Gender studies: women and girls Books

First published in 1981, this book explores the reactions of some female writers to the social effects of industrial capitalism between 1778 and 1860. The period set in motion a crisis over the status of middle-class women that culminated in the...

Fusing audience research and ethnography, the book presents a compelling account of women's changing lives and identities in relation to the impact of the most popular media culture in everyday life: television. Within the historically-specific social...

Social work is currently undergoing major change in its policies, organization and day-to-day practice and much has been written about the feminist presence in social work. In particular, feminist social work has focused on the role of women social...

Shortlisted for the BSA Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2009 Traditional distinctions between the experiences of women and men are breaking down and being reconfigured in new, more complex ways. The long-established life expectancy gap between...

This volume explores points of intersection and divergence between critical conceptions of time and technology, drawing on a range of perspectives and approaches to examine our mediated and material embodied entanglements with key questions about life...

This volume studies nonviolent movements as instruments of change in contemporary global politics. It presents case studies of civilian-led nonviolent efforts in India, Poland, and Turkey and analyzes how they have enabled people's voices, influenced...

This book investigates the deep linkages between gender and grassroots politics. It studies how women candidates in Bangladesh are elected in reserved seats in the local government bodies and explores the challenges that they face both from within the...

Utopian writing offers a fascinating panorama of social visions; and the related forms of dystopia and anti-utopian satire extend this into the range of social nightmares. Originally published in 1988, this comparative study of utopian fiction by British...

This is a book about understanding women's empowerment and pathways as well as roadblocks to women's economic empowerment in rural India, as understood through an evaluation-based research of a state-funded social sector programme located in the...

Explores how Hispanic American thinkers in Latin America and Latino/a philosophers in the USA have posed and thought about questions of race, ethnicity, and nationality.

Karen longed for acceptance, validation and love, but had no ability to form healthy, meaningful relationships. Born into a large family already suffering the effects of two generations of residential school, and surviving her own nine years at St...

The book ""Letters Of Mrs. Herbert Wilbraham Taylor To Members Of Her Classes And Friends (1878)"" is a collection of letters written by Rebekah Hope Morley Taylor to her students and friends. Mrs. Taylor was a teacher and writer who lived in the late...

Letters From The Continent, To A Beloved Parent (1846) is a book written by A Clergyman's Wife. It is a collection of letters that were written during the author's travels through Europe. The book provides a detailed account of the author's experiences...

""Letters From Elizabeth Williams To Anne Mowbray: Or Justice To Ourselves And Others, The Consequence Of True Piety"" is a book written by Elizabeth Williams and published in 1829. The book is a collection of letters written by Williams to her friend...

Lady Duff Gordon's Letters From Egypt (1902) is a collection of personal letters written by Lucie Duff Gordon, a British writer and translator, during her time living in Egypt from 1862 to 1869. The letters provide a unique and intimate glimpse into...

Letters From Alabama On Various Subjects is a collection of letters written by Anne Newport Royall in 1830. The book is a vivid account of her travels through Alabama, where she spent several months exploring the state's culture, geography, and people...

Led Into Light is a novel written by Lucy Taylor and published in 1884. The story follows the life of a young woman named Edith who is forced to confront the harsh realities of life after the sudden death of her father. With no other family to turn to,...

""Leaves From The Notebook Of Elizabeth Twining: Lady Visitor Among The Poor In London And Country"" is a book written by Elizabeth Twining and published in 1877. The book is a collection of notes and observations made by Twining during her visits to the...

Lady Victoria Buxton, A Memoir: With Some Account Of Her Husband (1919) is a biographical book written by George William Erskine Russell. The book tells the story of Lady Victoria Buxton, a British aristocrat who lived during the late 19th and early 20th...

Lady Nairne and Her Songs is a book written by George Henderson and published in 1905. The book is a biography of Lady Carolina Nairne, a Scottish songwriter and poet who lived from 1766 to 1845. Henderson provides a detailed account of Lady Nairne's...

Bertha Coppier (1840) is een roman geschreven door J.I.D. Nepveu. Het verhaal draait om Bertha Coppier, een jonge vrouw uit een welgestelde familie in de 19e eeuw. Bertha wordt verliefd op een jonge man genaamd Eduard, maar haar ouders zijn tegen hun...

