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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Women's Political Activism in Palestine is remarkable for its attention to detail that is skillfully pitched to appeal both to readers with interests in women's activism more generally and to those with a deeper regional knowledge specific to Palestine. . . . A thought-provoking text that sits among the finest social scientific works on contemporary Palestine in recent years." --LSE Review of Books"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"The author has succeeded in achieving the aim of analysing and generating a better understanding of micro-level politics as represented in Palestinian women's everyday practices." --Women's Studies International Forum"A narrative that is rich with fresh insights and enlightening anecdotes, and affords a cluster of new solutions to old problems." --South Asia Magazine"Sophie Richter-Devroe's research offers a rich description and analysis of women's political activism in Palestine. . . . The focus on women's multiple forms of political engagement in the post Al-Aqsa intifada fills a gap in our knowledge about the contemporary landscape of women's politics in Palestine." --Journal of Women, Politics & Policy"Richter-Devroe's book navigates many complex trajectories and dispels the notion of understanding the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle from a Western liberal viewpoint." --Middle East Monitor"This highly engaging book poses new questions about Palestinian women's activism in Occupied Palestine, in light of the failure of the Oslo process, ongoing and intensifying Israeli colonization, dispossession and violent repression, and the absence of an effective and legitimate Palestinian national leadership." --Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies"This brilliant book challenges successfully common theoretical approaches to the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Richter-Devroe takes the analysis of women's resistance in Palestine into new intriguing and fascinating areas of inquiry. This book successfully combines a very thorough theoretical examination with a very humane narration of life in Palestine under the Israeli colonization. A must-read for students, scholars, and anyone looking to shed new light on the evergreen topic of Palestinian resistance."--Ilan Pappé, author of The Forgotten Palestinians: A History of the Palestinians in Israel "Richter Devroe offers a rich and nuanced account of women’s ways of doing politics in contemporary occupied Palestine. It is an essential reading for all those seeking to understand how resistance is entrenched into mundane and ordinary practices in everyday life."--Ruba Salih, author of Gender in Transnationalism: Home, Longing, and Belonging among Moroccan Migrant Women

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Book SynopsisHow the Cold War era changed the trajectory of women's gymnastics Electrifying athletes like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci helped make women's artistic gymnastics one of the most popular events in the Olympic Games. But the transition of gymnastics from a women's sport to a girl's sport in the 1970s also laid the foundation for a system of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of gymnasts around the world. Georgia Cervin offers a unique history of women's gymnastics, examining how the high-stakes diplomatic rivalry of the Cold War created a breeding ground for exploitation. Yet, a surprising spirit of international collaboration arose to decide the social values and image of femininity demonstrated by the sport. Cervin also charts the changes in style, equipment, training, and participants that transformed the sport, as explosive athleticism replaced balletic grace and gymnastics dominance shifted from East to West. Sweeping and revelatory, Degrees of Difficulty tells a story of interTrade Review"Degrees of Difficulty is an important read and makes the case for necessary changes to a sport that millions love to watch but whose institutional history few understand." --Journal of Sport History"Georgia Cervin's Degrees of Difficulty is an enthralling analysis of elite women's gymnastics, from a scholar's and insider's view. Through carefully applied lenses of gender, race, power, and politics, Cervin exposes the historical underbelly of cheating, bribery, abuse, and political manipulation in one of the world's most popular Olympic Sports."--Kevin B. Wamsley, coauthor of Sport in Canada: A History, fourth edition

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Mormon History Association Best International Book Award The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints continues to contend with longstanding tensions surrounding gender and race. Yet women of color in the United States and across the Global South adopt and adapt the faith to their contexts, many sharing the high level of satisfaction expressed by Latter-day Saints in general. Caroline Kline explores the ways Latter-day Saint women of color in Mexico, Botswana, and the United States navigate gender norms, but also how their moral priorities and actions challenge Western feminist assumptions. Kline analyzes these traditional religious women through non-oppressive connectedness, a worldview that blends elements of female empowerment and liberation with a broader focus on fostering positive and productive relationships in different realms. Even as members of a patriarchal institution, the women feel a sense of liberation that empowers them to work against oppression and agTrade Review"Scrupulously researched. . . . Kline's conclusions are vitally important, not only for scholars who must now expand their sense of the variety of responses Mormon women have to Church teachings and policies, but also for missionaries, travelers, investigators, and leaders at all levels in this hierarchical, patriarchal, imperfect, Utah-based church." --Association of Mormon Letters“Reading Caroline Kline's Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness has been an exercise of discovery, delight, and richly provoking insights. . . . I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone with a stake in the tradition. " --Juvenile Instructor"Mormon Women at the Crossroads blends personal stories with theological considerations of women’s roles in contemporary Mormonism." --Foreword Reviews"Yes! Mobilizing her powerful skills as a researcher and her lived understanding of Mormonism, Caroline Kline amplifies the voices of women from the global Mormon movement with a level of respect for complexity and nuance we just don’t get from official LDS venues. In so doing, she offers us all a model for Mormon Studies--and, more broadly, religious studies--of how to navigate the vast distances in geography, history, and perspective that one faith tradition can embrace. This is how we understand our fellow Saints: we listen and let them teach us. Thank you, Dr. Kline. This book should be taught in introductory religious studies courses nationwide, and I hope no Mormon Studies class in the country proceeds without this text on the syllabus."--Joanna Brooks, author of Mormonism and White Supremacy: American Christianity and the Problem of Racial Innocence

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Book SynopsisWhen an obscure primary election met the culture wars In 1990, a suburban Chicago race for the Republican Party nomination for state representative unexpectedly became a national proxy battle over abortion in the United States. But the hard-fought primary also illustrated the overlooked importance of down-ballot contests in America's culture wars. Patrick Wohl offers the dramatic account of a rollercoaster campaign that, after attracting political celebrities and a media circus, came down to thirty-one votes, a coin toss to determine the winner, and a recount fight that set a precedent for how to count dimpled chads. As the story unfolds, Wohl provides a rare nuts-and-bolts look at an election for state office from its first days through the Illinois Supreme Court decision that decided the winner--and set the stage for a decisive 1992 rematch. A compelling political page-turner, Down Ballot takes readers behind the scenes of a legendary Illinois election.Trade Review"Engaging prose. . . . Will likely be a popular selection as the 2024 election draws near. It will also be of interest to those teaching civics and journalism." --Library Journal“Patrick Wohl’s important, entertaining book illustrates what we lose when local news is replaced with nationalized political coverage. Anyone who thinks local politics is boring hasn’t heard of the Pullen-Mulligan race.”--Elise Jordan, NBC News and MSNBC political analyst“The Pullen-Mulligan race was unlike any other I covered in thirty-plus years in journalism on so many levels. It absolutely underscores the importance of paying attention to local races and to the critical role local media play in our democracy.”--Madeleine Doubek, former Daily Herald political reporter and executive director of CHANGE IllinoisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Amendment XXVII Rosemary Mulligan Blood Terrorists Henry Penny Two Cents On the Trail Raccoons, Reporters, and Rapists’ Rights GOTV Dimpled Chads Heads or Tails Rematch Talk of the Town Goldwater Girls Epilogue Notes

