Gender studies: women and girls Books
Gale Ncco, Print Editions The Secret
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Gale Ncco, Print Editions Adela Northington
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Lulu.com Art For The Soul
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Future Built by Women
Book SynopsisOvercome the obstacles in the way of women entrepreneurs and founders In The Future Built by Women, Startup Product Leader of Riveter and veteran keynote speaker, Brooke Markevicius, delivers a compelling guide to entrepreneurship for women. With a particular focus on the technology sector, the author shares her fascinating and relevant experiences as a company founder. She explains the four main factors that contribute to success: grit, education, mindset, and support. In the book, you''ll explore strategies for conquering the challenges you encounter in the tech industry and in entrepreneurship. You''ll also find: Learn practical ways to take your startup from concept to reality, navigating the complexities of entrepreneurship with confidence. Find out how to become dangerously skilled in technology, even if you''re not a tech expert. Master the art of leveraging technology for the forces of good as an entrepreneur or intrapreneur. D
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Following Nellie Bly
Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd A History of Women in Astronomy and Space
Book SynopsisThe first history of women astronomers in English to cover individuals from antiquity to the modern day. Features 30 in-depth biographies and 99 brief portraits of women astronomers, space explorers, and astrophysicists.
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Carmen Pomi s
Book SynopsisCarmen Pomi s' life is terrific life story, linking a fascinating individual to the events of the 20th century: two world wars, the advance of women's rights; society in France; migration; culture and society in post-war America.
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Edinburgh University Press Katherine Mansfield and London
Book SynopsisA variety of essays by Mansfield scholars presenting criticism on Katherine Mansfield's relationship to London
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Thomas Nelson Publishers I Want God
Book SynopsisI Want God, now revised and updated, will help you focus on your true pursuit of God and watch Him move your soul. Lisa Whittle amplifies the solution to the heart cry of the sick of me life.It is in the heart of every person to want God, but life gets loud, and we forget Him. We get consumed by our problems, our desires, ourselves. We forget our first encounter with the Savior and how much we once wanted Him. But Lisa Whittle believes that if we calibrate our attention, refocusing on God determines the perspective for everything in our life: what we fight for, what we tolerate, how we make decisions, what we choose, what we love, what we chase, what we let go of, and what we are willing to change. A guidebook, a teacher, and a resource, all in one, I Want God brings rich simplicity to lif
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Womens Sexualities
Book SynopsisResearchers and theorists who attempt to generalize about sexuality and sexual orientation in both men and women simultaneously often take male experiences as the norm and ignore unique aspects of women''s lives. The purpose of this issue is to focus attention on scientific research and theory about aspects of women''s sexualities, with special emphasis on sexual orientation. A new paradigm is presented that recognizes the great diversity of women''s erotic experiences and the many sociocultural factors that shape women''s sexuality and sexual orientation across the lifespan.Table of ContentsPart I: Sexuality and Sexual Orientation:. 1. "Understanding Women's Sexualities and Sexual Orientations: An Introduction": Linda D. Garnets & Letitia Anne Peplau, University of California, Los Angeles. 2. "Sexual Orientation and Sex in Women's Lives: Conceptual and Methodological Issues":. Esther D. Rothblum, University of Vermont. 3. "Bisexuality: A Contemporary Paradox for Women": Paula C. Rodríguez Rust, State University of New York at Geneseo. Part II: Social Contexts:. 4. "Culture and Women's Sexualities": Evelyn Blackwood, Purdue University. 5. "African American Lesbian and Bisexual Women": Beverly Greene, St. John's University. 6. "Sexual Prejudice and Gender: Do Heterosexuals' Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Differ?: Gregory M. Herek, University of California at Davis. Part III: Development:. 7. "Biological Research on Women's Sexual Orientations: Evaluating the Scientific Evidence": Rosemary C. Veniegas, University of California, San Francisco; Terri D. Conley, Univsersity of California, Los Angeles. 8. "Becoming a Heterosexual Adult: The Experiences of Young Women": Janet Shibley Hyde & Sara R. Jaffee, University of Wisconsin. 9. "Explaining Diversity in the Development of Same-Sex Sexuality Among Young Women": Lisa M. Diamond, University of Utah; Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Cornell University. Part IV: Implications for Research and Policy:. 10. "Heterosexism and the Study of Women's Romantic and Friend Relationships": Suzanna Rose, University of Missouri-St. Louis. 11. "A New Paradigm for Understanding Women's Sexuality and Sexual Orientation": Linda D. Garnets & Letitia Anne Peplau, University of California, Los Angeles. 12. "Seeing Is Believing: Research on Women's Sexual Orientation and Public Policy": Sheila James Kuehl, California State Assembly. 13. "Afterword": Jacqueline D. Goodchilds, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Harley Loco
Book Synopsis''She''s experienced wealth, cultural alienation, homelessness, brushes with fame, prison, rehab, record deals, a million blown second chances, a dozen broken hearts and one bloody-knuckled ultimate spiritual redemption. She even died once in the process, and may very well have had sex with your wife back in the eighties...'' Elizabeth GilbertWhen she was seven, Rayya Elias and her upper-class family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in a suburb of Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Rayya moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. Eventually though, Elias''s affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction and she found herself living on the streets - between visits to jail. Told with a keen sense of humour and a lack of self-pity in evTrade ReviewIt is my honour to introduce these pages - so gravely, so straggly, so hopeful, bright, and true -- Elizabeth GilbertDo any of us really know ourselves? This kind of exploration into the human spirit is what true religion is about. -- Debbie HarryRayya Elias' twisted, devastating memoir of a life lived on the margins can take its rightful place alongside The Basketball Diaries, Please Kill Me and Just Kids as a classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC -- Craig MarksElias remains sympathetic as she tramples over her girlfriends, family and herself during the drug-addled chaos of Eighties New York ... This book is to be gulped whole * Stylist *Gritty, but brilliantly funny * Sunday Telegraph *Rayya Elias’s clear-eyed account of her very messy New York life ... A post-punk misery memoir that never asks for your sympathy * Herald *Harley Loco succeeds because it conveys the appeal of a chaotic sex-and-drugs lifestyle ... Elias’s perspective is often transparently self-deluding, but her voice is always appealing, and will doubtless find a warm and responsive audience * Daily Telegraph *Elias’s writing (in her third language) is plain street, unliterary and compelling; her self-descriptions are impressive in their refusal to dodge or euphemise ... That she wrote it at all is a major achievement for Elias; somewhat fittingly, perhaps, it’s a book that struggles with its own nature -- Aida Edemariam * Guardian *
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AuthorHouse My Journal
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Trafford Publishing How to Beat Your Kids without Leaving a Mark
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AuthorHouse Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) A Human Necklace The African Diaspora and Paule Marshalls Fiction
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) Defending Womens Rights in Europe Gender Equality and EU Enlargement
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State University of New York Press Crossing Boundaries and Confounding Identity
Book SynopsisExamines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.
