Gender studies: women and girls Books
Random House USA Inc Inconceivable A Womans Triumph Over Despair and
Book SynopsisA memoir of hope for the thousands of women struggling with infertility, from one who beat the odds by simply tuning in to her body and tapping her well of sheer determination.At a time when more and more women are trying to get pregnant at increasingly advanced ages, fertility specialists and homeopathic researchers boast endless treatment options. But when Julia Indichova made the rounds of medical doctors and nontraditional healers, she was still unable to conceive a child. It was only when she forsook their financially and emotionally draining advice, turning inward instead, that she finally met with reproductive success. Inconceivable recounts this journey from hopeless diagnoses to elated motherhood. Anyone who has faced infertility will relate to Julia’s desperate measures: acupuncture, unidentifiable black-and-white pellets, herb soup, foul-smelling fruit, even making love on red sheets. Five reproductive endocrinologists told her that there
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Kultur International Films What I Know Now Letters to My Younger Self
Book SynopsisIf you could send a letter back through time to your younger self, what would the letter say?In this moving collection, forty-one famous women write letters to the women they once were, filled with advice and insights they wish they had had when they were younger. Today show correspondent Ann Curry writes to herself as a rookie reporter in her first job, telling herself not to change so much to fit in, urging her young self, “It is time to be bold about who you really are.” Country music superstar Lee Ann Womack reflects on the stressed-out year spent recording her first album and encourages her younger self to enjoy the moment, not just the end result. “Your hair matters far, far less than you think,” is the wry advice that begins the letter bestselling mystery writer Lisa Scottoline pens to her twenty-year old self. And Maya Angelou, leaving home at seventeen with a newborn baby in her arms, assures herself she will succ
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Random House USA Inc The Diana Chronicles
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Random House USA Inc Escape
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The dramatic true story of one woman’s life inside the ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect featured in Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey—and her courageous flight to freedom with her eight childrenWith a new epilogue by the author • “Escape provides an astonishing look behind the tightly drawn curtains of the FLDS church, one of the most secretive religious groups in the United States. A courageous, heart-wrenching account.”—Jon Krakauer When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolyn’s heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. Over the ne
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Destiny Image Incorporated Highly Sensitive
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. All Things Consoled A Daughters Memoir
Book SynopsisFrom Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's beloved novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Winner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonficiton.Jean and Gordon Hay were a colourful, formidable pair. Jean, a late-blooming artist with a marvellous sense of humour, was superlatively frugal; nothing got wasted, not even maggoty soup. Gordon was a proud and ambitious schoolteacher with a terrifying temper, a deep streak of melancholy, and a devotion to flowers, cars, words, and his wife. As old age collides with the tragedy of living too long, these once ferociously independent parents become increasingly dependent on Lizzie, the so-called difficult child. By looking after them in their final decline, she hopes to prove that she can be a good daughter after all.In this courageous memoir, written with tough-minded candour, tenderness, and wit, Elizabeth Hay lays bare t
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McClelland & Stewart Inc. Still I Cannot Save You
Book SynopsisWith honesty, love, and humour, in this moving memoir, Kelly S. Thompson explores her relationship with her older sister, Meghan. Tested by addiction, abuse, and illness, the sisters’ relationship crumbles, only to be rebuilt into an everlasting bond.Kelly Thompson and her older sister, Meghan, are proof that sisterhood doesn’t always equate to friendship. Growing up within a military family, the girls were close despite being temperamental opposites—Kelly, anxious and studious, looked to her big sister for comfort, and Meghan, who battled kidney cancer as a toddler, was gregarious and protective. But as she approached adulthood, Meghan spiralled into a cocaine and opioid addiction, and Kelly’s relationship with her sister was torn apart. Their paths diverge as they live their own lives, and it is only when Meghan becomes a mother that she and Kelly tentatively face past hurts and reexamin
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Iter Press Enchanted Eloquence Fairy Tales by Seventeenth