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A valuable contribution to the literature on gender studies and resistance in Palestine and the Middle East by drawing our focus to the body and the realm of [the] intimate as a medium for experiencing subordination, whether through patriarchy or settler-colonialism, and the way the body becomes a means of resistance."—Julie Peteet, University of Louisville"Defying 'The Plan' portrays a nuanced and complex understanding of the relationship between Palestinian women, Palestinian society, and the Zionist state."—Islah Jad, Birzeit UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Transliteration and Translation Introduction1. Embodied Citizen Strangers2. Born with a Plan3. Defying Bodies4. Defying Desire5. Defying Intimate Relations6. Defying the Plan: Feminist Selves?ConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents Acknowledgments Queer Feminist Science Studies: An Introduction Part One | Histories of Difference 1. Sexing the X: How the X Became the “Female Chromosome” / Sarah S. Richardson 2. Pelvic Politics: Sexual Dimorphism and Racial Difference / Sally Markowitz 3. The Sexual Reproduction of “Race”: Bisexuality, History, and Racialization / Merl Storr 4. From Masturbator to Homosexual: The Construction of the Sex Pervert / Ladelle McWhorter 5. “An Unnamed Blank that Craved a Name”: A Genealogy of Intersex as Gender / David A. Rubin Part Two | Contemporary Archives and Case Studies 1. Black Anality / Jennifer C. Nash 2. At the Same Time, Out of Time: Ashley X / Alison Kafer 3. “BIID”? Queer (Dis)Orientations and the Phenomenology of “Home” / Nikki Sullivan 4. The Allure of Artifice: Deploying a Filipina Avatar in the Digital Porno-Tropics / Mitali Thakor 5. Gone, Missing: Queering and Racializing Absence in Trans & Intersex Archives / Hilary Malatino Part Three | Disruptive Practices 1. Immodest Witnessing, Affective Economies, and Objectivity / Michelle Murphy 2. Pussy Ballistics and the Queer Appeal of Peristalsis, or Belly Dancing with Margaret Cho / Rachel Lee 3. Embodiments of Safety / Kane Race 4. Consent, Capacity, and the Non-Narrative / Amber Musser 5. Brains, Sex, and Queers 2090: An Ideal Experiment / Isabelle Dussauge Part Four | Beyond the Human 1. “Why Do Voles Fall in Love?”: Sexual Dimorphism in Monogamy Gene Research / Angela Willey and Sara Giordano 2. Natural Convers(at)ions: Or, What if Culture Was Really Nature All Along? / Vicki Kirby 3. “The Bio-Technological Impact” and “Abstract Sex” / Luciana Parisi 4. Toxic Animacies, Inanimate Affections / Mel Y. Chen 5. Plasmodial Improprieties: Octavia E. Butler, Slime Molds, and Imagining a Femi-Queer Commons / Aimee Bahng Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"With memories and stories at the forefront, the book is a magisterial contribution to the discipline of anthropology." * North American Congress on Latin America *"For those designing undergraduate and graduate courses in Puerto Rican Studies, Latinx Studies, and Ethnic Studies and seeking readings that present innovative methodological and epistemological contributions, Hilda Lloréns’ Making Livable Worlds is highly recommended. The work invites spirited and engaging classroom discussions that promote expanded thinking in written work. Beyond the classroom, Lloréns’s methodology and nuanced treatment of too often simplified contested concepts make all-important contributions to these fields of study. Her serious attention to the daily work and interventions of Black and Afro-Puerto Rican women to make livable worlds in the here and now and for coming generations addresses gaping holes in environmental justice-minded Puerto Rican Studies, Latinx Studies, and Ethnic Studies" * Latinx Project, New York University *"The primary strength of Lloréns’s book rests in the intimacy that she brings to excavating the troubling environmental injustices Black Puerto Rican women have to live under even as they struggle against marginalization...Making Livable Worlds is a timely and necessary examination of the growing crisis in environmental justice and other cultural issues such as gender, race, and the effects of colonialism." * Lateral, Journal of the Cultural Studies Association *"Powerful and beautifully written, Making Livable Worlds opens an ecofeminist archive that invites researchers to extend this kind of study to other islands. It also provides inspiration on how to undertake this task with such methods as autoethnography, which will hopefully become more ingrained in the toolbox of young Caribbeanist scholars. One of the most important attributes of this work is that we hear through Lloréns myriad voices presented not as heroines or victims but as women making the best out of their imposed dispossession." * H-Environment *"Lloréns’ ambitious book skillfully weaves her personal and her family history with the histories of other Black Puerto Rican women in the coastal southeast part of Puerto Rico." * Latino Studies *"Scholars of social reproduction and the solidarity economy will find Lloréns’s case study useful for understanding how alternative economic logics develop and flourish under adversity." * H-Caribbean *"[P]rovides valuable insight on how capitalism, slavery, matriarchal dispossession, ecological crises, and colonization relate to Afro-Puerto Rican women’s lives, and models liberatory responses to these oppressive circumstances, empowering the reader to engage in further action toward similar goals of collective liberation." * Feminist Pedagogy *