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Temple University Press,U.S. The Gender Knot
Book SynopsisNew Third Edition!The Gender Knot, Allan Johnson''s response to the pain and confusion that men and women experience by living with gender inequality, explains what patriarchy is and isn''t, how it works, and what gets in the way of understanding and doing something about it. Johnson''s simple yet powerful approach avoids the paralyzing trap of guilt, blame, anger, and defensive denial that often results from conversations about gender. This edition features: Updated references, data, resources, and examples, especially in relation to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity (e.g., gay marriage, transgender/cisgender) A glossary of terms A new chapter, What Changes and What Does Not: Manhood and Violence, that provides an extended analysis of the causes of men''s violence as a patriarchal phenomenon Trade Review"The Gender Knot illuminates vast areas of previously unexamined and unnamed effects of 'power over' social systems, and provides a beacon of hope and a message of courage. This book is brilliant and life-changing"-Judith V Jordan, Ph.D., Director of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley Centers for Women, and Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Part I | What Is This Thing Called Patriarchy? 1 Where Are We? 2 Patriarchy, the System: An It, Not a He, a Them, or an Us 3 Why Patriarchy? 4 Ideology, Myth, and Magic: Femininity, Masculinity, and ‘Gender Roles’ 5 Feminists and Feminism Part II | Sustaining Illusions, Barriers to Change 6 Thinking about Patriarchy: War, Sex, and Work 7 What Patriarchy? 8 It Must Be Women Part III | Unraveling the Patriarchal Legacy 9 Shame, Guilt, and Responsibility 10 What Changes and What Does Not: Manhood and Violence 11 What Can We Do? Unraveling the Gender Knot Appendix: Resources for Unraveling the Knot Notes Glossary Index
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Continuum Publishing Corporation Striking a Light
Book SynopsisIn July 1888, fourteen hundred women and girls employed by the matchmakers Bryant and May walked out of their East End factory and into the history books. Louise Raw gives us a challenging new interpretation of events proving that the women themselves, not celebrity socialists like Annie Besant, began it. She provides unequivocal evidence to show that the matchwomen greatly influenced the Dock Strike of 1889, which until now was thought to be the key event of new unionism, and repositions them as the mothers of the modern labour movement. Returning to the stories of the women themselves, and byinterviewingtheir relatives today, Raw is able to construct a new history which challenges existing accounts of the strike itself and radically alters the accepted history of the labour movement in Britain.Trade Review"'In a careful reconstruction of events, Raw exposes inaccuracies in the standard accounts... [she] tells a great story with a terrific cast of characters... parts of the book read like a detective story, with Raw ingenious in tracking down the strike leaders.'-Times Higher Education"Table of ContentsIntroduction, Methodology and Previous Literature; 1. Angels in the House and Factory Girls; 2. Haunted by the Woman Question: the Victorian Labour Movement and Women Workers; 3. Life, Work and Politics in the Victorian East End; 4. Liberals and Lucifers: Bryant & May and Matchmaking; 5. The 'Notorious' Annie Besant: the Strike Leaders Reconsidered; 6. 'One Girl Began': the Strike and the Matchwomen; 7. The Matchwomen, the Great Dock Strike and New Unionism; Bibliography; Index.
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Amberley Publishing Women of the Vatican
Book SynopsisA revealing history of women who were a power behind the papal throne. Engaging, controversial and sometimes illuminating.
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Bristol University Press Forgotten Wives
Book SynopsisForgotten Wives examines how marriage has contributed to the active 'disremembering' of women's achievements. Ann Oakley uses case studies of four women married to well-known men to ask questions about gender inequality and contributes a fresh vision of how the welfare state developed in the early 20th century.Table of Contents1 The condition of wifehood 2 Mary Booth 3 Charlotte Shaw 4 Jeannette Tawney 5 Janet Beveridge 6 A life of her own
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Bristol University Press History and Memories of the Domestic Violence
Book SynopsisIn this captivating book, activist and scholar Gill Hague recounts the inspiring story of the violence against women movement in the UK and beyond from 1960s onwards, examining the transformatory politics behind this movement through an important historical and international lens.Table of ContentsIntroduction Everything seemed to change at once: women’s liberation and the women’s movement(s) from the 1960s Women’s liberation: strands, debates, transformations The violence against women movements burst into life Taking on rape and sexual violence, as well as domestic abuse A radical women’s politics: the light of innovation and new ways to organise Wider feminist principles and domestic violence: making a new world As time went on: the movements on domestic violence and harmful practices grow Struggling to change: campaigns, laws, and local and global strategies Activist responses, justice and shelters (refuges) across the world Expanding the movements, gaining the evidence: feminist research and transnational action End word
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Bristol University Press Understanding Abuse in Young Peoples Intimate
Book SynopsisGender-based violence is explored from the perspective of young women in this essential guide for those working with young people.Trade Review"Davies’ book is an essential read for professionals, educators, and individuals working with young people. It offers valuable insights into the nuances of healthy and abusive relationships, exploring young women’s perspectives and the influence of societal norms on these relationships." AffiliaTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Framing Young Women’s Voices 2. The Nature and Patterns of Abuse in Young Intimate Relationships 3. Gender Norms and Young Intimate Relationship Roles 4. The Gendered ‘Doing of Sex’: ‘Sexual Double Standards' 5. The Nature of Online Abuse 6. Promoting Healthy Relationships: A Whole-Community Approach 7. Active Empowerment and Reshaping Gendered Social Norms
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Bristol University Press Welfare That Works for Women
Book SynopsisThis book analyses fresh empirical evidence which demonstrates the gendered impacts of the new conditionality regime within Universal Credit. Drawing on in-depth interviews with mothers, it offers a compelling narrative and policy recommendations to make the social citizenship framework in the UK more inclusive of women.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. The Social Security System and Gender: Unpaid Care, Paid Work and Agency 3. Universal Credit and the New Conditionality Regime for Mothers 4. Universal Credit and Unpaid Care: “We’re Doing a Massive Job Anyway” 5. Universal Credit and Paid Work: “You Can Job Search and Job Search and Not Get Anywhere” 6. Universal Credit and Agency: “There’s No Element of Choice” 7. Conclusion
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AuthorHouse Dubai Wives
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Sage Publications Ltd Prostitution
