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Book SynopsisThis study of illicit sexuality in medieval England explores links between marriage and sex, law and disorder, and property and power. Some medieval Englishwomen endured rape or were kidnapped for forced marriages, yet most ravished women were married and many 'wife-thefts' were not forced kidnappings but cases of adultery fictitiously framed as abduction by abandoned husbands. In pursuing the themes of illicit sexuality and non-normative marital practices, this work analyses the nuances of the key Latin term raptus and the three overlapping offences that it could denote: rape, abduction and adultery. This investigation broadens our understanding of the role of women in the legal system; provides a means for analysing male control over female bodies, sexuality and access to the courts; and reveals ways in which female agency could, on occasion, manoeuvre around such controls.Trade Review'… offers a rich analysis subdivided into topics that include rape, elopement, forced abduction, adultery, and false accusations … Dunn displays an admirable ability in scrupulous analysis of court records and legislation, attending to the interests of lawmakers as well as all potentially interested parties … Above all, one finishes this book wanting to hear a great deal more from Caroline Dunn.' Sara McDougall, The Medieval Review'Drawing on an impressive selection of primary sources, Caroline Dunn's Stolen Women in Medieval England … examines male control and female agency through an investigation of several different types of sexual offenses … this book lays a strong groundwork for further review of female agency in the Middle Ages.' Rutgers Book Review Journal'The strength of Dunn's study lies in her cogent analysis of sources and how she connects this evidence to changes in the legal statutes and culture in England … [it] offers new insights on the crimes of rape and abduction as well as the clever ways in which the laity maneuvered in and out of marital unions.' Medieval Feminist Forum'Stolen Women offers exceptional thoroughness, subtlety, and precision and will be hard to replace as the new standard work on ravishment in later medieval English law.' Kim M. Phillips, SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Laws and legal definitions; 2. Rape; 3. Abduction and forced marriage; 4. Elopement abductions; 5. Adultery; 6. Retaliatory abductions and malicious legal proceedings; Conclusion; Appendix I: ravishment legislation; Appendix II: sources of ravishment cases; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it explores women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Organized chronologically and written by a host of leading scholars, this History offers an array of approaches that contribute to current dialogues about translation, literary genres, oral and written cultures, and the complex relationship between literature and the political sphere. Covering subjects from cronistas in Colonial Latin America and nation-building to feminicide and literature of the indigenous elite, this History traces the development of a literary tradition while remaining grounded in contemporary scholarship. The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature will not only engage readers in ongoing debates but also serve as a definitive reference for years to come.Table of Contents1. Reconstituting the archive: the indigenous ancient world Santa Arias; 2. Mulieres litterarum: oral, visual, and written narratives of indigenous elite women Rocío Quispe-Agnoli; 3. The establishment of feminine paradigms: translators, traitors, nuns Mónica Díaz; 4. Women 'cronistas' in colonial Latin America Valeria Añón; 5. Mulier docta and literary fame: the challenges of authorship in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Beatriz Colombi; 6. New genres, new explorations of womanhood: travel writers, journalists, and working women Mónica Szurmuk and Claudia Torre; 7. Nineteenth-century Brazilian women writers and nation-building: invisibilities, affiliations, resistances Rita Terezinha Schmidt; 8. Sense and sensibility: women's experience in the nineteenth century Francine Masiello; 9. The lyrical world in the nineteenth century Gwen Kirkpatrick; 10. 'The damned mob of scribbling women': gendered networks in fin-de-siècle Latin America Ana Peluffo; 11. Literature by women in the Spanish Antilles Catherine Davies; 12. Women writers in the revolution: regional socialist realism Maricruz Castro Ricalde; 13. Revolutionary insurgencies, paradigmatic cases Parvathi Kumaraswami; 14. The women of the avant-gardes Vicky Unruh; 15. Dissident cosmopolitanism Gabriel Giorgi and Germán Garrido; 16. Boom, realismo mágico – boom and boomito María Rosa Olivera-Williams; 17. Poetry-fugue: Latin American women and the lyrical move Karen Benavente; 18. Mexican migrations, intercultural flows Debra A. Castillo; 19. Displaced selves: exile and migration in Latin American women's writing María Inés Lagos; 20. The view from here María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo; 21. Women writing in the Andes since colonial times Núria Villanova; 22. Rebellion, revision, and renewal: Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean women writers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Kanika Batra; 23. Central American women's literature Nicole Caso; 24. Writing violence Jean Franco; 25. New/old indigenous paradigms in Maya women's literary production Arturo Arias; 26. Genres of the real: testimonio, autobiography, the subjective turn Nora Strejilevich; 27. Performances, memory, monuments Michael J. Lazzara; 28. Mothers and children in biopolitical networks Nora Domínguez; 29. Market and non-consumer narratives: from the 'levity of being' to abjection Beatriz González and Carolyn Fornoff; 30. Per-verse Latin American women poets Laura M. Martins; 31. New forms of writing Marcy Schwartz; 32. Literature about feminicide in Ciudad Juárez Patricia Ravelo Blancas and Héctor Domínguez Ruvalcaba; 33. Afterword: figures, texts, and moments Mary Louise Pratt.

