Gender studies: women and girls Books
Harvest House Publishers,U.S. New SpiritControlled Woman
Book SynopsisExploring the basic temperaments (melancholy, sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic), Beverly helps women discover their strengths and weaknesses and reveals how the Holy Spirit maximizes and minimizes these to fulfill God's purpose for their lives.
£13.49
Harvest House Publishers,U.S. Power of a Praying Woman Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisIn The Power of a Praying® Woman Deluxe Edition, you will find Stormie’s book written for the feminine heart. She uses personal illustrations, carefully selected Scriptures, and heartfelt prayers to help you develop a vision for your future, avoid a pray-and-run existence, and find wholeness and completeness in God’s embrace.
£14.85
Harvest House Publishers,U.S. The Power of a Praying Wife Devotional
Book SynopsisIn these 100 topical devotionals, bestselling author Stormie Omartian shares how she has continued to witness God do amazing things in her marriage since first writing The Power of a Praying Wife.
£15.75
Polity Press Familiar Exploitation A New Analysis of Marriage in Contemporary Western Socities
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£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Incomplete Revolution
Book SynopsisTrade Review'An outstanding contribution to contemporary debates about the future direction of the welfare state in the advanced Western world...Esping-Andersen writes extremely lucidly and well and both his thesis and his recommendations are very plausible. This is the kind of book that makes one feel that the sociological enterprise really is worthwhile.' Political Studies Review 'The Incomplete Revolution strongly enhances our understanding of the making and unmaking of unequal life chances. And last but not least, it is a surprisingly entertaining read.' European Sociological Review 'Esping-Andersen's book confirms his position as one of the most brilliant social scientists of the last decades. His latest work is an invaluable contribution which helps to bridge the gap between demography, public policy and sociology, and provide a comprehensive frame of reference for understanding the potential revolutionary impact of the changing role of women.' Work, Employment and Society 'A fascinating book. Esping-Andersen's contention that good policy reforms must begin with babies is provocative, imaginative and timely. A bold exposition of the unplanned consequences for family, fertility and ageing of the incomplete revolution of women's new roles.' Professor Jacqueline Scott, University of Cambridge 'In this sweeping and provocative new book, Gosta Esping-Andersen brilliantly pulls together evidence from demography, economics, sociology, and child development to argue that the revolution in women’s roles, if not addressed by reforms to the welfare state, will lead to increased inequality for current and future generations.' Jane Waldfogel, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsList of illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part One. The Challenges Chapter 1. Families and the Revolution in Women’s Roles Chapter 2. The New Inequalities Part Two. Welfare State Adaptation Chapter 3. Adapting Family Policy to the Female Revolution Chapter 4. Investing in Children and Equalizing Opportunities Chapter 5. Ageing and Equity An Afterword References Index
£17.09
The History Press Ltd Tudor Women
Book SynopsisThe Tudor era belongs to its women. No other period of English History has produced so many notable and interesting women, and into other period have they so powerfully influenced the course of political events. Mary Tudor, Elizabeth 1 and, at moments of high drama, Mary Queen of Scots dominated the political scene for more than half a century, while in the previous fifty years Henry VIII''s marital escapades brought six more women to the centre of attention. In this book the women of the royal family are the central characters; the royal women set the style and between them they provide a dazzling variety of personalities as well as illustrating almost every aspect of life as it affected women in Tudor England. We know what they ate, how they dressed, the books they read and the letters they wrote. Even the greatest of them suffered the universal legal and physiological disabilities of womanhood - some survived them, some went under. Now revised and updated, Alison Plowden''s beautifully written account of the women behind the scenes and at the forefront of sixteenth-century English history will be welcomed by anyone interested in exploring this popular period of history from the point of view of the women who made it.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Female Tommies
Book SynopsisThis book tells the story of women in the First World War at the front line, under fire, and in combat.Trade Review'Elisabeth Shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own right.' -- Dan SnowElisabeth Shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own right. -- Dan Snow
£12.34
The History Press Ltd In the Wake of Mercedes Gleitze
Book SynopsisThe remarkable untold biography of the first British woman to swim the Channel
£15.29
The History Press Ltd Impostress
Book SynopsisMeet Sarah Wilson, a real life Moll Flanders of the eighteenth century - 'the greatest impostress of the present age' - who created a remarkable series of lives for herself on both sides of the Atlantic.
£11.69
The History Press Ltd Lumberjills
Book SynopsisThe first book to fully recognise and tell the tale of the efforts of the Lumberjills - the Women's Timber Corps - during the Second World War
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Bombshells
Book SynopsisFrom Jean Harlow and Marilyn Monroe to Ruth Ellis: the stories of the strong, spirited and controversial women who created the enduring image of the Blonde Bombshell
£15.29
The History Press Ltd Agatha Christie Inspiring Lives
Book SynopsisThe complete guide to the inspiration that is Agatha Christie.
£9.99
The History Press Ltd The Queen and the Mistress
Book SynopsisThe first biography to look at the two most important women in Edward III's life, their power and influence on the court and country.Trade Review'A new and exciting take on medieval history.' - The Lady
£17.00
The History Press Ltd Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to Hannah's Story, this recounts the fortunes of Hannah’s female descendants into the 20th century and the enduring challenges they facedTrade Review"Margaret Hedley’s account of her great-grandmother’s married life in the first decades of the 20th century illuminates the conditions faced by women in pit villages.""The book brilliantly colours in the detail of the women's lives."