Book SynopsisThe field of sex work has undergone a massive expansion inthe past ten years. In this new edition, three leading researchers come together to provide an interdisciplinary outline of sex work. This book provides comprehensive coverage of key areas common to the study of the female sex industry, as well asconsidering issues relating to male and transgender sex workers, young people who are sexually exploited, and migrant sex workers. It also includes discussion of more recent forms of commercial sex such as Internet-based sex work. International in perspective,Prostitutioncombines sociological approaches with criminology and criminal justice studies, social policy, health research and sexuality studies. New to this edition: Updated summaries of policy and law, particularly in relation to UK legal changes from 2008 onwards Methodological insights and discussions on ethics, fieldwork and participatory action research Trade ReviewThe second edition of Prostitution: Sex Work, Policy and Politics provides a comprehensive account of the current issues surrounding sex work. This edition provides readers with an up to date insight into, not only the problems encompassed for female sex workers but also those for male and transgender workers. The key areas enclosed in this edition include: legality, regulation, research and ethical dilemmas, young people, sex worker’s rights, purchasing sexual services and the globalisation of the sex industry. Expertly created by Teela Sanders, Maggie O’Neill and Jane Pitcher this textbook is essential for any student studying sex work! -- Emily ShermanA superb introduction to the sociology of prostitution. The book synthesizes the best research on sex workers, their customers, legal issues, youth involvement, migration, and struggles for rights, and shows that prostitution is much more richly variegated than is commonly thought. -- Ronald WeitzerBenefitting from their vast collective experience as researchers and advocates for sex workers’ rights, the authors of this text have produced an authoritative, balanced and accessible guide to a topic often shrouded in myth. Avoiding simplistic assertions that all sex work is exploitative, or conversely that prostitution is a job like any other, the book draws on an impressive range of primary sources to describe the complexity and contingency of contemporary sex work. An impressive book, and one that should be appreciated by students and researchers alike for its sympathetic and sensitive handling of its subject matter. -- Phil HubbardIn this 2nd edition of Prostitution, Sanders, O’Neill and Pitcher provide an excellent, comprehensive and updated overview of sex work. These top researchers provide us with an insight into contemporary debates on perspectives of sex work, regulation of sex workers and/or third parties, and how sex work is transforming in an increasingly globalized world. They also draw on their expertise to provide sound advice on methodological approaches to prospective sex work researchers on how to conduct rigorous and ethical research in the field of sex work. This book should be the go-to resource for students and anyone else wanting to broaden their knowledge on sex work. -- Gillian AbelTable of ContentsChapter 1 - The Sociology of Sex Work Chapter 2 - The Cultural Context of Commerce and Sex Chapter 3 - Sex Workers and Sex Work Chapter 4 - Children, Young People and CSEC Chapter 5 - Buying Sexual Services Chapter 6 - Sex Workers, Labour Rights and Unionization Chapter 7 - Crime Justice and the Sex Industry in the UK Chapter 8 - Communities, Services and Welfare Chapter 9 - International Models of Regulating Sex Work Chapter 10 - Globalisation and the Sex Trade Chapter 11 - Researching the Sex Industry
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Edinburgh University Press Modernism Music and the Politics of Aesthetics
Book SynopsisUsing an approach to music informed by T. W. Adorno, this book examines the real-world, political significance of seemingly abstracted things like musical and literary forms.Trade Review"Taking up longstanding debates on the politics of modernist aesthetics, Gemma Moss frames her lines of inquiry brilliantly through Adorno.? Her understanding of music is crucial to her breakthrough understandings.? This is a book that will make a significant difference in our reading and listening to modernism at work in the world." -Vincent Sherry, Washington University in St Louis
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Edinburgh University Press Gertrude Stein and the Politics of Participation
Book SynopsisOffers a new way of reading Stein's key publications: as responses to the politics of authorship and aesthetic participationTrade Review"Isabelle Parkinson provides keen-eyed reappraisals of Stein's political writing, and of the political claims made by others about Stein's writing. Gertude Stein and the Politics of Participation is a sober, multidimensional guide to some of the most vexing problems of modernism and mass democracy." -Jeremy Braddock, Cornell University
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Edinburgh University Press Scottish Writing After Devolution
Book SynopsisRemaps the state of Scottish writing in the contemporary moment, embracing its uncertainty and the need to reconsider the field's founding assumptions and exclusions.
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Edinburgh University Press Contemporary Arab Womens Life Writing and the
Book SynopsisExplores the relationship between revolutionary movements and experimental life writing forms by contemporary Arab women.Trade Review"By examining Arabophone, Francophone, and Anglophone autobiographical writings of Arab women found in various modes, including testimonials, diaries, and more recently in digital media, Cheurfa's book, well-grounded in related theories, contributes to the analysis of dissident literature showing the strong involvement of Arab women in national struggle movements and redefining the modern cultural history of the Arab world." -Nawar Al-Hassan Golley, American University of Sharjah
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McFarland & Co Inc Love and the Fighting Female
Book Synopsis The fighting female archetype--a self-reliant woman of great physical prowess--has become increasingly common in action films and on television. However, the progressive female identities of these narratives cannot always resist the persistent and problematic framing of male-female relationships as a battle of the sexes or other source of antagonism. Combining cultural analysis with close readings of key popular American film and television texts since the 1980s, this study argues that certain fighting female themes question regressive conventions in male-female relationships. Those themes reveal potentially progressive ideologies regarding female agency in mass culture that reassure audiences of the desirability of empowered women while also imagining egalitarian intimacies that further empower women. Overall, the fighting female narratives addressed here afford contradictory viewing pleasures that reveal both new expectations for and remaining anxieties about the stronTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1. To Love, Honor and Be Oppressed: The Problem Hetero-Romance Poses for Feminism 2. Mixing Business with Pleasure: Love-Buddy Fighting Females and the Politics of Romance in the Workplace 3. The Struggling Romaction Genre: Love-Warrior Fighting Females and the Politics of Romance on the Homefront 4. What Doesn't Kill Her Makes Her Stronger: The Fighting Female as a Survivor 5. Women Leaders and the Men Who Love Them 6. Conclusion Epilogue: Evolving Pleasures Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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McFarland & Co Inc Rosalie Gardiner Jones and the Long March for
Book Synopsis In February 1913 young firebrand activist General Rosalie Gardiner Jones defied convention and the doubts of better-known suffragists such as Alice Paul, Jane Addams, and Carrie Chapman Catt to muster an unprecedented equal rights army. Jones and Colonel Ida Craft marched 250 miles at the head of their all-volunteer platoon, advancing from New York City to Washington, DC in the dead of winter, in what was believed to be the longest dedicated women''s rights march in American history. Along the way their band of protestors overcame violence, intimidation, and bigotry, their every step documented by journalist-embeds who followed the self-styled army down far-flung rural roads and into busy urban centers bristling with admiration and enmity. At march''s end in Washington, more than 100,000 spectators cheered and jeered Rosalie''s army in a reception said to rival a president''s inauguration. This first-ever book-length biography details Jones''s indomitable and original br
