.54
Bristol University Press The Sexual Politics of Gendered Violence and
Book SynopsisThis book examines how responses by the state shape a woman's citizenship long after she has escaped from a violent partner. It investigates the effects of intimate partner violence on everyday life including housing, employment, mental health and social participation and offers critical insights for the development of social policy and practice.Trade Review"This book shines a light on the ugly underbelly of patriarchal society, exposing the violence that negates women's citizenship and freedom. The writers and editors are to be congratulated for this addition to published literature - and hence to our understanding - of a system that facilitates violence." Margaret Alston, Monash UniversityTable of ContentsThe sexual politics of gendered violence and women’s citizenship; The problem of citizenship, violence and gender; The challenges of researching gendered violence; Living the connected effects of violence; Gendered violence and the self; Re-engaging lives; The campaigns for women's freedom from violence; Tranforming sexual politics.
£27.54
Policy Press Women and Community Action
Book SynopsisThis third edition looks at how several decades of feminist social action have changed women's place in the world today and updates some of the perennial challenges facing women globally to engage with new issues, including digital exclusion, sustainable development and environmental justice.Trade Review“Women and Community Action has been an essential resource, bringing feminist understandings to community development studies. This updated edition brings new insights, a very welcome addition to the field.” Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor of Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London"This revised third edition contributes a vital and thought-provoking analysis of women’s changing position in the world and, in particular, the critical role of women in changing community contexts." Mae Shaw, University of Edinburgh“This new volume of Women and Community Action is especially valuable in a fast-changing global and national landscape. It is a must-read for social work, community education and community work scholars, activists and practitioners.” Fin Cullen, St. Mary’s UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Community, an Undervalued Women’s Space; Creating and Recreating Communities as Gendered Entities; Women and Social Action: Social Change at the Individual Level; Women and Social Action: Social Change through Group Activities and Networks; Social Change through Collective Action: Campaigns and Mass Mobilizations; Feminist Action in the Workplace; Increasing Women’s Position in Parliament, Governance and Decision-making structures; Sustainable Community Development; International Policy Change and Mainstreaming Women’s Actions in Communities; Conclusions.
£75.99
Policy Press Women and Community Action
Book SynopsisThis third edition looks at how several decades of feminist social action have changed women's place in the world today and updates some of the perennial challenges facing women globally to engage with new issues, including digital exclusion, sustainable development and environmental justice.Trade Review“Women and Community Action has been an essential resource, bringing feminist understandings to community development studies. This updated edition brings new insights, a very welcome addition to the field.” Marjorie Mayo, Emeritus Professor of Community Development at Goldsmiths, University of London"This revised third edition contributes a vital and thought-provoking analysis of women’s changing position in the world and, in particular, the critical role of women in changing community contexts." Mae Shaw, University of Edinburgh“This new volume of Women and Community Action is especially valuable in a fast-changing global and national landscape. It is a must-read for social work, community education and community work scholars, activists and practitioners.” Fin Cullen, St. Mary’s UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Community, an Undervalued Women’s Space; Creating and Recreating Communities as Gendered Entities; Women and Social Action: Social Change at the Individual Level; Women and Social Action: Social Change through Group Activities and Networks; Social Change through Collective Action: Campaigns and Mass Mobilizations; Feminist Action in the Workplace; Increasing Women’s Position in Parliament, Governance and Decision-making structures; Sustainable Community Development; International Policy Change and Mainstreaming Women’s Actions in Communities; Conclusions.
£25.64
Bristol University Press The Sociology of Housework
Book SynopsisAnn Oakley analysed the perceptions of 40 urban housewives around housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to different household tasks. This classic book paved the way for the sociological study of many more aspects of women's lives.
£75.99
Bristol University Press Women and Welfare Conditionality
Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence, this book casts light on women’s lived experiences of welfare and work. It uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms.Table of Contents1. What Does Work-based Welfare Reform Mean for Women? 2. Re-Theorising Conditional Welfare As Gendered Lived Experience and Street-Level Practice 3. Policy Context: The Hidden Gendered Impacts of Conditional Welfare Reforms 4. Re-Writing Retirement As ‘Work Experience’: Older Women’s Gendered Encounters With the Work Ethic 5. Crushing Conditionality: Women Living Through Heavily Enforced Work-Related Conditionality 6. In the Shadow of Sanctions: Disciplining Women and Children for Violating Male-Defined Work Norms 7. Conclusions Appendix 1: The Welfare Conditionality Study Appendix 2: Sanctions Overviews
£72.00
Bristol University Press From Here to Maternity
Book SynopsisAnn Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers.
