Feminism and feminist theory Books

The contribution of women to the construction of modern society has been largely forgotten in Irish history. Even though the interest in women's studies has improved in the past decades, adding women's names to history is not enough: we need to question...

This book is intended to challenge the status quo of music learning and experience by intersecting various musical topics with discussions of spirituality and queer studies. The book reaches an international audience, with invited authors from around the...

The figure of the Muslim woman or girl performs a crucial role in far-reaching socio-political debates in Germany. Indeed, such figures challenge the boundaries of gender equality and secularism and contest notions of tolerance and integration. The...

Sex After Life aims to consider the various ways in which the concept of life has provided normative and moralizing ballast for queer, feminist and critical theories. Arguing against a notion of the queer as counter-normative, Sex After Life appeals to...

Death of the PostHuman undertakes a series of critical encounters with the legacy of what had come to be known as 'theory,' and its contemporary supposedly post-human aftermath. There can be no redemptive post-human future in which the myopia and...

Calvino and the Pygmalion Paradigm: Fashioning the Feminine in I nostri antenati and Gli amori difficili is the first book-length analysis of the representation of the feminine in Calvino's fiction. Using the structural umbrella of the Pygmalion paradigm...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a leading feminist thinker of her age, is best known for her novella "The Yellow Wallpaper" which is a chilling description of post-partum depression. This volume also contains "Why I wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'", "Herland" (a...

The We Are Awesome coloring project celebrates awe inspiring women and non-binary people currently working to create positive change in our world with the everyday art of coloring pages.This collection of portraits and biographies of femmes making...

 It is a simple truth that throughout history, certain rapes have become “famous.”  Old Master painters depicted sexual violence again and again, generally representing it as the transcendent work of heroes. Traditional...

Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, blogger, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative collections of poetry, a fiction novel, and an upcoming...

From the Edo-period works of Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Saikaku Iharu, to modern texts by Nagai Kafû, Tanizaki Junichiro, and Nobel-prize winner Kawabata Yasunari, the Japanese literary canon is filled with works about the demimonde, or karyûkai. After...

Feminist theory has enhanced and expanded the agency, influence, status and contributions of women throughout the globe. However, feminist critical analysis has not yet examined how the assumption that religion is natural, timeless, universal and...

Though a biological characteristic, menstruation is also a complex social construction, one that men play an active role in creating via a process of "menstrual transactions." This book explores the means by which menstruation is given meaning through an...

Widely hailed as one of the best feminist-oriented series on television, NBC's Parks and Recreation (2009-2015) presents a multifaceted text for examining the incorporation of feminist ideology into its storylines. This book analyzes the various ways the...

This collection of essays, first published two decades ago, presents central feminist critiques and analyses of natural and social sciences and their philosophies. This work provides a splendid opportunity for upper-level...

Il libro ""Memorie Economico-Statistiche Sulle Maremme Toscane"" ����� stato scritto da Salvagnoli-Marchetti, Antonio nel 1846. Quest'opera ����� un'analisi dettagliata dell'economia e della statistica della regione delle Maremme in Toscana. L'autore...

This book develops an intersectional feminist approach to moral responsibility. It accomplisheses four main goals. First, it outlines a concise list of the main principles of intersectional feminism. Second, it uses these principles to critique...

The notion of 'silence' in Politics and International Relations has come to imply the absence of voice in political life and, as such, tends to be scholastically prescribed as the antithesis of political power and political agency. However, from Emma...

First published in 1913, this work by L. N. Fowler examines the question of whether women should be obedient to men. Fowler, a British phrenologist and writer on social issues, argues that women should be equal to men in terms of rights and abilities,...

A pioneering work of feminist literature, this book advocates for women's rights and addresses the legal and social inequities that prevent them from enjoying full constitutional equality. Lady Tennessee Claflin Cook, a trailblazing suffragist and...

Published in 1879, this book is a seminal work of socialist and feminist literature. Written by German politician August Bebel and American socialist Daniel De Leon, this book offers a scathing critique of capitalism and patriarchy, and advocates for...

A collection of letters discussing the movement for women's suffrage and its implications for society. Thought-provoking and inspiring, this book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in social justice and gender equality.This work has been...

A groundbreaking treatise on women's suffrage and political equality, written by one of the leading suffragettes of the early 20th century. Sumner's passionate and persuasive argument for women's right to vote remains a landmark in the history of civil...