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Book SynopsisMadeline C. Zilfi's book examines gender politics through slavery and social regulation in the Ottoman Empire. In a challenge to prevailing notions, her research shows that throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries female slavery was not only central to Ottoman practice, but a critical component of imperial governance and elite social reproduction. As Zilfi illustrates through her graphic accounts of the humiliations and sufferings endured by these women at the hands of their owners, Ottoman slavery was often as cruel as its Western counterpart. The book focuses on the experience of slavery in the Ottoman capital of Istanbul, also using comparative data from Egypt and North Africa to illustrate the regional diversity and local dynamics that were the hallmarks of slavery in the Middle East during the early modern era. This is an articulate and informed account that sets more general debates on women and slavery in the Ottoman context.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Madeline Zilfi's book examines gender politics through slavery and social regulation in the Ottoman Empire. Her research shows that, throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, female slavery was not only central to Ottoman practice but also a critical component of imperial governance and elite social reproduction.' The Middle EastReview of the hardback: '… all specialized libraries and historians of the Ottoman Empire, and those working in Enslavement Studies should definitely own it; and the author should be commended on her accomplished and valuable work.' Insight Turkey'Zilfi's masterful new work creates space for debate on the topic of women, slavery and the gender hierarchy in the late Ottoman Empire … This contribution will undoubtedly shape the nature of research into slavery in the Ottoman Empire, and represents a major work in the burgeoning field of Ottoman slavery studies. Furthermore, to its great credit, this book contains an excellent bibliography which gathers the secondary studies on slavery in the Middle East and its immediate geographical proximity as well as the relevant methodological literature. It will be a boon for future scholars of slavery in the Ottoman Empire.' Nur Sobers-Khan, New Middle Eastern StudiesTable of ContentsList of illustrations; 1. Empire and imperium; 2. Currents of change; 3. Women and the regulated society; 4. Telling the Ottoman slave story; 5. Meaning and practice; 6. Feminizing slavery; 7. Men are kanun, women are shari'ah.

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This book addresses the problem of underrepresentation of women in politics, by examining how language maintains inequalities. Drawing on case studies including Theresa May and Hillary Clinton, and over 50 interviews with politicians, it explores the role language plays in constructing and resisting barriers to women's political participation.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it explores women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century.Table of Contents1. Reconstituting the archive: the indigenous ancient world Santa Arias; 2. Mulieres litterarum: oral, visual, and written narratives of indigenous elite women Rocío Quispe-Agnoli; 3. The establishment of feminine paradigms: translators, traitors, nuns Mónica Díaz; 4. Women 'cronistas' in colonial Latin America Valeria Añón; 5. Mulier docta and literary fame: the challenges of authorship in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Beatriz Colombi; 6. New genres, new explorations of womanhood: travel writers, journalists, and working women Mónica Szurmuk and Claudia Torre; 7. Nineteenth-century Brazilian women writers and nation-building: invisibilities, affiliations, resistances Rita Terezinha Schmidt; 8. Sense and sensibility: women's experience in the nineteenth century Francine Masiello; 9. The lyrical world in the nineteenth century Gwen Kirkpatrick; 10. 'The damned mob of scribbling women': gendered networks in fin-de-siècle Latin America Ana Peluffo; 11. Literature by women in the Spanish Antilles Catherine Davies; 12. Women writers in the revolution: regional socialist realism Maricruz Castro Ricalde; 13. Revolutionary insurgencies, paradigmatic cases Parvathi Kumaraswami; 14. The women of the avant-gardes Vicky Unruh; 15. Dissident cosmopolitanism Gabriel Giorgi and Germán Garrido; 16. Boom, realismo mágico – boom and boomito María Rosa Olivera-Williams; 17. Poetry-fugue: Latin American women and the lyrical move Karen Benavente; 18. Mexican migrations, intercultural flows Debra A. Castillo; 19. Displaced selves: exile and migration in Latin American women's writing María Inés Lagos; 20. The view from here María Josefina Saldaña-Portillo; 21. Women writing in the Andes since colonial times Núria Villanova; 22. Rebellion, revision, and renewal: Anglophone and Francophone Caribbean women writers in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries Kanika Batra; 23. Central American women's literature Nicole Caso; 24. Writing violence Jean Franco; 25. New/old indigenous paradigms in Maya women's literary production Arturo Arias; 26. Genres of the real: testimonio, autobiography, the subjective turn Nora Strejilevich; 27. Performances, memory, monuments Michael J. Lazzara; 28. Mothers and children in biopolitical networks Nora Domínguez; 29. Market and non-consumer narratives: from the 'levity of being' to abjection Beatriz González and Carolyn Fornoff; 30. Per-verse Latin American women poets Laura M. Martins; 31. New forms of writing Marcy Schwartz; 32. Literature about feminicide in Ciudad Juárez Patricia Ravelo Blancas and Héctor Domínguez Ruvalcaba; 33. Afterword: figures, texts, and moments Mary Louise Pratt.

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Book SynopsisAsma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries. This fascinating history is relevant for anyone interested in the history of Muslim women as well as those seeking a fuller understanding of developments in Muslim educational and social history.Trade Review'… an excellent contribution to extending our understanding of the history of early Hadith transmission … The author is to be commended for her painstaking efforts in bringing out this wealth of insightful material for a wider readership.' Muslim World Book Review'This work by Sayeed is not merely another study on women or gender with a focus on Sunni Islam. Similarly, it is not just about Islamic education and the dissemination of Hadith (stories about the practices and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) that serve as norms for Islamic behavior, both religious and secular. Sayeed's perspectives are much more inclusive, bringing together various methodologies and disciplines … Highly recommended.' S. P. Blackburn, ChoiceTable of Contents1. A tradition invented: the female companions; 2. The successors; 3. The classical rebirth; 4. Traditionalism and the culmination of women's hadīth transmission.

