Feminism and feminist theory Books

A pioneering work in the fight for women's suffrage, arguing for the inherent right of women to have a say in their own governance.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as...

In this thought-provoking work, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps critically examines her own novel, The Gates Ajar, which deals with the controversial topic of spiritualism and the afterlife. Her analysis, guided by the perspective of a fictional Dean, challenges...

Dans ce livre, Joannes explore les rôles traditionnels des femmes dans la société et comment les femmes pourraient réaliser leur potentiel si elles étaient autorisées à le faire. Les lecteurs seront confrontés aux idées révolutionnaires de Joannes et...

In this groundbreaking book, Elizabeth Blackwell argues that the commodification of women's bodies has had a profound impact on the economy. She challenges the pervasive notion that women's bodies are lesser than men's, and shows how, by failing to...

Suggestions on Female Education is a groundbreaking work that challenges traditional notions of gender roles and argues for greater educational opportunities for women. It features two lectures by Alexander John Scott on the subjects of literature and...

Dans ce livre posthume fascinant, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon explore la place des femmes dans la société moderne et les défis inhérents à la réalisation de l'égalité des sexes. Écrit avec une passion et une énergie contagieuses, ce livre est un témoignage...

In this groundbreaking work, author Helen Ring Robinson argues for women's suffrage and highlights the importance of civic education for women. With historical context and practical advice for women seeking to become more engaged citizens, it is a...

This pioneering work explores the evolution of women's citizenship in the United States. The author examines the legal and social barriers that have historically prevented women from fully participating in civic life and argues that the struggle for...

In this provocative and controversial work, Heber L. Hart argues that the women's suffrage movement poses a grave threat to the stability and security of the nation. Drawing on a wide range of historical, sociological, and biological evidence, he makes...

Otis Tufton Mason's "Woman's Share in Primitive Culture" provides a pioneering exploration of the role of women in cultures from around the world. Drawing on first-hand observations, Mason reveals the ways in which gender roles and social dynamics vary...

Este libro constituye un importante estudio sobre la participación de las mujeres en la política de España. A través de una investigación rigurosa, José Franco Rodríguez analiza el papel de la mujer en la formación del Estado español y en los procesos...

Feminism in the Heartland tells the story of second-wave feminism. Set in a “typical” American city, Dayton, Ohio, it traces the history of a dynamic, utopian movement that transformed the lives of thousands of women who fought to make their...

Wedged between the idealism and activism of the 1960s and the avarice of the 1980s, the 1970s tend to be allocated a slender role in American cultural and social history. Only now have scholars begun to examine the suspect decade--perhaps in part because...

Provocative reappraisal of the portrayal of women in Julio Cortázar's short stories.

In a female-ruled society, she's trapped in an ancient struggle between the sexes. Will she be the spark to restore unity?6,000 years ago. The mighty High Priestess Lilith is torn between her sacred duty and following the truth in her heart. Haunted by...

In A Childfree Happily Ever After, entrepreneur, fur-parent and childfree advocate Tanya Williams dives deep into the reasons why women choose to have or not to have children, including the social, cultural and biological factors that influence...

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins set out to...

When Sex Became Gender is a study of post-World War II feminist theory from the viewpoint of intellectual history. The key theme is that ideas about the social construction of gender have its origins in the feminist theorists of the postwar period, and...

During the 1980s, capitalism triumphantly secured its global reach, anti-communist ideologies hammered home socialism's inherent failure, the New Left increasingly moved into the professional middle class--and many of feminism's earlier priorities were...

Global Sex Workers presents the personal experiences of sex workers around the world. Drawing on their individual narratives, it explores international struggles to uphold the rights of this often marginalized group.

The World We Have Won is a major study of transformations in erotic and intimate life since 1945. We are living in a world of transition, in the midst of a long, unfinished but profound revolution that has transformed the possibilities of living out our...

An outstanding reference source to the key contemporary analytic in feminist thought comprising 53 chapters, it is essential reading for students and researchers working in Women's and Gender Studies, Feminism, Sociology, Politics and related subjects...

Expanding the focus on changing gender roles and construction of diasporic femininities and sexualities in migration studies, Farahani presents an original analysis of first-generation Iranian immigrant women in Sweden, demonstrating how migratory...

This book explores the contribution of corporate CEOs and their top lieutenants toward business success and failure. By looking at the three most recent economic crises, the S&L crisis, the dot-com bubble, and the recent subprime mortgage disaster, the...

American women look at French women as having it all: sex, motherhood, work, and public office, while French women look at American women as puritanical, excessively feminist, and unable to "have it all" without guilt. The essays in this book by leading...

Mother-child relationships in Western Europe were greatly affected by political decisions during the early 1900s, and the maternal role has been transformed over the years. To understand the dilemmas faced by women concerning motherhood and work, Allen...

Within a social context where gender equality has been formally established as a social good and where feminism is generally dismissed as having achieved its purpose, third wave feminism offers an analysis of gender relations and feminist politics that...

This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture...

Political institutions profoundly shape political life and are also gendered. This groundbreaking collection synthesises new institutionalism and gendered analysis using a new approach -- feminist institutionalism -- in order to answer crucial questions...

This book examines the development of feminist identities among women active in revolutionary movements and how this identity simultaneously contributes to and conflicts with the struggle for women's emancipation. It is based on groundbreaking interviews...

At the centre of Hardy's aesthetic practice is the recognition of desire as a necessary and fundamental condition of human existence. Yearning, disappointment, frustration and loss determine the relationship of his characters and poetic personae to the...

Analyzing ninety professional women's autobiographies from 1900-1920, the first part of this book concentrates on the endeavours of groups such as headmistresses, doctors, nurses, artists and writers to record their own lives, while the second part...

This study, by two leading scholarsin the field, draws on feminist theory and science and technology studiesto uncover a basic injustice for the human rights of drug-using women: most women who need drug treatment in the US and UK do not get it. Why not?

Women's military participation has attracted attention since the 1970s across the social sciences. But their participation within the European Union has been neglected as an object of inquiry. This book explores the policies adopted in the United...

In the 1630s, Anne Hutchinson - the wife of a Boston merchant and mother of fifteen children - defied the Calvinist clergy by holding meetings and espousing a controversial religious stance. When asked to stop, she did not, and as a result of her...

For Libby, running was the one thing that made everything better. But when her depression hits so hard even running doesn't help, she finds herself hopeless and alone on the edge of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Then there's Mac. Handsome, intelligent, and...