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Disorderly conduct Disorderly conduct Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Essays look at feminist history, female friendships, Davy Crockett, sex roles, the feminine cycle, hysteria, abortion, and androgyny in nineteenth-century America. OL123206W
The limits of gendered citizenship The limits of gendered citizenship Jeff Hearn,Elżbieta H. Oleksy,Dorota Golańska "<P>The underlying theme of this edited collection is gendered citizenship, as well as the challenges and limits that confront the gendering of citizenship. It critiques the notion of the genderless … OL15444222W
Making sense of fatherhood Making sense of fatherhood Tina Miller "As family and work demands become more complex, who is left holding the baby? Tina Miller explores men's experiences of fatherhood and provides unique insights into paternal caring, changing masculi… OL15445221W
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
Situated lives Situated lives Helena Ragone,Patricia Zavella,Louise Lamphere "A lively collection of rich ethnographic accounts and first-person narratives, Situated Lives brings together the most important recent feminist and critical research that illuminates the everyday e… OL18178915W
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
Genders & sexualities in modern Thailand Genders & sexualities in modern Thailand Peter A. Jackson xi, 289 pages ; 23 cm OL19133330W
Masquerade and identities Masquerade and identities Efrat Tseëlon Masquerade is now a central topic in many disciplines. This text explores and revisits the role of disguise in constructing, expressing, or representing marginalised identities. OL19450446W
Privileging Gender in Early Modern England Privileging Gender in Early Modern England J. R. Brink "The essays in this volume focus on the issue of gender as it relates to texts written by and about women in early modern England. Among the issues considered are the boundaries between private and p… OL20913881W
Female personalities in the Qurʼan and Sunna Female personalities in the Qurʼan and Sunna Rawand Osman "This book is a study of the manner in which women are portrayed in the Qurʼan and in Shiʻi traditions. It is a comprehensive study of all the female characters mentionedin the Qurʼan, and is selecti… OL20956125W
Birthing salvation Birthing salvation Anna Rebecca Solevå̊g In 'Birthing Salvation' Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women's childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how… OL20957221W
Gender and purity in the Protevangelium of James Gender and purity in the Protevangelium of James Lily C. Vuong The Protevangelium of James is arguably the earliest surviving source that exhibits profound interest in Mary, the mother of Jesus. Although frequently cited for later Christian reflections about Mar… OL20957780W
Against the grain Against the grain Gillian Ranson "Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Victorian satirist, critic, and visual artist, possessed one of the most original and inquiring imaginations of his age. The author of two satires, Erewhon (1872) and The … OL21377859W
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán Ramón María del Valle-Inclán Roberta L. Salper "This book is a collection of eleven essays devoted to the work of Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936). Long the recipient of critical analyses from various perspectives, Valle-Inclan's writing has ne… OL21413005W
The Zuni man-woman The Zuni man-woman Will Roscoe The Zuni Man-Woman focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian… OL2731782W
Die Bauchtänzerin und die Salafistin Die Bauchtänzerin und die Salafistin Antonia Rados Zwei Frauen zwischen Religion und Freiheit. Seit 30 Jahren berichtet Antonia Rados aus Krisengebieten in aller Welt. In Kairo ist sie zwei Schwestern begegnet, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnte… OL27957722W
Fragmentation and Redemption Fragmentation and Redemption Caroline Walker Bynum *Fragmentation and Redemption* is first of all about bodies and the relationship of part to whole in the high Middle Ages, a period in which the overcoming of partition and putrefaction was the very … OL3481003W
Sexual politics Sexual politics Kate Millett How the patriarchal bias operates in culture and is reflected in literature. OL548552W
Male and female Male and female Margaret Mead The substance of this book was given as the Jacob Gimbel lectures in sex psychology under the auspices of Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, California, November, 19… OL73785W
Gender, Sex and Sexuality Gender, Sex and Sexuality Gerda Siann For some time sex has been defined as the biological difference between men and women, and gender as the manner in which culture defines and constrains these differences. Feminine/masculine, male/fem… OL9487312W
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