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Josephine Butler
Book SynopsisThe charismatic campaigner who fought Victorian exploitation of vulnerable women, and the State organisation of prostitutionTrade ReviewHelen Mathers deftly brings together the public political drama and private emotional relations of Butler’s complex, sometimes tragic life. -- Sue Morgan
£13.49
The History Press Ltd Rivals of the Ripper
Book SynopsisThe ghoulish handiwork of nineteenth-century London - the rivals of the Ripper.Trade ReviewSparkles with new research and exciting discoveries. A tour de force. -- Richard Whittington-Egan
£14.24
The History Press Ltd Confinement
Book SynopsisThe untold history of pregnancy and childbirth in Victorian BritainTrade Review... much-needed and intriguing study of childbirth and motherhood in Victorian Britain. * All About History *'Confinement finds the life thrumming inside original Victorian court documents and medical reports; inviting the reader to experience the past in perfect authenticity. Cox anticipates the modern reader's questions and answers them with sensitivity to modern mindsets and grace toward Victorian ones. Confinement *is a thoroughly researched deep-dive into Victorian maternity that even the most casual paddler can access and enjoy.' *THERESE ONEILL, New York Times bestselling author of *Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady’s Guide to Sex, Marriage and MannersCompelling, compassionate, and powerful, Jessica Cox’s Confinement uncovers the moving and fascinating history of maternal bodies and experiences in the 19th century. Meticulously researched and elegantly told, Confinement is a necessary and vital work of historical recovery. A beautiful book.’ ELINOR CLEGHORN, author of Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World‘This is a brilliant, original and deeply researched book. Jessica Cox’s writing is both erudite and engaging, and brings to the fore a subject that has too long been omitted from the historical imagination. Confinement is sure to interest scholars from a wide range of disciplines as well as the general reader.’ Prof. EMMA GRIFFIN, author of Bread Winner: An Intimate History of the Victorian Economy‘This new book offers us a rare glimpse of the maternal experiences of Victorian women. It encourages us to reflect on the rights, responsibilities and restrictions of the birthing body, and how they have been and continue to be debated, challenged and subject to change.’ SARAH FOX, historian and author of Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England'Illuminating, provocative, and so engaging. Cox’s history of motherhood is revelatory about a past that resonates powerfully today. This important and timely book is written with great intellect, grace and empathy. I cannot recommend it enough.’ HELEN CULLEN, author of The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually‘Confinement is a long overdue contribution to nineteenth-century history. It’s astonishing to consider that while women’s bodies have birthed the world, so little attention has been paid to the realities of the maternal body of the past. This is an important, fascinating and frequently shocking read.’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO, author of Girl, Woman, Other‘Compelling and compassionate … A fertile study of women’s history and a real labour of love that is long overdue.’ KATE LISTER, author of A Curious History of Sex'Jessica Cox’s book is an enthralling account of the practicalities and perils of maternity in the 19th Century, holding up a critical lens to the dynamics of gender and social class in women’s lives. Written in concise and elegant prose, Cox draws on a fascinating range of personal and public archive material to bring the complicated story of women’s bodies and childbearing to life.' HANNAH LOWE, poet and author of The Kids (winner of the Costa Prize)'(an) excellent, compassionate and shocking study of maternity in Victorian Britain.' BEL MOONEY, Daily Mail'...Confinement will reward anyone interested, personally or professionally, in the maternal experience – past or present.' AGNES ARNOLD-FORSTER, History Today * History Today *‘…an illuminating read for any family historians wondering exactly how their Victorian ancestors were born, and what their mothers suffered in pregnancy and childbirth.’ Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine * Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine *
£21.25
Taylor & Francis Ltd EnGendering the War on Terror War Stories and
Book SynopsisThe war on terror has been raging for many years now, and subsequently there is a growing body of literature examining the development, motivation and effects of this US-led aggression. Virtually absent from these accounts is an examination of the central role that gender, race, class and sexuality play in the war on terror. This lack of attention reflects a continued resistance by analysts to acknowledge and engage identity-related social issues as central elements within global politics. As this conflict spreads and deepens, it is more important than ever to examine how diverse international actors are using the war on terror as an opportunity to reinforce existing gendered, raced, classed and sexualized inter/national relations. This book examines the official war stories being told to the international community about why and against whom the war on terror is being waged. The book will benefit students, scholars and practitioners in the areas of international relations, women'Trade Review'Urgently needed, this exciting collection breaks new ground to rearrange and enrich how we understand, and hence respond to, terrorism. Exposing the political work that war stories do, these accounts also prove the centrality of identity investments and the necessity of intersectional analyses.' V. Spike Peterson, University of Arizona, USA 'This work is a significant feminist intervention in contemporary debates about the global war on terror. By placing women from diverse communities at the centre of analysis, the contributors reveal the gendered and racialized dimensions of this conflict. An excellent resource for educators concerned about international relations and the US project of Empire-building, this book is also very accessible for a wider readership.' Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia, Canada 'Taken together, this collection highlights crucial issues that feminist activists and scholars must continue to address in the years to come. It deserves to be widely read.' Digest of Middle East Studies 'The collection of essays in this book are particularly welcome as the first major attempt to provide a detailed account of the creation and functioning of gendered representations and to trace the often complex intersections as gender merges with race, religion and class...this collection will provide an indispensable foundation for future research.' International Feminist Journal of Politics '...this is a serious and thought-provoking volume which offers a quite different approach to a well-worn topic, and contains some challenges to conventional thinking.' Law Society Journal 'This is a valuable book. Prepared before the media began to critique current US foreign policy, it nicely details the deceptions and, perhaps, delisuions of the policy...one virtue of this book is that is stimulates many questions.' Journal of Women, Politics and Policy 'Both parts of the volume provide an original and interesting framework for understanding the rolTable of ContentsContents: Foreword, Cynthia Enloe; Series Editors' Preface, Pauline Gardiner Barber, Jane Parapart and Marianne Marchand; (En)gendered war stories and camouflaged politics, Krista Hunt and Kim Rygiel. Part I A War for/on Women's Rights: Post-9/11 Rescue Narratives: Between orientalism and fundamentalism: Muslim women and feminist engagement, Jasmin Zine; 'Embedded Feminism' and the war on terror, Krista Hunt; Benevolent invaders, heroic victims and depraved villains: white femininity in media coverage of the invasion of Iraq, Melisa Brittain; Rescue in the age of Empire: children, masculinity, and the war on terror, Catherine V. Scott. Part II A War on/of Terror: The Politics Of Control: White nationalism, illegality and imperialism: border controls as ideology, Nandita Sharma; Protecting and proving identity: the biopolitics of waging war through citizenship in the post-9/11 era, Kim Rygiel; The headscarf debate: Muslim women in Europe and the 'War on Terror', Jane Freedman; Is 'W' for women?, Zillah Eisenstein; Bibliography; Index.
£47.49
Baker Publishing Group Help Im Drowning Weathering the Storms of Life
Book SynopsisIn the midst of a storm, it's easy to feel lonely, exhausted, fearful, and helpless. In these pages, Sally Clarkson helps you to find your anchors for life's storms. She will encourage you to combat loneliness with intentional engagement and community, find healing and forgiveness, embrace God's strength as the determiner of your battles, and more.
