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A timeless guide to feminism for a new generation. In Letters to a Young Feminist, Phyllis Chesler, a pioneering voice in the women's liberation movement, offers invaluable insights and advice to yo……続きを見る

This book reveals the structures of poverty, power, patriarchy and imperialistic health policies that underpin what the World Health Organization calls the “hidden disease” of vaginal fistulas in Af……続きを見る

Roberta has been through a lot in her time: an alcoholic mother, abusive marriages, and a stormy relationship with her daughter. Now she’s on a journey to reconnect with herself, to rediscover herse……続きを見る

This book traces women’s influence on maternity policy in Norway from 1880-1940. Maternity policies, including maternity leave, midwifery services and public assistance for mothers, were some of the……続きを見る

By World War I, the Northwestern Knitting Company was the largest workplace for gainfully employed women in Minnesota and the largest garment factory in the United States. Lars Olsson investigates t……続きを見る

The Routledge Handbook of Chicana/o Studies is a unique interdisciplinary resource for students, libraries, and researchers interested in the largest and most rapidly growing racial-ethnic community……続きを見る

In this book, leading gender scholars survey the contribution of feminist scholarship to new norms and knowledge in diverse areas of political science and related political practice. They provide ne……続きを見る

Finanziell unabhängig und selbstbestimmt – dieses Buch zeigt, wie's geht! Bei 75 Prozent aller Frauen in Deutschland wird die Rente später unter 400 Euro liegen. Warum? Weil Frauen immer noch wenige……続きを見る

Und jetzt: die Welt! oder Es sagt mir nichts, das sogenannte Draußen Sie sind klug, gut ausgebildet und leben in prekären Verhältnissen. Sie verkaufen selbstgekochte Drogen im Internet, schreiben Mo……続きを見る

For women-identified writers of both eras, the fantastic offered double vision. Not only did the genre offer strategic cover for challenging the status quo, but also a heuristic mechanism for teasin……続きを見る

Gender as a social class along with its concomitant heteronormative gender coercion seem to be intransigent across time and cultures. But across these cultures we also see a degree of nonconforming ……続きを見る

Decolonization and Feminisms in Global Teaching and Learning is a resource for teachers and learners seeking to participate in the creation of radical and liberating spaces in the academy and beyond……続きを見る

This book presents an examination of the television series Nurse Jackie, making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series. A key point of referenc……続きを見る

Gender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural, historical, biological, psychological, and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define and experience feminin……続きを見る

The Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora V**érité presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several……続きを見る

Since the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, the challenges of sectarianism and militarism have weighed heavily on the women of Iraq. In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide-range of……続きを見る

Women Kind is a reminder that brilliant things happen when smart women get fed up. 'Women Kind is an impeccably researched love letter to those who hold up half the sky.' Jamila Rizvi 'Just like #Ce……続きを見る

It's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape – as inflicted by men on women – have got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexua……続きを見る

'Funny, angry, urgent. Ghodsee is going to start a revolution' Daisy Buchanan, author of The Sisterhood A witty, fiercely intelligent exploration of why capitalism is rigged against women and what w……続きを見る

In this early example of feminist writing, Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, rejects the strict societal confines for women in late 1800s America and expresses a rare and powerful form of fr……続きを見る

In this third volume of the series Junctures: Case Studies in Women’s Leadership, Judith K. Brodsky and Ferris Olin profile female leaders in music, theater, dance, and visual art. The diverse women……続きを見る

The Lesbian Revolution argues that lesbian feminists were a vital force in the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM). They did not just play a fundamental role in the important changes wrought by second……続きを見る

This book studies three female Chinese intellectuals in the first half of the 20th century, namely Feng Yuanjun, Lu Yin, and Cheng Junying, the first graduates of Beijing Female Higher Normal Colleg……続きを見る

»Ich schreibe für die hässlichen Frauen, die schlechtgefickten, die ungefickten, die unzufriedenen.« Gleich zu Beginn ihres autobiografischen Essays stellt Virginie Despentes klar, für wen sie hier ……続きを見る

This book presents in-depth investigation of the language used about women and ageing in public discourse, and compares this with the language used by women to express their personal, lived experien……続きを見る

A passionate and deeply personal exploration of feminism during divisive times from one of the founders of Time’s Up: actor, filmmaker, and activist Amber Tamblyn. “A work of personal upheaval and p……続きを見る

**It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of frank and insightful essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience. 'Passionate, angry, self-effacing, nuanced and utterly comp……続きを見る

Kimberly, a beautiful narcissist, commits a murder of passion and ends up in an insane asylum. Her father agrees with the doctor's recommendation for her cure. Riley Nacht is a criminal psychopath w……続きを見る

Closet Drama: History, Theory, Form introduces the emerging field of Closet Drama Studies by featuring twelve original essays from distinguished scholars who offer fresh and illuminating perspective……続きを見る

In recent years, feminism has been at the forefront of social criticism in the United States, but the mainstream face of feminism is still typically white and often focused on gender issues to the e……続きを見る