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Book SynopsisA remarkable portrait of a web of artistic connections, traced outward from Jay DeFeo's uniquely generative work of artTrade ReviewWinner of the SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication“An insightful reading of Jay DeFeo’s The Rose and the dynamics of creative community building in postwar America.”—Ken D. Allan, Seattle University“Rich in archival detail and incisive visual analysis, About The Rose makes a highly successful intervention into the field of postwar art by advancing a new approach to the function of community in the Fillmore art scene during the 1950s and 60s.”—Joanna Pawlik, author of Remade in America: Surrealist Art, Activism and Politics, 1940–1978“Ferrell gives us a wholly new understanding of The Rose not just as an important presence in the lives of her protagonists, but as a site for working out the dichotomies between self and other, autonomy and collaboration, and art and the everyday in postwar America.”—Kirsten Swenson, author of Irrational Judgments: Eva Hesse, Sol LeWitt, and 1960s New York

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Book SynopsisWhat If You’re Not a Failure? What If You’re Not Falling Behind? What If You’re Learning?“Every single thing that used to work has stopped working, all at the same time.”Award-winning author Shauna Niequist’s mom wrote down this phrase in her mid-forties and shared it with Shauna in her mid-forties. It was exactly the way Shauna was feeling at the time. Many of the beliefs and practices that had been useful in her life no longer worked. After trying—and failing—to move forward using the same old tools, she realized she required new ones: courage, curiosity, and self-compassion.Throughout the five sessions of her I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet video series, Shauna talks about unlearning what is no longer helpful, embracing curiosity, and making peace with the unexpected twists and turns of life. She shares candidly about the challenges and blessings she has experienced a

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Book SynopsisThis practical book provides 31 days of challenges to help you and your spouse talk, flirt, and explore all three levels of sexual intimacy--physical, emotional, and spiritual--so you both can experience the best sex ever.Sex is incredibly important in a marriage, yet many things can throw it off course. Whether you are engaged and afraid you won''t be able to light the spark, are newlyweds who haven''t started off well, or have been married five, ten, twenty-five years, or more and you''d like to recapture the spark you once had, this book is for you!The challenges aim to spice up the bedroom while guiding you through all three levels of sexual intimacy. As you go through these challenges with lots of laughter and enjoyment, sex will stop being a source of tension and become something fun that brings you together, just the way God intended. The challenges slowly build on each other to help you:Turn sex into something positive

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Book SynopsisWomen worldwide are making their presence felt as sport fans in rapidly increasing numbers. This book makes a distinctive and innovative contribution to the study of sport fandom by exploring the growing visibility and interest in women who follow sport. It presents the latest data on womenâs sport spectatorship in different regions of the world, posing new theoretical paradigms to study the globalised nature of female sport fandom.This book goes beyond conventional approaches to analysing the practices of women sport fans. By using a critical feminist perspective to investigate cultural conditions and social contexts (including globalisation, digital networked technologies, consumerism, neoliberalism and postfeminism), it brings into view a diversity of womenâs voices and experiences as sport fans. It sheds new light on the power dynamics of gender, ethnicity and sexuality influencing womenâs participation in sport spectatorship and interrogates the ways female sport fandom Trade Review"Toffoletti has presented a timely account of current research on women sport fans. The book goes beyond the common reconstruction of the practices of female supporters but asks important questions of why and how women’s fandom is encouraged. As becomes evident throughout the book, the way sporting institutions address gender diversity in fandom often serves to preserve or reinforce gender hierarchies in sports." - Henk Erik Meier, University of Münster, European Journal for Sport and Society"Women Sport Fans succeeds most notably as a rich survey of existing literature relevant to the study of female sports fans and as a provocation for further research … Toffoletti offers a dynamic roadmap for future sports feminist scholarship and makes a compelling case for the importance of a transnational feminist perspective to the field." – Kathy Cacace, University of Texas at Austin, Feminist Media Studies"The book gives a testimony of how unequal relations between men and women function in different countries and in different sports, which may enable, for example, sports and women’s organisations to strengthen emancipatory practices in this area. In the scientific world, the book should open a discussion of great importance, as women are becoming more and more significant actors in the world of sport, actors who can no longer be underestimated." - Honorata Jakubowska, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, & Radoslaw Kossakowski, Gdansk University, Poland, International Review for the Sociology of SportTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Facts, Figures and Frameworks: Approaching the Study of Women Sport Fans 2. Identities, Performances and Pleasures 3. Consumption 4. Representation 5. Digital Networks 6. The Postfeminist Sport Fan Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Exercising Female: Science and Its Application is the first book to provide students, researchers, and professionals with an evidence-based reference on the exceptional scientific issues associated with female participation in sport and exercise. Based on the latest research, and treating women as a unique population, the book seeks to critically evaluate current debates, present the science underpinning female sport and exercise performance, and inform applied practice for the exercising female.Featuring contributions from leading scientists from around the world, and adopting a multidisciplinary approachfrom exercise physiology, endocrinology, and biochemistry to psychology, biomechanics, and sociologythe book includes chapters on topics such as: Exercise and the menstrual cycle, contraception, pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause. Body image, exercise dependency, the psychology of sports performance, and homopTable of Contents1. Introduction to the Exercising Female Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts 2. The Adolescent Exercising Female Lindsay Woodford 3. The Menstrual Cycle and the Exercising Female: Implications for Health and Performance Nancy I. Williams and Kaitlyn Ruffing 4. Hormonal-Based Contraception and the Exercising Female Kirsty Jayne Elliott-Sale and Kirsty Marie Hicks 5. Energy and the Nutritional Needs of the Exercising Female Joan M. Eckerson 6. The Female Athlete Triad Mary Jane de Souza, Kirsten J. Koltun, Emily Southmayd, and Nicole Aurigemma 7. Bone Health and the Exercising Female Jacky J. Forsyth and Karen Hind 8. Body Image and the Exercising Female Sarah Grogan 9. Exercise Addiction in the Exercising Female: An Interdisciplinary Examination Heather A. Hausenblas and Derek T. Y. Mann 10. Immune Function and the Exercising Female Judith Allgrove and Glen Davison 11. Musculoskeletal Injury and the Exercising Female Mimi Zumwalt 12. Breast Health and the Exercising Female Jenny Burbage, Michelle Norris, Brogan Horler, and Tim Blackmore 13. The Psychology of Female Sport Performance Claire-Marie Roberts, Leah Ferguson, and Amber Mosewich 14. The Changing Nature of Lesbian Athletes Coming Out In Competitive Organised Team Sports Rachael Bullingham 15. Pregnancy and the Exercising Female Robin Pickering 16. Postnatal Depression and the Exercising Female Amanda J. Daley and Ruth V. Pritchett 17. Motherhood in the Exercising Female Claire-Marie Roberts and Göran Kenttä 18. Athletic Career Termination in Females Claire-Marie Roberts 19. Cardiovascular Health and the Exercising Female Karen Birch and Gemma Lyall 20. Menopause and the Exercising Female Helen Jones, Madeleine France, & David A. Low

