Feminism and feminist theory Books

An extremely timely translation of a seminal text on the role of women in Muslim society by the early twentieth century thinker al Taher al-Haddad. Considered as one of the first feminist works in Arab literature, this book will be of considerable...

Approachable for general readers as well as for students in women's studies related courses at all levels, this invaluable guide follows the unique Companion format in combining over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary...

Brazen and given to transgressions, the narrator of this mordantly witty novel is an aloof, tough talking, married Manhattan woman who carries on three affairs simultaneously, blithely breaking seven of the Ten Commandments in her search for a safe place...

Within the pages of "Shaping Equality: The Feminist Revolution and Its Societal Impact," readers are encouraged to embark on an enthralling voyage through the annals of time, a journey that takes them on a journey that unravels the profound evolution of...

AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, REINVIGORATEDIn 1854, Henry David Thoreau published his famous work, Walden, an experiment in simple living. Thoreau recounts his experiences living alone in a small self-built cabin near Walden Pond, reflecting on the virtue of...

A young queer man finds love at a magical clothing shop-and the courage to stand up to the homophobic cops. A witch who makes custom nightmares wonders why all her victims are connected to the Black Panthers-and who she's really working for. A soon-to-be...

Unlikely Allies: Three Diverse Women Navigate Tumultuous Times, Risking All Amidst Revolutionary Woes. A Tale of Hope, Love, and Triumph Over Adversity. In the heart of coastal South Carolina, during the Revolutionary War era, a profound narrative...

 What would you do if, suddenly, you lost everyone you loved only to be given an extraordinary opportunity to help the most powerful magician in the land? Would you step up? Would you be willing to help Merddyn Emrys flee with the most legendary...

'In the sanctuary of silence, a penetrating stillness beckons, inviting us to traverse the sacred realms within. Silence is not merely the absence of sound; it is a canvas upon which revelations unfold, the spirit discovers its inherent wisdom and the...

Rosa Mayreder wirft in ihrem Werk zur Weiblichkeit zentrale Themen der Frauenbewegung auf. Sie betrachtet den Begriff der Weiblichkeit losgelöst von ihm anhaftenden Verallgemeinerungen. Rosa Mayreder (1858-1938) war eine österreichische Schriftstellerin,...

Unterschiedlich war die Rolle der Frauen in der Gesellschaft während des Nationalsozialismus, in der DDR, in den alten Bundesländern und ab 1990 im vereinten Deutschland. Das lernte ich ebenso kennen wie die sich auch damit verändernde Situation der...

The Mirror of Desire Unbidden: Retrieving the Imago Dei in Tolkien and Late Medieval English Literature connects Tolkien's theory of Fantasy and his removal of adultery with late Middle English literature to retrieve the female Imago Dei.

Este volumen profundiza en la representación de lo animal en la literatura. Se abordan temáticas como la excepcionalidad humana y su recusación, los discursos relativos al diálogo interespecies, el compromiso con la causa animal y el activismo directo,...

En esta investigación se aborda la figura y la obra de James Krüss, uno de los autores en lengua alemana más conocidos internacionalmente.

Estudios filológicos de la obra de Fernando González Ochoa. Recensio de la obra de Fernando González Ochoa. Edición crítica de la obra de Fernando González Ochoa

The Circle Model of Shared Leadership by Elizabeth Fisher is a concrete group facilitation process that balances achieving tasks with emotional bonding. By using this book you will:❃ Learn ways to bring a collection of individuals together, in a...

When M. Miller, slide librarian at a large Seattle stock photo agency, falls asleep in a rep cinema one rainy autumn evening, she finds the dead invading her dreams, a mysterious stranger talking about her past, & her job taking on sudden, strange,...

Our histories focus almost entirely on a relatively small group of men making big decisions in big buildings in cities, but most folks living at any given time were unaffected by their maneuverings. This book looks at "the other half" of the story,...

Confessions of a Woman (a novel) won the Literary Merit Award in the Naji Noman Literary Competition in Lebanon in 2007 AD. The novel is a woman's exploration of the hidden female within her, and the woman chosen by the writer within the text, "the ego,"...