Book SynopsisThis is a superb book on all levels. The translations of the tales are excellent. The research is impeccable. The introduction and notes are highly informative. Most important, Lewis Seifert and Domna Stanton have focused on unusual fairy tales that have never been translated before and are seminal for understanding the development of the literary fairy tale as genre. French women writers played a central role in the institutionalization of a literary genre in the French civilizing process that had huge ramifications in opera, theater, vaudeville, music, and film. Moreover, their tales influenced other writers of fairy tales in Europe. This book does an honor to their creative efforts and provides the basis for further research on the development of European fairy tales. Jack ZipesProfessor of German, Emeritus, University of MinnesotaTrade Review"Enchanted Eloquence: Fairy Tales by Seventeenth–Century French Women Writers is a superb book on all levels. The translations of the tales are excellent. The research is impeccable. The introduction and notes are highly informative. Most important, Lewis Seifert and Domna Stanton have focused on unusual fairy tales that have never been translated before and are seminal for understanding the development of the literary fairy tale as genre. French women writers played a central role in the institutionalization of a literary genre in the French civilizing process that had huge ramifications in opera, theater, vaudeville, music, and film. Moreover, their tales influenced other writers of fairy tales in Europe. This book does an honor to their creative efforts and provides the basis for further research on the development of European fairy tales." * Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixList of Illustrations xI. Volume Editors’ Introduction 1II. Fairy Tales by Seventeenth-Century ConteusesCatherine Bernard: Introduction 47Prince Rosebush 51Marie-Jeanne L’Héritier de Villandon: Introduction 61Marmoisan 66Marie-Catherine Le Jumel de Barneville, baronne d’Aulnoy:Introduction 97Princess Little Carp 103The Doe in the Woods 151Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de La Force: Introduction 189The Enchanter 194Green and Blue 213Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, comtesse de Murat:Introduction 231Little Eel 236Wasted Effort 270III. Critical Texts on the Conte de féesIntroduction 281Marie-Jeanne L’Héritier de Villandon, Letter toMadame D.G.*** (1695) 286Pierre de Villiers, Conversations on Fairy Tales and OtherContemporary Works, To Protect against Bad Taste (1699),from the Second Conversation 294Appendix 311Bibliography 315Index 337
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University of Toronto Press Journeys of a Mystic Soul in Poetry and Prose
Book SynopsisThis edition, which offers a bilingual selection of poetry and selected prose translated into English by the nun-author Cecilia del Nacimiento (15701646), increases contemporary scholars' access to, and therefore understanding of, the Spanish early modern religious and intellectual milieu. A significant, rarely-studied mystic and poet, and member of the Discalced Carmelite Order in the years after St. Teresa of Avila's death, Cecilia del Nacimiento exemplifies the range of possibilities used by women writers who worked within the conventions of hegemonic discourses, while creating a unique literary voice. Stacey SchlauProfessor, Department of Languages and Culture and the Women's Studies Program West Chester University, PennsylvaniaTrade Review"This edition, which offers a bilingual selection of poetry and selected prose by the nun-author Cecilia del Nacimiento (1570–1646), translated into English increases contemporary scholars’ access to, and therefore understanding of, the Spanish early modern religious and intellectual milieu. A significant, rarely-studied mystic and poet, and member of the Discalced Carmelite Order in the years after St. Teresa of Avila’s death, Cecilia del Nacimiento exemplifies the range of possibilities used by women writers who worked within the conventions of hegemonic discourses, while creating a unique literary voice." * Stacey Schlau, West Chester University, Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiIntroduction 1TranslationsProse TextsTreatise on the Transformation of the Soul in God (1603) 33Treatise on the Union of the Soul in God (c. 1602) 109First Account of God’s Favors (1629) 129Second Account of God’s Favors (1633) 153Glosses on the Song of Songs 165Theological Exposition on the Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Virgin 187“Treatise on the Mysteries of our Holy Faith” (1632) 193Letters to her Sister Maria and to her Brothers Antonio and Juan 235PoetryPoems of Cecilia del Nacimiento (Spanish and English) 251Bibliography 523Title Index of the Poetry 529Index 533
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University of Toronto Press Three Spanish Querelle Texts 21 Grisel and
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This bilingual edition of the Three Spanish Querelle Texts is very well-conceived and will attract a wide audience among specialists and non-specialists alike. Francomano provides the first modern English translations of texts that enjoyed European-wide celebrity in the early sixteenth century. Her introduction is the best available summary of our knowledge about Torrellas’ two texts and Flores’ Grisel y Mirabella. And her translations are more readable than the Spanish texts, dividing Flores’ elaborate, rambling sentences into more comprehensible discourse. She often captures the tone of ambiguous or mock sincerity in the pleadings of both Flores' and Torrellas' characters. Francomano has a special sensitivity to the ludic quality of these discourses which helps readers appreciate their expression of 'male anxiety' and 'female agency' in the gender politics of their era." * Mark Johnston, DePaul University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixIntroduction 1I Pere Torrellas, Maldezir de mugeres 54Pere Torrellas, The Slander against Women 55II Pere Torrellas, Razonamiento de Pere Torrella en defensión de las donas contra los maldezientes 66Pere Torrellas, The Defense of Ladies against Slanderers 67III Juan de Flores, Grisel y Mirabella 86Juan de Flores, Grisel and Mirabella 87Bibliography 179Index 195
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McGill-Queen's University Press Stealing the Show Seven Women Artists in
