Gender studies: women and girls Books

Black Feminist Cultural Criticism is the first comprehensive analysis of the full range of Black women's creative achievements. In this outsdanding collection, writers and scholars in literature, film, television, theatre, music, art, material culture,...

Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory offers a clear and accessible introduction to poststructuralist theory, focusing on questions of language, subjectivity and power. Key book features: Classic text. Now updated and revised. New final...

Using the concepts and practices of feminist literary criticism, this constantly challenging workbook not only makes the connection between women's writing and women's lives but breaks new ground in enabling students to apply critical concepts and to...

Literature and Feminism is an exemplary new introduction to feminist literary criticism and theory which assumes no previous knowledge of the field. Clear, informative and carefully structured, it provides a thorough guide to, and path through, one of...

Feminism and Psychoanalysis: A Critical Dictionary is of major interest to those who are aware of the breadth of its two component areas, and wish to explore the common ground between them more intensively. Entries deal with concepts from and significant...

In this fresh alternative to traditional Shakespeare studies, Dympna Callaghan, Lorraine Helms, and Jyotsna Singh address Shakespeare's works in terms of, amongst other things, the feminist history of sexuality, the ideology of romantic love, and...

Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates - Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post-structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the...

"A fascinating insight into the world of big business and how a little Cajun girl from New Orleans can achieve great success in this country." --Dick Van Patten, actor (Eight Is Enough)"Jenny Craig's story is a splendid example of what can be...

Using a direct, personal voice that students will find engaging, Elizabeth Rider offers a well-researched, logical, and empirical book that presents current issues in the psychology of women in a balanced and fair manner.  The author does not...

Discover the trials & triumphs of great female inventorsAstrolabe Automatic Dishwasher Barbie Doll Buffered Aspirin COBOL Cotton Gin Disposable Phone Drip Coffeemaker Fabric Softener Sheets Hang Glider IV Fluids Jell-O Kevlar Mars Rover ...

A Beginner's Guide to Life in the Space Age"Kellie is probably one of the best ambassadors for spaceflight in the 21st century that the industry could have." Lucy Hawking, author of George's Secret Key to the Universe and host of Audible's Lucy in the...

Raisingthe Resistance will:Identify oppressive issues that hold back women Validate readers' feelings of outrage at the current climate for women in America Establish a need for mainstream feminism in modern American society, starting at home Present...

The Making of a Female Serial Killer "In America's First Female Serial Killer, McBrayer offers us a complexand terrifyingportrait of a killer who seemed almost doomed from birth." Kate Winkler DawsonAmerican Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of...

Tracy is in the top one percent of real estate sales people worldwide. She is currently ranked 51st in the country by The Wall Street Journal. She has bought, renovated, and sold more than 20 homes in the Western United States. Tracy has worked for 20...

The audience for this book will will include:Women ages 12 to 102: The volume would be an apropos gift for fodder in the modern day water coolers: emails, texts, and Twitter Popular History Readers of both genders. Viewers of The Biography Channel. Each...

Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink, recounts Nita Sweeney's transformation from a 49-year-old, chronically depressed, sometimes manic central Ohio woman who could barely jog for sixty seconds into a...

An inspiring guide that explores how one woman dared to confront an impossible medical situation that threatened to silence her forever, overcome the anxious perfectionism that affects women everywhere, and found the courage to embrace life...

#1 New Release in Alcoholism and Christian Self-Help Memoir and Portrait of a Family at Its Worst and BestSome memoirs shock. Some entertain. Some take us places we're afraid to go. A rare few move us. Once in a blue moon, a book does it all. This...

#1 New Release in Demography Millennials vs. All Other GenerationsReaders ofThe Next Americaby Paul Taylor,Generation Meby Jean M. Twenge,The Fourth Turningby William Strauss and Neil Howe will loveGaslighting the Millennials.Millennials were set up...

Imagine waking in a hospital bed to find your frail, pale arm punctured by an IV transferring fluids and nutrients into your weak, stiff body. What happened? You're an adult, age twenty-six, seventy-six pounds, and you just had a seizure precipitated by...

Own It All is intended for...- A woman who currently feels stressed out, depleted, overwhelmed, and unsatisfied-like she's the underpaid intern of her life rather than the CEO.- A woman who wants to change one-or several-areas of her life, and who wants...

#1 New Release in Volunteer Work and Poverty - Your Guide to Wealth and SuccessLive your wealthiest life:Sometimes the best way to stick it to the man is by doing well for yourself. There's just one problem: it's hard to do well for yourself when...

Women in Filmmaking and Their Struggle Against Bias "After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels" Ann Richards#1 Bestseller in Acting & Auditioning, Performing Arts, and Guides &...

Feminism is having a major cultural moment and stories of strong women are perfectly timed to ride the zeitgeist Features empowering quotes from strong women and those who refused to be kept down. Author Marlene Wegman-Gellar, a teacher and journalist...