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Book SynopsisThis is the first book-length treatment of the history of motherhood in pre-colonial Africa. This book takes a new approach to longue durée African history through a focus on a highly gendered social institution, and changes our understanding of social and political organization in a region depicted as intensely patriarchal.Trade Review'This work is a major contribution to the expanding new, groundbreaking field of African historical studies, which aims to bring to light the hitherto neglected precolonial social history of the continent. The author shows a full and finely tuned grasp of the techniques of linguistic historical reconstruction and a complete knowledge of - and an ability to effectively incorporate - the literature and the historical sources.' Christopher Ehret, University of California, Los Angeles'This study provides a fascinating analysis of language regarding the nature of marriage and matrilateral relationships in patrilineal societies. It makes a convincing case for seeing marriage and motherhood as lying at the heart of alliance-building in precolonial Africa. This is the most readable and comprehensible text available based on African historical linguistics.' Shane Doyle, University of LeedsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Writing pre-colonial African history: words and other historical fragments; 2. Motherhood in North Nyanza, eighth through the twelfth century; 3. Consolidation and adaptation: the politics of motherhood in early Buganda and South Kyoga, thirteenth through the fifteenth century; 4. Mothering the kingdoms: Buganda, Busoga, and East Kyoga, sixteenth through the eighteenth century; 5. Contesting the authority of mothers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisDuring the Second World War many thousands of women joined the women's auxiliary services to perform important military tasks for the RAF, army and Royal Navy. This book traces the wartime history of these auxiliary services and the integration of women into the British armed forces.Trade Review'Beautifully written, Sisters in Arms braids together policy matters with personal experience in a highly engaging manner. It will become the standard 'go-to' work on the subject, and should be read by absolutely anyone interested in the social or the military aspects of the British wartime experience.' S. P. MacKenzie, author of Bomber Boys on Screen: RAF Bomber Command in Film and Television Drama'Crang's new history of militarised women in Second World War Britain shows us one of the ways that total war entails the remaking of society. Sisters in Arms tells both the stories of the women drawn into the military, and the wider story of how this reshaped wartime Britain.' Lucy Noakes, author of Dying for the Nation: Death, Grief and Bereavement in Second World War Britain'It's easy to forget the thousands of British women who volunteered for military service alongside the men in the Second World War. In this pioneering study, Jeremy Crang reconstructs in telling detail the life of the servicewoman in all three armed forces. This is a remarkably original story, scrupulously researched, and conveyed with humanity and intelligence.' Richard Overy, author of The Bombing War: Europe 1939-1945'Jeremy Crang has produced a clear, wide-ranging and highly readable examination of the auxiliary women's services which draws on fascinating personal testimonies to reconstruct the experiences of members from recruitment through to demobilisation.' Juliette Pattinson, author of Women of War: Gender, Modernity and the First Aid Nursing YeomanryTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Revival; 2. Organisation and recruitment; 3. Training and selection; 4. Work; 5. Status and discipline; 6. Necessities of life; 7. Medical matters; 8. Off duty; 9. Overseas service; 10. Demobilisation and the creation of the permanent women's services; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisFiona Ritchie analyses the significant role played by women in the construction of Shakespeare's reputation which took place in the eighteenth century. The period's perception of Shakespeare as unlearned allowed many women to identify with him and in doing so they seized an opportunity to enter public life by writing about and performing his works. Actresses (such as Hannah Pritchard, Kitty Clive, Susannah Cibber, Dorothy Jordan and Sarah Siddons), female playgoers (including the Shakespeare Ladies Club) and women critics (like Charlotte Lennox, Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Griffith and Elizabeth Inchbald), had a profound effect on Shakespeare's reception. Interdisciplinary in approach and employing a broad range of sources, this book's analysis of criticism, performance and audience response shows that in constructing Shakespeare's significance for themselves and for society, women were instrumental in the establishment of Shakespeare at the forefront of English literature, theatre, cTrade Review'This compelling and original book enriches and complicates the history of Shakespeare's reputation. Fiona Ritchie expands traditional notions of literary criticism beyond the printed page to include play-going, patronage and performance, at the same time introducing new evidence of the range and depth of women's cultural work in the eighteenth century.' Elizabeth Eger, King's College London'In a lively and engaging book Fiona Ritchie explores the construction of Shakespeare's reputation in the eighteenth century and the active and substantial role women played in this as performers, critics, editors and playgoers. This book provides an important contribution to the fields of Shakespeare and women's studies.' Antonia Forster, University of Akron'In this groundbreaking book, Ritchie explores the role of eighteenth-century women in establishing Shakespeare as Britain's national playwright. … This volume is a fine addition to the scholarship on Shakespeare, theater history, and women's intellectual history. … Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' L. J. Larson, Choice'This is an important intervention in studies of Shakespeare in the eighteenth century, and we are indebted to Ritchie for turning the spotlight on women. … Women and Shakespeare in the Eighteenth Century is hopefully just the beginning of a much needed conversation that problematizes all three categories: women, Shakespeare, and the eighteenth century. It raises a series of fascinating questions for future scholarship: were these radical adaptations really presented as and considered to be Shakespeare? How does women's engagement with Shakespeare - as actresses, as critics, as audiences - change over the course of the eighteenth century? And how did their engagement with Shakespeare differ from other canonical authors?' Elaine McGirr, The Review of English StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction: women and Shakespeare in the Restoration; 1. Actresses in the age of Garrick; 2. Female critics in the age of Johnson; 3. Theatrical women respond to Shakespeare; 4. Jordan and Siddons: beyond Thalia and Melpomene; 5. Women playgoers: historical repertory and sentimental response; Conclusion: part of an Englishwoman's constitution; Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisDuring the Middle Ages, rape and abduction were understood together as forms of theft. This study of illicit sexuality in medieval England is the first to explore these overlapping offences, examining how women operated within the legal system and the impact this had on their lives.Trade Review'… offers a rich analysis subdivided into topics that include rape, elopement, forced abduction, adultery, and false accusations … Dunn displays an admirable ability in scrupulous analysis of court records and legislation, attending to the interests of lawmakers as well as all potentially interested parties … Above all, one finishes this book wanting to hear a great deal more from Caroline Dunn.' Sara McDougall, The Medieval Review'Drawing on an impressive selection of primary sources, Caroline Dunn's Stolen Women in Medieval England … examines male control and female agency through an investigation of several different types of sexual offenses … this book lays a strong groundwork for further review of female agency in the Middle Ages.' Rutgers Book Review Journal'The strength of Dunn's study lies in her cogent analysis of sources and how she connects this evidence to changes in the legal statutes and culture in England … [it] offers new insights on the crimes of rape and abduction as well as the clever ways in which the laity maneuvered in and out of marital unions.' Medieval Feminist Forum'Stolen Women offers exceptional thoroughness, subtlety, and precision and will be hard to replace as the new standard work on ravishment in later medieval English law.' Kim M. Phillips, SpeculumTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Laws and legal definitions; 2. Rape; 3. Abduction and forced marriage; 4. Elopement abductions; 5. Adultery; 6. Retaliatory abductions and malicious legal proceedings; Conclusion; Appendix I: ravishment legislation; Appendix II: sources of ravishment cases; Bibliography.