Book SynopsisStealing the Show pays tribute to a new "Group of Seven" in the art world. Focusing on art commissioned for display in public places, it highlights the artistic achievements of seven prominent Canadian women artists: Marcelle Ferron, Anne Kahane, Rita Letendre, Gathie Falk, Joyce Wieland, Jerry Grey, and Colette Whiten.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Damned Women
Book SynopsisWhile homosexual men are legion in the history of French literature and criticism, until now no critic writing in French or English has given the same sort of attention to lesbians. Waelti-Walters covers two hundred years of fiction, beginning with the publication of Diderot''s The Nun in 1796 and ending with present-day lesbian writers Jocelyne François, Mireille Best, Hélène de Monferrand, and the authors connected to Geneviève Pastre''s lesbian publishing house. While she deals with renowned authors such as Violette Leduc and Monique Wittig, including their respective literary and personal relationships with Simone de Beauvoir and Hélène Cixous, many of the writers discussed will be unknown to most readers. Their novels vary from the extraordinarily powerful to the utterly trite; by providing the first comprehensive guide to this body of work Waelti-Walters sheds light on French literary and cultural history. Waelti-Walters shows how the lTrade Review"Damned Women is an inspiring and enlightening book, a must for anyone interested in the challenging and intriguing role lesbians play as a symbol through which women, as a gender, are culturally feared, despised, and valued. It is a gripping account of the origin of the lesbian as a literary character in French fiction since Diderot's La Religieuse and analyses brilliantly the mix of cliche, censorship, fascination, and desire that go into the creation of lesbian characters." Nicole Brossard
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John Wiley & Sons Saqiyuq
Book SynopsisA moving examination of the lives of three generations of Inuit women from Canada's Eastern High Arctic.Trade Review"A moving account of three generations in the arctic that sends a fascinating mixture of messages about its hardships and it riches." Hugh Brody "In this wonderful tapestry of stories, cast by memory and illuminated by wisdom, there is a mystery that sustains a powerful Inuit unity. These three life histories - elusive as the Arctic itself - shine as brightly as constellations in the long winter darkness." Canadian Geographic "An absorbing collection of stories from the lives of three Inuit women." MacLeans "An enthralling series of stories ... readers will take great delight in following the footsteps of the storytellers as they weave their way from tale to tale, some filled with sorrow, others with bewilderment and joy." Alberta News Review
£25.19
John Wiley & Sons Alone in Silence European Women in the Canadian
Book SynopsisIt has been estimated that over 500 European women travelled or lived in Canada's Northwest Territories before 1940. They came as visiters, journalists, and artists, or worked as nurses, scientists, and missionaries. In Alone in Silence Barbara Kelcey describes the women who lived and worked in the north and the unique situations they faced.Trade Review"A solid book. Alone in Silence makes a nice contribution to northern Canadian historical understanding, and addresses a significant gap in the writing of women's history in Canada." Ken Coates, author of The Marshall Decision and Native Rights
£28.49
McGill-Queen's University Press Frontiers and Sanctuaries
Book SynopsisA daughter creates a coherent narrative out of fragments of her mother's writings about her extraordinary life in twentieth-century Holland and Canada.Trade Review"Brandis blends careful research on the period, affectionate puzzlement over the dichotomy of her mother's inner and outer life, and awareness of the stresses felt by any woman trying to find a channel for self-expression." Elizabeth Waterston, professor emeritus, University of Guelph and author of Rapt in Plaid: Canadian Literature and Scottish Tradition and The Travellers: Canada to 1900
£30.60
John Wiley & Sons Firekeepers of the TwentyFirst Century First
Book SynopsisPresents lives of sixty-four women chiefs who have assumed the traditionally male role of elected First Nations leadership. This book also presents the colonial histories behind the issues that contemporary Aboriginal communities struggle with and delineates the resulting leadership dilemmas for chiefs.Trade Review"Through presenting a profile of Elsie Knott, an interview with a current young woman chief, and an examination of the campaigning process as experienced by a female candidate from her own community, the author breathes life into the research. Firekeepers of the Twenty-First Century is unique, engaging, and groundbreaking." Jo-Anne Fiske, University of Lethbridge
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John Wiley & Sons Les Missionaires Oblates
Book SynopsisExplores the intricate lives and apostolic work of the Oblate Sisters. This book demonstrates that the Sisters played an important role in building a French Canadian identity in Manitoba and Quebec and provides a glimpse into their complex relationship with the Oblate Fathers including their role as auxiliaries in the residential schools.Trade Review"An outstanding contribution, this innovative work moves beyond the types of congregational histories that still dominate the field." Elizabeth Smyth, University of Toronto "The author brings to her work both the skills of a professional historian and an evident sympathy for the women whose story she elucidates." Richard Lebrun, University of Manitoba
£24.69
John Wiley & Sons Gangs and Girls Understanding Juvenile
Book SynopsisHelps readers understand and analyze the involvement of street gangs in female juvenile prostitution. This book discusses how young men are drawn to gang life, and how young girls become attracted and attached to the gang members who eventually sell them into prostitution.