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Book SynopsisThis revised and updated second edition traces the growth of feminist criminology from the 1970s to the present, examining the diversity of feminist criminologies that have developed, the ways they have responded to and built on one another, and the future directions for research and activism to which they point us.Feminist criminology grew out of the Womenâs Movement of the 1970s, in response to the male, heteronormative dominance of mainstream criminology â which meant that not only were women largely excluded from carrying out criminological research, but they were also rarely considered as subjects of that research. Other groups were also marginalized by the mainstream, either discussed with stereotypical framing or overlooked completely. Whilst showing how feminist perspectives have made a significant impact on the discipline, the academy, and the criminal legal system, this book also highlights the limits of this influence. In doing so, it explores answers to key questi

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Book SynopsisSubaltern Women''s Narratives brings together intersectional feminist scholarship from the Humanities and Social Sciences and explores subaltern women's narratives of resistance and subversion. Interdisciplinary in nature, the collection focuses on fictional texts, archival records, and ethnographic research to explore the lived experiences of subaltern women in different marginalised communities across a wide geographical landscape, as they negotiate their way through modes of labour and activism. Thematically grouped, the focus of this book is two-fold: to look at the lived experiences of subaltern women as they negotiate their lives in a world of political flux and conflicts; and to examine subaltern women's dissenting practices as recorded in texts and archives. This collection will push the boundaries of scholarship on decolonial and postcolonial feminism and subaltern studies, reading women's subversive practices especially in the themes of epistemology and embTable of Contents1. Introduction: Subaltern Women’s ResistancePART I: EPISTEMOLOGICAL DISSENT2. Narratives of Hidden Curriculum in Fiji3. "Insulting the Modesty of a Woman?!": Examining the Language of Protest in Malawi4. Marginalised Women in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia: Novels as Fictional Intervention5. Unhomed Knowledge: The Diasporic Family as Site of Subaltern Pedagogy6. Searching in the Shadows: Aboriginal Women in Early Colonial New South Wales7. Feminist voice(s) in South African Curriculum-Making and DisseminationPART II: EMBODYING RESISTANCE8. Touching the ‘Untouchable’: Depiction of Body and Sexuality in Select Dalit Women’s Autobiographies9. Rethinking Subalternity through Posthuman and Feminist Entanglements: Violence, Displacement, Exile and the Woman Subject in Contemporary Turkish Literature10. Conjuring up a Shadow: A Case of Castration in a Colonial Archiv11. Voicing Sexual and Social Resistance in Seventeenth-Century ManilaPART III: PRACTICING SUBVERSION12. Survival and Resilience: Rohingya Refugee Women’s Narratives of Life, Loss, and Hope13. Translating into Other Identities: Bama and Her Writing14. Thriving, Surviving and Hanging on: Domestic Workers in Harare Suburbs15. Restitution of Conjugal Rights and the Dissenting Female Body: The Rukhmabai Case16. Subaltern’s Resistance against Rape and Sexual Assault: An Aporia?

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Book SynopsisThis transnational volume examines innovative women artists who were from, or worked in, Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, SÃpmi, and Sweden from the emergence of modernism until the feminist movement took shape in the 1960s.The book addresses the culturally specific conditions that shaped Nordic artistsâ contributions, brings the latest methodological and feminist approaches to bear on Nordic art history, and engages a wide international audience through the contributorsâ subject matter and analysis. Rather than introducing a new history of rediscovered women artists, the book is more concerned with understanding the mechanisms and structures that affected women artists and their work, while suggesting alternative ways of constructing womenâs art histories. Artists covered include Else Alfelt, Pia Arke, Franciska Clausen, Jessie Kleemann, Hilma af Klint, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba, Greta Knutson, Aase Texmon Rygh, Hannah Ryggen, JÃlÃana SveinsdÃttir, Ellen Thesleff, and Astri Aasen.The target audience includes scholars working in art history, cultural studies, feminist studies, gender studies, curatorial studies, Nordic studies, postcolonial studies, and visual studies.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION She Is No Gentle Lamb in the Cave of the Werewolf: Modern Women Artists in the Nordic Countries SECTION 1:Critical Reconsiderations, New Languages of Interpretation 1. The Work of Júlíana Sveinsdóttir: Engaging Issues of Gender and Colonial Subjectivity 2. The Symbolic Abstraction of Else Alfelt 3. Women Pioneers of Abstraction in 1950s Norway: The Balancing Act of Aase Texmon Rygh, Inger Sitter, and Gudrun Kongelf 4. Movement and the Living Surface: Greenlandic Modernism, Pia Arke, and the Decolonial Legacy of Women Artists in Greenland SECTION 2:Interventions, Transmissions, Networks 5. Gabriele Münter and the 1917 Exhibition of the Föreningen Svenska Konstnärinnor and Vereinigung Bildende Künstlerinnen Österreichs 6. Modern Corporeality: Body, Movement, and Dance in Ellen Thesleff’s Art 7. Women Artists in and around the Danish Journal linien 8. No One Creates Alone: Past and Present in a Common Reading of Artist Sonja Ferlov Mancoba SECTION 3:Subversive Spaces, Collaborations, and Reclamations 9. Collaboration and Co-Habitation: Swedish Women Artists at the Turn of the Century 10. “Women Need Work, and Work Needs Women”: Women Artists and Their Networks in Fin de Siècle Sweden 11. Shady Plants, Ecstatic Trees, and Vulva Seashells: Symbols of Erotic Nature in the Surrealist Work of Rita Kernn-Larsen and Elsa Thoresen 12. Anneliese Hager, Cobra, and the Camera-less Photograph SECTION 4:Subjectivities, Identity, and Self-Fashioning 13. Elsa Laula, Astri Aasen, and the Ascent of Sámi Visual Sovereignty, 1904–1917 14. Emancipated Bodies: Anna Klindt Sørensen Paints the Female Nude 15. Elaboration of the “New Woman” Figure by Women Artists in Interwar Finland 16. Soft Bones: Sonja Ferlov Mancoba and the Reconfiguration of Anatomy SECTION 5:Alternative Practices of Agency and Resistance 17. Dealing with Circles: Franciska Clausen and Her Position in the Group Cercle et Carré (1929–1930) 18. Surrealist Beasts: Greta Knutson’s Strategy of “Performative Refusal” 19. The Representation of Lack, the Matter of Imagination: Hannah Ryggen, Aesthetics of Resistance, and Art against Fascism 20. Intra-Actions with Nature (and Beyond): Hilma af Klint, Else Alfelt, and Sonja Ferlov Mancoba