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The New Feminist Literary Studies presents sixteen essays by leading and emerging scholars that examine contemporary feminism and the most pressing issues of today. The book is divided into three sections. This first section , ''Frontiers'', contains essays on issues and phenomena that may be considered, if not new, then newly and sometimes uneasily prominent in the public eye: transfeminism, the sexual violence highlighted by #MeToo, Black motherhood, migration, sex worker rights, and celebrity feminism. Essays in the second section, ''Fields'', specifically intervene into long-constituted or relatively new academic fields and areas of theory: disability studies, eco-theory, queer studies, and Marxist feminism. Finally, the third section, ''Forms'', is dedicated to literary genres and tackles novels of domesticity, feminist dystopias, young adult fiction, feminist manuals and manifestos, memoir, and poetry. Together these essays provide new interventions into the thinking and theorisi

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Book SynopsisBringing together the most current research on the relationship between crime and gender in the West between 1600 and 1914, this authoritative volume places female criminality within its everyday context. It reveals how their socio-economic and cultural contexts provided women with ''agency'' against a range of European backdrops, despite a fundamentally patriarchal criminal justice system, and includes in-depth analysis of original sources to show how changing living standards, employment, schooling and welfare arrangements had a direct impact on the quality of life of working class women, their risk of becoming involved in crime, and the likelihood of being prosecuted for it. Rather than treating women''s criminality as always exceptional, this study draws out the similarities between female and male criminality, demonstrating how an understanding of specific cultural and socio-economic contexts is essential to explain female criminality, both why their criminal patterns changed, andTrade Review'A welcome contribution to the historiography of female criminality, and the influence that gender played in European criminal justice systems. It brings together some of the foremost scholars in the field and provides both depth and breadth. Broader analyses of space and place are complemented by closer examinations of policy and representation.' Heather Shore, Leeds Beckett University'This stimulating volume questions common assumptions about the qualities and quantities of female criminality. The astonishing array of female recidivists, women who used the law of pragmatic reasons, urban-dwellers who gained independence but also precarity, and transgressors of feminine norms who ended up in workhouses, lunatic asylums, and refuges are brought to the fore in all their variety and multiple meanings.' Katherine Crawford, Vanderbilt University, Nashville'This volume of collected essays sets out to reexamine the intersections of gender and criminality while challenging dominant assumptions about women's passivity, innocence, and victimhood … Recommended.' J. Werner, Choice'… most valuable contributions is the bibliography which will no doubt prove an important resource for students and scholars alike. The editors, Manon van der Heijden in particular, have done a very good job situating the debates in terms of modern scholarship on women's roles in the labour force and society. It is another well-placed and necessary attack on simplistic applications of the ideology of 'separate spheres' as a way to 'explain' women who commit crimes. This is very useful for those studying gender and women.' Karen A. Macfarlane, H-Soz-Kult'… Women's Criminality in Europe, 1600-1914 adds ably to a growing literature …' Russ Immarigeon, Rutgers: Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books'Scholars of women and crime, imprisonment and reoffending, newspaper reporting, and the multiple factors that influenced these matters will find much of interest and value.' Katherine D. Watson, The Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryTable of Contents1. Introduction: women and crime in history Sanne Muurling, Marion Pluskota and Manon van der Heijden; 2. Explaining crime and gender in Europe between 1600 and 1900 Manon van der Heijden; Part I. Violence, Space and Gender: 3. Women, violence and the uses of justice before the Criminal Court of early modern Bologna Sanne Muurling; 4. The 'vanishing' female perpetrator of common assault Jo Turner; Part II. Prosecution and Punishment: 5. Gender and the prosecution of adultery in Geneva, 1550–1700 Sara Beam; 6. 'Find the lady': tracing and describing the incarcerated female population of London in 1881 Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey; 7. Gender and release from imprisonment: convict licensing systems in mid- to late-nineteenth-century England Helen Johnston and David J. Cox; 8. Female and male prisoners in Queensland 1880–1899: re-entry, risk factors, recidivism Alana Piper, Catrien Bijleveld, Susan Dennison and Jonathan de Bruin; Part III. Representation of Crime: 9. Girls, young women and crime: perceptions, realities and responses in a long-term perspective Sarah Auspert, Margo de Koster and Veerle Massin; 10. 'Monstrous and indefensible'? Newspaper accounts of sexual assaults on children in nineteenth-century England and Wales Daniel J. R. Grey; 11. Gender and Dutch newspaper reports of intimate violence, 1880–1910 Clare Wilkinson.

