Gender studies: women and girls Books

In the spirit of their last collaboration, Apartheid and Racism in South African Children's Literature, 1985-1995, Yulisa Amadu Maddy and Donnarae MacCann once again come together to expose the neo-imperialist overtones of contemporary children's fiction...

The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men, or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating...

During the nineteenth century, the American temperance movement underwent a visible, gendered shift in its leadership as it evolved from a male-led movement to one dominated by the women. However, this transition of leadership masked the complexity and...

In this critical study, Tidwell examines the conflict of aesthetics and politics in The Diary of Virginia Woolf. As a modernist writer concerned with contemporary aesthetic theories, Woolf experimented with limiting the representative nature of writing...

This book offers a critical feminist perspective on the widely debated topic of transitional justice and forgiveness. Louise Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape with a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women's or 'feminine' subjectivity and...

Affect has become something of a buzzword in cultural and feminist theory during the past decade. References to affect, emotions and intensities abound, their implications in terms of research practices have often remained less manifest. Working with...

First published in 1978, Feminism and Socialism in China explores the inter-relationship of feminism and socialism and the contribution of each towards the redefinition of the role and status of women in China. In her history of the women's movement in...

Dorothy Wordsworth has a unique place in literary studies. Notoriously self-effacing, she assiduously eschewed publication, yet in her lifetime, her journals inspired William to write some of his best-known poems. Memorably depicting daily life in a...

Women's Narrative and Film in 20th Century Spain examines the development of the feminine cultural tradition in spain and how this tradition reshaped and defined a Spanish national identity. Each chapter focuses on representation of autobiography,...

Work, Love, Pray is a hands-on guide for young professional Christian women seeking balance and fulfillment in all aspects of their lives. Full of practical advice and inspiring stories, this book helps sidestep the pitfalls of the 'Superwoman,' while...

Investigates contemporary and historical rhetorics of rape culture within institutional, legal, cultural, and medical discourses. Examines how discourses about rape rely on strategies of containment and deny the felt experiences of victims, ultimately...

"We translate what American women write, they never translate our texts," wrote Helene Cixous almost two decades ago. Her complaint about the unavailability of French feminist writing in English has long since been rectified, but the situation for...

Madre Maria de San Jose (1656 - 1719)-mystic, chronicler, and co-founder of an Augustinian convent-inscribed her life story within the model of spiritual autobiography set by St. Augustine and Teresa of Avila, but at the same time included her individual...

As you are reading my story, I want you to think about the cover of this book as a white canvas - a canvas for your life. It's up to every one of us what we put on this canvas.What do we want to remember? Is it the time your boss screamed at you in front...

I've had the fortune of encountering more than one great love in my life; great love from family, from friendships, and from the unconditional love of my children. But, the greatest love of all is when two hearts intertwine and become one. It is one...

"Asunciâon Sunny Hostin, la câelebre coanfitriona de The View, siempre sintiâo que pertenecâia a diferentes mundos y que debâia elegir uno de ellos. De madre puertorriqueäna y padre afroamericano, dejâo atrâas la pobreza y los obstâaculosde su niänez en...

"Charming . . . This endearing memoir brings readers deep into the heart of a family that many feel they already know well. Bush's fans will delight in these intimate, funny remembrances."--Publishers Weekly

A little Coco Chanel, a lot Carrie Bradshaw, with a dash of Maureen Dowd--a hip, hilarious collection of mini-profiles in shopping and romantic courage. From one very fabulous and elusive little pink raincoat (to woo the commitment phobe) to a pair of...

From Revlon spokesmodel to film actress to one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," Karen Duffy was living the life most of us only dream of. Then her whirlwind life of celebrity parties came to an abrupt, grinding halt when she was stricken...

Correcting the omissions of traditional history, this is "a reliable survey of the real and varied roles played by women in the medieval period. . . . Highly recommended."-- "Choice" "Many a quaint and amusing side, as well as a wealth of solid...

Have you ever suffered from FUNNY GIRL SYNDROME? Are you the gal who makes people laugh? Are you considered "a lot of fun" and "a good sport"? Do all your male friends bring you their troubles and ask for your advice--about their girlfriends? If so, you...

In this inspiring memoir, internationally beloved actress Jane Seymour shows how she has learned to embrace and learn from the many changes in her life Now fifty, Jane Seymour--the eternally beautiful star of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and countless...

Grandmother Lee's Portfolio is a historical novel written by Anne E. Guild and published in 1857. The book is set in the early 19th century and follows the life of Grandmother Lee, an elderly woman who has lived through many of the major events of...

