Gender studies: women and girls Books

The second wave of feminism which challenged and changed many assumptions about the world in which we live was a product of various western cultures, with no single country possessing a monopoly on the writing of the texts that became the canonical...

ALL FOR MY CHILDREN is Sally Faulkner's unforgettable true story, showing how one Australian mother's life fractured in the moment she kissed her kids goodbye. This is a book Sally had to write, because it is the only way her children Lahela and Noah...

For as long as the Vietnamese people fought against foreign enemies, women were a vital part of that struggle. The victory over the French at Dien Bien Phu is said to have involved hundreds of thousands of women, and many of the names in Viet Cong unit...

This series is about the conversations we never had, need to have, and still can have.  It's about growing from girl to woman - living, loving and learning while finding self-worth and dignity in the face of serious setbacks and major challenges...

Young women on the border between Vietnam and China find themselves caught between a violent custom and a vicious criminal underworld... The multi-award-winning documentary 'Sisters for Sale' is an incredible true story of hope, courage, and...

It’s your time to be unstoppable.Five Global Women on a mission to inspire, influence and impact aspiring, conscious women to lead audaciously confident lives and businesses with clarity, conviction and certainty.This anthology is volume four of a...

Nella Chikwe and 21 other Unstoppable women of purpose share their insights and strategic exercises in order to help you SOAR in life and business. Unshakable, unmoveable and ready to conquer, these women have gone through it all. Overcome depression,...

It’s your time to be unstoppable.Global Women, leading to inspire, influence and impact women of purpose. Sharing a common vision to help educate, empower and elevate them to lead unstoppable lives, build empires, global brands and legacies that...

Martin Heidegger's commitment to the idea that Dasein (human existence) is ultimately gender neutral, as well as several other major aspects of his thought, raises significant questions for feminist philosophers. The fourteen essays included in this...

In The Sword and the Pen: Women, Politics, and Poetry in Sixteenth-Century Siena, Konrad Eisenbichler analyzes the work of Sienese women poets, in particular, Aurelia Petrucci, Laudomia Forteguerri, and Virginia Salvi, during the first half of the...

[A] stunning, deeply researched, and gracefully written social history." -Leslie Schwalm, University of IowaThis study of women in antebellum Charleston, South Carolina, looks at the roles of women in an urban slave society. Cynthia M. Kennedy takes up...

Religious conflicts had a pronounced effect on women and their families in early modern England, but our understanding of that impact is limited by the restrictions that prevented the open expression of religious beliefs in the post-Reformation years...

Kennedy's unique study explores the arrests, trials, and defenses of women charged under the Wartime Emergency Laws passed soon after the U.S. entered WWI. These trials became important arenas in which women's relationships and obligations to national...

Kimberly Nichele Brown examines how African American women since the 1970s have found ways to move beyond the "double consciousness" of the colonized text to develop a healthy subjectivity that attempts to disassociate black subjectivity from its...

An invaluable resource to scholars interested in feminist thought.... " -Ruth PerryAnyone interested in women's history or feminist thought must read this book." -Lillian FadermanMoira Ferguson has selected wisely from well-known and little-known figures...

With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington...

Tina Chanter resolves a fundamental problem in film theory by negotiating a middle path between "gaze theory" approaches to film and spectator studies or cultural theory approaches that emphasize the position of the viewer and thereby take account of...

In Goth's Dark Empire cultural historian Carol Siegel provides a fascinating look at Goth, a subculture among Western youth. It came to prominence with punk performers such as Marilyn Manson and was made infamous when it was linked (erroneously) to the...

Although formal barriers to women's social and political participation have crumbled, society remains, to a significant degree, gendered in the roles that women and men play. Women's and men's choices regarding work and family are largely responsible for...

These four volumes in this major series... provide a single-source reference to the status of the field of women's history and to ways that the field can be expanded.... A basic set for all academic libraries." -Library Journal Academic NewswireBerger...

The book illustrates how community-based actions, programs, and organizations that allow women to determine their lives and participate in decision making contribute to the creation of a civil society and thus enhance democracy. The case studies show how...

... an excellent introduction to a complex subject. Anyone interested in the Midwest or in women's history will find it a valuable resource." -Agricultural History... the volume as a whole invigorates the field of midwestern history." -Wisconsin Magazine...

... a nuanced, carefully argued work that reveals how women writers of the Renaissance, whether upper-class aristocrats close to court, daughters of successful merchants, Protestants, or Catholics, are inevitably affected by the gender biases that infuse...

"You are a girl, you can't be a pilot." Those words resonated in Myriam's head throughout her teenager years while growing up in a small Swiss village. Nourishing her dream in silence, a dramatic event triggered the start of her commitment to turn her...

Das Buch ""Das Weib: Philosophische Briefe �����ber Dessen Wesen Und Verh�����ltnis Zum Manne"" wurde im Jahr 1880 von Emerich Du Mont ver������ffentlicht. In diesem Werk werden philosophische Briefe �����ber das Wesen und die Beziehung zwischen Mann und...