£26.59
McGill-Queen's University Press Womans Songs in Ancient Greece
Book SynopsisBy considering women's voices in performance, this book provides a fresh perspective on women's 'writing'. It shows that our understanding of femininity in ancient Greece can be expanded by going beyond poetry composed by women poets like Sappho to explore girls' and women's choral songs from the archaic period.Trade Review"Most books on women in Greece concentrate on one feature: women poets, women's lives, women in tragedy. Klinck brings all these threads together." M. Eleanor Irwin, classics, University of Toronto "A wonderful book ... Klinck adds interesting parallels from medieval and other traditions that are not generally known to classicists." Andre P. Lardinois, classics, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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McGill-Queen's University Press A Social History of the Cloister
Book SynopsisA study of life in teaching convents across France through two hundred years of history, a history that provided the beginnings and inspiration for most of today's institutions for the Catholic education of girls.Trade Review"A serious advance in state-of-the-art research. Rapley's scholarship is exceedingly sound. She thinks in such stimulating and logical ways that the exercise is never tedious, always intellectually challenging and, above all, interesting ... The extent of the research is prodigious and Rapley is so familiar with her vast documentation that she's been able to construct a new and more comprehensive interpretation than has previously been imagined of the nature of the social life of women's monasteries under the ancien regime." D. Gillian Thompson, Department of History, University of New Brunswick "A very good synthesis of female religious life." Craig Harline, Department of History, Brigham Young University
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John Wiley & Sons Rethinking Professionalism Women and Art in
Book SynopsisThe first collection of scholarly essays on women and art in Canadian history.Trade Review" The essays in this collection provide a powerful and convincing entrypoint into a much needed conversation about the history of women' s cultural production and the values of art practice in Canada. This book would be a powerful addition to teaching and researching not just women' s history in Canada, but history in Canada more broadly, by highlighting what has been marginalized or rendered invisible in dominant narratives." Histoire sociale / Social History " The framework of professionalism allows for an exploration of women' s contributions in the cultural sphere that is far-reaching in scope. The real strength of this collection of essays is that it showcases a number of women who remain un(der)recognized in the history of Canadian culture." Canadian Woman Studies / Les cahiers de la femme " A compact tour de force, it provides a critical overview of the role of professionalism in writings on Canadian women artists and untangles the history of women, art, and professionalization in Canada to the mid-twentieth century. The selected essays form a tight-knit group. Such a critical study is long overdue." University of Toronto QuarterlyTable of ContentsContributors include Annmarie Adams (McGill University), Alena Buis (Queen's University), Sherry Farrell Racette (University of Manitoba), Cynthia Hammond (Concordia University), Kristina Huneault (Concordia University), Loren Lerner (Concordia University), Lianne McTavish (University of Alberta), Kirk Niergarth (Mount Royal University), Mary O'Connor (McMaster University), Sandra Paikowsky (Concordia University), Ruth B. Phillips (Carleton University), Jennifer Salahub (Alberta College of Art & Design), and Anne Whitelaw (Concordia University).