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This new edition of Wiesner-Hanks's prize-winning survey has been thoroughly updated with significant changes designed to reflect the newest scholarship in every chapter. Global issues have been threaded fully throughout the book. As the leading text on women and gender in Europe, this remains essential reading for all students.

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Book SynopsisSet in rapidly changing late 17th-century London, Ingenious Trade reveals a generation of young women taking up apprenticeships and making their way in trade. Drawing on engagingly detailed court cases, it recovers their ambitions, conflicts, networks and careers, showing the significance of women's work to their identities, and to the city.Trade Review'Gowing puts female apprenticeship convincingly front and centre in the history of early modern women, showing how girls learned the gendered mix of agency and contingency that would shape their lives as producers, traders and consumers. This book is a pleasure for its readers and a triumph for its author.' Cynthia Herrup, University of Southern California'This wonderful book shifts women's artisanal training from the historiographical margins to the centre of city life. Focusing on people rather than things, Gowing's meticulous research brings to life the female makers and sellers of the consumer revolution and shows how women's skilled work crafted gendered identity alongside producing goods.' Alexandra Shepard, University of Glasgow'… she writes in a style that makes her book readily accessible to students and those generally interested in early modern daily life.' Joseph P. Ward, Seventeenth-Century NewsTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Bred in the Exchange: Seamstresses and Shopkeepers; 2. Girls as Apprentices; 3. Managing the Trade: Women as Mistresses; 4. What Girls Learned; 5. Making Havoc: Discipline, Demeanour and Resistance; 6. Freedoms and Customs; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis fourth edition of Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks''s prize-winning survey features significant changes to every chapter, designed to reflect the newest scholarship. Global issues have been threaded throughout the book, while still preserving the clear thematic structure of previous editions. Thus readers will find expanded discussions of gendered racial hierarchies, migration, missionaries, and consumer goods. In addition, there is enhanced coverage of recent theoretical directions; the ideas, beliefs, and practices of ordinary people; early industrialization; women''s learning, letter writing, and artistic activities; emotions and sentiments; single women and same-sex relations; masculinities; mixed-race and enslaved women; and the life course from birth to death. With geographically broad coverage, including Russia, Scandinavia, the Ottoman Empire, and the Iberian Peninsula, this remains the leading text on women and gender in Europe in this period. Accompanying this essential reading isTrade Review'Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks' Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe has long been a staple of classroom instruction. With this new edition she makes a fine textbook even better. Her addition of questions of global history, intersectionality, race, and consumer revolution are most welcome and will be highly relevant for contemporary classroom use. It remains the standard synthesis of the subject.' Christine Kooi, Louisiana State University'This thoroughly revised edition of a classic overview remains the gold standard on the subject. Wiesner-Hanks' firm grasp of a sprawling and dynamic subject is astounding, particularly in her skill at providing a thoughtful and judicious introduction to a wide range of related questions and issues. Enthusiastically recommended for any reader interested in women and gender in any historical period or society.' Joel F. Harrington, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee'No other text has yet surpassed Wiesner-Hanks' in clarity and depth of knowledge on women and gender in early modern Europe. Inside the covers of her book scholars and students will find a rich tapestry of individuals with complex selves brought to life by the author's fine prose. An invitation to rethink what it meant to be a woman in the early modern world.' Marta V. Vicente, University of Kansas'Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is a master of her craft. This textbook is packed with stimulating information and points for discussion on every page. Geographically and thematically wide-ranging, this remains an unrivaled overview. Issues of sexual identification, race and equality are central to discussions of current societies. This book offers an astonishing guide to their history. Not just relevant for early modernist or history students, this is a book which everyone interested in gender's past and future will enjoy and learn from.' Ulinka Rublack, University of CambridgeTable of Contents1. Ideas and laws; Part I. Body: 2. The female life cycle; 3. Women's economic role; Part II. Mind: 4. Learning and letters; 5. The creation of culture; Part III. Spirit: 6. Religion; 7. Witchcraft; 8. Gender and power; 9. Gender in the colonial world.