£15.29
David C Cook Publishing Company Unsinkable Faith
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£12.34
Rizzoli International Publications Strong Like a Woman
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£12.58
Baker Publishing Group Adamant Finding Truth in a Universe of Opinions
Book SynopsisWith passion and biblical insight, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere calls readers to stand firm in Christ in a world of constantly shifting values.
£10.79
Baker Publishing Group Godmothers Why You Need One. How to Be One.
Book SynopsisThere is a role unique to women that we abandon easily. We live near each other, but not with each other--and not for each other. We don''t want to intrude or judge and, maybe, we don''t want to see each other truly succeed. And the world is happy with this unhappy state for women--one that pushes us to conform to a pattern of distrust, disengagement, and competition. It''s no wonder we''ve lost ourselves, and our way.In her most personal, powerful book yet, New York Times bestselling author Lisa Bevere offers a catalytic, transformative vision for women of a different way to live--one that embraces the presence of a godmother--the older, wiser women you can go to and learn from, the strong women who partner with us through life. And everyone needs one! Drawing from her own life, biblical women, and the world of fairy tales, Lisa will show you how to transform what you have into what God wants you to have, push you forward during seasons of doubt, and love you enoug
£17.09
Baker Publishing Group Start with Hello
Book SynopsisWhen was the last time you made a new friend? Chatted with a neighbor? Felt connected? This practical, compelling book shares simple practices for living as a more open-hearted, empathetic neighbor who sees past what divides us, looks for common ground, and is rewarded with vibrant and enduring friendships.
£12.59
Baker Publishing Group Fashioned to Reign Empowering Women to Fulfill
Book SynopsisBethel leader Kris Vallotton delivers a powerful, liberating teaching for women and men, revealing the special role and vital purpose God has for them.
£12.34
Baker Publishing Group Women in the World of the Earliest Christians
Book SynopsisProvides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Women as Daughters2. Marriage and Matron Ideals3. Wives and the Realities of Marriage4. Motherhood5. Religious Activities of Gentile Women and God-Fearers6. Religious Activities and Informal Power of Jewish and Christian Women7. Women's Work8. Slaves and Prostitutes9. Benefactors and the Institution of PatronageConclusionIndexes
£22.94
Johns Hopkins University Press All We Knew Was to Farm Rural Women in the
Book SynopsisThe material lives of rural upcountry women improved dramatically by midcentury-yet in becoming middle class, Walker concludes, the women found their experiences both broadened and circumscribed.Trade ReviewAn engaging study... For upcountry southern women, the years 1919-1941 were indicative of the economic, political, and social chaos existing throughout segregated America... Walker capably demonstrates how families were forced by the limitations of race and class to choose situations that provided little or no real opportunity, but she also brilliantly illustrates how some rural people were able to adapt to change. -- Valerie Grim Journal of American History Voices of ordinary women who experienced extraordinary changes resonate in Melissa Walker's incisive study of twentieth-century transformations of southern agricultural communities. -- Elizabeth D. Schafer H-SAWH, H-Net Reviews Melissa Walker has done an admirable job of mining oral interviews, TVA records, letters, diaries, and farming magazines to piece together the story of how women contributed to the family income... Walker deftly negotiates the intersection of race, class, and gender. -- Gaul Graham Journal of East Tennessee History Walker shows how women adapted to rapid change with courage, strength, creativity, and persistence... Walker's fine regional study will be useful to historians of women, the South, Appalachia, rural life, and labor issues. A valuable addition to the growing number of works on women in the early-twentieth-century South. -- Suzanne Marshall History: Reviews of New Books Historian Melissa Walker provides an account of changes in women's labor practices and economic activity in the upcountry South during the inter-war years... Readable, credible, and well-researched. -- Shaunna L. Scott Journal of Appalachian Studies The theme of the study is to show how the status of farm women changes from 1919-1941 in a period of economic crisis. Changing from a region of subsistence farming to one of commercial farming and interference by government action during the depression and New Deal years, women learned to cope... [Walker's] descriptions of rural ways and beliefs are true to form. -- Cline E. Hall South Carolina Historical Magazine Walker does a particularly good job of emphasizing the ambivalence that upcountry farm women felt about leaving the farms... All We Knew Was to Farm makes an extremely important contribution to rural literature by gendering the transformation of the upland South. -- Rebecca Sharpless Georgia Historical Quarterly Walker provides a much needed account of the South that should be of interest to all those who study the twentieth century. -- Kathleen Mapes Journal of Social History 2005Table of ContentsContents:List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsIntroduction: "All We Knew Was to Farm" 1. Rural Life in the Upcountry South: The Scene in 1920 2. Making Do and Doing Without: Farm Women Cope with the Economic Crisis, 1920-1941 3. "Grandma Would Find Some Way to Make Some Money": Farm Women's Cash Incomes 4. Mixed Messages: Home Extension Work among Upcountry Farm Women in the 1920s and 1930s 5. Government Relocation and Upcountry Women 6. Rural Women and Industrialization 7. Farm Wives and Commercial Farming 8. "The Land of Do Without": The Changing Face of Sevier County, Tennessee, 1908-1940 Epilogue: The Persistence of Rural ValuesAbbreviations Notes Bibliographical Essay Index
£45.00
Beacon Press Women Warriors
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£14.39
MT - University of Pennsylvania Press Pens and Needles
Book SynopsisThrough an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania.Trade Review"Susan Frye's book is a beautiful and powerful contribution to scholarship on early modern women's material culture. . . . No other book covers such ground; Pens and Needles is an invaluable resource for art historians, social historians, literary critics, and anyone interested in the material world that early modern women made." * American Historical Review *"Susan Frye's book is most fascinating in drawing out the histories and texts, both written and sewn, of less well-known women, and showing that they saw their needlework as equally articulate, valuable, and artful as their words." * TLS *"Susan Frye's meticulously researched, beautifully illustrated, and brilliantly titled Pens and Needles makes a significant addition to a growing subfield in early modern gender studies: the expressive arts of women's needlework, which Frye sees as a mode of both female self-fashioning and creative communication." * Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 *"Frye beautifully succeeds in aligning the different material practices, especially in the surprising discovery of a new portrait of Mary Queen of Scots embroidered by Bess of Hardwick." * Maureen Quilligan, Duke University *"No other book analyzes the combination of visual, textile, and textual modes in relation to early modern women as this one does. Frye draws on a vast range of sources, from comments on the minutiae of Shakespeare's plays, to contemporary translations of the poems of Mary Stuart, to a range of theorists including Michel de Certeau, Marcel Mauss and Karl Marx, to make a complex and convincing argument about women's consciousness and work." * Ann Rosalind Jones, Smith College *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Spelling Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Political Designs: Elizabeth Tudor, Mary Stuart, and Bess of Hardwick Chapter 2. Miniatures and Manuscripts: Levina Teerlinc, Jane Segar, and Esther Inglis as Professional Artisans Chapter 3. Sewing Connections: Narratives of Agency in Women's Domestic Needlework Chapter 4. Staging Women's Relations to Textiles in Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline Chapter 5. Mary Sidney Wroth: Clothing Romance Notes Selected Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£35.10
Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mary Pickford Hollywood and the New Woman Lives
Book SynopsisFollowing Mary Pickford's life, this book gives an overview of her enduring contribution to American film and mass culture. It also explores her struggles to surpass her confining public film persona as 'America's Sweetheart', mirroring how women, both then and today, must reconcile domestic life with professional aspirations and work.Trade Review"Mary Pickford emerges as a woman of depth and business acumen that bely her reputation as America's Sweetheart. In this biography Pickford is the product of an underprivileged childhood and a rapidly changing America who has the wherewithal and talent to make it on her own. Her influence is felt far beyond the screen into the very depths of Hollywood's development." --Tonia M. Compton, Columbia College of Missouri Praise for the Lives of American Women series: "Finally! The majority of students--by which I mean women--will have the opportunity to read biographies of women from our nation's past. (Men can read them too, of course!) The 'Lives of American Women' series features an eclectic collection of books, readily accessible to students who will be able to see the contributions of women in many fields over the course of our history. Long overdue, these books will be a valuable resource for teachers, students, and the public at large." --Cokie Roberts, author of Founding Mothers and Ladies of Liberty "Just what any professor wants: books that will intrigue, inform, and fascinate students! These short, readable biographies of American women--specifically designed for classroom use--give instructors an appealing new option to assign to their history students." --Mary Beth Norton, Mary Donlon Alger Professor of American History, Cornell University "For educators keen to include women in the American story, but hampered by the lack of thoughtful, concise scholarship, here comes 'Lives of American Women,' embracing Abigail Adams's counsel to John--'remember the ladies.' And high time, too!" --Lesley S. Herrmann, Executive Director, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History "These books are, above all, fascinating stories that will engage and inspire readers. They offer a glimpse into the lives of key women in history who either defied tradition or who successfully maneuvered in a man's world to make an impact. The stories of these vital contributors to American history deliver just the right formula for instructors looking to provide a more complicated and nuanced view of history." --Rosanne Lichatin, 2005 Gilder Lehrman Preserve America History Teacher of the YearTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 From Gladys Smith to Mary Pickford: A Childhood on Stage and At Work, 1892-1909 2 Pickford and the Moving Pictures: Creating the Art and Business of Film, 1909--1913 3 A Star and a Producer are Born, 1913-1916 4 America's Sweetheart and American Empire in the Age of the Great War, 1917-1920 5 Mary and Doug: American Royalty, Hollywood Style, 1920-1926 6 Weathering Personal, Industrial, and Economic Crises, 1927-1936 7 Studio Executive and Philanthropist: A Life Beyond Performing, 1936-1979 Epilogue Primary Sources Study Questions Notes Bibliography Index
£37.99
Rutgers University Press Women Artists on the Leading Edge Visual Arts of
Book SynopsisThis book explores the achievements of a group of young women artists who learned about the New Art through an extraordinary faculty of innovators at Douglass College. New Art rejected the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, advocating that art should be based on everyday life and that “anything can be art.”Trade Review"Joan Marter’s Women Artists on the Leading Edge: Visual Arts at Douglass College is a significant account from an actual participant of the pioneering art program for women students developed at Rutgers after WW II. Inspired in part by the inventive curriculum initiated at Black Mountain College, as well as the avant-garde course taught by composer John Cage at the New School from 1956 to 1961, the multi-media agenda advanced at Douglass College (where many faculty were associated with Pop and Fluxus), was further underscored by an impressive roster of activist campus guests. Marter’s handsome book, including a set of outstanding interviews with notable Douglass alumnae such as Alice Aycock and Mimi Smith, appropriately redresses this historical imbalance, both detailing and celebrating the decisive role Douglass played as an incubator for artistic innovation by women." -- Ellen G. Landau * author of Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, Reading Abstract Expressionism: Context and Critique, *"Even before second-wave feminism became a recognized social and political movement in the early 1960s, professors at New Jersey's Douglass College for women recognized the need for art students to become acquainted with some of the most cutting-edge ideas of the time. At long last, the extraordinary history of how this college fostered the growth of such celebrated artists as Alice Aycock, Jackie Winsor, and Joan Snyder is being thoroughly recounted by esteemed art historian Joan Marter, who analyzes Douglass's important contributions to the arts at Rutgers University, where she taught from 1977 to 2016." -- Robert Hobbs * author of Alice Aycock, Sculpture and Projects *"In Women Artists on the Leading Edge, Joan Marter tells the fascinating account of how Douglass College's visual artists' receptivity to the explosive spirit of experimentation in the 1950s and 1960s had a profound impact both on students and contemporary art. Inviting renowned artistic pioneers to teach, visit, or perform galvanized students' artistic ambitions. Dr. Marter's narrative about Douglass College, to which she made many contributions, is engrossing as cultural history. This book's recollections of creative growth by former students forms an institutional history of the confluence of interdisciplinary arts, feminist values, and innovative pedagogy in stimulating achievements by women" -- Suzaan Boettger * author of Earthworks, Art and the Landscape of the Sixties *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Visual Arts Faculty at Douglas College Interview with Geoffrey Hendricks Interview with Roy Lichtenstein Part 2 Alice Aycock Loretta Dunkelman Kirsten Kraa Frances Tannenbaum Kuehn Linda Lindroth Marion Munk Rita Myers Mimi Smith Joan Snyder Ann Tsubota Jackie Winsor Interview with Alice Aycock Interview with Letty Lou Eisenhauer Interview with Mimi Smith Part 3 The Women Artists Series at Douglass College Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at 21 Years Exhibitions at the Walters Hall Art Gallery, Douglass College Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Author Index
£33.00
Duke University Press This Was Not Our War
