The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism (Vergs Franoise)(Paperback)

The Wombs of Women: Race, Capital, Feminism (Vergs Franoise)(Paperback)

In the 1960s thousands of poor women of color on the (post)colonial French island of Reunion had their pregnancies forcefully terminated by white doctors; the doctors operated under the pretext of performing benign surgeries, for which they sought government compensation. When the scandal broke in

Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture (Suzack Cheryl)(Paperback)

Can the specific concerns of Indigenous women be addressed by mainstream feminism? Indigenous Women and Feminism proposes that a dynamic new line of inquiry - Indigenous feminism - is necessary to truly engage with the crucial issues of cultural identity, nationalism, and decolonization particular

Black Internationalist Feminism: Women Writers of the Black Left, 1945-1995 (Higashida Cheryl)(Paperback)

Black Internationalist Feminism examines how African American women writers affiliated themselves with the post-World War II Black Communist Left and developed a distinct strand of feminism. This vital yet largely overlooked feminist tradition built upon and critically retheorized the postwar

Women and the Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion (Horner Avril)(Paperback)

A re-assessment of the Gothic in relation to the female, the 'feminine', feminism and post-feminism This collection of newly commissioned essays brings together major scholars in the field of Gothic studies in order to re-think the topic of 'Women and the Gothic'. The 14 chapters in this volume

African Women And Feminism - Reflecting on the Politics of Sisterhood (Oyewumi Oyeronke)(Paperback / softback)

The Cha[telet Apprentice (Parot Jean-Franois)(Paperback)

France 1761. Beyond the glittering court of Louis XV at Versailles lies Paris, a capital in the grip of crime and immorality . . .A police officer disappears and Nicolas Le Floch, a young recruit to the force, is instructed to find him. When unidentified human remains suddenly come to light, he

Birth Control and the Rights of Women: Post-Suffrage Feminism in the Early Twentieth Century (Debenham Clare)(Paperback)

Fifty Shades of Feminism (Appignanesi Lisa)(Paperback)

Half a century after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink? In this volume, fifty women young and old - writers,

The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision (Bachiochi Erika)(Paperback)

Erika Bachiochi offers an original look at the development of feminism in the United States, advancing a vision of rights that rests upon our responsibilities to others.In The Rights of Women, Erika Bachiochi explores the development of feminist thought in the United States. Inspired by the

Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation (Mackrell Judith)(Paperback)

By the 1920s, women were on the verge of something huge. Jazz, racy fashions, eyebrowraising new attitudes about art and sex--all of this pointed to a sleek, modern world, one that could shake off the grimness of the Great War and stride into the future in one deft, stylized gesture. The women who

Hood Feminism - Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot (Kendall Mikki)(Paperback / softback)

Women Artists at the Millennium (Armstrong Carol)(Paperback)

Artists, art historians, and critics look at the legacies of feminism and critical theory in the work of women artists, more than thirty years after the beginning of the modern women's movement and Linda Nochlin's landmark essay 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?'More than thirty years

Women and Work: Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction (Ferguson Susan)(Paperback)

'A masterful analysis of three centuries of feminist deliberations on work, carefully tracing how the fault lines of social-reproduction theory emerged.'--Historical Materialism Feminism is once again on the political agenda. Across the world women are taking to the streets to protest unfair

Feminism: A Very Short Introduction (Walters Margaret)(Paperback)

This is a historical account of feminism that looks at the roots of feminism, voting rights, and the liberation of the sixties, and analyzes the current situation of women across Europe, in the United States, and elsewhere in the world, particularly the Third World countries. Walters examines the

The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism (Schuller Kyla)(Pevná vazba)

An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who've continually defied them Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning

Feminism in Play (Gray Kishonna L.)(Paperback)

Feminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games culture, and as contributors to the games industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in

Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader (Crow Barbara A.)(Paperback)

A selection of essential writings to understand the radical feminism movement of the 1960s and 1970s The second wave of feminism was one of the most significant political and cultural developments of the 1960s and 1970s. Yet the role radical feminism played within the women's movement remains hotly

Feminism for Women - The Real Route to Liberation (Bindel Julie (Freelance journalist))(Pevná vazba)

A powerful, perceptive and personal exploration of feminism from campaigner Julie Bindel that debunks commonly believed misconceptions about feminism and explains why it is a proud social movement that benefits all

Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World (Jayawardena Kumari)(Paperback)

A founding text of transnational feminism For twenty-five years, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World has been an essential primer on the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history of women's movements in Asia and the Middle East. In this engaging and well-researched survey,

The Futures of Feminism (Bryson Valerie)(Paperback)

This book makes the case for an inclusive form of socialist feminism that puts multiply disadvantaged women at its heart. It moves feminism beyond contemporary disputes, including those between some feminists and some trans women. Its combination of accessibility, new thinking and academic rigour

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'

Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women - Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind (Hustvedt Siri)(Paperback / softback)

A trailblazing and inspiring collection of essays on art, feminism, neuroscience, psychology by the internationally bestselling novelist Siri

Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Kendall Mikki)(Pevná vazba)

A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminismToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but

Who Stole Feminism?: How Women Have Betrayed Women (Sommers Christina Hoff)(Paperback)

Reviewers of this book have praised Christina Hoff Sommer's well-reasoned argument against many feminists' reliance on misleading, politically motivated 'facts' about how women are