""Behind The Veil In Persia And Turkish Arabia"" is a memoir written by M. E. Hume-Griffith, an Englishwoman who spent eight years living amongst the women of the East. The book provides a unique and intimate insight into the lives of the women living in...

Bearing The Yoke is a book written by Helen Shipton and first published in 1884. The book is a memoir of the author's experiences of living with and caring for her husband, who suffered from a debilitating illness. The book is written in a...

""Aunt Hope's Kitchen Stove and the Girls Around It"" is a heartwarming novel written by Lillian Clarkson West and originally published in 1911. The story revolves around Aunt Hope, a kind and wise woman who runs a boarding house in a small town. The...

The Lessons Of A Life is a book written by Florence Fenwick Miller in 1877, which is a biography of Harriet Martineau, a prominent British writer and social theorist. The book chronicles Martineau's life, from her childhood in Norwich to her rise as a...

The Jubilee Memoir of Queen Victoria is a historical book written by Edward Walford in 1887. The book is a memoir of the life and reign of Queen Victoria, who celebrated her Golden Jubilee in the same year. The memoir provides an in-depth look into the...

Sophie ou mon voyage ������ Besan�����on V1 (1803) est un livre �����crit par P. J. De Sales. L'histoire suit les aventures de Sophie, une jeune fille qui voyage ������ Besan�����on pour rencontrer sa tante. Pendant son voyage, elle rencontre de nombreux...

Life, Letters, And Posthumous Works Of Fredrika Bremer is a book written by Fredrika Bremer, which was first published in 1868. The book is a collection of the author's personal letters, as well as her posthumous works. Fredrika Bremer was a Swedish...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Lottery of Life is a novel written by Marguerite Gardiner in 1842. It tells the story of a young woman named Emily, who is forced to navigate the complexities of life in the 19th century. Emily is born into a wealthy family, but her father's sudden...

""The Eventful History Of The Mutiny And Piratical Seizure Of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause And Consequences"" is a historical account written by John Barrow in 1831. The book covers the infamous mutiny that occurred on the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty...

""John Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount of Dundee, 1648-1689"" is a historical biography written by Charles Sanford Terry and published in 1905. The book tells the story of John Graham, a Scottish nobleman and military commander who lived during the late...

The Day's Message is a novel written by Susan Coolidge and first published in 1890. The story revolves around a young woman named Marcia who is sent to live with her Aunt Amelia in Boston after the death of her father. Marcia is a thoughtful and...

The Desert And The Sown is a travel memoir written by Gertrude Lowthian Bell and published in 1907. Bell was a British adventurer, archaeologist, and diplomat who traveled extensively throughout the Middle East in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

""Letters From The Mountains V2"" is a collection of correspondence between Mrs. Grant of Laggan and her friends, spanning the years 1773 to 1803. The letters offer a unique insight into the life and experiences of a woman living in the Scottish...

It's 1941, near the town of Southampton, Ontario, and five young sisters are reeling from an accident that killed their mother and severely injured their father. With help from their aunt, the sisters strive to keep the family farm operating as World War...

This book comprises the collected essays of Sharmila Rege (1964 - 2013), which span a range of themes,including critical perspectives on women's movements, Dalit standpoint feminism, and the relationship between Women's Studies and other disciplines.

This timely book provides a starting point for critical analysis and discourse about the status of gendered perspectives in environmental education research.

The book studies Alice Munro's inheritance of and contribution to realism in fiction. Nobel Prize winner Munro follows the empirical tradition of the Enlightenment and draws on her life as a daughter, wife, mother, and professional writer while...

This book examines the role of new media technologies in the production of girls' cultural and political identities and explores issues underpinning debates around gender politics and digital media, including gendered spatial politics, visibility,...

This book examines novels of Faulkner and Morrison as well as Mark Twain and Ralph Ellison in order to show that their works forcefully undermine the racial and sexual divisions characterizing both the South and contemporary culture in the nineteenth and...

This book captures the everyday life structures of a cohort of Muslim/ex-Islamist female youth in Egypt who have joined or established new networks that share the common interest of doing 'good' to the society based on their religious worldviews,...