Book SynopsisCombines Bosnian women's personal testimony about the recent war and its aftermath with Ambassador Hunt's analysis of the U.S. government's appproach to the conflictTrade Review“Here is history watched in its unfolding, then put on record. Women tell an astute listener what they saw, read, and remember even as their careful witness—at once an eloquent and tragic story—is enabled by the knowing attention of a seasoned diplomat and psychologist. This effort advances the kind of history Tolstoy urged be written—a narration of on-the-scene individuals rendered by one herself very much willing to be respectfully among them.”—Robert Coles, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities and former James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University“I met Swanee Hunt as a diplomat in Vienna. I worked beside her as an activist in the Balkans. Now I know her as a writer, addressing a world sorely in need of her message of challenge and hope. Her words resonate with the authenticity of an observer and advocate who has devoted not only attention, time, and position, but also soul.”—Queen Noor of Jordan, humanitarian activist for world peace and justice and best-selling author of Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life“Swanee Hunt is a diplomat, human rights advocate, and teacher. With This Was Not Our War she shows she is also a gifted listener and writer. In these pages, Hunt captures the rationales and rationalizations for war as well as the despair and stirring dignity of twenty-six women who lived through the Bosnian horrors. Hunt lets the women speak for themselves, telling the story of Bosnia’s descent and recovery their way, and, in so doing, she shows just how vital their voices, insights, and talents will be in rebuilding Bosnia and its shattered lives.”—Samantha Power, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning “A Problem from Hell”: America and the Age of Genocide“An important and well-written book that is a ‘must read’ for anyone interested in the Balkans, anthropology of conflict, and international affairs.” -- Aleksandra Sasha Milicevic * International Feminist Journal of Politics *“With lessons for virtually all societies struggling with civil strife or tensions arising of unsettled histories of violence and injury, the women, mediated by Swanee Hunt’s perceptive and empathetic ear, tell us that reconciliation will require three things: telling the truth, imposing justice, and remembering that the perpetrators are human.” -- Franke Wilmer * Peace & Change *“Hunt brilliantly and insightfully succeeds in relating the voices of the women whom she calls her friends and who, in turn, become familiar to the reader through the sharing of their own personal experiences.” -- Stephanie Anne-Gaelle Vieille * Millennium *"This Was Not Our War is replete with quotes from scores of Yugoslavian women-Christians, Muslims, Jews-and is a fine example of oral history. It is pertinent and ought to be acquired by all libraries of schools teaching twentieth century history, women's studies, religious studies, or multiculturalism." -- Edward Grosek * Catholic Library World *"Hunt, who was President Clinton's ambassador to Austria, has put together interviews with 26 Bosnian women. They come from different backgrounds but share an emotional strength and a generosity of spirit, a dignity and humanity, that together make the case for a greater role for women in the politics of their societies-and make the rest of the world's hesitancy to intervene to defend human rights in Bosnia very had to justify." -- Stanley Hoffmann * Foreign Affairs *"The women whose stories are included in the book represent a wide cross-section of Bosnian society. . . . Their bold, painful and sometimes appalling stories are accompanied by strikingly mournful photographs. . . . This Was Not Our War is not solely a book about the war. It's also a book about dignity, the human spirit, generosity, courage, and even about love." -- Eetta Prince Gibson * Jerusalem Post *"Women speak wrenchingly and courageously about the fight to save their homes and protect their children; the decision to stay or flee; the attempt to preserve their own bodies and souls; and the ongoing challenge to rebuild their lives and society. . . . Hunt succeeds in capturing, organizing and analyzing the complexities inherent in conversations with 26 very different people during and after an abhorrent war. . . . Readers will be inspired by [these women's] courage. . . ." * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Foreword / William Jefferson Clinton xi Preface xv Context The Balkans xxviii Key Players xxxiii Introduction 1 I. Madness 7 1. Hell Breaks Loose 15 2. Love in the Crucible 59 3. Reasons for the War 73 4. The Lie of Intractable Hatred 95 II. To Heal History 115 5. Challenges 119 6. Women Transforming 137 7. The Road to Reconciliation 169 Epilogue: The Courage to Hope 191 Profiles 197 Closing Thoughts 251 Acknowledgments 259 Notes 263 Bibliography 291 Index 297
£99.00
Duke University Press Women War and the Making of Bangladesh
Book SynopsisBangladeshi women recall the sexualized violence of the war of 1971, fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan.Trade Review“Yasmin Saikia’s book is an important intervention in the discourse around 1971. It examines and demonstrates clearly the brutality of war as experienced by various marginalised groups, especially women, and the ongoing routine violence of the silencing of their voices. Saikia documents women’s voices and highlights their agency and the multiplicities of their role in the conflict.” - Chapati Mystery“Saikia raises the rather pertinent, often forgotten, issue of women getting caught up in the cauldron of war and then, once the battlefield activities are over, being either ignored or deliberately pushed to the fringes of the societal order. Saikia’s comprehension of the history of the 1971 war leaves nothing to chance…. Saikia’s professionalism comes touched with empathy.” - Syed Badrul Ahsan, Asian Affairs“In Yasmin Saikia's groundbreaking and provocative book, Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971, she challenges a number of cherished and inherited "truths" regarding the Bangladesh War of Liberation in 1971…. I commend the author for her careful analysis of militarism as a system and the cultivation of hate within it that gradually dehumanizes the Other and makes violence banal.” - Elora Halim Chowdhury and Devin G. Atallah-Gutierrez, Human Rights Quarterly“[H]ighly readable…. The book is written in a lucid style and the stories told by the women make for compelling reading…. [B]ecause it is a product of an eclectic research methodology that includes rich ethnographic fieldwork alongside more traditional archival sources, the book would serve as a wonderful teaching tool in graduate courses on memory, oral histories, and the making of archives.” - Chitralekha Zutshi, H-Net Reviews“Saikia’s Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971 makes a significant contribution to the war literature by documenting the untold stories and the unaccounted suffering of Bangladeshi women…. [P]erhaps the most significant contribution Saikia’s book makes to the 1971 war literature is that it breaks the exclusive claim by Bengalis on the experience of violence during the war by documenting the experiences of both Bihari and Bengali women as well as women of other ethnic and religious backgrounds…. Saikia’s book is a thought provoking read for scholars and students in the fields of Women and Gender Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and South Asian Studies.” - Hannah Sholder, South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal“Saikia lets ordinary people speak for themselves – and in so doing, she humanizes a story that’s usually told as a struggle of nations. Together, she and her interview partners make us think anew about the possibilities for remorse, recovery, and forgiveness.” - Elizabeth Heineman, New Books in Gender Studies Blog“These are compelling lessons to learn and reflect