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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
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
Engendering development Engendering development World Bank "Engendering Development - Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice brings together existing and new research from several social science disciplines to examine the costs of persistent… OL17859969W
Man's world, woman's place Man's world, woman's place Elizabeth Janeway In this refreshing study of the role of women in our society, Elizabeth Janeway uses information from historians, sociologists, psychoanalysts and anthropologists. She finds that the idea of women as… OL18370962W
Investigating gender Investigating gender Becky Francis,Christine Skelton Investigating Gender maps the contemporary and developing theoretical debates in the field of gender and education and provides an overview of the diverse areas of research within gender and educatio… OL20621071W
FTM FTM Holly Devor In this ground-breaking study, Aaron Devor provides a compassionate, intimate, and incisive look at the life experiences of forty-five trans men. Emerging into 21st-century political and social conve… OL2671617W
Men as women, women as men Men as women, women as men Sabine Lang As contemporary Native and non-Native Americans explore various forms of "gender bending" and gay and lesbian identities, interest has grown in "berdaches," the womanly men and manly women who existe… OL2713796W
Sacrificial Logics Sacrificial Logics Allison Weir Allison Weir sets forth a concept of identity which depends on an acceptance of nonidentity, difference, and connection to others, defined as a capacity to participate in a social world. Weir argues … OL3748863W
Visualizing the Nation Visualizing the Nation Joan B. Landes "Popular images of women were everywhere in revolutionary France. Landes highlights the widespread circulation of images of the female body, notwithstanding the political leadership's suspicions of t… OL5093251W
Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective Man and Woman in Biblical Perspective James B. Hurley In this comprehensive and scholarly book, Dr. James Hurley guides us carefully through the biblical material relating to the roles of men and women, helping us to understand difficult passages of Scr… OL6438471W