Gender studies, gender groups Books

This book explores the lives of two women in the 19th century. One became the first woman doctor while the other was an American woman who was arrested for voting. Do you know who they are? Yes, they are Elizabeth Blackwell and Susan Anthony. They were...

The life of Madame CJ Walker caught the attention of Hollywood resulting in films and TV series about her. In this book, however, only the raw truth about this amazing woman is discussed. See Madame Walker as the woman who invented the shampoo that cured...

Joanna Scott (b. 1960) has been one of America's leading writers since the 1990s. Both critically acclaimed and winner of numerous prestigious awards, Scott's unique and probing vision and masterful writing has inspired readers to adjust their...

God created marriage to be a beautiful, loving union between two people willing to make a lifelong commitment. Often, though, marriage goes wrong. Husband and wife turn on each other, and the ugliness of divorce threatens a happy home. In the case of...

When she was four, Angel Cabrera was a quiet, shy child who loved to dance and make others laugh. But when her parents divorced two years later, Angel’s life suddenly changed direction. As she attempted to find her place in a newly blended family,...

Naida Drew Anderson's journey spans nine decades, beginning in the early 1920s. Her story begins on her aunt and uncle's farm near Belleville, Ontario. Her childhood was clouded by the deaths of her sisters, as well as her mother's painful struggle with...

Leilani Muir was severely abused by her mother, who told many lies in order to have her daughter admitted to the Provincial Training School for Mental Defectives in Red Deer at the age of 11 and branded a moron. But Muir never was mentally defective and...

In 1907 Melbourne's underworld was dominated by a cross section of hardened gangs, overlords, pimps and sly grog king pins. Criminal identities terrorised Melbourne's surrounding suburbs Including bands of outlaws like the Crutchie Push, while the...

In "Breaking the Binary: A History of Non-Binary Activism," author Jai Ajar weaves an intricate narrative that transcends time, space, and culture. From indigenous communities to contemporary global movements, this book invites readers to journey through...

In "Oil, Oats, and Identity: A Vegan's Escape to Freedom", Khaled Nesreen takes us on an unforgettable journey of self-discovery and liberation from the war-torn streets of Damascus to the vibrant heart of London. Follow the thrilling, heart-rending tale...

"Dive into the compelling saga of Two-Spirit identity and activism throughout history with 'Beyond Binary: The Two-Spirit Journey Through History.' This book takes you on an enlightening journey, revealing the roots of Two-Spirit identity in early...

Welcome to a world unlike any you've ever known: a metropolis exclusively inhabited by men. In his audacious and eye-opening novel, Tom Hudson invites you into a society that shatters conventional norms, a place where clothing is optional, intimacy is...

In "Vegan, Gay, and Ready to Play," Jo Indigo takes us on a remarkable journey of self-discovery, acceptance, and love. From a rugby-loving family in Australia to the heart of Sydney's LGBTQ+ community, Jo navigates their complex identity as a...

Este libro interpreta aspectos de la literatura afroecuatoriana en el context de Esmeraldas, la provincial donde vive la mayoría de la población. Mi propósito es analizar desde una perspectiva post-colonial, el impacto duradero de la esclavitud, el...

Atwell's work traces the historical and legal developments surrounding the public awareness of sexual harassment in the United States.

This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the material grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence...

From cross-dressing pirates to servants and slaves, women have played vital and often surprising roles in the navigation and cultural mapping of Caribbean territory. Yet these experiences rarely surface in the increasing body of critical literature on...

This interdisciplinary text develops a theory of heterosexism and provides everyday examples from health and social care environments. It engages with current debates, including intersecting identities, and presents a coherent analysis of the health and...

This book analyzes how poor eighteenth-century London women coped when they found themselves pregnant, their survival networks and the consequences of bearing an illegitimate child. It does so by exploring the encounters between poor women and the parish...

Globalization poses new challenges for the modern welfare state and democracies. One controversial issue is how struggles for economic equality are linked with struggles for recognition of difference according to gender, ethnicity and sexuality. The...