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Book SynopsisWomen''s International Thought: A New History is the first cross-disciplinary history of women''s international thought. Bringing together some of the foremost historians and scholars of international relations working today, this book recovers and analyses the path-breaking work of eighteen leading thinkers of international politics from the early to mid-twentieth century. Recovering and analyzing this important work, the essays offer revisionist accounts of IR''s intellectual and disciplinary history and expand the locations, genres, and practices of international thinking. Systematically structured, and focusing in particular on Black diasporic, Anglo-American, and European historical women, it does more than ''add women'' to the existing intellectual and disciplinary histories from which they were erased. Instead, it raises fundamental questions about which kinds of subjects and what kind of thinking constitutes international thought, opening new vistas to scholars and students of Trade Review'A breath-taking eye-opener of a book and required reading for everyone studying international relations and the history of political thought. With cutting-edge scholarship … it reveals new horizons of internationalism, socialism, and solidarity. It unveils fierce critiques of the nation-state and imperialism, centres race and gender as topics within international thought, and reveals the ways in which the politics of race and gender have shaped the field. This book reshapes the field beautifully.' Hannah Dawson, King's College London'This defies all conventions, categories, and canons to bring new, nuanced histories of women, intellectualism, and internationalism into view. With essays on socialist internationalist theory, war and empire, and global black liberation, these authors show that no study of internationalism - institutional or otherwise - can be complete without rigorous examination of women theorists.' Ashley D. Farmer, University of Texas, Austin'This points the way to a renovation of our canon in a field first named by a woman in 1929. Portending a new historiography, the results so far correct, encourage, and reprimand all those who have tried to write the history of antiracism, human rights, and peace, among so many other international causes and frameworks.' Samuel Moyn, Yale University'By recovering the international thought and practice of a diverse group of brilliant and dedicated women scholars and activists, this essential volume rewrites the history of the field. Often working under duress and at the edges of the academy, these thinkers nonetheless shaped understandings of – and galvanized engagement with – the pressing global problems of their times. We have much to learn from their work, and from their example.' Susan Pedersen, Columbia University'This remarkable collection upends the unspoken consensus of virtually all of those who write about the foundational thinkers and ideas about international relations: that women never mattered.' Robert Vitalis, University of Pennsylvania'… the book challenges the traditional IR canon and demonstrates how to uncover hidden discourses.' Jan Stöckmann, International AffairsTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Patricia Owens and Katharina Rietzler; Introduction: Toward a History of Women's International Thought Patricia Owens and Katharina Rietzler; I. Canonical Thinkers: 1. Anna Julia Cooper on Slavery's Afterlife: Can International Thought 'Hear' Her 'Muffled' Voice and Ideas? Vivian M. May; 2. Revolutionary Thinking: Luxemburg's Socialist International Theory Kimberley Hutchings; 3. Of Colonialism and Corpses: Simone Weil on Force Helen M. Kinsella; 4. Ideas in Action: Eslanda Robeson's International Thought After 1945 Imaobong Umoren; II. Outsiders: 5. Elizabeth Lippincott McQueen: Thinking International Peace in an Air-Minded Age Tamson Pietsch; 6. Women of the Twenty Years' Crisis: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the Problem of Collective Security Lucian Ashworth; 7. Theorizing (with) Amy Ashwood Garvey Robbie Shilliam; 8. 'The Dark Skin[ned] People of the Eastern World': Mittie Maude Lena Gordon's Vision of Afro-Asian Solidarity Keisha N. Blain; 9. Elizabeth Wiskemann, Scholar-Journalist, and the Study of International Relations Geoffrey Field; III. Thinking In or Around the Academy: 10. From F. Melian Stawell to E. Greene Balch: International and Internationalist Thinking at the Gender Margins, 1919–1947 Glenda Sluga; 11. Race, Gender, Empire, and War in the International Thought of Emily Greene Balch Catia Confortini; 12. Beyond Illusions: Imperialism, Race and Technology in Merze Tate's International Thought Barbara Savage; 13. A Plan for Plenty: The International Thought of Barbara Wootton Or Rosenboim; 14. Collective Security for Common Men and Women: Vera Micheles Dean and U.S. Foreign Relations Andrew Jewett; 15. What Can We (She) Know About Sovereignty? Krystyna Marek and the Worldedness of International Law Natasha Wheatley.