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Book SynopsisIn this ground-breaking volume, the authors explore two sides of religion: the ways in which it contributes to violence against women and girls (VAWG) and the ways it counters it. Recognising the very real impact of religion on the lives of women and girls, it prioritises experiences and learnings from empirical research and of practitioners, and their activities at grassroots-level, to better understand the nature and root causes of VAWG. Drawing on research done in Christian and Muslim communities in various fragile settings with high religiosity, this book avoids simplistically assigning blame to any one religion, instead engaging with the commonalities of how religion and religious actors influence norms and behaviours that impact VAWG. If the sustainable development goal of ending all forms of VAWG is to be achieved, how should actors in the international development sector engage with religion and religious actors? This book unpacks the nature of religion and religious actors Trade Review"Innovative, evidence-based and thought-provoking. The authors analyse, critique and chart a way forward for both faith-inspired and secular actors working on some of the most pertinent issues of our times. This book is not only a must-read, but a roadmap for women’s dignity."Azza Karam, Secretary General, Religions for Peace"Through an analytical exploration based on stories of agency and wisdom of Christian and Muslim women and religious leaders, this authoritative and insightful book proposes an unmatched view of religion and the imperative to consider the positive role faith can play in ending VAWG."Angelica Pino, Grants Manager, SVRI"This is a nuanced and accessible analysis of the significance of religion in VAWG in two faith traditions, Christianity and Islam. Its focus on women’s religious experiences in the context of violence fills a gap in the literature available for academics, policymakers and practitioners." Brenda Bartelink, University of Groningen, The Netherlands"When working with gender equality in religious societies, I often felt overwhelmed and confused. Having read this book, I feel much better equipped to navigate the complexity. It is clear, pedagogical and full of real voices. I warmly recommend to all." Virginia Manzitti, Head of Sector, European Commission DEVCO/INTPA"A must-read for all practitioners, academics and policymakers committed to ending violence against women and girls. Without shying away from the complexity, le Roux and Pertek state the case and offer essential recommendations for secular and religious actors to more effectively collaborate to end violence."Andrea Kaufmann, World Vision International"This book is for those who want a more nuanced understanding of the ambiguous role of religion in VAWG, based on the authors' own research experience and the projects of various organizations. You will enjoy the differentiated approach based on sound, up-to-date research." Benjamin Kalkum, Development Worker for GIZ ZambiaTable of ContentsPart I: Introduction 1. Why religion matters in violence against women and girls: an introduction Part II: Religion contributing to violence against women and girls 2. Orientation: The role of religion in contributing to violence against women and girls and its consequences 3. A Christian perspective: religion contributing to violence against women and girls and its consequences 4. A Muslim perspective: religion as intersecting risk in violence against women and girls 5. Joint reflections on religion contributing to violence against women and girls Part III: Religion countering violence against women and girls 6. Orientation: The role of religion in countering violence against women and girls 7. A Christian perspective: drawing on religion to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls 8. A Muslim perspective: religion as protective resource in violence against women and girls 9. Joint reflections on religion countering violence against women and girls Part IV: Looking to the future 10. Now what? Implications for researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Index

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Book Synopsis...Kristen Richardson's sharp account of how the season evolved... is a more absorbing story than any period drama.Financial TimesTrade Review"Sometimes fascinating, often scornful historical account of the debutante… entertaining…" -- Libby Purves - Times Literary Supplement"...fascinating social history…" -- The Best of 2020 so far. - Tatler"Richardson has made a valiant effort to unearth some worthwhile social commentary. To this end, she presents a detailed examination of modern debutante societies... [Her] engaging study deserves credit for its persistently humane treatment of her subjects..." -- The Telegraph"... Kristen Richardson’s sharp account of how the season evolved from its early days after the Protestant Reformation in England, through its conquest of a newly independent America, to its leap into Russia and China, is a more absorbing story than any period drama." -- Financial Times"…entertaining and illuminating new book..." -- The Lady"Step into colonial Philadelphia and Jane Austen’s England, America’s Antebellum South and Mrs Astor’s parties, and learn how some of the young women felt about being put on display." -- On the Bookshelf - Choice

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Book SynopsisMoments of great intensity in the lives of Jane Austen, Mary Shelley and Joan of Arc, when each faced a decision that would shape her legacy.Trade Review"... beautifully researched and memorable book that closely links Victoria Shorr's intuitive imaginings to historical fact." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisThe first full study of women's participation in the British anti-slavery movement. It explores women's distinctive contributions and shows how these were vital in shaping successive stages of the abolutionist campaign.Trade Review`... her book will become a standard reference work for scholars of the anti-slavery movement.' - Social History Society NewsletterTable of ContentsPart I Women Against the Slave Trade, 1783-1815 2. Participants from the First Part II Women Against British Colonial Slavery, 182-1838 3. `Cement of the whole Antislavery building' 4. Anti-slavery in the Fabric of Women's Lives 5. Perspectives, Principles and Policies Part III Women and `Universal Abolition', 1834-1868 6. The Transatlantic Sisterhood 7. The `Woman Question' 8. A Lingering Concern 9. Anti-Slavery and Women: Interpreting the New Picture