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McFarland & Co Inc The Suffrage Photography of Lena Connell
Book Synopsis Lena Connell was one of a new breed of young professional women who took up photography at the turn of the 20th century. She ran her own studio in North London, only employed women, and made her mark on history by creating compellingly modern portraits of women in the British suffrage movement. The women that Connell captured on film are as class-inclusive a group as you could find: whether they were factory workers, schoolteachers, or aristocrats, they joined the cause to make a difference for future generations of women, if not for themselves. Connell''s portraits created a new kind of visibility for these activists as hard-working, unrelenting women, whose spirits rose above injustice. This book examines Connell''s artistic career within the Edwardian suffrage movement. It discusses her body of portraits within the British suffrage movement''s propagandistic efforts and its goals of sophisticated, professional representations of its members. It includes all of her known portrTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: Lena Connell, British Suffrage Photographer: Creating a Cult of Great Women Chapter 1. Lena Connell's Photographic Studio, Professional Presentation, and Practice Chapter 2. The Cult of Great Women: Portraying Representative Leaders and Organizers Chapter 3. Theatrical and Literary Representations in the Cult of Great Women: The Women Writers' Suffrage League, the Actresses' Franchise League and Other Women Workers for the Cause Chapter 4. Transgressive and Transformative Acts and Resistance Narratives: Public Performances Speaking Through Studio Portraits Epilogue: The Legacy of Lena Connell's Suffrage Portraits Within the Cult of Great Women Appendix: Royal Photographic Society Exhibits by Miss Lena Connell Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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McFarland & Co Inc United States Womens Chess Champions 19372020
Book Synopsis As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women''s Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living U.S. Women''s Chess Champions, this book examines their careers with biographies, photos, and 171 annotated games, most of which are from the 60 championships between 1937 and 2020.Trade ReviewAlexey Root, takes a look at the history of the United States Women's Chess Championships, something for which she is uniquely qualified in the sense that not only is she a Woman International Master (WIM), she has also won the Championship herself, back in 1989... Most of the best games have an appropriate amount of annotations to provide both enjoyment and instruction.... All in all, this is a good read and, as with all other publications from McFarland, carefully researched, thoroughly illustrated, indexed, etc.—everything that makes for a great book."—American Chess Magazine"Wonderfully written...One of those must have chess books!"—Chess Book Reviews"Fills a gap in American chess literature. Previous to its publication one could find little on the subject beyond a bare bones list of winners. Basic information such as a crosstable or a game played by the champion were often missing for many of these events. Even reliable biographical information about the winners was hard to find. No more....a major accomplishment and one chess historians will gratefully appreciate...fascinating"—IM John Donaldson (Mechanics' Institute)Table of Contents Championships and Champions viii Foreword by Grandmaster Irina Krush 1 Preface 3 Introduction 9 1. Adele Rivero Belcher 17 2. Mona May Karff 21 3. Gisela Kahn Gresser 29 4. Mary Bain 38 5. Nancy Roos 42 6. Sonja Graf 45 7. Lisa Lane 52 8. Eva Aronson 57 9. Marilyn Simmons 60 10. Diane Savereide 63 11. Rachel Crotto 72 12. Inna Koren 77 13. Anna Akhsharumova 81 14. Alexey Root 87 15. Elena Akhmilovskaya Donaldson 92 16. Esther Epstein 98 17. Irina Levitina 103 18. Sharon Burtman 110 19. Anjelina Belakovskaia 114 20. Irina Krush 122 21. Elina Cotler 133 22. Camilla Baginskaite 137 23. Jennifer Shahade 141 24. Anna Hahn 148 25. Rusudan Goletiani 153 26. Anna Zatonskih 159 27. Nazi Paikidze 169 28. Sabina Foişor 174 29. Jennifer Yu 179 Ratings and Crosstables 185 References 219 Traditional Openings Index (to game numbers) 225 ECO Openings Index (to game numbers) 226 General Index 227
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Duke University Press Laughing at the Devil
Book SynopsisIn this impassioned, analytical, playful, and irreverent book, theologian Amy Laura Hall takes up Julian of Norwich's call to laugh at the Devil as a means to transform a setting of dread and fear into the means to create hope, solidarity, and resistance.Trade Review"Although Hall addresses serious topics, her treatment is boundless and joyful. Those familiar with Julian's writings should find this unique take to be contemporary and relevant." -- James Wetherbee * Library Journal *"In Laughing at the Devil, Amy Laura Hall urges her own readers to read Julian [of Norwich] and to keep thinking along with her. This brief study is worthy of careful reading. . . . Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, general readers." -- G.H. Shriver * Choice *"A book to read with the heart as well as the mind." -- Willard E. Roth * Sharing the Practice *"Amy Laura Hall’s Laughing at the Devil is valuable because she resists a bloodless and spiritualized vision of Julian’s theology. Covenant theologians seeking to understand the significance of Waldenström’s insistence that the cross was a demonstration of divine love will find in Hall’s Julian an important conversation partner." -- Jodie Boyer Hatlem * Covenant Quarterly *"A labor of love: a testament to the richness of Julian’s writing and the balm of a new theological perspective for those deeply hurt by life. . . . For readers grappling with tragedy, pain, and bewilderment at the world’s evils, Laughing at the Devil makes meaningful Julian’s revelation that all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well." -- Andrew K. Lee * Reading Religion *"A fresh take on Julian of Norwich that you don’t need a divinity degree to understand. . . . In Hall’s hands, Julian the anchorite mystic becomes a spiritual friend. She may have prayed in mean and miserable times, but she gets a generous vision of God’s love for us all." -- Lillian Daniel * Christian Century *"This is a pastoral and prophetic book for all readers who seek a centering hope in times of overwhelming oppression and pain, in which a toxic blend of religion and politics entices people to cope with the fear of pain or their present suffering through various mechanisms of control and punishment—be it shame, intimidation, or scrutinizing methods accounting for grace and redemption. Selective in its sources, teachers of theology and ethics will find this a great companion book to reflect with students on how to translate historical theological writings into real lived embodied situations in ways that matter. . . ." -- Heike Peckruhn * Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics *"Amy Laura Hall has written a short book about Julian of Norwich and ethics that is both a laugh-out-loud read and an entirely serious reflection on living in the safety of the cross. Hall’s reflections made this medieval English visionary come alive for me, and she also helped me enable Julian to seem relevant—even someone to celebrate—for undergraduates living in a time of pandemic, political division, and fear. . . . I recommend this book highly for scholars, for students, and for anyone wanting to understand Julian of Norwich and reflect on the cross in a fresh and invigorating way." -- Robert W. Heimburger * Studies in Christian Ethics *Table of ContentsPreface. Devil: Zero xi Acknowledgments xix Introduction. Love in Everything 1 1. Time: On Poynte 19 2. Truth: Divine Delight 41 3. Blood: Spiritual Safety 61 4. Bodies: Nakedly and Truly 81 Postscript 109 Appendix. A Summary of Julian's Visions 113 References 115 Index 119