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Book SynopsisQuotas for women in government have swept the globe. Yet we know little about their capacity to upend entrenched social, political, and economic hierarchies. Women, Power, and Property explores this question within the context of India, the world''s largest democracy. Brulé employs a research design that maximizes causal inference alongside extensive field research to explain the relationship between political representation, backlash, and economic empowerment. Her findings show that women in government gatekeepers catalyze access to fundamental economic rights to property. Women in politics have the power to support constituent rights at critical junctures, such as marriage negotiations, when they can strike integrative solutions to intrahousehold bargaining. Yet there is a paradox: quotas are essential for enforcement of rights, but they generate backlash against women who gain rights without bargaining leverage. In this groundbreaking study, Brulé shows how well-designed quotas caTrade Review'In this powerful and subtle book, Rachel Brulé combs through an array of micro-level data for clues regarding the causes of and obstacles to gender inequality in India. One of her most stunning findings is that femicide actually increases when gender-equal inheritance laws are enforced – unless families are freed from the expectation that a daughter's property is forfeited to in-laws upon marriage. This book is a triumph of social science and a model for empirical scholarship on gender.' Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Yale University, Connecticut'Brulé's study breaks new ground in exploring the economic effects of women's political representation. Her 'gatekeeper' theory shows how the presence of female officials in local governments in India shapes whether women are able to access their rights and improve their economic status. The result is a clear illustration that meaningful change for women requires shifts in social norms and practices – not just in formal legal reforms.' Melani Cammett, Harvard University, Massachusetts'The study of property rights is undergoing a resurgence in political science. Rachel Brulé's stunning new book is at the forefront of this movement. Expertly combining the best tools of area studies and modern social science, Brulé shows how increases in women's political representation have altered social and property relations in India. Anyone interested in how low status groups can challenge a deeply entrenched status quo should read this book.' Timothy M. Frye, Columbia University, New YorkTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A theory of political representation and economic agency; 3. Property and power: a political history of the Hindu joint family; 4. Where are the women? Investigating reform's roots; 5. The politics of property rights enforcement; 6. The long arm of resistance: refusal to care for parents; 7. Representation and violence: gender equality and sex selection; 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis volume traces the life journeys of a cohort of influential and transformative women in psychology, now in or nearing retirement, who have changed the discipline and the broader world of academia in significant ways. The 26 reflective essays record how these scholars thrived in an academic landscape that was often, at best, unwelcoming, and, at worst, hostile, toward them. They explicitly and implicitly acknowledge that their paths were inextricably linked with the evolution of women''s roles in society; they highlight and celebrate their achievements as much as they acknowledge and recognize the obstacles, barriers, and hurdles they overcame. They tell their stories with candor and humor, resulting in a compilation of inspiring essays. The end result of these individual narratives is a volume that provides a unique resource for current and future academics to help them navigate through the crossroads, curves, and challenges of their own careers in academia.Trade Review'This book is an extraordinary window into the lives of 26 remarkable women in psychology. Their personal stories are captivating, serving as a testament to the shared roles of determination and serendipity in shaping their lives. Their accounts of gender inequity underscore what has – and, sadly, has not – changed in academia. Their invaluable words of wisdom make this a must-read for junior and senior scholars alike.' Katherine Fiori, Professor of Psychology, Adelphi University, USA'The contributions of women in the field of psychology have gone relatively unrecognized until this ground-breaking edited volume. From a life-course perspective, we are shown the challenges and triumphs of pioneering women through fascinating personal stories that highlight their impact across various sub-disciplines within the field of psychology. A must-read!' Lisa Hollis-Sawyer, Associate Professor of Psychology, Northeastern Illinois University, USATable of ContentsForeword: Jennifer Lodi-Smith; Introduction: The voices of remarkable women in psychology Nicky J. Newton and Jamila Bookwala; 1. Hardly a straight line: My career in psychology Leona S. Aiken; 2. Challenging paradigms: It takes a village Carolyn Aldwin; 3. From young and naïve to old and experienced Toni C. Antonucci; 4. Being the change you want to see in the world Susan Basow; 5. Accidental professor Joan C. Chrisler; 6. Finding a place and changing the space Kay Deaux; 7. The more you do, the better it gets Florence Denmark; 8. Happily ever after Phoebe C. Ellsworth; 9. Love and work: How to (and not to) have both Susan T. Fiske; 10. Overcoming obstacles and thriving Irene Hanson Frieze; 11. Out of the box: Forging a clinical career in clinical psychology in the liberal arts academy Laurie Heatherington; 12. Stress has been good to me: My career in psychoneuroimmunology Janice K. Kiecolt-Glaser; 13. On pioneering at northwestern university…with a 'Village' of supports Diana Slaughter Kotzin; 14. Against all odds: An American Indian creates a path Marigold Linton; 15. Tricked by memory Elizabeth F. Loftus; 16. Doing psychology in unsettled times Jeanne Marecek; 17. Overcoming obstacles: Persisting, pivoting and paying attention to unforeseen opportunities Rachel Pruchno; 18. Knocking on doors that opened for me Lauren B. Resnick; 19. Paths unexpected, but rewarding, during an academic journey Karen S. Rook; 20. Reflections on an improbable journey Carol D. Ryff ; 21. The delicate art of balancing serendipity and plan fullness in an academic career Stephanie A. Shields; 22. A “skin in the game” scaffolded career Margaret Beale Spencer; 23. A wonderful journey along an unforeseen path: Memoir of an improbable career Mary Ann Parris Stephens; 24. Choosing both: Finding a path as an academic feminist Abigail J. Stewart; 25. Identity and my life story in psychology Susan Krauss Whitbourne; 26. Doing what matters: A framework for academic success Camille Wortman; Conclusion: Reflecting on the collective Jamila Bookwala and Nicky J. Newton.