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McGill-Queen's University Press Mediating Moms
Book SynopsisA collection of essays showcasing intersections of mothering, the media, and popular culture.Table of ContentsContributors include Jennifer Bell (Alberta), H. Louise Davis (Miami), Irene Gammel (Ryerson), Nicola Goc (Tasmania), Fiona Joy Green (Winnipeg), Julie Gregory (Queen's), Latham Hunter (Mohawk), Joanne Ella Johnson, Hosu Kim (Staten Island), Beth O'Connor (Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing), Debra Langan (Wilfrid Laurier), Sally Mennill (British Columbia), Stuart J. Murray (Ryerson), Kathryn Pallister (Red Deer), Maud Perrier (Bristol), Lenora Perry (Texas), Dominique Russell, Jocelyn Stitt (Minnesota), Stephanie Wardrop (Western New England), Imelda Whelehan (Tasmania)
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Making Witches Newfoundland Traditions of Spells
Book SynopsisThe enduring folklore of witches in Newfoundland - relayed through oral narrative.Trade Review"Making Witches is beautifully written and accessible to a broad audience. It could easily be used in introductory folklore classes and those on the anthropology of religion, to illustrate how seemingly incomprehensible belief systems operate in contexts more ordinary and close to home" Sabina Magliocco, California State University, Northridge "Full of information, and unique information at that, in subject, research method, and contextualization." Newfoundland Quarterly "Making Witches is marvellously well-written, engagingly organized and full of fascinating material. I loved this book." Pauline Greenhill, women's studies, University of Winnipeg
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McGill-Queen's University Press Passage to Promise Land Voices of Chinese
Book SynopsisHow the Chinese community became an indispensable part of multicultural Canada.Trade Review"This remarkable work gives voice to women who defied the odds to wrestle ownership of their own lives and provide their children with an education. They remind us that the multicultural mosaic of Canada must be built on an understanding of cultural differences and on leveraging the richness of talents that diversity brings." Anna Wu, member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
£32.40
McGill-Queen's University Press Womens Work Womens Art
Book SynopsisA richly illustrated study of the dress and adornment traditions of the Indigenous peoples of North America's western subarctic.Trade Review"There is nothing remotely like this authoritative and definitive work. The combination of detailed garment research with historical and ethnographic data informed by community-based research, makes Women's Work, Women's Art a model which surpasses anything to date. It will be a standard reference work for curators, material culture and native studies scholars, and members of Athapaskan communities." Laura Peers, School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford "There are few publications on Northern Athapaskan clothing and none that cover the subject in such breadth and detail, showcasing the skills and knowledge of the makers - the women. Women's Work, Women's Art will make these museum collections more access "Comprehensive but straightforward, Women's Work, Women's Art is an exciting resource for a range of scholars and an interesting, engaging read for the layperson." Worn Through
£55.10
McGill-Queen's University Press Married Women and the Law
Book SynopsisInquiries into how law shaped the effects of marriage for generations of women.Trade Review"Married Women and the Law makes a significant contribution to conceptualizing coverture's ever changing impact on women and families and each chapter is interesting and provocative in its own right." Amy Froide, Department of History, University of Maryland, Baltimore County "A much needed and powerful study of married women's status in law." Joanne Bailey, Department of History, Philosophy, and Religion, Oxford Brookes University "The collection provides a number of fresh insights into issues that do not naturally arise in the discussion of a legal doctrine. Authors from a variety of disciplines present an analysis of coverture, which itself has an impact on a diverse set of matters. The result [is] a collection that is accessible and appealing to a multitude of readers." Saskatchewan Law Review
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John Wiley & Sons Awkward Politics Technologies of Popfeminist
Book SynopsisA cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age.Trade Review"By using the concept of 'awkwardness' to dramatically shift how we talk about activism, Awkward Politics brings a new perspective to the field of feminist theory." - Margaret R. McCarthy, Davidson College
£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Into Silence and Servitude How American Girls
Book SynopsisA critical examination of the recruitment and formation of American Catholic nuns during the final decades of convent expansion.Trade Review" Brian Titley' s comprehensive use of historical records from several religious institutes and individual memoirs significantly extends the existing body of knowledge. Into Silence and Servitude is likely to become a standard reference on mid-century religious life in the United States." Mary L. Gautier, Georgetown University
£32.85
John Wiley & Sons L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Natures
Book SynopsisA critical study of L.M. Montgomery's relationship to the material world and the revealing interconnections between nature and culture.Trade Review"An emphasis on humanity's interrelatedness with nature extends the significance of L.M. Montgomery and the Matter of Nature(s) past Montgomery studies and Canadian literary and cultural studies to engage with the larger issues of how humans' interactions with nature shape our daily lives and the future of the planet." Mary Jeanette Moran, Illinois State University"This collection is significant for its ability to offer unexpected, highly convincing engagements with L. M. Montgomery's work and disciplines far beyond the scope of traditional literary studies. It provides new perspectives on Montgomery's oeuvre, while also extending the definition of environmental study and eco-critical analysis in this field." Sarah Galletly, James Cook University"The linked themes of understanding and empathy toward the natural world supply a bridge between the literary and the ecological, between the writer and the places she knew. Matter of Nature(s) is a wonderful opportunity to place one of Canada’s most prolific and well-known authors in a wider environmental history." American Review of Canadian Studies
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McGill-Queen's University Press Transforming Conversations
Book SynopsisAn accounting of feminism’s effect on Canadian education policy and practice since the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.Trade Review"Transforming Conversations is an important and timely contribution that sheds light on several hidden and undervalued perspectives and studies within the field of education in Canada. It is especially relevant given the current volatility of feminism in a global context." Cecilia Reynolds, Memorial University of Newfoundland
£87.00
John Wiley & Sons Genre patrimoine et droit civil Les femmes
Book SynopsisUne reconstitution minutieuse des périls juridiques, financiers et domestiques qui guettaient les épouses de l'élite à l'aube du 20e siècle.
