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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Queen of the May Queen of the May Emily Hendrickson "Young Lady Samantha Mayne had no desire to be a proper young lady. Let her cousin Emma dress in fashionable gowns, attend glittering balls, and hunt a mate in the marriage mart. Samantha preferred t… OL1000277W
Women, murder, and femininity Women, murder, and femininity Lizzie Seal "Women who kill rupture the assumptions about what a woman is. This book explores different socio-cultural understandings of women who commit, or are accused, of murder. It discusses a wide range of … OL16132280W
New femininities New femininities Rosalind Gill "This volume brings together twenty original essays on the changes and continuities in gender relations and intersecting politics of sexuality, race, class and location. The book is located in debate… OL16134263W
Becoming-woman Becoming-woman Camilla Griggers A powerful and provocative mapping out of the machinations involved in becoming-woman. Camilla Griggers winds a deft path through Vogue fashion spreads, lesbian serial killers, Prozac, and the theori… OL16466607W
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receiving a letter from a friend asking her how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist, Adichie responded with fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman… OL17640883W
Woman's inhumanity to woman Woman's inhumanity to woman Phyllis Chesler Drawing on the most important studies in psychology, human aggression, anthropology, and primatology, and on hundreds of original interviews conducted over a period of more than 20 years, this ground… OL1867078W
Transcribing class and gender Transcribing class and gender Carole Srole viii, 324 p. : 24 cm OL18679548W
Women, sex and sexuality Women, sex and sexuality Catharine R. Stimpson,Ethel Spector Person Contains chapter on menstruation, pornography, prostitution, pregnancy, and motherhood. OL19670492W
Females Females Andrea Long Chu,Andrea Long Chu Everyone is female "When I say that everyone is female, I mean very simply that everyone wants to be a woman. What one does with this desire is what we call gender." So begins Andrea Long Chu's inves… OL20818140W
Beauty bound Beauty bound Rita Jackaway Freedman Includes material on femininity (psychology). OL2476547W
Primahood Magenta Primahood Magenta Tyler Cohen This blend of autobiography and surrealism details a mother’s efforts to raise her daughter amid a world filled with toxic gender expectations and challenging racial politics. Winner of the 2016 Bise… OL26411483W
The Joy of Being a Woman ...and What a Man Can Do The Joy of Being a Woman ...and What a Man Can Do Ingrid Trobisch Women will not be freed by trying to be like men. Writing from a deeply Christian perspective, Ingrid Trobisch clearly and sympathetically discusses each major realm of a woman's physical experience … OL275536W
The Devil's Bones The Devil's Bones Jefferson Bass A classic work of female psychology that uses seven archetypcal goddesses as a way of describing behavior patterns and personality traits is being introduced to the next generation of readers with a … OL275886W
Gender and Power Gender and Power R. W. Connell Sexual politics—from economic equality to anti-gay violence—is a vast area of debate. This exceptional book seeks to integrate gender and sexuality into the mainstream of social and political theory … OL3509994W
Yin Yin Carolyn Kizer The American poet's Pulitzer prize-winning volume focuses on themes of feminine perceptions and creativity. OL502279W
What Southern Women Know That Every Woman Should What Southern Women Know That Every Woman Should Ronda Rich A Southern Belle Primer meets The Rules in this engaging volume that explains the mystique of Southern women and why they always get what they want, and shows women how to get the same kind of romant… OL5735026W
How to be sexy How to be sexy Carmen Electra Everyone has what it takes to be sexy. Let go of those inhibitions and insecurities and allow Carmen Electra take you from ho-hum to hot.Millions have experienced Carmen Electra's vivacious charm and… OL8526692W
Liberating the heart Liberating the heart Lawrence W. Jaffe 175 pages ; 22 cm OL883436W