£75.99
Bristol University Press From Here to Maternity
Book SynopsisAnn Oakley interviewed 60 women to find out what it's really like to have a baby. She discusses whether and why women want to become pregnant, how they imagine motherhood to be, the experience of birth, post-natal depression, feeding and caring routines and the challenges for the domestic division of labour and to fathers.
£27.54
Bristol University Press The Sociology of Housework
Book SynopsisAnn Oakley analysed the perceptions of 40 urban housewives around housework, their feelings of monotony and fragmentation, the length of their working week, the importance of standards and routines, and their attitudes to different household tasks. This classic book paved the way for the sociological study of many more aspects of women's lives.
£27.54
Bristol University Press Social Support and Motherhood
Book SynopsisAnn Oakley develops a sociology of the research process, telling how a research project on caring and social support is undertaken. It has much resonance for social science researchers and others interested in the experiences of mothers, and the relations between social research, academic knowledge and public policy.
£75.99
BUP - Policy Press Women Work and the Everyday Politics of Welfare
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£25.19
Bristol University Press Civil Society and the Family
Book SynopsisThis enlightening book challenges conventional distinctions between the family and civil society as it uncovers how civic values and practices are inherited and fostered within the home.Table of ContentsStarting points The paradoxical positioning of the family and civil society The challenges of researching the ‘private sphere’ of the family The uncertain business of raising citizens Keeping the faith? Secularisation, the family and civic engagement Mothers, grandmothers and civic engagement Family arguments: finding one’s voice Politicising family food practices The upward transmission of civic ‘virtues’ Reframing civil society and the family
£75.99
Bristol University Press Forgotten Wives
Book SynopsisForgotten Wives examines how marriage has contributed to the active ‘disremembering’ of women’s achievements. Ann Oakley uses case studies of four women married to well-known men to ask questions about gender inequality and contributes a fresh vision of how the welfare state developed in the early 20th century.Table of Contents1 The condition of wifehood 2 Mary Booth 3 Charlotte Shaw 4 Jeannette Tawney 5 Janet Beveridge 6 A life of her own
£76.50
Bristol University Press Mens Activism to End Violence Against Women
Book SynopsisEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws attention to those men who take action to end violence against women. The authors demonstrate what we can learn from their experiences to help build the movement to end violence against women.Table of Contents1. The Need for Men’s Involvement 2. Becoming Involved 3. Being Involved 4. Getting More Men Involved 5. Conclusions: Where Next?
£76.00
Bristol University Press Mens Activism to End Violence Against Women
Book SynopsisEPUB and EPDF available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws attention to those men who take action to end violence against women. The authors demonstrate what we can learn from their experiences to help build the movement to end violence against women.Table of Contents1. The Need for Men’s Involvement 2. Becoming Involved 3. Being Involved 4. Getting More Men Involved 5. Conclusions: Where Next?