on…. this book is an informative read because it lays the framework for an important historical event that hasn't received its fair share of ink. It also explains these events in the context of the suffering of its victims; their apolitical testimonies a reminder that war has no winners.” - Aparajita Saha-Bubna, Warscapes“[A]n important intervention in the discourse around 1971. It examines and demonstrates clearly the brutality of war as experienced by various marginalised groups, especially women, and the ongoing routine violence of the silencing of their voices.” - Salman Adil Hussain, Dawn.com“[H]ighly readable…. The book is written in a lucid style and the stories told by the women make for compelling reading…. [B]ecause it is a product of an eclectic research methodology that includes rich ethnographic fieldwork alongside more traditional archival sources, the book would serve as a wonderful teaching tool in graduate courses on memory, oral histories, and the making of archives.” -- Chitralekha Zutshi * H-Net Reviews *“In Yasmin Saikia's groundbreaking and provocative book, Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971, she challenges a number of cherished and inherited "truths" regarding the Bangladesh War of Liberation in 1971…. I commend the author for her careful analysis of militarism as a system and the cultivation of hate within it that gradually dehumanizes the Other and makes violence banal.” -- Elora Halim Chowdhury and Devin G. Atallah-Gutierrez * Human Rights Quarterly *“Saikia lets ordinary people speak for themselves – and in so doing, she humanizes a story that’s usually told as a struggle of nations. Together, she and her interview partners make us think anew about the possibilities for remorse, recovery, and forgiveness.” -- Elizabeth Heineman * New Books in Gender Studies *“Saikia raises the rather pertinent, often forgotten, issue of women getting caught up in the cauldron of war and then, once the battlefield activities are over, being either ignored or deliberately pushed to the fringes of the societal order. Saikia’s comprehension of the history of the 1971 war leaves nothing to chance…. Saikia’s professionalism comes touched with empathy.” -- Syed Badrul Ahsan * Asian Affairs *“Saikia’s Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971 makes a significant contribution to the war literature by documenting the untold stories and the unaccounted suffering of Bangladeshi women…. [P]erhaps the most significant contribution Saikia’s book makes to the 1971 war literature is that it breaks the exclusive claim by Bengalis on the experience of violence during the war by documenting the experiences of both Bihari and Bengali women as well as women of other ethnic and religious backgrounds…. Saikia’s book is a thought provoking read for scholars and students in the fields of Women and Gender Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and South Asian Studies.” -- Hannah Sholder * South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal *“These are compelling lessons to learn and reflect on…. this book is an informative read because it lays the framework for an important historical event that hasn't received its fair share of ink. It also explains these events in the context of the suffering of its victims; their apolitical testimonies a reminder that war has no winners.” -- Aparajita Saha-Bubna * Warscapes *“Yasmin Saikia’s book is an important intervention in the discourse around 1971. It examines and demonstrates clearly the brutality of war as experienced by various marginalised groups, especially women, and the ongoing routine violence of the silencing of their voices. Saikia documents women’s voices and highlights their agency and the multiplicities of their role in the conflict.” * Chapati Mystery *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Glossary of Terms xix Part I. Introducing 1971 1. The Told and Untold Stories of 1971 3 2. Creating the History of 1971 34 Part II. Survivors Speak 3. Victims' Memories 109 4. Women's Services 158 5. Women's War 186 Part III. A New Beginning Postscript: Lessons of Violence 215 Notes 279 References 243 Index 299
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University of Pittsburgh Press Persuasive Acts
Book SynopsisTimely and provocative rhetorics representing critical issues of the 21st century.Trade ReviewPersuasive Acts gathers women’s voices in 21st-century theories and public writings. Assembling a chorus from Malala Yousafzai to Michelle Obama to Kimberle Crenshaw to Marjane Satrapi, this collection invites readers to contemplate women’s engagement with education, labor, identity, bodies, politics, civic protest, etc. Extending recovery work of 20th-century scholars, Persuasive Acts is a significant resource for students, teachers and general readers." —Krista Ratcliffe, Arizona State University"The ‘persuasive acts’ smartly gathered here just might save us. These 21st century women’s voices come just in time. I (almost) regret retiring—I would love to teach students with this book." —Kate Ronald, co-editor of Available Means: An Anthology of Women’s Rhetoric(s)
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David C Cook Publishing Company Yes No Maybe Sg
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BOA Editions Quilting
Book SynopsisBrilliantly honed language, sharp rhythms and striking syntax empower Lucille Clifton''s personal and artistic odyssey. Hers is poetry of birth, death, children, community, history, sexuality and spirituality, and she addresses these themes with passion, humor, anger and spiritual awe.
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Beast Books Mighty Be Our Powers
Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2011 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE I n a time of death and terror, Leymah Gbowee brought Liberia''s women together- and together they led a nation to peace. As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal conflict that tore apart her life and claimed the lives of countless relatives and friends. Years of fighting destroyed her country- and shattered Gbowee''s girlhood hopes and dreams. As a young mother trapped in a nightmare of domestic abuse, she found the courage to turn her bitterness into action, propelled by her realization that it is women who suffer most during conflicts- and that the power of women working together can create an unstoppable force. In 2003, the passionate and charismatic Gbowee helped organize and then led the Liberian Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women who sat in public protest, confronting Liberia''s ruthless president and rebel warlords, and even held a sex strike. With an army of women,
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Cambridge University Press Bandleader Mrs Mary Hamer and Her Boys
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Women Peace and Security in UN
Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive analysis of the United Nations'' efforts to incorporate the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda into its mediation practices. Based on extensive fieldwork and primary material, the book examines how gendered and racialised ideas about mediation as an ''art'' or a ''science'' have shaped the UN''s approach to WPS. Senior mediators view mediation as an art of managing relationships with mostly male negotiators, meaning that including women can threaten parties'' consent to the process. Meanwhile, experts and headquarters units see mediation as a science, resulting in the co-optation of gender expertise and local women to reinforce technical approaches to mediation. This has hindered the WPS agenda''s goal of meaningful women''s participation in peace processes. This book is an essential read for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in gender, peace, and security.