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McGill-Queen's University Press Stories of Women in the Middle Ages
Book SynopsisBetween the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives. In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of fashion icons, art clients, businesswomen, saints, healers, lovers, and pilgrims both famous and little known who challenge conventional understandings of the medieval female experience. Drawing on evidence from literary works and archival documents that include letters, chronicles, trials, testimonials, notary registers, contracts, and wills, Brolis pieces together an intricate overview of sixteen women's lives. With zest and compassion, she describes the mysterious visionary Hildegard of Bingen, the cultured Heloisa, the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine, Saint Clare of Assisi, the rebel Joan of Arc, as well as lesser-known women such as Flora, the penitent moneylender, Bettina the healer, and Belfiore the pilgrim, among others. Following th
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University of British Columbia Press The Struggle for Social Justice in British
Book SynopsisA biography of Helena Gutteridge, who died in 1960, and left behind a legacy of social and political reform.Trade ReviewIrene Howard's biography of Gutteridge is an important step toward changing history's prejudices. It is also an inspiration to women and men who hunger for justice. -- Trish Webb * The Guardian *Table of ContentsIllustrations Abbreviations Preface 1. Chelsea Childhood of Nell Gutteridge 2. The Emergence of Helena 3. Fighting for the Cause 4. Dealing with Tricky Dicky: The Vote and Premier McBride 5. The Cause Victorious: September 1916 6. Hours and Wages 7. Back to the Land 8. Rededication: The Vision of the Co-operative Commonwealth 9. 'A Faithful Alderman' 10. Helena at Lemon Creek 11. 'The Holy Fire': Still Burning Notes Bibliography Index
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MN - University of British Columbia Press The Domestic Assault of Women
Book SynopsisArgues that only by understanding the psychology of both the aggressors and the victims of wife assault can we generate informed social and criminal justice policy.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1 History and Incidence of Wife Assault2 Explanations for Wife Assault: Psychiatry, Sociobiology, and Sociology3 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Theory4 The Social Psychology of the Wife Assaulter: The Research Studies5 The Abusive Personality6 Effects on the Victim7 Traumatic Bonding8 The Criminal Justice Response to Wife Assault9 The Treatment of Wife Assault10 The FutureNotesReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Painting the Maple
Book SynopsisGathering insights from numerous fields about the construction of Canada, this provocative volume illuminates the challenges that lie ahead for all Canadians who aspire to create a better future.Trade ReviewSuch a diverse range of essays is likely to be of most interest to practitioners of interdisciplinarity ... Others will find the theoretical discussions of the construction of Canada as an exclusive nation, characterized by racial and gender discrimination at worst and cultural insensitivity at best, instructive for any branch of Canadian studies. -- Judith Fingard * Atlantis *A collaborative tour de force from a coterie of scholars at the University of British Columbia ... The debates and issues raised by Painting the Maple deserve the attention of all interested Canadians and should not be restricted to academic readers alone. -- Valerie J. Korinek * The Canadian Historical Review *Table of ContentsConstructing Canada: An Introduction by Sherrill Grace, Veronica Strong-Boag, Avigail Eisenberg, and Joan Anderson Methodology on the Line: Constructing Meanings about 'Cultural Difference' by Isabel Dyck Domination and Political Representation by Avigail Eisenberg On the Outskirts of Empire: Race and Gender in Canadian TV News by Yasmin Jiwani Keeping 'em Out: Gender, Race, and Class Biases in Canadian Immigration Policy by Yasmeen Abu-Laban Documenting Racisim: Sharon Pollock's The Komagata Maru Incident by Sherrill Grace and Gabriele Helms Re-Constructing Canadian Literature: The Role of Race and Gender by Christyl Verduyn 'In Another Place, Not Here': Dionne Brand's Politics of (Dis)Location by Peter Dickinson 'Red Girl's Reasoning': E. Pauline Johnson Constructs the New Nation by Veronica Strong-Boag Encountering Anomalies: A Cultural Study of Chinese Migrants to Early Canada by Lisa Chalykoff The Mountie and the Nurse: Cross-Cultural Relations North of 60 by Linda Warley A Lesbian Politics of Erotic Decolonization by Becki Ross Hegemonic Nationalism and the Politics of Feminism and Multiculturalism in Canada by Jo-Ann Lee and Linda Cardinal Constructing Canada: The Gendering and Racializing of the Health Care System by Joan Anderson and Sheryl Kirkham Building Transdisciplinary Standpoints: An Integrative Bibliography by Gabriele Helms, Matt James, and Patricia Rodney
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University of British Columbia Press Houser