£18.99
Bristol University Press History and Memories of the Domestic Violence
Book SynopsisIn this captivating book, activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the violence against women movement in the UK and beyond from 1960s onwards, examining the transformatory politics behind this movement through an important historical and international lens.Table of ContentsIntroduction Everything seemed to change at once: women’s liberation and the women’s movement(s) from the 1960s Women’s liberation: strands, debates, transformations The violence against women movements burst into life Taking on rape and sexual violence, as well as domestic abuse A radical women’s politics: the light of innovation and new ways to organise Wider feminist principles and domestic violence: making a new world As time went on: the movements on domestic violence and harmful practices grow Struggling to change: campaigns, laws, and local and global strategies Activist responses, justice and shelters (refuges) across the world Expanding the movements, gaining the evidence: feminist research and transnational action End word
£57.59
Bristol University Press Understanding Abuse in Young Peoples Intimate
Book SynopsisGender-based violence is explored from the perspective of young women in this essential guide for those working with young people.Trade Review"Davies’ book is an essential read for professionals, educators, and individuals working with young people. It offers valuable insights into the nuances of healthy and abusive relationships, exploring young women’s perspectives and the influence of societal norms on these relationships." AffiliaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Framing Young Women’s Voices 2. The Nature and Patterns of Abuse in Young Intimate Relationships 3. Gender Norms and Young Intimate Relationship Roles 4. The Gendered ‘Doing of Sex’: ‘Sexual Double Standards' 5. The Nature of Online Abuse 6. Promoting Healthy Relationships: A Whole-Community Approach 7. Active Empowerment and Reshaping Gendered Social Norms
£77.39
Bristol University Press Researching and Writing Differently
Book SynopsisThis book considers new and alternative ways of doing scholarship in management studies and the social sciences. Spotlighting new methods and voices, it will be an invaluable resource for current and future scholars.Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Researching and Writing Differently Today 1. The Contemporary Neoliberal Academic Context 2. Researching and Writing Differently as a Political and Feminist Project Part 2: Daring to Research and Write Differently 3. Researching and Writing Differently 4. Exploring Key Themes in Writing Differently Part 3: Researching and Writing Differently: Methods and Processes 5. Qualitative Inquiry 6. Practical Implications of Researching and Writing Differently
£76.00
BUP - Policy Press Menstrual Myth Busting
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£72.00
John Wiley & Sons From Jobs to Careers Apparel Exports and Career
Book SynopsisThis report shifts the paradigm of how we think of women's participation in the labour force by demonstrating the importance of the distinction between jobs and careers and analysing how an apparel-led export strategy contributes to the transition.
£33.26
John Wiley & Sons Engendering Access to STEM Education and Careers
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£27.50
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Cooking in Other Womens Kitchens Domestic
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£24.26
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Prostitution Modernity and the Making of the Cuban Republic 18401920
Book SynopsisBetween 1840 and 1920, Cuba abolished slavery, fought two wars of independence, and was occupied by the United States before finally becoming an independent republic. Tiffany A. Sippial argues that during this tumultuous era, Cuba's struggle to define itself as a modern nation found focus in the social and sexual anxieties surrounding prostitution and its regulation.
£30.36
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Game Set Match Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Womens Sports
£25.60
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina From Coveralls to Zoot Suits The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front
£25.60
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina New Netherland Connections Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in SeventeenthCentury America
Book SynopsisSusanah Shaw Romney locates the foundations of the early modern Dutch empire in interpersonal transactions among women and men. Using vivid stories culled from Dutch-language archives, Romney brings to the fore the essential role of women in forming and securing relationships, and she reveals how a dense web of these intimate networks created imperial structures from the ground up.Trade ReviewA complex, refreshing view of the Dutch Atlantic world.-ChoiceCritically engages Dutch and American historiographies of colonization while presenting a suggestive new approach for understanding empires as social networks based in intimacy.-The Journal of American HistoryAn important book in demonstrating how early modern empires were built and functioned and how inhabitants from all social ranks on both sides of the Atlantic negotiated and made sense of their place within empire.-de Halve MaenAn innovative and important addition to the thriving field of New Netherland studies, as well as to the study of early modern European colonization.-William & Mary QuarterlyRomney offers a complex, refreshing view of the Dutch Atlantic world, constituting a much-needed intervention in the field of New Netherland studies.-Choice[Romney] has given historians a new way of conceptualizing and understanding Atlantic world empires.-American Historical ReviewAn excellent book that is narrowly focused with wide implications.-Itinerario