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Taylor & Francis Womens Lives
Book SynopsisWomenâs Lives integrates the most current research and social issues to explore the psychological diversity of girls and women varying in age, ethnicity, social class, nationality, immigrant experience, sexual orientation, gender identity, ableness and body size and shape. The text embeds a lifespan perspective within each topical chapter and has an intersectional approach that integrates womenâs diverse identities. It includes rich coverage of women with disabilities and on middle-aged and older women throughout. Taking a deeper transnational focus, it also examines the impact of social, cultural, and economic factors in shaping womenâs lives around the world.This edition explores the latest areas of research and tackles important contemporary topics such as: feminization of immigration media portrayals of LGBTQ individuals and immigrants regulating testosterone levels in womenâs sports; disorders of sexual development; nonbinary identiTable of Contents1. Introduction to the Psychology of Women. 2. Cultural Representation of Gender. 3. Gender Self-Concept and Gender Attitudes. 4. Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence. 5. Gender Comparisons. 6. Sexuality. 7. Reproductive System and Childbearing. 8. Relationships. 9. Education and Achievement. 10. Employment. 11. Balancing Family and Work. 12. Physical Health. 13. Mental Health. 14. Violence Against Girls and Women. 15. A Feminist Future: Goals, Actions, and Beliefs. 16. References.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Rethinking Womens and Gender Studies Volume 2
Book SynopsisThe second volume of Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies addresses the complexities and inherent paradoxes within the expansive knowledge project known as Women's and Gender Studies for audiences both inside and adjacent to the field. Each of the volume's chapters identifies and critically examines a key term that circulates in this field, exploring how the term has come to be understood and mobilized within its everyday narratives and practices.In constructing provocative genealogies for their terms, authors explicate the roles that this language, and the narratives attached to it, play in producing and limiting possible versions of the field. The ongoing aim of Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies, both in the original volume and this entirely new extension, is to trace and expose important paradoxes, ironies, and contradictions embedded in the field from its high theory to its casual conversations that rely on these terms. Forging collective conversatiTrade ReviewLike Braithwaite and Orr’s first Rethinking project, this collection is a valuable resource for anyone interested in feminist studies and its ongoing academic transformations. Contributions both introduce and defamiliarize WGS keywords, routing them through diverse genealogies to activate new theoretical and political possibilities. This collection undertakes another round of “rethinking” that risks undoing what we think we know about Women and Gender Studies as an academic formation. A must-read for teachers and students alike.S.Trimble, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream WGSI, University of TorontoNot a recasting of its predecessor, Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies Volume II expands on the critical vision, personal stakes, and political calculus that inhabits the field, with broad implications for doing feminist work in an increasingly authoritarian global present. Diverse, insightful, and affectively powerful, the original essays gathered here demonstrate the vitality of contemporary feminist scholarship.Robyn Wiegman, Professor, Literature and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Why Rethink Women’s and Gender Studies Now? Section 1: Foundational Assumptions 1. Indigenous Feminism 2. Femininity 3. Citizenship 4. Inclusion 5. Intersex 6. Expertise Section 2. Ubiquitous Descriptions 7. Belonging 8. The Ph.D. 9: Nation 10. Women 11. Innocence Section 3. Epistemologies Rethought 12. Genealogy 13. Generation 14. Critical 15. Choice 16. Self-Care 17. Consent Section 4. Silences and Disavowals 18. Settler Colonialism 19. Asexuality 20. Cis 21. Disability 22. Nonhuman Animals Section 5. Establishment Challenges 23. Humanitarian 24. Sexual Violence 25. The Gaze 26. Transdisciplinarity 27. Transformation 28. Branding Conclusion: Continuing the Conversation Works cited Index
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Routledge Emirati Women Journalists
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Taylor & Francis A Gun of Her Own
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Taylor & Francis A Womans Guide to Menopause Body Image and Emotional WellBeing at Midlife
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SAGE Publications Inc My Leading While Female Journey
Book SynopsisTrade Review"When you read or hear a story of triumph over adversity that inspires, it can transform your mood, shift your mindset, and empower you to achieve. Reading My Leading While Female Journey will inspire, transform, shift, and empower you with the courage and strength of amazing women. It will provoke you to own your story." -- Julie A. Vitale"The three authors, Arriaga, Stanley, & Lindsey, have assembled the perfect complementary journal to their book Leading While Female. Readers are treated to excerpts, quotes by women, authentic and meaningful stories, and thought-provoking questions. A leader learns through constant reflection on the question ′How would I handle this type of situation?′ Reflection at this deep level builds strength and character. This interactive experience provides a wonderful opportunity to learn and grow as a female leader. It is a personal journey meant to be undertaken, one supported by both the book and this exceptional journal." -- Dr. Carmella S. Franco"My Leading While Female Journey: A Guided Reflective Journal is the perfect companion to the book Leading While Female. The journal demonstrates the power of reflection and is ideal for individual rumination or group discussions. The stories reflect the experiences of many female educational leaders and offers robust opportunities for women to connect across differences, harness our bold leadership in community, interrupt inequities in our systems, and propel emerging female leaders into formal positions of leadership. Bravo to Leading While Female!" -- Dr. Jaguanana Lathan"Stacie Stanley, Trudy Arriaga, and Delores Lindsey have expertly crafted a reflective journal to accompany their book, Leading While Female. They have helped to guide us so that through our own stories and the stories of others, we can write new stories; stories of strength and effective leadership. The thoughtful questions throughout the journal will help each of us as we create the next chapter in our own leadership story and help each of us to consider not only what will ensure that we thrive but also how we can lift others and help them to thrive. This book is not only a reflective journal, but it is also an instructive tool and a valuable resource. A heartfelt thank you to the Leading While Female authors and other women highlighted in this journal who were willing to share their stories to help all of us." -- Brenda HallTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements About the Authors Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Owning the Stories We Tell: We all Have a Story to Tell Chapter 2: Cultural Proficiency: A Framework for Gender Equity Chapter 3: Confronting and Overcoming Barriers Chapter 4: Moving Forward with Guiding Principles Chapter 5: Understanding Feminism, Identity, and Intersectionality Who Am I? Who Are We? Chapter 6: Men’s Actions as Allies, Advocates, and Mentors Chapter 7a: Next Steps? Chapter 7b: Paying It Forward Chapter 8: Template for Action My Stormy First Draft References
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Cambridge University Press Female Husbands