Book SynopsisCatherine Bauer changed forever the concept of social housing and inspired a generation of urban activists to integrate public housing into the emerging welfare state of the mid-20th century. She was one of a small group of idealists who called themselves “Housers” because of their commitment to raising the quality of urban life through improving shelter for low-income families.Trade ReviewPeter Oberlander and Eva Newbrun have traced her career in meticulous detail and written a highly readable account of her life and times. Ostensibly a biography of Catherine, their book is simultaneously a biography of the Housing Movement that she helped to spawn and of the early City Planning Movement in which she was an active participant. -- Mel Webber * Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 138-140 *Houser is a well-researched and well-written biography of this talented woman. -- Graham Adams, Jr. * CBRA 2093 *Table of ContentsIllustrationsForewordPreface1 Early Years (1905-26)2 Learning Years (1926-30)3 Romantic Years (1930-33)4 Political Years (1934-36)5 Legislative Years (1936-38)6 Transition Years (1939-42)7 Academic Years (1943-64)PostscriptNotesBibliographyAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Telling Tales
Book SynopsisTelling Tales both challenges founding myths of the region and inspires rethinking of how we tell the story of western Canadian colonization and settlement.Table of ContentsIllustrationsIntroduction / Catherine A. Cavanaugh and Randi R. Warne1 I Wish the Men Were Half as Good: Gender Constructions in the Canadian North-Western Mission Field, 1860-1940 / Myra Rutherdale2 Categories and Terrains of Exclusion: Constructing the “Indian Woman” in the Early Settlement Era in Western Canada / Sarah Carter3 Imagining Native Women: Feminine Discourse and Four Women Travelling the Northwest Coast / Nancy Pagh4 Irene Marryat Parlby: An “Imperial Daughter” in Western Canada, 1896-1935 / Catherine A. Cavanaugh5 Gender(ed) Tensions in the Work and Politics of Alberta Farm Women, 1905-29 / Sheila McManus6 Childbirth on the Canadian Prairies, 1880-1930 / Nanci Langford7 Nursing Nation Builders: The Council Idea, Western Women, and the Founding of the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada, 1896-1930 / Beverly Boutilier8 Scattered But Not Lost: Mennonite Domestic Servants in Winnipeg, 1920s-50s / Frieda Klippenstein9 Negotiating Sex and Gender in the Ukrainian Bloc Settlement: East Central Alberta between the Wars / Frances Swyripa10 “Abundant Faith”: Nineteenth-Century African-Canadian Women on Vancouver Island / Sherry Edmunds-Flett11 Marriage, Family, and the Cooperative Ideal: The Telfords / Ann Leger-AndersonBibliographyContributorsIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Sex and Borders
Book SynopsisA compelling exploration of the complex relationship between Thai national identity and prostitution and gender.Trade ReviewA timely, interesting and well-documented study of the impact of Western (neo) imperialism on the construction of different prostitution policies (and on the lives of real prostitute women). -- Meredith Ralston, Mount Saint Vincent University * Atlantis, Volume 28.1 *Table of ContentsAcronyms; AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 Gender, Prostitution, and the “Standards of Civilization”2 Peasants, Prostitutes, and the Body Politic: Prostitution as Cultural Decline and Political Resistance in the 1960s and 1970s3 Elite Women, the Reconstruction of National Identity, and the Prostitution Problem4 Women’s Groups and the Prostitution Question: Prostitution Law under Premocracy5 The Politics of Prostitution and the “New Man”: The 1996 Prostitution Law, International Image, and Middle-Class Masculinity6 The Middle Class and the Material Girl: The 1996 Prostitution Law and the Disciplining of Peasant Women7 The Politics of Prostitution: Gender, Class, and NationAppendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Book SynopsisSince 1980, the Canadian women's movement has been an active participant in constitutional politics and Charter litigation. This book, through its focus on the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), presents a compelling examination of how Canadian feminists became key actors in developing the constitutional doctrine of equality, and how they mobilized that doctrine to support the movement's policy agenda.The case of LEAF, an organization that had as its goal the use of Charter litigation to influence legal rules and public policy, provides rich ground for Manfredi's keen analysis of legal mobilization. In a multitude of areas such as abortion, pornography, sexual assault, family law, and gay and lesbian rights, LEAF has intervened before the Supreme Court to bring its understanding of equality to bear on legal policy development. This study offers a deft examination of LEAF's arguments and seeks to understand how they affected the Court's consideration of the issuesTable of ContentsTablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Legal Doctrine, Legal Mobilization and LEAF2 The Path to Substantive Equality3 Gaining Ground4 Family Matters: Breakdowns and Benefits5 A Difficult Dialogue6 Making A Difference: The Policy Consequences of Legal MobilizationConclusionNotesBibliographyCases CitedIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court