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Book SynopsisThis book answers three simple questions. First, what mistaken assumptions do we make about the early modern period when we ignore women''s literary contributions? Second, how might we come to recognise women''s influence on the history of literature and culture, as well as those instances of outright pathbreaking mastery for which they are so often responsible? Finally, is it possible to see some women writers as world-makers in their own right, individuals whose craft cut into cultural practice so incisively that their shaping authority can be traced well beyond their own moment? The essays in this volume pursue these questions through intense archival investigation, intricate close reading, and painstaking literary-historical tracking, tracing in concrete terms sixteen remarkable women and their world-shaping activities.Table of ContentsIntroduction; The literary contours of women's world-making Brandie R. Siegfried and Pamela S. Hammons; Part I. Early Modern Women Framing the Modern World: 1. Erotic origins: genesis, the passion, and Aemilia Lanyer's Queer temporality Erin Murphy; 2. Aphra Behn's fiction: transmission, editing, and canonization Paul Salzman; 3. From aisling vision to Irish queen: the reimergence of Gráinne Ní Mháille in Europe's revolutionary period Brandie R. Siegfried; 4. Reframing the picture: screening early modern women for modern audiences Lisa Walters and Naomi Miller; Part II. Remaking the Literary World: 5. Uncloseted: geography and early modern women's dramatic writing Marion Wynne-Davies; 6. Lucy Hutchinson's memoirs as auto-biography Laura DeFurio; 7. Commonplace genres, or women's interventions in non-traditional literary forms: Madame de Sablé, Aphra Behn, and the maxim Victoria E. Burke; 8. Form, formalism, and literary studies: the case of Margaret Cavendish Lara Dodds; Part III. Connecting the Social Worlds of Religion, Politics, and Philosophy: 9. Royalism and resistance: the personal and the political in Anne, Lady Halkett's Meditations, 1660–1699 Suzanne Trill; 10. Hester Pulter's dissolving worlds Marshelle Woodward; 11. The feminist worlds of Margaret Cavendish David Cunning; 12. Augustus reigns, but poets still are low: Aphra Behn's world in the emperor of the moon (1687) Elaine Hobby; Part IV. Rethinking Early Modern Types and Stereotypes: 13. Learning to imitate women: male education and the grammar of female experience Catherine Loomis; 14. Mothers and widows: world-making against stereotypes in early modern English women's manuscript writings Pamela Hammons; 15. Queer virgins: nuns, reproductive futurism, and early modern English culture Jaime Goodrich; 16. Defensor Feminae: Aemilia Lanyer and Rachel Speght Elizabeth Hodgson; 17. Margaret Cavendish's Melancholy identity: gender and the evolution of a Genre Tina Skouen and Henriette Kolle.

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Book SynopsisA ground-breaking contribution that broadens our understanding of the history of prints, this edited volume assembles international senior and rising scholars and showcases an array of exciting new research that reassesses the history of women in the graphic arts c. 1700 to 1830. Sixteen essays present archival findings and insightful analyses that tell compelling stories about women across social classes and nations who persevered against the obstacles of their gender to make vital contributions as creative and skilled graphic artists, astute entrepreneurs and savvy negotiators of copyright law in Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and the United States. The book is a valuable resource for both students and instructors, offers important new perspectives for print scholars and aims to provide impetus for further research. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.

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Book SynopsisDiana Vreeland has been called the fashion editor of the twentieth century. An epic self-mythologizer, she had an incredible aura of glamour, a great eye, and a genius for life. This title includes more than 300 illustrations, photographs, and drawings, many by the fashion photographers of her time such as Louise Dahl Wolfe, Irving Penn, and more.Trade Review"Diana Vreeland was the beacon of fashion for the twentieth century. She spotted, attracted, and showcased the most talented designers, photographers, illustrators, models, and fashion icons and gave their genius a glamorous theater. This book is a beautiful tribute to her." -- Diane Von Furstenberg "D.V. dazzled and dazed you, laughed, sang, and prophesized in a single sentence. She was a self-made triumph of spirit, distilling all the world's glories... In this wonderful book, you get to sit at her knee and see how she made herself-this quintessential all-tribe American." -- Lauren Hutton "Dwight gives new richness and poignancy to a personality appreciated primarily for her epigrammatic wit, dramatic flair, and compelling style... a nuanced portrait of a twentieth-century woman, socially liberated and intellectually unfettered, a modern careerist who never shed her Edwardian proprieties, a woman in full." -- Harold Koda, Director, the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Book SynopsisOne woman's misguided quest for love, sex, and as much airtime as possibleLisa G. baked cookies for men for all the wrong reasons, but she got it right in radio, eventually landing her dream job as a reporter on The Howard Stern Show.Recipe for Sex, Lies & Cookies 1 oz. dysfunctional Long Island Jewish childhood 3 tbsp. sheer determination 2 cups of double-Ds 1 spoonful of hip-hop A few pinches of sex and a dash of radio reporting Combine ingredients in a large bowl and mix well. Salt-n-Pepa to taste, and season with Flavor Flav.Yields: 1 unrated memoir 25+ delicious cookie recipes Lisa G.’s guide to planning the perfect cookie party

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Book SynopsisFilled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional—and nearly forgotten—young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her family for love.Encouraged to be “winners” from a young age, Rose and Joe Kennedy’s children were the embodiment of ambitious, wholesome Americanism. Yet even within this ebullient group of overachievers, the fourth Kennedy child, the irrepressible Kathleen, stood out. Lively, charismatic, extremely clever, and blessed with graceful athleticism and a sunny disposition, the alluring socialite fondly known as Kick was a firecracker who effortlessly made friends and stole hearts.Moving across the Atlantic when her father was appointed as the ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kick—the “nicest Kennedy”—quickly became the family’s star. Despite making little effort to fit into British

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