Book SynopsisLong before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands - people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women - were true queer pioneers. Moving deftly from the colonial era to just before the First World War, Jen Manion uncovers the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary people who lived as men despite tremendous risk, danger, violence, and threat of punishment. Female Husbands weaves the story of their lives in relation to broader social, economic, and political developments in the United States and the United Kingdom while also exploring how attitudes towards female husbands shifted in relation to transformations in gender politics and women''s rights, ultimately leading to the demise of the category of ''female husband'' in the early twentieth century. Groundbreaking and influential, Female Husbands offers a dynamic, varied, and complex history of the LGBTQ past.Trade Review'An altogether fresh and innovative take on centuries-old identities and relationships, Female Husbands shows its readers how the most forward-thinking and progressive conceptions of gender and sexuality can find their origins in the past. … Manion's female husbands are brought to life by energetic prose and an insistence on their continued cultural and political impact.' Hannah Roche, Times Literary Supplement'Female Husbands is a powerful work not only because Manion insists on taking the past on its own terms, but also because she refuses to tell her reader if she is reporting on a history that can be made legible to our 21st-century ideas about sexuality, sex, or gender identity.' Los Angeles Review of Books'… a detailed, synoptic history of a fascinating dimension of 18th- and 19th-century cultural history in Britain and the US.' Grace Lavery, The Guardian'The challenges of interpreting the fragments of evidence about these people's lives, written by those who had the social and economic order of marriage to defend, becomes in Jen Manion's hands a masterclass in historical rigor, empathy, and craft.' Catherine Baker, History Today'Manion's triumph is to treat with an openhanded and flexible approach a series of lives that resisted categories and flourished through ambiguity.' Karen Harvey, BBC History Magazine'An absolutely stunning deep-dive into historical transgressions of gender.' Manhattan Book Review'… a treasure trove of historical insights… The research makes a refreshing intervention in the fraught debates about the intersections between queer, lesbian, feminist, and trans histories.' Heike Bauer, Times Higher Education'In this painstakingly researched study, Jen Manion opens a window into a previously unseen dimension of the British and American past. Female Husbands explores the lives of people who transed gender, lived as men, and married women between the colonial period and World War I, situating them in the context of broader political and social developments including changing understandings of gender and women's rights. The book is a stunning and path breaking achievement.' Drew Faust, President Emeritus and the Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor, Harvard University, Massachusetts'Female Husbands combines intellectual rigor and impeccable historical research with sensitivity and even imagination to illuminate this fascinatingly varied cohort of gender rebels.' Emma Donoghue, author of Room and Akin'… fascinating … extremely thought-provoking.' Christina Patterson, The Sunday Times'Jen Manion offers a spectacular historical survey of people assigned female at birth who went on to live as men and marry women. In doing so, they demonstrate that contemporary attention to trans issues is just the tip of a vast, submerged legacy of gender variance, traversing both sides of the English-speaking transatlantic world, that stretches back hundreds of years.' Susan Stryker, author of Transgender History and The Transgender Studies Reader'Jen Manion mines Anglo-American newspapers, books, and pamphlets and shows us how 'female husbands' confounded conceptions of sex, gender, and sexuality. An engaging account of the unruly history of 'transing', and the surveillance of it, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.' Joanne Meyerowitz, author of How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the United States'Grounded in extensive archival research, this study by Manion (Amherst College) explores how the term 'female husband' - used to describe a person categorized as 'female' at birth but who occupied a social position as a (heterosexual) 'man' - went in and out of public use in the UK (1740–1840) and the US (1830–1910) … A clear, compelling, and compassionate text … Highly recommended.' T. E. Adams, Choice'Female Husbands cultivates and enriches the terrain of trans history. The successes of Manion's book hinge on its ability to chart a collective premodern and modern history of trans livelihood and archival presence … Manion models trans care work … as it further legitimates and makes known trans pasts, presents, and futures.' Jeremy Chow, ABO: Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts, 1640–1830Table of ContentsIntroduction: extraordinary lives; Part I. UK Husbands, 1740–1840: 1. The first female husband; 2. The pillar of the community; 3. The sailors and soldiers; 4. The wives; Part II. US Husbands,1830–1910: 5. The workers; 6. The activists; 7. The criminalized poor; 8. The end of a category; Conclusion: sex trumps gender; Epilogue: the first female-to-male transsexual.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
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.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xvi Preface and Acknowledgments xxiii Abbreviations xxiv 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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Taylor & Francis Ltd Difficult Subjects
Book SynopsisThe working women of Victorian and Edwardian Britain were fascinating but difficult subjects for artists, photographers, and illustrators. The cultural meanings of labour sat uncomfortably with conventional ideologies of femininity, and working women unsettled the boundaries between gender and class, selfhood and otherness. From paintings of servants in middle-class households, to exhibits of flower-makers on display for a shilling, the visual culture of women''s labour offered a complex web of interior fantasy and exterior reality. The picture would become more challenging still when working women themselves began to use visual spectacle. In this first in-depth exploration of the representation of British working women, Kristina Huneault explores the rich meanings of female employment during a period of labour unrest, demands for women''s enfranchisement, and mounting calls for social justice. In the course of her study she questions the investments of desire and the claims to power Trade Review'Difficult Subjects will make a major contribution to the history of British visual culture, and particularly to the presently underdeveloped but significant history of representations of labour'. Tim Barringer, Department of History of Art, Yale University 'This excellent book shows a good understanding of what visual culture is and the theoretical framework that can be utilised to study it... this book is a fascinating examination of working women and their representations - by others and by themselves... I would recommend this book very highly for its interesting, if "difficult" subjects, and the painstaking research made evident in its publication.' Gen Doy, The Art Book '... this fascinating and persuasive analysis of images of working women in the period's visual culture... an excellent contribution to our understanding of this particular period in British social and cultural history when women's lives were changed immeasurably.' Cheryl Buckley, Woman's Art JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; My servant/my self: domestic servants and visual culture; Flower-girls and fictions: selling on the streets; Imag(in)ing industry: order and beauty on the factory floor; 'Living tableaux of misery and oppression': visualising sweated labour; Working women and the visual culture of trade unionism; Epilogue; Index.
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