£26.36
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Archives of Dispossession Recovering the Testimonios of Mexican American Herederas 18481960
£25.46
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Florynce Flo Kennedy The Life of a Black Feminist Radical
Book SynopsisOften photographed in a cowboy hat with her middle finger held defiantly in the air, Florynce “Flo” Kennedy (1916-2000) left a vibrant legacy as a leader of the Black Power and feminist movements. In the first biography of Kennedy, Sherie M. Randolph traces the life and political influence of this strikingly bold and controversial radical activist.Trade ReviewA fitting, overdue tribute to an unapologetic firebrand and tireless advocate that time almost forgot"". - Kam Williams, syndicated critic""Sherie M. Randolph has written an important biography of an important figure in twentieth-century American feminism and Black Power. I repeat 'important' because Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy self-consciously worked—actually, she agitated—at the confluence of feminism and Black Power with the conviction that racism and sexism were not only foundational in American society but also inextricably intertwined"". - Nell Irvin Painter, in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society""A valuable account of this lesser-known, entirely remarkable woman"". - Los Angeles Times""Stimulating and very readable. . . . Makes a substantial addition to the history of 20th-century social movements"". - Against the Current""Successfully recounts Kennedy's dynamic life: bursting with stories of rebellion and triumph, with a backdrop of historical context and, always, a hint of mystery"". - ESSENCE""Randolph . . . has done an important service for anyone who cares about fashioning a complete and complex record of post-World War II feminist activism"" - Women's Review of Books""Randolph's writing is lucid, and her comprehensive political and intellectual biography of Kennedy not only restores Kennedy to the history of U.S. radicalism but it also illuminates the interconnections among movements against racial and gender oppression. . . . If you are a legal historian, scholar of African American history, or a student of feminism, this book is a must-read"". - Journal of American History""Breaks new ground [as the] first full-length biography of black feminist radical Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy. . . . Significantly expands the historical scholarship. Highly recommended"". - Choice""An excellent and welcome biography of a fearless radical activist who has been overlooked for too long"". - American Historical Review""[A] stirring biography. . . . This important book is the story, as Randolph handily tells it, of an extremely brave woman who used the courts as well as the media and worked with a multitude of groups to build and maintain coalitions and create lasting change"". - Library Journal, starred review
£29.96
The University of North Carolina Press Remaking Black Power
Book SynopsisIn this comprehensive history, Ashley Farmer examines black women's political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideals and organisations. Farmer demonstrates how female activists fought for more inclusive understandings of Black Power and social justice by developing new ideas about black womanhood.Trade ReviewAn in-depth scholarly analysis of Black Nationalist movements, feminism, and art. Recommended for a scholarly audience." - Library Journal"The compelling analysis and clear prose make this book a must-read for anyone who desires a more nuanced understanding of Black Power beyond the works by and about the select few men who are more commonly recognized as the movement's leaders." - Public Books"This in-depth study by Farmer depicts strides against sexism, racism, and classism that black women from all walks of life made to blaze pathways toward freedom . . . this text reveals how black women have continued to be central figures in challenging long-standing social injustices." - Choice"Farmer offers students of twentieth-century U.S. history a marvelous gift: an intellectual genealogy of radical black women's black power activism, grounded in their political theorizing and cultural production and spanning the post–World War II years through the 1970s." - The Journal of American History
£27.96
The University of North Carolina Press An Intimate Economy
Book SynopsisPlaces women's labour at the centre of the antebellum slave trade, focusing particularly on slave traders' ability to profit from enslaved women's domestic, reproductive, and sexual labour. Alexandra Finley shows how women's work was necessary to the functioning of the slave trade, and thus to the spread of slavery to the Lower South.
£999.99
The University of North Carolina Press Jamaica Ladies
Book SynopsisOffers the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. Their actions helped transform Jamaica into the wealthiest slaveholding colony in the Anglo-Atlantic world.
£69.70
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Jamaica Ladies Female Slaveholders and the
Book SynopsisOffers the first systematic study of the free and freed women of European, Euro-African, and African descent who perpetuated chattel slavery and reaped its profits in the British Empire. Their actions helped transform Jamaica into the wealthiest slaveholding colony in the Anglo-Atlantic world.
£23.70
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina An Intimate Economy Enslaved Women Work and Americas Domestic Slave Trade
Book SynopsisPlaces women's labour at the centre of the antebellum slave trade, focusing particularly on slave traders' ability to profit from enslaved women's domestic, reproductive, and sexual labour. Alexandra Finley shows how women's work was necessary to the functioning of the slave trade, and thus to the spread of slavery to the Lower South.