""Genealogy Of The Carney Family"" is a comprehensive book that traces the lineage of the Carney family from their ancestors, Mark Carney and Suzanne Goux, who lived in Pownalboro, Maine, from 1751 to 1903. Written by Sydney Howard Carney Jr., the book...

Confessions Of A Social Secretary is a book written by Corinne Martin Lowe and published in 1916. The book is a memoir that details the author's experiences working as a social secretary for wealthy families in the early 20th century. Lowe provides a...

Charlotte Bronte, The Woman: A Study is a book written by Maude Goldring in 1916. The book is a detailed examination of the life and work of Charlotte Bronte, one of the most celebrated female writers of the 19th century. Goldring explores the life of...

Chosen, Chastened, Crowned: Memorials Of Mary Shekleton is a book written by Margaretta Shekleton in 1884. The book is a collection of memoirs and letters that tell the story of Mary Shekleton, Margaretta's sister-in-law, who was a devout Christian and...

Centennial Records Of The Women Of Wisconsin (1876) is a historical book written by Anna Bates Butler. The book is a comprehensive record of the women of Wisconsin during the centennial year of the United States in 1876. It provides an in-depth look at...

Celebrated Englishwomen of the Victorian Era is a two-volume book written by William Henry Davenport Adams and published in 1884. The first volume of the book contains biographical sketches of some of the most notable women of the Victorian era,...

Le Catalogue Des Livres De Feu M. Lemarie (1776) est un livre �����crit par Guillaume De Bure. Il s'agit d'un catalogue qui r�����pertorie tous les livres de la biblioth�����que de M. Lemarie, un collectionneur de livres passionn�����. Le catalogue est...

Carrie F. Butler Thwing was an American woman who lived in the late 19th century. ""Carrie F. Butler Thwing, An Appreciation By Friends: Together With Extracts From Her Journal Of A Tour In Europe"" is a book that was published in 1899 and is a...

Betty Moore's Journal is a novel written by Mabel D. Carry and published in 1912. The book tells the story of Betty Moore, a young woman who keeps a journal of her daily life and experiences. Through her journal entries, readers are taken on a journey...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, A Tender Distance presents fifteen finely-crafted vignettes that explore the perils and joys of raising two fearless boys from toddlerhood to young men. Mothers everywhere will relate to the hard, familiar...

Barbara Hammer: Pushing Out of the Frame by Sarah Keller explores the career of experimental filmmaker and visual artist Barbara Hammer. Hammer first garnered attention in the early 1970s for a series of films representing lesbian subjects and...

Highlighting the long unacknowledged role of a group of pioneering professional women, The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida tells the story of healthcare workers who battled racism in a state where white supremacy formed the bedrock of society...

Otherworldly Mothering argues that literary works by Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, and Toni Cade Bambara reimagine subjectivity in processual and relational terms through a rewriting of maternal praxis, a technique that...

Historians and genealogists have mostly overlooked the role of women in the American Revolution, even though women's roles in working their farms, raising their children, and generally supporting the morale of the Patriot side were of great importance...

For twenty years Josie Washburn lived and worked in houses of prostitution. She spent the last twelve as the madam of a moderately fancy brothel in Lincoln, Nebraska. After retiring in 1907 and moving to Omaha, she turned to "throwing a searchlight on...

At a crucial time in American history, narratives of women in command or imperiled at sea contributed to the construction of a national rhetoric. Robin Miskolcze makes her case by way of careful readings of images of women at sea before the Civil War in...

Cosmopolitan Culture and Consumerism in Chick Lit focuses on the literary phenomenon popularly known as chick lit, and the way in which this genre interfaces with magazines, self-help books, romantic comedies, and domestic-advice publications. This...

The feminist thinkers in this collection are the designated "fifty-one key feminist thinkers," historical and contemporary, and also the authors of the entries. Collected here are fifty-one key thinkers and fifty-one authors, recognizing that women are...

First published in 1984, John Hardy's important interpretation of Jane Austen's heroines breaks through the accepted tradition of viewing the author as merely a rational comedienne of manners. He argues instead that Jane Austen's greatness lies in her...

First published in 1924, this unique title provides an extremely valuable early Twentieth Century perspective on Jane Austen, offering analysis from both sides of the channel. The book includes both a translated...

Jane Austen is often associated with conservatism and her novels are often seen as light entertainment depicting a vanished world and its manners. Mary Evan's study, first published in 1987, seeks to contradict the conventional wisdom regarding...