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Book SynopsisWomen and Representation in Local Government opens up an opportunity to critique and move beyond suppositions and labels in relation to women in local government. Presenting a wealth of new empirical material, this book brings together international experts to examine and compare the presence of women at this level and features case studies on the US, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Finland, Uganda, China, Australia and New Zealand. Divided into four main sections, each explores a key theme related to the subject of women and representation in local government and engages with contemporary gender theory and the broader literature on women and politics. The contributors explore local government as a gendered environment; critiquing strategies to address the limited number of elected female members in local government and examine the impact of significant recent changes on local government through a gender lens. Addressing key questions of how gender equality can beTable of Contents1. Introduction Barbara Pini and Paula McDonald Part 1: Women’s Representation in Local Government: Facilitators and Constraints 2. Moving through the Pipeline: Women’s Representation in Municipal Government in the New England Region of the United States Paige Ransford and Meryl Thomson 3. Women in Local Assemblies: Rare Guests or (Almost) Equal Partners? An Analysis of the Causes of Women’s Underrepresentation in the German County Councils Raphael Magin Part 2: Strategies to Increase Women’s Representation in Local Government 4. Women and Local Politics in Spain: Exploring Gender Regimes and Biased Party Candidate Selection Processes Tania Verge 5. Making it Happen in Practice: Organized Efforts to Recruit Rural Women for Local Government Leadership Louise Carbert 6. Missing from the Picture: Women’s Initiatives in English Local Government Wendy Stokes Part 3: Making a Difference? The Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Women in Local Government 7. How Gender Shapes Local Party Politics: The Case of Belgium Petra Meier and Dries Verlet 8. Critical Acts and Critical Contexts: Understanding the Substantive Representation of Women at the Regional Level in France Katherine Opello 9. Transforming Local Politics? The Impact of Gender Quotas in Finland Anne Maria Holli Part 4: Gender and a Changing Local Government Sector 10. Gendering Local Government Amalgamations: An Australian Case Study Denise Conroy 11. Women in New Zealand Local Government: The Effect of Reform on Women’s Presence in Leadership Marianne Tremaine and Jean Drage 12. New Public Management and Gender in Swedish Local Government Gun Hedlund

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Birth – The Convent – Marriage 2. Society – The Salons 3. The Pleasures of Society 4. Love 5. Married Life 6. The Woman of the Middle Classes 7. The Woman of the People – The Fille Galante 8. Beauty and the Mode 9. The Domination and Intelligence of Woman 10. The Soul of Woman 11. Woman in Her Old Age 12. The Philosophy and Death of Woman

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Book SynopsisThis volume centers on theories and methodologies for postgraduate feminist researchers engaged in interdisciplinary research. In the context of globalization, this book gives special attention to cutting-edge approaches at the borders between humanities and social sciences and specific discipline-transgressing fields, such as feminist technoscience studies.Table of ContentsList of Figures. Series Editors’ Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgments. Editorial. Introduction: Researching Differently Rosemarie Buikema, Gabriele Griffin and Nina Lykke Section 1: Feminist Theories 1. Gender Research with ‘Waves’: On Re-Positioning a Neo-Disciplinary Apparatus Iris van der Tuin 2. Feminist Science and Technology Studies Maureen McNeil and Celia Roberts Section 2: Methodologies 3. Intersectionality – A Theoretical Adjustment Dorthe Staunæs and Dorte Marie Søndergaard 4. What to Make of Identity and Experience in Twenty-First Century Feminist Research Allaine Cerwonka 5. Histories and Memories in Feminist Research Andrea Pető and Berteke Waaldijk Section 3: Research Methods 6. Writing about Research Methods in the Arts and Humanities Gabriele Griffin 7. Feminist Perspectives on Close Reading Jasmina Lukić and Adelina Sánchez Espinosa 8. Visual Cultures: Feminist Perspectives Rosemarie Buikema and Marta Zarzycka Section 4: Multi-, Inter-, Trans- and Post-disciplinarity 9. This Discipline Which Is Not One: Feminist Studies as a Post-Discipline Nina Lykke 10. Why Interdisciplinarity? Interdisciplinarity and Women’s/Gender Studies in Europe Mia Liinason 11. Transdisciplinary Gender Studies: Conceptual and Institutional Challenges Antje Lann Hornscheidt and Susanne Baer Section 5: Professionalization 12. The Professionalization of Feminist Researchers: The Nordic Case Harriet Silius 13. The Professionalization of Feminist Researchers: The Spanish Case Isabel Carrera Suárez 14. The Professionalization of Feminist Researchers: The German Case Marianne Schmidbaur and Ulla Wischermann Section 6: The Choice of Topic and Research Questions – Some Examples 15. My Dissertation Photo Album: Snapshots from a Writing Tour Doro Wiese 16. Intimate Truths about Subjectivity and Sexuality: A Psychoanalytical and a Postcolonial Approach Henrietta L. Moore and Gloria D. Wekker Coda: The Desires of Writing 17. If Writing Has to Do with Desire, What ‘Kind’ of Desire is That? Between Jacques Lacan and Gilles Deleuze Edyta Just. Contributors. Index

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Book SynopsisOffending Girls challenges simplistic representations of 'bad' girls in the twenty-first century and argues that the interventionist thrust which characterizes the contemporary youth justice system has had a particularly pernicious impact on girls.Trade Review‘At last an intelligent, up to date and comprehensive exposure of the myths surrounding the ‘new offending girl’ and their impact on youth justice practice.Offending Girls: Young Women and Youth Justice is essential reading for all those who are prepared to make the effort to look beyond the headlines of the ‘ladettes’ and the ‘violent girl gangs’ who are now ‘worse than the boys’, Through extensive original research with girls and practitioners, Sharpe uncovers the realities of ‘growing up good’ in the 21st century.’ – John Muncie, Professor of Criminology, The Open University'This book offers a fascinating insight into the lives of girls who have offended and provides an edgy alternative to the usual accounts of female crime that all too frequently ignore the voices of the women themselves. The reader is provided with a background to the offending behaviour of these women and the author attempts to offer some explanation for their offending rather than the relying on the usual account which explains girls’ criminal behaviour by likening them to boys. In this way, the book offers these women some agency and allows them to take responsibility for their actions instead of repeatedly classifying criminal women as victims of crime themselves or as helpless individuals that are not aware of the actions they are committing. This academic analysis of the lives of criminal young women is an important contribution to the growing body of research focused on women and their propensity to engage in offending behaviour and could help criminal justice agencies to look at the way they manage these women. Specifically it could inform their decision-making processes based on real life histories of offending women rather than relying on anecdotal and often androcentric work. The text offers useful insights into working with these girls in the 21st century to those who work or study in the criminal justice field, and indeed is relevant for anyone who is interested in the place of young women in the criminal system.'-Katy Page, University of Leicester and London Probation Trust, in Probation Journal vol 59 no 4Table of Contents1. New Offending Girls? 2. Historical Perspectives on Offending Girls 3. The Construction of a Girlhood Crime Wave: Recent Trends in Young Women's Lawbreaking and Criminalisation 4. Reseraching New Offending Girls 5. Pathways into Crime and Criminalisation 6. Accounting for Trouble: The Girls' Perspectives 7. The Trouble with Girls Today: Professional Perspectives on Young Women's Offending 8. Youth Justice for Girls in the Twenty-First Century 9. Conclusions and Recommendations

