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Abuse, power and fearful obedience Abuse, power and fearful obedience Jennifer G. Bird "Jennifer G. Bird analyzes the construction of wives' subjectivity in 1 Peter, working primarily with what is referred to as the Haustafel (household code) section and engaging feminist critical ques… OL16495778W
Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Femmenism and the Mexican woman intellectual from Sor Juana to Poniatowska Emily Hind "There is a large portion of young women in both US and Mexican university classrooms today who do not self-identify as feminists. Hind makes steps to correct this and draws on poetry, short stories,… OL16991816W
Eve's Bible Eve's Bible Sarah S. Forth An introduction to the Old Testament challenges traditional depictions of women in the Bible and explores such topics as how the Bible was written and compiled, the lives of women in the biblical era… OL17831745W
Population, providence and empire Population, providence and empire Sarah Roddy The book knits together two of the most significant themes in the social and cultural history of modern Ireland - mass emigration and religious change - and aims to provide fresh insight into both. I… OL17935948W
Gender in the book of Jeremiah Gender in the book of Jeremiah Angela Bauer,Angela Bauer-Levesque,Angela Bauer-levesque "In the book of Jeremiah, gendered imagery appears in central passages. A first of its kind, this study follows the development of these gendered images through the entire prophetic book. Feminist he… OL1872313W
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 Marches The Marches Rory Stewart Explores the landscape of the author's home on the borderland between England and Scotland--known as the Marches--and the history, people, and conflicts that have shaped it. OL20040383W
Changing horizons Changing horizons Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza "Changing Horizons is the second of two volumes highlighting the ways in which Elisabeth Schùssler Fiorenza's work constructs a critical feminist theory and praxis of liberation, in relation to the b… OL20955505W
Gospels Gospels Marinella Perroni,Mercedes Navarro Puerto "This first volume in the New Testament section of the Bible and Women series, devoted to the Synoptic Gospels and the Johannine literature, displays the fruits of collaboration of American and Weste… OL20974535W
Magical Habits Magical Habits Monica Huerta In Magical Habits Monica Huerta draws on her experiences growing up in her family's Mexican restaurants and her life as a scholar of literature and culture to meditate on how relationships among self… OL25480250W
Contemporary feminist utopianism Contemporary feminist utopianism Lucy Sargisson Contemporary Feminist Utopianism explores current debates within utopian studies, feminist theory and poststructuralist deconstruction. Utopian thinking is offered as a route out of the dilemma of co… OL3243262W
2 Kings 2 Kings Song-Mi Suzie Park "This commentary on 2 Kings provides feminist interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women. It addresses not on… OL32568832W
Boss ladies, watch out! Boss ladies, watch out! Terry Castle "Boss Ladies, Watch Out! brings together in a convenient format Terry Castle's most scintillating recent essays on literary criticism, women's writing and sexuality. Readers of Castle's many books an… OL3275589W
What are we fighting for? What are we fighting for? Joanna Russ xx, 476 p. ; 22 cm OL3332548W
The Sexual Politics of Meat The Sexual Politics of Meat Carol Adams,Carol J. Adams,Carol J. Adams ""The connections traced between rampant masculinity, misogyny, carnivorism, and militarism operate as powerfully today as when Carol Adams first diagnosed them twenty years ago." JM Coetzee" "For tw… OL3468840W
Feminist media studies Feminist media studies Liesbet van Zoonen vi, 173 p. : 24 cm OL3532903W
Philosophy and feminist criticism Philosophy and feminist criticism Eve Browning xiv, 144 p. ; 23 cm OL4283361W
Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Melissa W. Wright Everyday, around the world, women who work in the third world factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright explains how this notion proliferates, both within an… OL8105241W
Wisdom Ways Wisdom Ways Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza "Biblical interpretation, according to Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, is best understood as searching for Divine Wisdom. In Wisdom Ways she invites readers to join her on a journey of discovery.". "A… OL8378943W
Like Bread on the Seder Plate Like Bread on the Seder Plate Rebecca Alpert,Rebecca T. Alpert,Rebecca T Alpert One of the first women to be ordained as a rabbi explores how lesbians can shape Jewish tradition to resonate with their own experience. OL8886352W
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