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Duke University Press The Force of Witness
Book SynopsisIn The Force of Witness Rosa-Linda Fregoso examines the contra feminicide movement in Mexico and other feminist efforts to eradicate gender violence. Drawing on interviews, art, documentaries, and her years of activism, Fregoso traces the micro and macro scales of misogyny and the patterns of state complicity with gender violence. She shows how different forms of witnessing—from activist-mothers’ bearing witness to the memories of their daughters and expert witnesses in court cases to communal witnessing and a scholar-activist-citizen witnessing her own actions—are key to resisting feminicidal violence. Fregoso situates these forms of witness in the histories, contexts, structures, bodies, and intersectional struggles they emerge from. By outlining the complexities of feminicidal violence in relation to witnessing processes, Fregoso challenges the notion of witness as an individual or autonomous subject inscribed solely in the legal or religious arenas. Rather,Trade Review"Fregoso masterfully and poignantly combines theory, scholarship, and activism in this volume, thereby bearing witness and accompanying others in their struggles for justice. Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals." -- I. Coronado * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prelude 1 1. Chronicles of Witness 13 Interlude 1: Re-Memory for the Dead 58 2. Mexico’s Longest War 63 3. The Artist and Witness 96 Interlude 2: Redressing Injustice 115 4. The Art of Witness 119 5. Witnesses to Mexico’s “Living Dead” 138 Interlude 3: Flor de Arena 159 6. Stolen Lives and Fugitivity 163 Postlude 183 Notes 185 Bibliography 211 Index 229
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Duke University Press Melodrama As Provocateur
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New York University Press Violence Never Heals
Book SynopsisExplores experiences with disability and aging for immigrant survivors of domestic violence across thelife courseAcross the United States, one in three women experiences violence in their intimate relationships. More resources are now being devoted to providing these women with immediate care; but what happens to survivors, especially those from marginalized communities, as they grow older and grapple with the long-term effects? In Violence Never Heals, Allison Bloom presents a life-course perspective on the disabling experience of violence in Latina immigrant communities.Drawing on extensive ethnographic fieldwork performed in a Latina program at an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) crisis center, Bloom offers insights into the long-term effects of systemic and gender-based violence, revealing that these experiences become subtly disabling long before old age. Drawing from her own background as a practitioner, Bloom further details how current IPV servTrade ReviewBloom writes in an accessible style and clearly knows her field from the inside. She draws on an array of concepts and research discussions—from intersectionality and embodiment to disability theory, to mention a few of her perspectival bases. The various conceptual discussions in the book are grounded in the author’s concrete cases and her ethnographic fieldwork... Expanding on the power of such support groups as cathartic rituals rather than opportunities for learning new strategies in life, Bloom’s book highlights a way to move forward. * Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work *
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New York University Press Botox Nation
Book SynopsisOne of NPR's Best Books of 2017The first in-depth social investigation into the development and rising popularity of Botox The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery estimates there are about two-and-a-half million Botox procedures performed annually, and that number continues to increase. The procedure is used as a preventive measure against aging and a means by which bodies, particularly women's, can be transformed and improved through the appearance of youth. But why is Botox so popular, and why is aging such a terrifying concept? Botox Nation draws from engaging, in-depth interviews with Botox users and providers as well as Dana Berkowitz's own experiences receiving the injections. The interviews reveal the personal motivations for using Botox and help unpack how anti-aging practices are conceived by, and resonate with, everyday people. Berkowitz is particularly interested in how Botox is now being targeted to younger women; since Botox is a procedure that must be continualTrade ReviewThis book is an essential text for anyone interested in sociology and the body. Beautifully written and personally reflexive, it is a wonderful example of the drawing together and application of different strands of social theory -- symbolic interactionism, feminist theories of embodiment and post-structuralism, among them. While taking very seriously the epic sociological dilemma of structure vs. agency, it demonstrates quite explicitly how the self and the corporeal are constructed via an emerging body technology like Botox; in turn, it shows how the meanings of such technologies are made concrete in and through the bodies of contemporary women -- including the author's own body. -- Debra Gimlin,author of Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American CultureWhen we think of body modification, we think of surgery -- like liposuction, face lifts, breast augmentation. Dana Berkowitz's exciting work dramatically expands the discussion to include nonsurgical procedures -- which account for 80% of all procedures. Combining deft fieldwork, detailed interviews, and daring autoethnography, Berkowitz broadens and deepens our understanding of the cosmetically altered but not surgically redefined body. -- Michael Kimmel,author of Angry White Men: American Masculinity at the End of an EraThis book is a significant contribution to understanding the ways in which the aging body is commodified in contemporary societies and how promissory discourse may shape views and actions and have inequitable outcomes. It will prove invaluable to those interested in the body and society, the sociology of health and illness, and the dynamics of new and emerging treatment markets. * American Journal of Sociology *The writing is approachable, and the research is well-documented in an appendix, making the volume suitable for methods courses. * Choice *
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New York University Press Governed through Choice
