J Dianne Garner: 12 books
Lives of Lesbian Elders
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
The untold history of lesbian life from those who have lived it!
Lives of Lesbian Elders: Looking Back, Looking Forward illuminates the hopes, fears, issues, and concerns of gay women as they grow older. Based on interviews with 62 lesbians ranging in age from 55 to 95, this very special book...
Feminist Theories and Feminist Psychotherapies
Origins, Themes, and Diversity, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
An updated, reader-friendly guide to feminist theory and therapy!
Feminist Theories and Feminist Psychotherapies: Origins, Themes, and Diversity, Second Edition examines major feminist theoretical perspectives and links them to practical applications of feminist therapy. This book focuses on...
Whistling Women
A Study of the Lives of Older Lesbians
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2013
Gain first-hand knowledge of how today's lesbians aged 60 and over survived the 20th century!
I didn’t know we were lesbians. We lived together 13 years!
Whistling Women is a unique, candid collection of the life experiences of 44 lesbians between 62 and 82 years of age. This book...
Women, Families, and Feminist Politics
A Global Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Women and their roles within families must be understood within the context of ethnic traditions, religion, and culture. Women, Families, and Feminist Politics: A Global Exploration combines all of these aspects to evaluate the similarities and differences of women around the world. Readers will learn...
by Susan O Mercer, J Dianne Garner
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Explore the needs of older women and ways to provide for them!
Written by women, about women, and for women, Women As They Age, Second Edition highlights the realities of being an aging woman in a youth-oriented, male-dominated society, in which socioeconomic and gender stratification are the...
A History of Women's Seclusion in the Middle East
The Veil in the Looking Glass
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Learn how the seclusion of women can be used as a feminist defense against exploitation-and as an empowering force
Internationally acclaimed author Ann Chamberlin’s book, A History of Women’s Seclusion in the Middle East: The Veil in the Looking Glass is a critical interdisciplinary examination...
Women and Healthy Aging
Living Productively in Spite of It All
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
This book explores what is known about healthy living among older women, emphasizing overcoming illness and adversity. Women and Healthy Aging focuses on common age-related changes and illnesses that frequently occur among women in the later years. It describes these diseases and changes, provides...
Unbroken Homes
Single-Parent Mothers Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Explore the real-life triumphs and tragedies of single-parent mothers!
Unbroken Homes is a “story quilt” of personal narratives constructed from in-depth, case study interviews of five single-parent mothers. The book chronicles their journeys as mothers, daughters, and women, in relationships...
by J Dianne Garner
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Explore feminist ideals and advocacy for aging women in health care, home life, work, and retirement!
Fundamentals of Feminist Gerontology strives to increase women’s self-esteem and their overall quality of life by encouraging education and by putting a stop to age, sex, and race discrimination....
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Women, Writing, and Solitude
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
This collection delves deeply into the power of solitude in a richly detailed exploration of the lives of women writers!
The essays in this fascinating volume combine literary theory, autobiography, performance, and criticism, while opening minds and expanding concepts of women's roles both...
Women at the Margins
Neglect, Punishment, and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
A compelling look at the crisis of disadvantaged women This powerful document takes a sobering look at the phenomenon of marginalized women pushed to the edges of society, holding on with the barest of hope and extraordinary bravery. Handicapped by the increasing societal inequality they face as an...
Breast Cancer
Daughters Tell Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
*I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed.
I think, when you have to think about the fact you might have to take care of your parents someday and juggle kids at the same time
It's a scary proposition.
We had open communication...