The Message of Women: Creation, Grace and Gender (Tidball Dianne)(Paperback)

Women and the Cuban Insurrection (Bayard de Volo Lorraine)(Paperback)

Using gender analysis and focusing on previously unexamined testimonies of women rebels, political scientist Lorraine Bayard de Volo shatters the prevailing masculine narrative of the Cuban Revolution. Contrary to the Cuban War Story's mythology of an insurrection single-handedly won by bearded

Women and God: Hard Questions, Beautiful Truth (Nielson Kathleen)(Paperback)

There is much discussion and confusion around the issues of gender equality and gender roles, and the church is not exempt. Some even believe that the Bible contributes to sexism against women and that God is, in some way, sexist.In this warm, conversational and sympathetic book, Kathleen Nielson

Preaching Women: Gender, Power and the Pulpit (Shercliff Liz)(Paperback)

Should women who preach, preach as women? Preaching Women argues that far from being a gender-neutral space, the pulpit is a critical place in which a gender imbalance can begin to be redressed. There is a vital need for women preachers to speak out of their experience of living as women in

The Grace Outpouring: Becoming a People of Blessing (Godwin Roy)(Paperback)

An inspiration for the creation of houses of prayer around the world, The Grace Outpouring is a captivating account of spiritual renewal on a Welsh hillside.When Roy Godwin turned his back on a lucrative consulting job to lead the quiet retreat center Ffald-y-Brenin in West Wales, he wasn t sure

Eruptions of Inanna: Justice, Gender, and Erotic Power (Grahn Judy)(Paperback)

WINNER of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology's Sarasvati Nonfiction Book Award! WINNER of PEN Oakland's Reginald C. Martin Award for Excellence in Criticism​!​Path-breaking lesbian poet & scholar Judy Grahn returns to the stories of Inanna the Mesopotamian goddess of erotic

Iranian Women and Gender in the Iran-Iraq War (Farzaneh Mateo Mohammad)(Paperback)

Eighteen months after Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979, hundreds of thousands of the country's women participated in the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in a variety of capacities. Iran was divided into women of conservative religious backgrounds who supported the revolution and accepted some of the

Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate (Ahmed Leila)(Paperback)

A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and political lives of Muslim women has shaped a whole generation of scholarship. In it, Leila Ahmed explores the historical roots of contemporary debates,

Women at Work: Rhetorics of Gender and Labor (Gold David)(Pevná vazba)

Women at Work presents the field of rhetorical studies with fifteen chapters that center on gender, rhetoric, and work in the US in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Feminist scholars explore women's labor evangelism in the textile industry, the rhetorical constructions of leadership within

Simians, Cyborgs and Women - The Reinvention of Nature (Haraway Donna)(Paperback / softback)

Donna Haraway analyses accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs (cybernetic components); showing how deeply cultural assumptions penetrate into allegedly value-neutral medical

A Documentary Herstory of Women Artists in Revolution (Lippard Lucy R.)(Paperback)

A rare, ever-relevant compendium of texts and manifestos from women artists on gender and race issues in cultural institutionsOriginally published in 1971, A Documentary HerStory of Women Artists in Revolution documents the efforts of W.A.R., a loose group of women artists, filmmakers, writers and

Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us (Bornstein Kate)(Paperback)

'I know I'm not a man . . . and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not a woman, either. . . . . The trouble is, we're living in a world that insists we be one or the other.' With these words, Kate Bornstein ushers readers on a funny, fearless, and wonderfully scenic journey across the

Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide (Babcock Linda)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking classic that explores how women can and should negotiate for parity in their workplaces, homes, and beyond When Linda Babcock wanted to know why male graduate students were teaching their own courses while female students were always assigned as assistants, her dean said: 'More

Women and Gender in Iraq (Ali Zahra)(Paperback)

In this book, Zahra Ali foregrounds a wide range of interviews with a variety of women involved in women's rights activism. Using these life stories, Ali provides a nuanced understanding of the everyday lives of women, the production and reproduction of gender norms and relations, and the

Bread and Roses: Gender and Class Under Capitalism (D'Atri Andrea)(Paperback)

Is it possible to develop a radical socialist feminism that fights for the emancipation of women and of all humankind? This book is a journey through the history of feminism. Using the concrete struggles of women, the Marxist feminist Andrea D'Atri traces the history of the women's and workers'

Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work (Hooks Bell)(Paperback)

With grace and insight, celebrated writer bell hooks untangles the complex personae of women writers. Born and raised in the rural South, hooks learned early the power of the written word and the importance of speaking her mind. Her passion for words is the heartbeat of this collection of essays

Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (Scott Suzanne)(Paperback)

Reveals the systematic marginalization of women within pop culture fan communities When Ghostbusters returned to the screen in 2016, some male fans of the original film boycotted the all-female adaptation of the cult classic, turning to Twitter to express their disapproval and making it clear that

Good Company (Issue 1): The Community Issue (Bonney Grace)(Paperback)

Inspired by the success of her latest book, In the Company of Women, Grace Bonney's Good Company will provide motivation, inspiration, practical advice, and a vital sense of connection and community for women and nonbinary creatives at every stage of life. Each issue of Good Company focuses on one

En Travesti: Women, Gender Subversion, Opera (Blackmer Corrine)(Paperback)

En Travesti addresses the ways in which opera empowers women by challenging conventional gender hierarchies. Terry Castle, Helene Cixous, Lowell Gallagher and Elizabeth Wood are among the contributors. Includes 20 musical

Her Turn on Stage: The Role of Women in Musical Theatre (Barnes Grace)(Paperback)

Audiences for musical theater are predominantly women, yet shows are frequently created and produced by men. Onstage, female characters are depicted as victims or sex objects and lack the complexity of their male counterparts. Offstage, women are under-represented among writers, directors,

The Message of Obadiah, Nahum and Zephaniah: The Kindness and Severity of God (Bridger Gordon)(Paperback)

Women Don't Poop and Other Lies: Toilet Trivia, Gender Rolls, and the Sexist History of Pooping (Miller Bonnie)(Pevná vazba)

Creation and Anarchy: The Work of Art and the Religion of Capitalism (Agamben Giorgio)(Paperback)

An Apartment on Uranus: Chronicles of the Crossing (Preciado Paul B.)(Paperback)

A 'dissident of the gender-sex binary system' reflects on gender transitioning and political and cultural transitions in technoscientific capitalism.Uranus, the frozen giant, is the coldest planet in the solar system as well as a deity in Greek mythology. It is also the inspiration for uranism, a

The Gnostic Religion (Jonas Hans)(Paperback)

The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of