£21.20
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina American Honor The Creation of the Nations
Book SynopsisFocusing his study on prominent Americans who came of age before and during the Revolution - notably John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and George Washington - Craig Bruce Smith shows how a colonial ethical transformation caused and became inseparable from the American Revolution, creating an ethical ideology that still remains.Trade Review“Fresh perspectives and an author's willingness to take on orthodoxy are the hallmarks of books worth reading. Craig Bruce Smith provides these attributes in his new volume that conveys the story of the American Revolution through an ethical lens. Focusing not on the battles, he offers a new causation theory for the armed rebellion and why changes in ethical thinking created a common cause for the rebels, which was instrumental in the success of the Revolution.”- Eugene Procknow“Smith has succeeded in writing an important book that revolutionary historians and anyone interested in the place of ethics in public life should read.”- Mark Boonshoft, The Junto“Readers will appreciate Smith's insights into the formation of American national ideals. He scaled a mountain of archival research. . . . [and] writes with fluidity and power, forging his disparate materials into a cohesive shape while retaining a great deal of rich detail.”- American Historical Review“An engaging and scholarly exploration of the way honor and virtue motivated the colonists who created the American republic.”- The New Criterion“A highly original work that deals gracefully with difficult and often amorphous terms and that succeeds in reinvigorating debates on honor culture, inching us closer to a more holistic understanding of the American Revolution.”- Journal of Southern History
£28.76
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina At the Threshold of Liberty Women Slavery and Shifting Identities in Washington D.C.
Book SynopsisConsulting newspapers, government documents, letters, abolitionist records, legislation, and memoirs, Tamika Nunley traces how Black women navigated social and legal proscriptions to develop their own ideas about liberty as they escaped from slavery, created entrepreneurial economies, pursued education, and participated in political work.
£23.76
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Half in Shadow The Life and Legacy of Nellie Y.
Book SynopsisNellie McKay was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. She is best known for coediting the Norton Anthology of African American Literature. Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy.
£23.76
The University of North Carolina Press Love and Duty Confederate Widows and the
Book SynopsisBetween 1861 and 1865, approximately 200,000 women were widowed by the deaths of Civil War soldiers. They recorded their experiences in diaries, letters, scrapbooks, and pension applications. In Love and Duty, Angela Esco Elder draws on these materials to explore white Confederate widows’ stories.
£25.46
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Ybor City Crucible of the Latina South
Book SynopsisLocated on the eastern edge of Tampa, a port city along Florida’s Gulf Coast, Ybor was a multiracial, multiethnic neighborhood. Sarah McNamara tells the story of how immigrant women ensured and fought for community survival across generations and against the backdrop of a post-Confederate, Jim Crow-controlled southern order.Trade ReviewYbor City is the best that Latinx history has to offer—deeply researched and rigorous but with respect toward diasporic peoples and the rich communities they build and evolve within."—NACLA Report on the Americas The book is not some alternative perspective on what happened in Ybor City, but real history and storytelling verified by records in the archives of the USF special collections, petitions in the City of Tampa archives, and the city directories that are part of a treasure chest of artifacts at the Tampa Bay History Center."—Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
£21.21
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Womens Religious Activity in the Roman Republic
Book SynopsisExpanding the discussion of religious participation of women in ancient Rome, Celia Schultz demonstrates that in addition to observances of marriage, fertility, and childbirth, there were more - and more important - religious opportunities available to Roman women than are commonly considered.
£999.99
The University of North Carolina Press Fit Citizens
Book SynopsisIn this first historical study of Black women's exercise, Ava Purkiss reveals that physical activity was both a path to self-improvement and a means to expand notions of Black citizenship. Through this narrative of national belonging, Purkiss explores how exercise enabled Black women to reimagine Black bodies, health, beauty, and recreation.
£69.70
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Drastic Dykes and Accidental Activists Queer Women in the Urban South
Book SynopsisUniting southern women’s history with urban history, La Shonda Mims considers an imaginatively constructed archive including feminist newsletters and queer bar guides alongside sources revealing corporate boosterism and political rhetoric to explore the complex nature of lesbian life in the American south.
£73.50
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Hear Me with Your Eyes Women Visions and Voices in Argentine Cinema
Book SynopsisExamines the intrusion of the voice into the cinematographic gaze and the intersections (and ruptures) of the sound-image in Argentine women filmmakers from a feminist perspective. In different ways, contributors explore the visual realm through the continuities, intrusions, irrelevancies, harmonies, and desynchronizations of the voice.
£23.96
MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina The Womens Fight The Civil Wars Battles for Home
Book SynopsisHistorians of the Civil War often speak of ""wars within a war"" - the military fight, wartime struggles on the home front, and the political and moral battle to preserve the Union and end slavery. Thavolia Glymph provides a new history of women’s lives in the Civil War, showing how women were essentially and fully engaged in all three arenas.
£23.76