Book SynopsisSince 1980, the Canadian women's movement has been an active participant in constitutional politics and Charter litigation. This book, through its focus on the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), presents a compelling examination of how Canadian feminists became key actors in developing the constitutional doctrine of equality, and how they mobilized that doctrine to support the movement's policy agenda.The case of LEAF, an organization that had as its goal the use of Charter litigation to influence legal rules and public policy, provides rich ground for Manfredi's keen analysis of legal mobilization. In a multitude of areas such as abortion, pornography, sexual assault, family law, and gay and lesbian rights, LEAF has intervened before the Supreme Court to bring its understanding of equality to bear on legal policy development. This study offers a deft examination of LEAF's arguments and seeks to understand how they affected the Court's consideration of the issuesTable of ContentsTablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Legal Doctrine, Legal Mobilization and LEAF2 The Path to Substantive Equality3 Gaining Ground4 Family Matters: Breakdowns and Benefits5 A Difficult Dialogue6 Making A Difference: The Policy Consequences of Legal MobilizationConclusionNotesBibliographyCases CitedIndex
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University of British Columbia Press This Elusive Land
Book SynopsisThis multidisciplinary anthology discusses the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, featuring a range of contexts and issues in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land.Trade ReviewThis exhaustively-researched anthology reviews the experiences of women in their relation to the Canadian environment. It is meant to stress our dependence on the natural environment. The essays note the handicaps women faced via their marginalization but give constructive suggestions on their role in supporting and saving the environment. An excellent reference text. -- Ron MacIsaac * The Lower Island News *
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University of British Columbia Press If I Had a Hammer
Book SynopsisThis book is about poor women, many of them single mothers, Aboriginal, or both, who have defied the odds to become apprenticing carpenters.Table of ContentsPreface 1 Introduction 2 Laying the Foundation 3 The Everyday Lives of Our Heroes 4 From Blueprint to Reality: Challenges at the Job Site 5 Measuring Success 6 "A Hand Up, Not a Hand Out": Let’s Get SeriousAbout Retraining Appendices Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Beyond Mothering Earth
Book SynopsisProvides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women's involvement in quality-of-life activism.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction: Earthcare or Feminist Ecological Citizenship?Part One: Theoretical Interrogations2 The Roots and Rhetoric of Ecomaternalism3 Down among the Women: Ecofeminism and Identity Politics at the Grassroots4 From Care to Citizenship: Calling Ecofeminism Back to Politics5 The Problems and Possibilities of Ecological CitizenshipPart Two: Conversations6 Conversations with Activist Women: Towards a Counter-Narrative7 The Private, the Public, and the Planet: Juggling Care and Activism in Daily Life8 Activist Women Theorize the Green Political9 No Motherhood Issue: The Project of Feminist Ecological CitizenshipAppendix: Research Process and MethodsNotesReferencesIndex
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University of British Columbia Press Tales of Two Cities Women and Municipal
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Restructuring Contexts 2. Seeking Public Office 3. Working from the Inside 4. Planning Ahead 5. Assessing Restructuring 6. Future Prospects Appendix: Interview Schedules Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Tales of Two Cities Women and Municipal
Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, Sylvia Bashevkin examines the consequences of divergent restructuring experiences in London and Toronto.Trade Review"Lucid, succinct, and highly accessible. Readers with an interest in urban affairs will find this book of great value, while its women-centred approach to urban citizenship will appeal to urban analysts and their students in a range of disciplines. The author's comparative analysis of the social, political, and cultural characteristics of two cities that have recently experienced governmental reform is particularly compelling." - Nirmala Rao, co-author of Governing London"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Restructuring Contexts 2. Seeking Public Office 3. Working from the Inside 4. Planning Ahead 5. Assessing Restructuring 6. Future Prospects Appendix: Interview Schedules Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Zina Transnational Feminism and the Moral
Book SynopsisThe Zina Ordinance is part of the Hadood Ordinances that were promulgated in 1979 by the military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq. This work argues that the Zina laws help situate morality within the individual, thus de-emphasizing the prevalence of societal immorality.Trade Review"Khan's emphasis on reading zina laws within a larger politicized context, her problematization of the role of the native informant, and her argument to transcend binary thinking gives a cutting edge to this important work. An excellent book for those in the fields of gender studies, Muslim women, Orientalism, and global politics." - Parin Dossa, author of Politics and Poetics of Migration: Narratives of Iranian Women in the Diaspora"Table of ContentsIntroduction: Locating the Issue 1 Native Informing on the Zina Ordinance 2 Contextualizing the Zina Ordinance 3 Speaking to the Women 4 Disobedient Daughters, Errant Wives, and Others 5 Current Challenges to the Zina Ordinance 6 A Politics of Transnationality and Reconfigured NativeInforming Notes References Index
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