Book SynopsisA trailblazing look at how the law regulates women's bodies as reproductive sites and what can be done about it. At the center of the war on women lies the fact that women in the contemporary United States are facing more widespread and increased surveillance of their reproductive health and decisions. In recent years states have passed a record number of laws restricting abortion. Physicians continue to sterilize some women against their will, especially those in prison, while other women who choose to forego reproduction cannot find physicians to sterilize them. While these actions seem to undermine women's decision-making authority, experts and state actors often defend them in terms of promoting women's autonomy. In Governed through Choice, Jennifer M. Denbow exposes the way that the notion of autonomy allows for this apparent contradiction and explores how it plays out in recent reproductive law, including newly enacted informed consent to abortion laws like ultrasound mandateTrade Review"Governed through Choice is a sophisticated but accessible analysis of the governance of women as reproductive subjects.Providing fresh readings of classic and contemporary political theory while engaging the contemporary politics of reproductive rights, Denbow argues that the political ideal of autonomy defies and justifies the regulation of womens bodies in a variety of sites.This text is a timely reflection on the continued political centrality of women's bodies." -- Claire Rasmussen,author of The Autonomous Animal: Self-Governance and Modern Subjectivity"This book brilliantly theorizes two faces of autonomy in contemporary liberal democraciesautonomy as a technique of self-management and governance, and autonomy as a frame for critique and transformation of subordinating practices. Without ever denying the selfs constructed and relational dimensions, Jennifer Denbow argues compellingly for an individual womens essential control over her own reproductive existence.One of the best books on reproductive politics in a decade!" -- Wendy Brown,author of Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Empire and Identity"Denbow provides a legal and philosophical analysis of reproductive politics in the US. She develops the concept of womens reproductive autonomy, drawing from classic definitions of autonomy by Rousseau and Kant." * Choice *"[Denbow's] poignant critique of governments & coercive paternalism with respect to womens reproductive choices introduces a transformative potential of radical thought at the crux of her thought." * New Political Science *"The book is able to make a bold intervention into current U.S. discourses of reproductive politics and at the same time provoke feminists to ask what is left of the concept of autonomy in the era of neoliberalism and postfeminism" * Perspectives on Politics *"Governed through Choice brings new perspective to the changing political landscape of womens reproductive rights." * PsycCRITIQUES *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments vii Introduction: The Possibility of Reproductive Autonomy 1 1. Autonomy: The Self and Society 25 2. Abortion and the Juridical: Reproductive Autonomy and Protection from Injury 61 3. Informed Consent Laws: Ultrasound, Surveillance, and Postfeminist Reproductive Rights 97 4. Sterilization: Self-Governance and the Possibility of Transformation 132 5. Autonomy, Technology, and the Politics of Reproduction 176 Notes 193 References 207 Index 223 About the Author 231
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New York University Press Fixing Parental Leave
Book SynopsisA real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at homeWhat do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents. The US lags far behind the rest of the world on this important issue, raising questions about our commitment to gender equality and the welfare of our families. In Fixing Parental Leave, Gayle Kaufman takes an in-depth look at parental leave policies in the US, the UK, and Sweden, and evaluates the benefits and drawbacks of leave policies in each country. She finds that there is more to parental leave policies than whether a country provides time off around the birth or adoption of a child. While most policies are designed to help women return to work, this is only half of the puzzle. The second half requires men to be meaningful partners by encouraging them to take equal time at home. Ultimately, Kaufman arrives at a ratiTrade Review"Gayle Kaufman’s incisive analysis of parental leave policies in the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Sweden convincingly demonstrates that there is no need to choose between child well-being and parental equality. By showing us what works—and what doesn’t—Fixing Parental Leave offers a blueprint for addressing the deepening caregiving crisis facing workers and parents worldwide. It deserves the attention of anyone concerned about the fate of American families, workplaces, and political culture at this critical juncture in our history." -- Kathleen Gerson, author of The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family"Kaufman provides a comprehensive and lively portrait of the parental leave landscape in the United States—both public and private—and demonstrates that the picture is bleak. She draws on policy models operating in Sweden and the United Kingdom to craft policy lessons, both inspirational and cautionary. The heart of Kaufman’s book is a blueprint for the policy reforms that are desperately needed in the United States – reforms that would enable parents to better reconcile parenting and employment, while promoting more gender-egalitarian divisions of labor. Ideally, the book will land in the hands of American policy-makers at the national, state, and local levels." -- Janet Gornick, author of Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries"Inducing fury as it exposes American workplaces that give lip service to family leave laws, but that do little to support new families, the book shows that having children penalizes working parents, who are shunted into “mommy track” jobs, miss out on promotions, and depend on employers’ goodwill as they adapt. Forwarding a nuanced perspective on the real consequences of leave policies, [Fixing Parental Leave] compares the US to nations including Sweden and the UK, and find that most successful leave policies take fathers into account, too… The book’s suggestions are enlightening, big picture ones that keep in mind the fact that babies need parents who provide love and stability." * Foreword Reviews *"In Fixing Parental Leave, Kaufman argues that the US continues to lead the world in its lack of support for families, made apparent by its approach to parental leave. The author’s carefully constructed case study of parental leave policies in the US, UK, and Sweden reveals not only best policies and practices for ensuring healthy families and maximizing women’s participation in the labor force, but also illuminates the clear relationship between parental leave and gender equality… [A] valuable study." * Choice *
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University of Toronto Press Before Official Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisFor almost two decades before Canada officially adopted multiculturalism in 1971, a large network of women and their allies in Toronto were promoting pluralism as a city- and nation-building project. Before Official Multiculturalism assesses women as liberal pluralist advocates and activists, critically examining the key roles they played as community organizers, frontline social workers, and promoters of ethnic festivals. The book explores women’s community-based activism in support of a liberal pluralist vision of multiculturalism through an analysis of the International Institute of Metropolitan Toronto, a postwar agency that sought to integrate newcomers into the mainstream and promote cultural diversity. Drawing on the rich records of the Institute, as well as the massive International Institutes collection in Minnesota, the book situates Toronto within its Canadian and North American contexts and addresses the flawed mandate to integrate immigrants and refTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Part One: Introduction 1. The Case Study 2. The Scholarship Part Two: Narrative, Subjectivities, and Affect in the Multicultural Social Welfare Encounter 3. Toronto Counsellors and International Institute Social Work Theory and Practice 4. Professionals, Narrative, and Gendered Middle-Class Subjectivities 5. Marital Conflict, Emotions, and “De-culturalizing” Violence 6. Generational Conflict: Intimacy, Money, and “Mini-Skirt” Feminism Part Three: Community-Building Experiments, Integration Projects, and Collective Belonging 7. Making Multicultural Community at the Institute 8. Community Projects for Rural Villagers: Health and Occupational Training 9. Food as Charity, Community-Building, and Cosmopolitanism on a Budget Part Four: Ethnic Folk Cultures and Modern Multicultural Mandates 10. Immigrant Gifts, Pluralist Spectacles, and Staging the Modern City and Nation 11. Handicrafts, High Art, and Human Rights: Cultural Guardianship and Internationalism Conclusion Appendices Notes Index
