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SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… CHRISTINE BOLT This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and American women's movements … OL13628459W
Significant sisters Significant sisters Margaret Forster Portrays eight women's rights advocates of the 19th and early 20th centuries: Caroline Norton, Elizabeth Blackwell, Florence Nightingale, Emily Davies, Josephine Butler, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Marga… OL14851532W
Outlaw Culture Outlaw Culture Bell Hooks Bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, is also one of our most clear-eyed and penetrating analysts of culture. Outlaw culture--the culture of the margin, of women, of the disenfran… OL15053153W
Teaching to transgress Teaching to transgress Bell Hooks,Marta Malo In Teaching to Transgress bell hooks—writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual—writes about a new kind of education, *education as the practice of freedom*. Teaching students to "transgress" … OL15053159W
The remembered gate The remembered gate Barbara J. Berg "Chronicle of the beginning of woman's emancipation ... Dr. Berg finds its roots in the complex responses to intricate social change that accompanied the urbanization of America, maintaining that the… OL16578516W
Mothers and Sons Mothers and Sons Andrea O'Reilly For all with an interest in family issues, gender issues, or a new perspective on mothering, this book is a must read. OL16939916W
Feminist Review Feminist Review Feminist Review Collective In this issue each article addresses a controversial theme in contemporary feminist debate: pornography, the veil, HRT, disability and the Inkatha Women's Brigade. OL16950762W
Feminist Review Feminist Review The Feminist Review Collective Feminist Review is the UK's leading feminist journal. It has a unique place in the women's movement internationally. This issue focusing on Nationalism and National Identities features articles by Na… OL16963618W
L'Histoire des femmes au Québec depuis quatre siècles L'Histoire des femmes au Québec depuis quatre siècles Marie L. Lavigne,Micheline Dumont-Johnson,Collectif Clio,Michèle Stanton-Jean Certains diront peut-être : « Encore un livre sur les femmes !» Ils se trompent. C'est un autre livre d'histoire. C'est l'histoire dite autrement. Quatre historiennes ont relevé ce défi. S'appuya… OL17074221W
Daughters of Abraham Daughters of Abraham Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad,John L. Esposito "Important for a general audience interested in women and religion, this book will be especially valuable to scholars in the fields of feminist theology, comparative religion, and interfaith studies.… OL17775281W
The politics of women's spirituality The politics of women's spirituality Charlene Spretnak Essays discuss goddess worship, spiritual consciousness, the relationship between politics and religion, and applications of spirituality as a political force. OL18416945W
Beyond Power On Women Men and Morals Beyond Power On Women Men and Morals Marilyn French This examination of the nature and effects of power draws on the wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, history, political science, law, and theology to investigate the sources of patriar… OL1860024W
Victim no more Victim no more Gayle MacDonald "This book challenges the idea that women are simply victims of patriarchal systems. The editors argue that "Women-as-victim" is not an emancipatory cry that encourages all women to join efforts in c… OL18703018W
Feminism and philosophy Feminism and philosophy Frederick Elliston,Mary Vetterling-Braggin "Feminism and Philosophy is a collection of essays by thirty-three contemporary philosophers. Both sides of the moral issues concerning controversial topics are presented. The contributors give vario… OL18829299W
Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Suryia Nayak "Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual trans-d… OL19662496W
Perspectives on feminist political thought in European history Perspectives on feminist political thought in European history Siep Stuurman,Tjitske Akkerman Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. Conventional… OL19894152W
The feminine subject The feminine subject Susan J. Hekman "In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, "What does it mean to be a woman?" Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical transformation of the meaning of "woman" that defined the direction of subseque… OL19990781W
Sex object Sex object Jessica Valenti "Who would I be if I lived in a world that didn't hate women?" Hailed by the Washington Post as "one of the most visible and successful feminists of her generation," Jessica Valenti has been leading … OL20028272W
Sharing the work Sharing the work Myra H. Strober "Myra Strober became a feminist on the Bay Bridge, heading toward San Francisco. It is 1970. She has just been told by the chairman of Berkeley's economics department that she can never get tenure. D… OL20045732W
Making Space for Indigenous Feminism Making Space for Indigenous Feminism Joyce Green "The 2007 first edition of this book proposed that Indigenous feminism was a valid and indeed essential theoretical and activist position, and introduced a roster of important Indigenous feminist con… OL20213452W
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