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Book SynopsisThis anthology assembles 144 primary texts and documents written by women between 1550 and 1700 and reveals a comprehensive view of the intellectual and literary lives of women in early modern England. The writings range from poetry to philosophical treatises, addressing a wide array of subjects.Trade Review"Reading Early Modern Women is an essential resource for teaching and research, providing as it does a wide array of texts not easily accessed, from medical books, through prophecies and letters, to poetry and music. Contextualized both critically and historically, this book allows contemporary readers to benefit from the dazzling array of early modern women's writing." -- Marion Wynne-Davies, University of Dundee"This book should certainly be recommended to students as an expert guide through a range of materials which will be new to them; it will also be of invaluable use to scholars in the field, as it makes available and discusses a fascinating number of texts otherwise available only in archives. One of the book's many strengths is the way in which each text and each genre is not only adeptly introduced, but is also cross-referenced with other works, primary and secondary, both in the anthology and beyond it. This serves not only to open up the expanding field of early modern women's writing to the newcomer, but also to indicate ways in which researchers can expand their studies across a number of interrelated literary areas." -- Hilary Hinds, Lancaster University, UK"Reading Early Modern Women is an astonishing achievement. Bringing together 150 manuscript and print texts--many published here for the first time--as well as commentaries by more than 80 scholars, this remarkable collection introduces us to a very broad spectrum of the literary achievements of women. It should quickly become the centerpiece of many undergraduate and graduate courses in early modern literature, history, and women's studies. Thanks to Ostovich and Sauer's extraordinary efforts, early modern women writers may finally get the Renaissance they so richly deserve." -- Douglas A. Brooks, Texas A&M University"This imaginatively conceived and brilliantly executed anthology with its ingeniously chosen texts, its illustrative images from the original books or manuscripts, and its impressive array of distinguished contributing editors shows that whatever their disadvantages and the injustices of their society early modern women did indeed have not just a room of their own but a whole house, a whole palace, and even (as Christine de Pisan insisted), a whole city. Ostovich and Sauer have produced an invaluable resource for anybody interested in Renaissance literature or women's studies." -- Anne Lake Prescott, Professor of English at Barnard College and coeditor of Female and Male Voices in EarlyModern England: A Renaissance Anthology"Reading Early Modern Women is an astonishing achievement. Bringing together 150 manuscript and print texts--many published here for the first time--as well as commentaries by more than 80 scholars, this remarkable collection introduces us to a very broad spectrum of the literary achievements of women. It should quickly become the centerpiece of many undergraduate and graduate courses in early modern literature, history, and women's studies. Thanks to Ostovich and Sauer's extraordinary efforts, early modern women writers may finally get the Renaissance they so richly deserve." -- Douglas A. Brooks, Texas A&M UniversityTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION: REREADING WOMEN’S LITERARY HISTORY 1 Legal Documents/Women’s Testimony 2 The Status of Women 3 Mothers’ Legacies and Medical Manuals 4 Religion, Prophecy, and Persecution 5 Letters 6 Life-writing: Nonfiction and Fiction CHAPTER 7 Translations/Alterations 8 Poetry 9 Plays 10 Applied Arts and Music

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Book SynopsisMary Field Belenky, Lynne A. Bond, and Jacqueline S. Weinstock, hoping to carry Belenky''s theoretical work in the bestselling Women''s Ways of Knowing into the realm of everyday life, created the Listening Partners project, designed to help young women isolated in rural poverty give voice to their personal and communal needs and come together to create social change . A Tradition That Has No Name explores this project and the work of other women who have created organizations to give voice to and strengthen traditions of community organizing and leadership, particularly as they have developed in communities of women marginalized by race and class. Ranging across cultures and classes,from struggling inner-city neighbourhoods to affluent middle-class suburbs, from African American communities in the South to poor rural communities in Vermont,the book teaches us how to appreciate the ways women create networks of listening and community-building, and how to bring these little-recognizTable of ContentsOtherness * Introduction: Otherness and Silence * Dualisms That Divide and Deny * Confronting Otherness: Previous Research The Development Of Voice In Private Life * An Experiment * The Listening Partners Project * What Was Learned * Relationships and Development * Mothers and Children The Development Of Voice In Public Life * Organizations That Sponsor Development * Public Homeplaces * The Mothers Center Movements * The National Congress of Neighborhood Women * The Center for Cultural and Community Development * Leaders Who Must Nurture Development * The Philosophy and Practice of Developmental Leadership * Passing the Tradition On

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Book SynopsisExamines the contributions of three powerful Meiji women and how their own education and ideas about Japanese women's potential shaped how females were to participate in modern society