""Das Weib im Alten Testament"" ist ein Buch von Hermann Zschokke, das 1883 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt sich um eine Studie �����ber die Rolle der Frauen im Alten Testament. Zschokke untersucht die verschiedenen Frauenfiguren, die in der Bibel...

Das Buch ""Das Verh�����ltnis der ������ffentlichen Meinung zu Wahrheit und L�����ge: Im 10., 11. und 12. Jahrhundert (1884)"" von Georg Ellinger besch�����ftigt sich mit dem Verh�����ltnis zwischen ������ffentlicher Meinung und Wahrheit bzw. L�����ge im...

Das Buch ""Das J�����dische Weib"" von Nahida Remy aus dem Jahr 1892 ist eine literarische Arbeit, die sich mit dem Leben und der Rolle j�����discher Frauen in der Gesellschaft besch�����ftigt. Remy, eine franz������sische Schriftstellerin und...

Das Buch ""Das Frauenleben der Erde"" wurde 1881 von Amand von Schweiger-Lerchenfeld ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine umfassende Studie �����ber das Leben von Frauen auf der ganzen Welt. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen Rollen, die Frauen in...

This book constructs the character of Mary found in the infancy narratives through the lived experiences of Indian surrogate mothers living in contemporary India today. The motherhood performed by these mothers helps us see Mary and her choice to become...

This book provides the first full-length, English-language investigation of the multiple and often contradictory ways in which mothers who kill their children were portrayed in 1970s Japan. It offers a snapshot of a historical and social moment when...

In this book, Oyewùmí extends her path-breaking thesis that in Yorùbá society, construction of gender is a colonial development since the culture exhibited no gender divisions in its original form. Taking seriously indigenous modes and categories of...

Centering on women's movements before, during, and after the revolutions, Women's Movements in Post-"Arab Spring" North Africa highlights the broader sources of authority that affected the emergence of new feminist actors and agents and their impact on...

Unlike many other mainstream disciplines that only seek to broaden knowledge and thus become additive, women's studies try to question and posit new ways of thinking, inaugurating paradigm shifts and thus becoming subversive by trying to question...

This book is both scholarly and personal. It is scholarly because it addresses and assesses the current Moroccan feminist discourses, a topic the author has been involved with for almost three decades, and it is personal because it brings along her...

Women, the Novel, and Natural Philosophy, 1660-1727 shows how early women novelists drew on debates about the self generated by the 'scientific' revolution to establish the novel as a genre and literary omniscience as a point of view. These writers such...

In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights. This book analyzes the Government of Pakistan's construction of an understanding of what constitutes women's rights, moves on to address traditional views and...

The chapters assembled in this collection demonstrate a constructive potential in reimagining with doctrine; thus a challenge is brought to notions of doctrine as merely an inert effect of the exercise of patriarchal power during the formative centuries...

As a member of the original Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, I have never forgotten how much that organization advanced my intellectual understanding of the dynamics of America and the world. Poetry and the Black Panther Party: from Ancestral...

Sick As My Secrets is a powerful, compassionate, moving memoir told by a strong and honest woman who overcame a desperate need for alcohol to handle stress in her young life. Patricia L. Brooks, immensely proud of her thirty-five years of sobriety,...

The Life and Letters of Frances Baroness Bunsen is a moving and compelling book about the life of this remarkable woman. Written by Augustus John Cuthbert Hare, this book provides an intimate and illuminating portrait of Bunsen's life and works.This work...

This classic work of history traces the role of women throughout human history, from the earliest civilizations to the modern era. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, Stephen Watson Fullom offers a detailed and engaging account of the social and...

This book celebrates the remarkable accomplishments and contributions of women throughout history and across cultures, from ancient Greece to the American frontier. It provides a stirring and inspiring tribute to the bravery, intelligence, and...

The Magazine of Domestic Economy is a fascinating glimpse into the domestic life and concerns of Victorian-era women. Published monthly from 1832 to 1847, the magazine covered a wide range of topics, from food and cooking to fashion and home decor. A...

This book explores the history and legacy of the Female Order of Knights, a little-known but significant group of women who broke gender barriers in medieval Europe. Through the personal stories of these remarkable women, the authors shed light on the...

Clara Elizabeth Collet presents a groundbreaking analysis of the employment data for women and girls in early 20th century England. Her report sheds light on the conditions faced by female workers in a rapidly changing industrial landscape and inspired...

Ce livre, écrit par une femme érudite et philosophe, propose une série de réflexions sur la place des femmes dans la société, l'importance de leur éducation et leur rôle dans la famille et la politique. Cette œuvre est un témoignage fascinant de la...

In this book, Wilbraham Taylor speaks out against the Victorian-era 'purity movement'. The book argues that the movement, which aimed to promote sexual abstinence and purity, was damaging to women's health and well-being. This book is a must-read for...