Set in northern Mexico in the 1870s, Spirits of the Ordinary tells interweaving stories centered on Zacarías Carabajal, who leaves his comfortable city home to prospect for gold in the wilderness while his abandoned wife, Estela, struggles to...

"We Are From One Planet" is a feminist, humanist children's book that lets kids know that boys and girls and men and women are from one planet. It describes how mommies and daddies can both work and take care of their kids and share chores. Daddies can...

A lyrical analysis of Jane Eyre and a study of literature, feminism, and psychoanalysis.Angelyn Spignesi, Ph.D., is a depth-psychologist with a private practice in New Haven, Connecticut. She is the author of various essays on the unconscious as well as...

“The strongest impulse leading me to write this book is my conviction that the women’s movement is, or should be, just as much a matter for men as for women. I want to react, to respond as one male human, to the discovery—described for...

Examines the rich and multiple meanings of food in women's writing.

Praxis and Politics explores the knowledge arising from activist praxis and its significance for reimagining radical and democratic politics. It is based on five years of direct involvement in the Toronto-based Metro Network for Social Justice and their...

This collection demonstrates the diversity of women's struggles against problems such as racism, violence, homophobia, focusing on the complex ways that gender, culture, race-ethnicity and class shape women's political consciousness in the US.

Blood Stories focuses on menarche as a central aspect of body politics in contemporary US society, emphasizing that women are integrated into the social and sexual order through the body. Using oral and written narratives of 104 diverse women, the...

Who are the grassroots warriors on the front lines of the war on poverty? Through in-depth interviews, Nancy Naples presents the voices of over sixty women--African American, Puerto Rican and white European American--who have fought for social and...

This book attempts to deal with the problem of literary subjectivity in theory and practice. The works of six contemporary women writers - Doris Lessing, Anita Desai, Mahasweta Devi, Buchi Emecheta, Margaret Atwood and Toni Morrison - are discussed as...

This book examines NATO's engagement with gender issues through its military structures.Drawing on newly declassified NATO documents, this volume provides the first comprehensive account of NATO's long-established engagement with gender issues. These...

Filled with examples of ritual, symbolism and an extensive collection of Artemis myths and folklore, this work is a comprehensive compilation of all things Artemis, and her fundamental role in the communal, political and ritual development of the...

Please be aware that I wrote this story in first person to allow my readers to read it as if experiencing it from their own perspective. This is not a pleasant story to read and though it may be fictional human trafficking is a real life horror that is...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2019 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme allgemein und im Vergleich, Note: 1,7, Universität Münster (Institut für Politikwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Standardkurs Ungleichheitsforschung mit Schwerpunkt...

Toward a Theology of Santa is part of the a Sermon in My Pocket series by Matrika Press.Rev. Dorothy May Emerson’s sermon addresses the holiday season from practical and spiritual perspectives. She offers unique historical insights into this...

"Beautiful Little Furies reimagines a classic Greek tragedy, weaving a tale of secrets that-when exposed-ultimately prove the resiliency and power of the female psyche. A stunning page-turner-this one will stay with you!" -Cam Torrens, author...

After the passing of Tionna's mother she was left to figure out how to navigate through this world on her own without the advice of her dear beloved mother. After such loss and getting away from her dead-beat husband Tionna took the streets of Baltimore...

Genevieve Taggard was a major nationally renowned poet of the early twentieth century. Critics hailed her debut book as the work of a distinguished poet. Magazines published her work as representative of the new "Modern Woman" of the post-suffrage...

Feminist researchers have produced a large body of critical scholarship on methodologies as they pertain to the study of women. However, questions about issues such as power, positionality and ethics in research related to men and masculinities have...

Ce roman d'André Léo suit l'histoire émouvante de deux sœurs, Jeanne et Marie Plichon, qui luttent pour conserver leur dignité malgré la pauvreté et l'oppression. Les lecteurs découvriront les défis auxquels font face les femmes de la classe ouvrière...

Higginson's seminal work argues for the full equality of women, both in society and in the home. Written during a time when women's rights were hotly debated, this book offers a clear and compelling argument for why women deserve the same rights and...

Dieser Roman erzählt die Geschichte von Elisa, einer jungen Frau, die sich in einer von Männern dominierten Welt behaupten muss. Sie kämpft für ihre Freiheit und ihre Rechte als Frau. Der Roman ist eine feministische Erzählung, die bereits im 19...