Women category: 49097 books
Surviving State Terror
Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Honorable Mention, 2019 Distinguished Book Award, given by the Sex & Gender Section of the American Sociological Association
A profound reflection on state violence and women’s survival
In the 1970s and early 80s, military and security forces in Argentina hunted down, tortured, imprisoned,...
Women's Health Vagina University
A Complete Owner's Manual from Sex and Periods to Health and Body Image--And Everything in Between
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Class is in session! From IUDs to UTIs, periods to pregnancy, and menstrual cups to cervical caps, Women’s Health Vagina University teaches the modern woman everything you need to know about your most intimate parts—even if you are uncomfortable saying "vagina" out loud.
Women’s Health...
by Ellyn Kaschak, Leonore Tiefer
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Take a new look at women’s sexuality!
This fascinating book looks at the wide-ranging therapeutic, social, and political implications of the new paradigm of women’s sexuality. International in scope and multidisciplinary in approach, A New View of Women’s Sexual Problems examines the...
Talking Gender
Public Images, Personal Journeys, and Political Critiques
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Talking Gender assesses the state of women's studies in the 1990s. The contributors write from the perspective of their own academic disciplines and experiences, but they also address more general issues of women's lives and circumstances. The result is a broad picture of women's studies and feminist...
'Designing Women'
Gender and the Architectural Profession
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2000
Historically, the contributions of women architects to their profession have been minimized or overlooked. 'Designing Women' explores the tension that has existed between the architectural profession and its women members. It demonstrates the influence that these women have had on architecture in...
Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed...
Wrangling Women
Humor and Gender in the American West
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
The small Methow Valley community of Winthrop, Washington, has reinvented itself as a western-theme town. Winthrop women function as trail guides, wranglers, horse trainers, packers, and ranchers and work in an environment where gender stereotypes must be carefully preserved for the sake of the tourist-based...
Futbolera
A History of Women and Sports in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
Latin American athletes have achieved iconic status in global popular culture, but what do we know about the communities of women in sport? Futbolera is the first monograph on women’s sports in Latin America. Because sports evoke such passion, they are fertile ground for understanding the formation...
Women and Puppetry
Critical and Historical Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Women and Puppetry is the first publication dedicated to the study of women in the field of puppetry arts. It includes critical articles and personal accounts that interrogate specific historical moments, cultural contexts, and notions of "woman" on and off stage.
Part I, "Critical Perspective,"...
Our Voices Must Be Heard
Women and the Vote in Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
On Election Day 1844, seven widows cast ballots in Canada West, a display of feminist effrontery that was quickly punished: the government struck a law excluding women from the vote. It would be seven decades before women regained voting rights in Ontario.
Our Voices Must Be Heard asks why...
The Business of Women
Marriage, Family, and Entrepreneurship in British Columbia, 1901-51
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Throughout history, Western women have inhabited a conceptual space divorced from the world of business. But women have always engaged in business. Who were these women, and how were they able to justify their work outside the home? The Business of Women explores the world of those women who embraced...
by Louge'
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2010
Louges book, Exposed: Battered Women Shelters, is a tell-all book of what really happens to the women and children inside these places, revealing nasty secrets: The kidnapped boy the shelter didnt report to the police; the measles epidemic that went on for over a year without being reported; counselors...
Living the Body
Embodiment, Womanhood and Identity in Contemporary India
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2009
This book explores the development of a sociology of embodiment in the context of women’s lives in contemporary, urban India. Through a critical analysis of gender and class, the author unravels the complexities that are intrinsic to the multi-layered and fluid construction of woman’s identity...
by Elizabeth Wayland Barber
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 1995
"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book Review
New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies.
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and...