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University of Toronto Press Courting Celebrity
Book SynopsisIn 1826 Angela Veronese, a gardener’s daughter, wrote and published the first modern autobiography by an Italian woman. Veronese’s account focuses on her unique experience as a peasant girl who came of age among the Venetian elite, and details how she attained a certain renown in and out of Italy by improvising, writing, and publishing her own lyrics. Courting Celebrity is a bilingual annotated edition of Veronese’s autobiography. To better elucidate Veronese’s thinking, the book includes the autobiographical writing of another contemporary Italian poet, Teresa Bandettini, a well-known Tuscan poet-improviser. The book offers a substantial sample of Veronese’s poems, translated and in the original. These compositions, together with detailed bibliographical documentation, point to the success of Veronese’s autobiographical enterprise and offer an unparalleled view of both high society and popular culture at the time. Courting Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword 1. Angela Veronese Notizie sulla vita di Aglaja Anassillide scritte da lei medesima Information on the Life of Aglaja Anassillide, Written by Herself Selected Poems by Angela Veronese Biography of Angela Veronese Bio-Bibliography for Angela Veronese 2. Teresa Bandettini “Autobiografia” “Autobiography” Biography of Teresa Bandettini 3. Contexts and Conclusions 4. Poem by Luigi Carrer Dedicated to Angela Veronese Works Cited Index
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University of Nebraska Press Daughters of 1968
Book SynopsisTells the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced widespread social change, revamping the workplace and laws governing everything from abortion to marriage.Trade Review"In an entanglement of opinions and assumptions, Greenwald thoroughly iterates the principal arguments and struggles of this time and any scholar researching feminism, or perhaps simply a curious reader, would do well to pick up this book."—Celina Vargas, French Review"Scholars of twentieth-century feminist history on both sides of the Atlantic will want to take note of Lisa Greenwald's comprehensive account of the ideological debates that underpinned feminist-led public policy changes in postwar France."—Sandra Reineke, American Historical Review“‘Femininity and womanhood had long been expressions of women’s power and the root of their identity in French society,’ writes Lisa Greenwald. Her lively, smart, and thoroughly researched book shows how those terms—and the power arrangements and identities they stood for—were revised, reinterpreted, and repudiated. . . . The fiftieth anniversary of May ’68 will direct new attention to its powerful aftershocks. Feminism was one of those aftershocks, and Greenwald’s book will be part of our reappraisal of this historical moment.”In an entanglement of opinions and assumptions, Greenwald thoroughly iterates the principal arguments and struggles of this time and any scholar researching feminism, or perhaps simply a curious reader, would do well to pick up this book. Judith G. Coffin, associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin“Lisa Greenwald introduces anglophone audiences to the breadth and depth of second-wave feminism in France. Her bold analysis encompasses much more than theory by restoring to us the complexity of the activist components of the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes.”—Karen Offen, senior scholar, Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University“Finally! In her remarkable book on the history of French feminism after World War II, Lisa Greenwald restores overlooked feminist activists of the 1950s and 1960s to their rightful place. Embedding them in their changing historical context, Greenwald follows feminism through upheaval and fracture after 1968, exploring both the unresolved dilemmas and the profound changes feminists brought about.”—Sarah Fishman, associate dean for undergraduate studies, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston“A solid and well-documented investigation into the Women’s Liberation Movement in France: its actions, its components, its relations with previous generations, and its painful internal conflicts. It reveals the very important role played by radical and materialist feminists. It is an effective antidote against the invention of ‘French feminism’ by some American scholars.”—Sylvie Chaperon, professor of contemporary and gender history at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Laboratory FRAMESPA“This is the book you need in order to grasp the complex history of French Second-Wave Feminism.”—Bibia Pavard, senior lecturer in history, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis of Media (CARISM) at the University Paris II"In the United States, there remains the belief that French feminism of the second wave is only a literary and/or theoretical movement, leaving in the shadow its political struggles, internal conflicts, and their real impacts. The novelty of this work is to place the women's liberation movement in the historical and intellectual contexts in which it emerged and grew . . . Lisa Greenwald's book will therefore be of interest in more than one way: not only does it offer, for the first time on the other side of the Atlantic, a history of the women's liberation movement in France and highlights—in a comparative perspective with the United States movement by example—the peculiarities that cross it. It also lets us French readers see a new approach to second wave feminism by placing it in a longer time frame—by linking it to the French political and intellectual context and to the first writings and first actions of women (mainly since the end of World War II)."—Archives du Feminisme"Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement, is the story of modern-day French feminism which was both impactful and full of intellectual and personal conflict."—Marshal Zeringue, Page 99 TestTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Reigniting French Feminism for the Twentieth Century 1. Liberation and Rethinking Gender Roles: 1944–1950 2. Reform and Consensus: Feminism in the 1950s and 1960s 3. The May Events and the Birth of Second-Wave Feminism: 1968–1970 4. New Feminist Theory and Feminist Practice: The Early 1970s 5. The Mouvement de Libération des Femmes and the Fight for Reproductive Freedom: 1970–19796. Takeover? Feminists In and Out of Party Politics: The Late 1970s 7. Who Owns Women’s Liberation? The Campaigns for French Women Not a Conclusion: The Socialist Party’s Ascendancy and French Feminism’s Second Wave Appendix: The Feminist Press in France, 1968–1981 Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Woman Pissing
Book SynopsisElizabeth Cooperman celebrates artists who have struggled with debilitating self-doubt and uncertainty, while she reflects on her own life, grappling with questions of creativity, womanhood, and motherhood.Trade Review“This is a fiercely feminist book in the best sense, carving out a space for a female intelligence and decimating certain kinds of male productivity/surety. Cooperman has found her own form and managed to create a remarkable book—howlingly sad, oddly joyous, and persuasively devoted to a wayward/outsider/termite definition of art.”—David Shields“An engaging and distinctive read, Woman Pissing challenges, provokes, and inspires. . . . Woman Pissing refuses to give way to conventional narrative, charts its own path, and evidences the instinctual effort and devotion of a writer keenly aware of just how thin the membrane between art and life can truly be.”—Jericho Parms, author of Lost Wax“A book about the effort to write it, Woman Pissing is a living thing. Cooperman makes art of the effort to make art and manages, in that process, to make art—of art itself. The product is not final but a record of the process—pure pleasure for the reader.”