Writing Gender History (Downs Laura Lee)(Paperback)

Writing Gender History (Downs Laura Lee)(Paperback)

How has feminist scholarship changed history? Writing Gender History explores the evolution of historical writing about women and gender from the 1930s until the early twenty-first century. With chapters on the history of Europe, the USA, colonial India and Africa, the discussion moves from women's

Gender Euphoria (Dale Laura Kate)(Paperback)

GENDER EUPHORIA: a powerful feeling of happiness experienced as a result of moving away from one's birth-assigned gender.So often the stories shared by trans people about their transition center on gender dysphoria: a feeling of deep discomfort with their birth-assigned gender, and a powerful

Gender: A World History (Kent Susan Kingsley)(Paperback)

Gender exists in almost every society as a way of organizing its people. Gender is used to assign certain responsibilities, obligations, and privileges to some, and to deny them to others. In Gender: A World History, Susan Kingsley Kent tells the story of this seemingly simple but in fact quite

Writing Material Culture History (Gerritsen Anne)(Paperback)

Writing Material Culture History 2e examines the methodologies used in the historical study of material culture. Looking at archaeology, anthropology, art history and literary studies, the book provides students with a fundamental understanding of the relationship between artefacts and historical

Writing History: Theory and Practice (Feldner Heiko)(Paperback)

The third edition of Writing History provides students and teachers with a comprehensive overview of how the study of history is informed by a broader intellectual and analytical framework, exploring the emergence and development of history as a discipline and the major theoretical developments

Gender: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) (Erickson-Schroth Laura)(Paperback)

The term 'gender' was first distinguished from 'sex' in the 1950s, when psychologists began to discuss the idea of 'gender roles'--behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology. Over the last two decades, transgender people have expanded our

Secret History: Writing the Rise of Britain's Intelligence Services (Ball Simon)(Paperback)

As John le Carr 's fictional intelligence men admit, it was the case histories - constructed narratives serving shifting agendas - that shaped the British intelligence machine, rather than their personal experience of secret operations. Secret History demonstrates that a critical scrutiny of

Gender Violence, 2nd Edition: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (O'Toole Laura L.)(Paperback)

How gender and sexuality can be life threatening From the murder of schoolgirls in a rural Amish community to the widespread rape of women in the Sudan to sexual predators on the Internet, this volume explores the persistent, pervasive phenomenon of gendered violence in the United States and

Neither Complementarian Nor Egalitarian: A Kingdom Corrective to the Evangelical Gender Debate (Lee-Barnewall Michelle)(Paperback)

Regarding gender relations, the evangelical world is divided between complementarians and egalitarians. While both perspectives have much to contribute, the discussion has reached a stalemate. Michelle Lee-Barnewall critiques both sides of the debate, challenging the standard premises and arguments

Writing History!: A Companion for Historians (Kamp Jeannette)(Paperback)

Historians not only have knowledge of history, but by writing about it and engaging with other historians from the past and present, they make history themselves. This companion offers young historians clear guidelines for the different phases of historical research; how do you get a good

Writing the History of Nationalism (Feldner Heiko)(Paperback)

What is nationalism and how can we study it from a historical perspective? Writing the History of Nationalism answers this question by examining eleven historical approaches to nationalism studies in theory and practice.An impressive cast of contributors cover the history of nationalism from a wide

Female Husbands: A Trans History (Manion Jen)(Paperback)

The first book-length history of female husbands: people assigned female at birth who transed gender to live fully as men in the United States and United Kingdom. Jen Manion draws on a wealth of sources to offer a dynamic, varied, and complex history of the LGBTQ

Research and Writing in International Relations (Roselle Laura)(Paperback)

Research and Writing in International Relations, Third Edition, offers the step-by-step guidance and the essential resources needed to compose political science papers that go beyond description and into systematic and sophisticated inquiry. This book provides concise, easy-to-use advice to help

Health, Healing and Illness in African History (Lee Rebekah)(Paperback)

In this book, Rebekah Lee offers a critical introduction to the diverse history of health, healing and illness in sub-Saharan Africa from the 1800s to the present day. Its focus is not simply on disease but rather on how illness and health were understood and managed: by healthcare providers,

Aesthetic 3D Lighting: History, Theory, and Application (Lanier Lee)(Paperback)

Writing History, Writing Trauma (LaCapra Dominick)(Paperback)

Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the crucial role post-traumatic

Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Gender, and Culture in Old California (Hurtado Albert L.)(Paperback)

This book reveals how powerful undercurrents of sex, gender, and culture helped shape the history of the American frontier from the 1760s to the 1850s. Looking at California under three flags--those of Spain, Mexico, and the United States--Hurtado resurrects daily life in the missions, at mining

Feminist Therapy (Brown Laura S.)(Paperback)

In this second edition of her popular book, Laura S. Brown reviews the history, theory, empirical basis, and practice of feminist therapy, a groundbreaking approach that not only listens to, but privileges, the voices and experiences of those who have been defined as 'other' by dominant cultures

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To the Letter - A Curious History of Correspondence (Garfield Simon)(Paperback / softback)

The paperback outing of this engaging and enlightening history of letter-writing and our relationship with the mail, from the bestselling author of Just My Type and On the

Ancient History of Korea: Mystery Unveiled. Second Edition (Mosol Mph Lee)(Paperback)

Writing Local History (Beckett John)(Paperback)

This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offices, the

Paris - Biography of a City (Jones Colin)(Paperback / softback)

Recreating the ups and downs in the history of Paris and its inhabitants, this book seeks to give a sense of the city as it was lived in and experienced over time. It is intended for habitual Paris obsessives, for first-time visitors, and for those who know the city only by

How to Write History That People Want to Read (Curthoys A.)(Paperback)

Drawn from decades of experience, this is a concise and highly practical guide to writing history. Aimed at all kinds of people who write history academic historians, public historians, professional historians, family historians and students of all levels the book includes a wide range of examples