Gender studies has maintained its status as a heavily researched field. However, women and their role in cinema is a vastly understudied topic that deals with various aspects of feminism and sexism. The function of women in the film industry has evolved...

 The House of the Boatmaker rests at the edge of the Irish sea on the Beara Peninsula, wild and seductive, a land that acknowledges no boundary, save for the delicate shimmer of light that lay upon the horizon, separating the heavens from the sea...

Adolescent girls’special needs in the teen-age years are thoroughly examined in Women, Girls & Psychotherapy, a compelling book focusing on the vitality of resistance in young girls. Drawing on studies of women's and girls’development,...

This edited volume combines cutting-edge research on feminist and intersectional writing methodologies with explorations of links between academic and creative writing practices. Contributors discuss what it means for academic writing processes to...

One of the founders of the posthumanities, Donna J. Haraway is professor in the History of Consciousness program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Author of many books and widely read essays, including the now-classic essay "The Cyborg...

This wide-ranging collection of essays elaborates on some of the most pressing issues in contemporary postcolonial society in their transition from conflict and contestation to dialogue and resolution. It explores from new angles questions of violent...

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of gender, feminism and peace.

Science fiction, as a literature of fantasy, goes beyond the mundane to ask the question: what if the world were different from the way it is? It often challenges the real, builds on imagination, places no limits on human capacities, and encourages...

Eliza Haywood was one of the most prolific English writers in the Age of the Enlightenment.　 Her career, from Love in Excess (1719) to her last completed project The Invisible Spy (1755) spanned the gamut of genres: novels, plays, advice manuals,...

Throughout the study of trauma theology runs a lineage that is deeply feminist. As traumatic experience is being more frequently acknowledged in public, this book seeks to articulate an explicit understanding of feminist trauma theology for the first...

Feminist Theory, Crime, and Social Justice offers an insightful look at the primarily masculine-driven perspective on crime and justice through the lens of feminist theory. The book presents the argument that an increased understanding of the female...

In her debut best-selling true story, Lisa Dianne McInnes urges us to explore the meaning of loss, the evil side of human nature, and the infinite power of love and rising above it all.Between the years 2012 and 2017, like a pile of dominos, Lisa Dianne...

Critical Poetics of Feminist Refusals renders a vivid portrait of the intergenerational and intersectional dialogue between influential feminist writers on how to say no to the conditions of oppression, exclusion, and exploitation imposed by patriarchal...

This classic anthropological study debunks the many myths behind the idea of "natural" male superiority. Drawing on extensive historical and cross-cultural research, Eleanor Burke Leacock shows that claims of male superiority are based on carefully...

Naked Tree book is a collection of 100 raw, visceral, and emotionally-charged poems depicting the author's arduous journey growing up in a highly patriarchal environment, where boys were idealized, and girls marginalized. Her experience with this...

The Woman With Empty Hands: The Evolution Of A Suffragette is a book written by Marion Hamilton Carter and published in 1913. The book follows the journey of a young woman named Margaret, who becomes involved in the suffrage movement in England...

For this 30th year anniversary edition, Patricia Hill Collins examines how the ideas in this classic text speak to contemporary social issues and identifies the directions needed for the future of Black feminist thought.

This book constitutes a feminist literary analysis of motherhood as presented in selected Indian women's fictions across a diverse range of geographical, linguistic, class and caste contexts. Situated at the crossroads of motherhood studies and literary...

Stories, experiences, and advice from crazy brave, fiercely resilient, stereotype-busting, insanely courageous, relentlessly determined, wildly successful women.Are you tired of others OVERjudging you? Do men at work talk OVER you? Are you OVERachieving...

From Granny Weatherwax to Susan Death and beyond...Terry Pratchett's Discworld is an epic, groundbreaking work of fantasy often hailed for its originality, humour and deep, layered intelligence. But what about the women?Award-winning author & pop...

In the early 1970s, accompanying the current wave of globalization, conservative nationalist religious movements began using religion to oppose non-democratic and often Western oriented regimes. Reasserting patriarchal gender relations presumably...