—Kary Wayson, author of The SlipTable of ContentsWoman with Hat Head of a Man Head of a Woman Woman in the Studio Woman with Green Stockings Crouching Beggar Family of Saltimbanques Young Acrobat on a Ball At the Lapin Agile Parade Reclining Female Nude under a Pine Tree The Lovers The Absinthe Drinker Woman in Gray Woman in a Gray Armchair Head of a Hurdy-Gurdy The Blue Acrobat The Race Portrait of the Artist’s Mother Pregnant Woman Self-Portrait at Thirty-Six Dwarf Dancer Maya with Doll Portrait of Maya The FactoryMaternité Spring Nude in Red Stockings The BeastLa belle hollandaise Le compotier Nude in a Garden Butterfly Hunter Woman with Her Hair in a Bun Japanese Divan House in a Garden Interior Scene The Blue Room Woman with Outstretched ArmsTête de mort Still Life with Steer’s Skull She-Goat SweetsLa cuisine Nude with Drapery Kids Little SunTête Woman with Jewels Watermelon EatersMa jolie Girl before a Mirror Self-PortraitYo Woman with a Large Hat The Artist before His Canvas Aiming the Deathblow Woman with Pears Woman Washing Her Feet The Fool Woman beneath the Lamp Smoke Clouds at Vallauris The Pigeon with Green Peas ContemplationCabinet particulier Bird with WormCannibale The Sigh Woman with a Crow Two Old People Birds in a Cage Woman Squatting with Child The Old Blind Man’s Meal Seated Old Man Woman in a Hat with Pom-Poms and a Printed Blouse Woman with a Bonnet Nude with Dripping Hair Woman Pissing Blue Nude Still Life with Skull Death of Nature Last Moments Lobster and Cat Woman Seated in a Garden Woman in a ShawlLa joie de vivre (Pastorale) Still Life with Fruit Waiting Woman Reading Woman Throwing a Stone Woman at the Window Acknowledgments Appendix: Discarded Epigraphs Voices
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University of Nebraska Press Women Empires and Body Politics at the United
Book SynopsisWomen, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946–1975 tells the story of how women’s bodies were at the center of the international politics of women’s rights in the postwar period.Giusi Russo focuses on the United Nation Commission on the Status of Women and its multiple interactions with the colonial and postcolonial worlds, showing how—depending on the setting and the inquiry—liberal, imperial, and transnational feminisms could coexist. Russo suggests that in the early stages of identifying discriminating agents in women’s lives, UN commissioners overlooked the nation-state and went through a process of fighting discrimination without identifying the discriminator. However, it was the focus on empire that allowed for a clear identification of how gender constructs were instrumental to state politics and the exclusion of women. An emphasis on colonial practices also generated a focus on the body and radically shiftedTrade Review"In recent years, a new wave of histories has documented the broad range and reach of women’s interventions in the international arena in the twentieth century. Giusi Russo’s Women, Empires, and Body Politics provides a welcome addition to this literature, exploring how women from a wide variety of countries engaged with the formal mechanisms created by the United Nations (UN) in the years before International Women’s Year (1975). Russo focuses, in particular, on the records of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), an archive that had largely been untapped to date."—Nicole C. Bourbonnais, Women's History Review"Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946-1975 constitutes a very significant contribution to the study of the UN's gender politics, imperial feminism, and Cold War history, which will equally interest historians of women's and gender history and historians working on the global Cold War."—Chiara Bonfiglioli, H-Diplo“Giusi Russo sheds light on the pivotal and until-now-overlooked role the UN Commission on the Status of Women played in defining international women’s rights between 1946 and 1975. During this era of the Cold War, decolonization, and economic development, the CSW developed the blueprint for what was later popularized as ‘women’s rights are human rights.’ . . . Demonstrating the inextricable links between ‘body politics’ and international politics, Russo’s book fills important gaps in global feminist, foreign relations, and human rights histories.”—Katherine M. Marino, author of Feminism for the Americas: The Making of an International Human Rights Movement“An astute analysis. Giusi Russo provides a chronology of the emergence of body politics and the move from public (civic and political equality) to private (marriage and reproduction) discrimination that characterized this lingering period of imperial feminism. Russo has produced a theoretically sophisticated work that moves the discussion of feminisms in new directions by centering the Global South during and after colonial occupation.”—Eileen Boris, author of Making the Woman Worker: Precarious Labor and the Fight for Global Standards, 1919–2019Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Women of the World: Visible and Invisible Bodies 2. Imperial Encounters and Occupied Bodies 3. Cold War, Competing Womanhood, and Bodies in the Microcosm 4. The Sacred Trust and the Body in Pain 5. Bodily Rituals and the Dialectic of Foreign and Local Voices 6. Bodies in Captivity, Gender Equilibrium, and the Shift from Liberal Politics 7. Reproducing the Nation and the Right to Control One’s Destiny Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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University Press of Mississippi Mulata Nation
Book SynopsisRepeatedly and powerfully throughout Cuban history, the mulata, a woman of mixed racial identity, features prominently in Cuban visual and performative culture. Tracing the figure, Alison Fraunhar looks at the representation and performance in both elite and popular culture. She also tracks how characteristics associated with these women have accrued across the Atlantic world.Widely understood to embody the bridge between European subject and African other, the mulata contains the sensuality attributed to Africans in a body more closely resembling the European ideal of beauty. This symbol bears far-reaching implications, with shifting, contradictory cultural meanings in Cuba. Fraunhar explores these complex paradigms, how, why, and for whom the image was useful, and how it was both subverted and asserted from the colonial period to the present. From the early seventeenth century through Cuban independence in 1899 up to the late revolutionary era, Fraunhar illustrat
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Lexington Books An Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in
Book SynopsisAn Ideological Analysis of Breastfeeding in Contemporary America: Disciplining the Maternal Body analyzes the discourses involved in the pro-breastfeeding, breast is best paradigm, highlighting how such politically charged rhetoric restrains women's ability to make the choices that are best for them and their families. Loreen Olson and Jenni M. Simon combat the idea that is so often espoused by medical professionals, researchers, and society at large: to be a good parent, one must provide breast milk to the infant in order for the baby to grow into a healthy, productive citizen. By exposing the biases present, Olson and Simon advocate for the need to make discursive space for all parents and all feeding choices. Scholars of communication, rhetoric, gender and women's studies, and feminism will find this book particularly useful.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Discourse, Ideology, and Breastfeeding: The Breast-is-Best Discursive Formation and the Construction of Hegemonic Mothering Chapter 2: Building the Breast-is-Best Discursive Formation: A Genealogy of Hegemonic Motherhood Chapter 3: Creating the Gaze: The Birth of the Medi-Institutionalization of Breastfeeding Chapter 4: Disciplining the Maternal Body: Discourses for Expecting Moms Chapter 5: Disciplining the Marginalized Maternal Body: Discourses of Race, Class, and Privilege Chapter 6: Talking Back: The Discourses of Lived Experience Chapter 7: Talking Back and Taking Back: Discourses of Resistance and Change
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