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Book SynopsisThere's a problem with school lunch in America. Big Food companies have largely replaced the nation's school cooks by supplying cafeterias with cheap, precooked hamburger patties and chicken nuggets chock-full of industrial fillers. Yet it's no secret that meals cooked from scratch with nutritious, locally sourced ingredients are better for children, workers, and the environment. So why not empower lunch ladies to do more than just unbox and reheat factory-made food? And why not organize together to make healthy, ethically sourced, free school lunches a reality for all children? The Labor of Lunch aims to spark a progressive movement that will transform food in American schools, and with it the lives of thousands of low-paid cafeteria workers and the millions of children they feed. By providing a feminist history of the US National School Lunch Program, Jennifer E. Gaddis recasts the humble school lunch as an important and often overlooked form of public care. Through vivid narration aTrade Review“The Labor of Lunch lays out how transforming the food culture in American schools can significantly improve both the lives of the country’s low-wage cafeteria workers and those of the millions of children they feed every day.” * Quality Assurance Magazine *"Argues that universally free, from-scratch lunches turns the school cafeteria into a vital community resource: one that helps kids develop healthy eating habits and provides skilled jobs for workers." -- Tom Philpott * Mother Jones *“When we think about the crumbling national infrastructure that holds our country back, Jennifer Gaddis argues that we need to look beyond bridges, broadband, and high-speed rail –– and see the urgency of bringing our nation's 100,000 school cafeterias into the 21st century. She's on exactly the right track. What if our nation's largest restaurant chain –– our 100,000 schools –– could be retooled as an engine for creating good jobs in our communities, building our local farm economies, and nourishing our kids with fresh-cooked food?" -- Curt Ellis * Co-Founder & CEO, FoodCorps *"A welcome addition to the growing library of works focusing on labor in the food system. This topic deserves attention and Gaddis is looking at the plight of an especially neglected group, the people who make and serve food to kids in schools. . . . Let grass-roots advocacy begin!" -- Marion Nestle * Food Politics *"The book seeks to engage the reader to learn about the power struggles of ‘lunch ladies’ and how such discourses are maintained in society. Gaddis is an advocate with a strong interest in environmental justice, which comes through in the writing. The book is more than just an ethnography of school lunches; it is a reminder that we need to revisit our food systems and consider how this policy area is still very much classed, gendered, and racialized. . . . This book reignites the importance of food activism and recognizes historical roots while seeking and creating theories of change." * Contemporary Sociology *"The Labor of Lunch is a comprehensive and readable work of activist scholarship examining school feeding in the US. This work is suitable for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and scholars of school food policy, institutional feeding and history of food systems, as well as those interested in food movements, and care-labor." * Food, Culture & Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Why We Need to Fix the Food and the Jobs 1 • The Radical Roots of School Lunch 2 • The Fight for Food Justice 3 • From Big Food to Real Food Lite 4 • Cafeteria Workers in the “Prison of Love” 5 • Building a Real Food Economy Conclusion: Organizing a New Economy of Care Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe oil and gas industry is one of the richest and most powerful industries in the world. In recent years, company avowals in support of diversity, much-touted programs for women in STEM, and, most importantly, a tight labor market with near parity in women pursuing geoscience credentials might lead us to expect progress for women in this industry's corporate ranks. Yet, for all the talk of the great crew change, the industry remains overwhelmingly white and male. Sociologist Christine L. Williams asks, where are the women? To answer this question, Williams embarked on a decade-long investigationone involving one hundred in-depth interviews, a longitudinal survey, and ethnographic researchthat allowed her to observe the industry in times of boom and bust. She found that when the industry expands, women may be able to walk through the door,but whenthe industry contracts,the door becomes a revolving one, whirling ever faster,as companies retreat to their white male core. These gendered oTrade Review"A quick and engaging read, Gaslighted is of particular interest to researchers studying gender, work, and organizations, and is accessible for undergraduate students and those working in industry." * Social Forces *"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students, faculty, and professionals." * CHOICE *"Gaslighted makes an important contribution to understanding the reinforcement of inequality in gendered and racialized organizations. . . . An excellent book that exposes the mechanisms that reinforce the many forms of inequality in organizational settings." * Gender and Society *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Gender, Geology, and the Oil and Gas Industry 2. The Oil and Gas Pipeline 3. The Stayers 4. Voluntary Separations 5. Corporate Downsizing 6. Organizational Gaslighting Methodological Appendix Notes References Illustration Credits Index

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Book SynopsisAn insight into work and life from real women in business.

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Book SynopsisRachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she''s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

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Book SynopsisAs Mary Jane navigates both the mundane and the unfathomable realities of caring for Alex, her chronically ill young son, she finds herself building a community of women from many walks of life. Mary Jane is Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog’s remarkably powerful and compassionate portrait of a contemporary American woman striving for grace.

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This book represents a major contribution toward the development of a global feminist theology. The personal histories and experiences of women of African, Asian, Anglo-American, and Latin-American heritage recounted here make it possible to analyze the social and historical contexts of their Christian faith. Their insights into the lives of...

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Book SynopsisWedded Wife is a feminist study of the institution of marriage and its history.Trade Review“Lennon is adept at weaving together individual stories and historical records in a way that is simultaneously entertaining and thought-provoking.” -- Rachel Cunliffe * New Statesman *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction SHE SAID YES Popping the question Just the two of us Better to marry than burn – or starve The usual inducements of women to marry Political proposals THE BIG DAY A manoeuvring business Making it official Putting on a show A consummation to be devoutly wished WHAT COMES NEXT? What’s in a name? Love, fair looks and true obedience Forsaking all others A fruitful union Having it all – domestic, social and paid labour Till death do us part Keeping up the fight Epilogue Notes

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Book SynopsisThe fearless tale of the original 'Party Girl', in her own frankly scurrilous words: a Duckworth contemporary classic, beautifully repackaged for its 125th anniversary

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the contribution that five conservative, voluntary and popular women’s organisations made to women’s lives and to the campaign for women’s rights throughout the period 1928–64.Trade ReviewHousewives and Citizens offers a refreshing perspective on women's activism in 20th century England, enlarging - and challenging - our study of the past. It is a timely reminder that women who did not identify with feminism were nonetheless active in campaigning for improvements in women's lot.Beaumont has provided a scrupulous, scholarly and convincing history of the extensive role of women and the women’s movement in mid twentieth century public life.Catriona Beaumont makes an important contribution to a growing historiography which seeks to suggest that the period from universal female suffrage in 1928 to the emergence of ‘Second Wave’ feminism in the 1960s was a time of greater achievements for the women’s movement than is often assumed. -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Origins and aspirations: voluntary women’s organisations and the representation of housewives, mothers and citizens2. Housewives and citizens: the rights and duties of women citizens3. Moral dilemmas: divorce, birth control and abortion4. Welfare rights for women: maternity care, social welfare benefits and family allowances 5. Active citizenship for women: war and protest 6. Housewives and citizens: post-war planning and the post-war years7. Domesticity, modernity and women’s rights: voluntary women’s organisations and the women’s movement 1950–64ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisLeslie Ludy, author of Authentic Beauty and the bestselling When God Writes Your Love Story, revealshow a young woman''s pursuit of acceptance and sameness directly counters her true purpose—to be set apart by her love for God and God''s love for her.This empowering message filled with inspiring stories, personal illustrations, and a foundation of God''s Word to awaken young women to sacred femininity and a life infused with meaning. Each chapter encourages readers to release worldly standards and set their sights on a more worthy pursuit as they: surrender to God''s love and wholeness embrace the real blueprint for beauty enjoy spectacular purpose captivate the masculine heart cultivate spiritual strength This journey will spark a desire in every woman to leave the fairy tale of the masses behind and walk toward the unique beauty, love, and dreams God has for her.

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