The notion that women lie about rape is a prevalent belief with pervasive influence. This book is unique in combining police file data with interviews obtained from both rape survivors and detectives in order to critically explore how this belief affects...

This collection of essays examines women in the Khrushchev era, using both newly-accessible archival material and a re-reading of published sources. Exploring diverse subjects including housing, space flight, women workers, cinema, religion and...

Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves. Frances Gray explores a number of high-profile cases from the...

Women's magazines teem with its promises and horror stories; feminists ardently debate its status as harmful or heroic; surgeons and regulators compete to define which procedures can be offered and how. Through its representation, cosmetic surgery...

Educating young people about sex and sexuality remains one of the most controversial and political areas of the school curriculum. Drawing on young people's own understandings of their sexual selves, knowledge and practices Sexual Subjects considers the...

Much research has been done on the social messages conveyed to children reading or listening to fairy tales. In this highly original study, the emphasis shifts from content to linguistic expression. The language and linguistic organization of a dozen...

This volume provides a timely and revealing account of women's constitutional strategies and struggles. It compares and contrasts the latest constitutional developments within the United Kingdom with women's past and present struggles in countries...

Maria Tamboukou links Foucauldian ideas to feminism and education. Its central argument is that the Foucauldian notion of 'technologies of the self' needs to be gendered and contextualized. This argument is pursued through a genealogical analysis of...

Clark explores how real-life women's crimes were handled in the news media of an age before the invention of the newspaper, in ballads, pamphlets, and plays. It discusses those features of contemporary society which particularly influenced early modern...

This book details how popular conceptions of masculinity and femininity inform the way footballers' bodies, team bonding, women, sex and alcohol are portrayed in the media, and connects stories relating to the cases with sports reporting generally...

The twentieth century has been a century of wars, genocides and violent political conflict; a century of militarization and massive destruction. It has simultaneously been a century of feminist creativity and struggle worldwide, witnessing fundamental...

Widowhood in an American City focuses on the roles and lifestyles of urban American widows fifty years of age or older

Based on extensive, original research, this book portrays a different and an under-represented perspective of young Muslim girls in the bustees (shanty towns) of Kolkata. Through a series of personal narratives, photos and artwork, it demonstrates that...

Enhancing our knowledge of all three terms, Gender, Bodies and Work develops a perspective that has considerable potential both for assessing the past and exploring the future. The authors provide a set of questions which draw together themes already...

This book chronicles travel writings of Bengali women in colonial India and explores the intersections of power, indigeneity, and the representations of the 'self' and the 'other' in these writings. It documents the transgressive histories of these women...

First published in 1999, this volume took part in the emerging sociological debate on gender in the workplace by studying men's work, lives, gender roles and psychological health through the gender lens. Recent changes in the labour market, not least the...

From humid, bleak cottonfields of Mississippi in the late 1930s, to the Olympic Mountains with the Pacific Ocean crashing against the shores, this story spans over seven decades in the incredible life of one twin. Nan Heathers and her identical twin,...

Meet Nava, a woman whose arrival into the world was fashionably late, missing her chance to share a birthday with a royal princess. Growing up in impoverished Tel Aviv, Nava yearned for a different life, one that seemed reserved for those born into...

Daughter of the Sky, first published in 1960, is an intimate look at the life of Amelia Earhart from her early years growing up in Kansas, her work as a nurse and social worker, and her many adventures in flying. Also included is a detailed account of...

'Embolden Women: Unapologetically Me' is a book to influence and inspire women and girls to break the barrier of so-called societal norms for women. The goal is to teach women to live life on their own terms with courage and confidence, without being...

Over a million people lost their lives in Auschwitz II - Birkenau. At the height of the selections, the murders would peak at 10,000 a day. Surviving this hell would take more than prayer, more than luck...it was going to take a will to live, a desire to...

The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy tells the inspiring, never-before-told, story of the Global Women's Funding Movement -- considered the women's movement's greatest secret - and how it enabled women from all walks of life to harness the power of...

This book draws from the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, psychology, and sociology to develop an integrated approach and illustrates how female athletes can be safely prepared for training and performance in a way that benefits their health and...