Michael - Women's Studies 1

This book examines the serious dysfunction of the nation's family courts--a dysfunction that too often results in the courts' failure to protect the people they were designed to help. Specifically, ……続きを見る

For decades, Title IX ensured that girls and women could compete on a level playing field, transforming athletics and opening doors to scholarships, careers, and lifelong opportunities. But today, t……続きを見る

HER BODY, HER BABY REAL STORIES OF AUTONOMY IN CHILDBIRTH "I will not push without an epidural." Her body was ready. Her baby was near. But Kieara's voice-calm, clear, and unshakable-cut through the……続きを見る

Analyses the development of Jewish women's writing in relation to Victorian literary history, women's cultural history, and Jewish cultural history. Between 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flour……続きを見る

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likel……続きを見る

A new kind of society is being built in Syria, but it's not one you would expect. Surrounded by deadly bands of ISIS and hostile Turkish forces, the people living in Syria's Rojava cantons are carvi……続きを見る

In 2014, when Lucy Sargisson was promoted to professor in the School of Politics and International Relations, at the University of Nottingham, she became the first and, so far, only, professor of ut……続きを見る

Exploring the Utopian Impulse presents a series of essays by an international and trans-disciplinary group of contributors that explores the nature and extent of the utopian impulse. Working across ……続きを見る

Poetische Reflexionen über den Suizid beleuchten die Verhältnisse, in denen Menschen verzweifeln. Doch vor welchen Hintergründen tritt die Suizidthematik in Erscheinung? Welche Formen und Funktionen……続きを見る

Although published in 1986, Demand the Impossible was written from inside the oppositional political culture of the 1970s. Reading works by Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin, Marge Piercy, and Samuel R……続きを見る

What would a good world for women look like? How would we get there from where we are and how would we have to change ourselves in the process? This book examines a critical moment in recent America……続きを見る

Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times, volume 2, highlights the significant historical contributions of some of Louisiana’s most noteworthy and also overlooked women from the eighteenth century to ……続きを見る

Following in the tradition of the Southern Women series, Arkansas Women highlights prominent Arkansas women, exploring women’s experiences across time and space from the state’s earliest frontier ye……続きを見る

This collection of essays connects Lion Feuchtwanger’s work to the gendered experience of exile during the period of National Socialism. The articles explore select women in Feuchtwanger’s life, ana……続きを見る

Women built the popular song industry of Tin Pan Alley, yet many of their stories have seldom been told. They blazed the trail for women in music today and set an inspiring example for generations t……続きを見る

Discussions surrounding the veil often run along essentialist and ahistorical lines, associating Islam with oppression, shame, and honor. Contributing to these stereotypes, the media in both the Eas……続きを見る

From Letters to Leaders: I'm So BeYOUtiful It's Ridiculous! is the ultimate guide for sorority women looking to unleash their inner strength, embrace their self-worth, and foster true sisterhood. Th……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to Jane Campion offers a thorough and detailed study of the works of Jane Campion. This edited volume seeks a modern approach by blurring the frontiers between film and televisi……続きを見る

This book examines the narratives of series heroines that preceded and followed Nancy Drew, each in relation to their social, historical, and economic environments. Covering heroines including Miss ……続きを見る

A tribute to Jane C. Goodale, Pulling the Right Threads discusses the vibrant ethnographer and teacher's principles for mentoring, collaborating, and performing fieldwork. Known for her ethnographic……続きを見る

Die Bibliografie vermittelt einen Überblick über die Etablierung von Gender in der Translationswissenschaft. Die acht Kapitel, in denen die Entwicklungen eingeordnet und einschlägige Studien annotie……続きを見る

Hey Pump It Up Family, Guess what? We've got a super special edition for you, all about celebrating the incredible powerhouses we call women! Guess what? We've stumbled upon a voice that's basically……続きを見る

Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist. Michael Winship, aut……続きを見る

Based on Dr O'Leary's PhD thesis 'Social and Literary Constraints on Women Writers in New Zealand: 1945-1970' this books explores and exposes the sexist mores of the NZ literary establishment, both ……続きを見る

Catholic Sexual Pathology and the Western Mind: The Ancient Era, Vol. 1 documents with historical and clinical data the correlation between Catholic sexual orthodoxy and Catholic sexual pathology. T……続きを見る

Developments: Encounters of Formation in the Latin American and Hispanic/Latino Bildungsroman, a notable contribution for students and scholars of Latin American, Brazilian, Hispanic and Latino lite……続きを見る

Disabusing Women in the Old French Fabliaux provides a much-needed reevaluation of the role of women in the fabliaux. Spanning the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the fabliaux are short, riba……続きを見る

The concept of the soul in Platonic, Ciceronian, and Talmudic thought segues into the Celtic tradition, Thomas Aquinas, and Maeterlinck and threads its way through the tapestry of Proust’s narrative……続きを見る

El presente estudio explora El libro de romances y coplas del Carmelo de Valladolid [c. 1590–1609] escrito por las hermanas carmelitas descalzas del Convento de la Concepción del Carmen en Valladoli……続きを見る

En el extenso y complejo siglo XIX, las comunidades de las Iglesias cristianas, fueran tradicionales, escindidas o de nueva fundación, atribuyeron una gran importancia a los textos bíblicos. Las muj……続きを見る