Becca Anderson contributed to several bestselling personal growth books including the million-selling "Attitudes of Gratitude," and is co-author of "The Gratitude Power Workbook." She runs a Silicon Valley book club that meets regularly at East West...

Generous Women' is about the women who have given so much much of themselves to the man I am today,"" writes Earl Hamner. This fond appreciation is a warm thank-you for gifts freely given and a reminder that, truly, no man is an island unto himself.""

First published in hardcover asThe Women in Lincoln's Life,this paperback is a revised and expanded version with a foreword by Frank Williams, chairman of the prestigious Lincoln Forum, sidebars, and an appendix on the Lincoln-Rutledge romance and...

While women in modern Western society have spent the last century fighting for equal rights, women in ancient Ireland were accorded legal equality with men. Under the Brehon Laws women had the right to own property, rule territories, seek an education,...

A Shocking Look at Feminism's Patron SaintMargaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, has been the subject of adoring television dramas and enthusiastic biographies, but her life and work were anything but inspiring. Killer Angel is a close-up...

Author of bestsellers Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women, Becca Anderson is an up and coming author of books for women. Let Me Count the Ways is a compilation of the best things ever said by women on the subject of love.  Whether...

Healing for Mothers and DaughtersA compassionate guide: Karen C.L. Anderson is a storyteller, feminist, and speaker who views the world through the lens of curiosity and fascination. As a mother-daughter relationship expert, she gently guides readers...

We're here, we're queer, and we make the world a better place. People in the LGBTQ community have made positive contributions throughout history and we continue to improve society today. In We Make It Better, Rosswood and Archambeau share inspirational...

#1 Amazon New Release - Relationships - expectations vs. realityPlanet Prudence comics: A top online illustrator, Prudence ""Planet Prudence"" Geerts, presents her take on the struggles of adulting and finding your own voice.Funny comics: Bad at...

#1 New Release in New Age & Spirituality, Gaia Feminine EmpowermentPath of the Goddess:At the dawn of religion, God was a Woman. The Divine Feminine is known by innumerable names and symbol-rich manifestations across the world's cultures. Throughout...

Millennial moms: You've survived maternity motherhood and now you have a newborn baby and you're entering your first year of newborn care. What's next? Deep Breaths: The New Mom's Handbook to Your Baby's First Year is Michelle Pearson's debut book. The...

Creating books that will change your life Healing victims of sexual assault through transformative journaling: One in six women is the victim of sexual assault. Using her own hard-won wisdom, author Jen Cross shows how to heal through journaling and...

'There is a certain feeling standing between rows of richly dyed blue cloth that you are within an enclave of protection, that within this ocean you can feel calm; a separation from the outside world.'One summer, a mother and daughter are reunited in the...

In the decades since the Second World War, the teenage witch has emerged as a major American cultural trope. Appearing in films, novels, comics and on television, adolescent witches have long reflected shifting societal attitudes towards the teenage...

Foreword INDIES 2020 Silver Award Winner in LGBTQ+ NonfictionIndependent Press Awards 2021 Winner in LGBTQ nonfictionGolden Crown Literary Awards 2021 Nonfiction WinnerThe burgeoning lesbian and feminist movements of the '70s and '80s created an impetus...

Discover the inspiring lives of Muslim women living in every century, beginning in 6th century Mecca right up to a present-day Turkish astrophysicist who discovered a double-ringed galaxy, Persian mountaineers who scaled Mount Everest and a Pakistani...

A bold collection of creative pieces and theoretical essays by women of color.Making Face, Making Soulincludes over 70 works by poets, writers, artists, and activists such as Paula Gunn Allen, Norma Alarcn, Gloria Anzalda, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Barbara...

A poignant graphic memoir about the power of art to transform and heal after the death of a loved one.In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain...

Women and madness in the early Romantic novel returns madness to a central role in feminist literary criticism through an updated exploration of hysteria, melancholia, and love-madness in novels by Mary Wollstonecraft, Eliza Fenwick, Mary Hays, Maria...

A celebrity decorator with blue hair. A single mother who advised JFK in the Oval Office. A Christian nudist with a passion for almond milk.A century ago, ten Australian women did something remarkable. Throwing convention to the wind, they headed across...

After her six-year-old daughter puts a hammer through a wall, Megan Williams decides to abandon a career as an academic and become a police officer.It's not lost on her that she may have applied to the Police Academy to escape the realities of mothering...

A PEOPLE magazine pick, Best Books Fall 2023: "A breathtaking memoir about surviving a horrifying childhood; Means...transforms memories...into a work of art."Starred review from Kirkus: "This book is an outstanding debut...A harrowing and soulful memoir...

From the author of Unsuitable for Females, shortlisted for The Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2023.With the triumph of England's Lionesses at Euro 2022, the women's game has been in the spotlight like never before, enjoying...