Women category: 49097 books
The Uterine Health Companion
A Holistic Guide to Lifelong Wellness
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
The uterus is a remarkable organ—it is our first home, contributes to women’s sexual pleasure, houses some of the strongest muscles in the body, and even helps prevent heart disease and high blood pressure. However, in the West, the uterus has generally been viewed as insignificant beyond reproduction...
Representations of Black Women in the Media
The Damnation of Black Womanhood
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2015
In 1920 W.E.B. Du Bois cited the damnation of women as linked to the devaluation of motherhood. This dilemma, he argues, had a crushing blow on Black women as they were forced into slavery. Black womanhood, portrayed as hypersexual by nature, became an enduring stereotype which did not coincide with...
by Sarah E. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Though the gender-coded soul-body dynamic lies at the root of many negative and disempowering depictions of women, Sarah Johnson here argues that it also functions as an effective tool for redefining gender expectations. Building on past criticism that has concentrated on the debilitating cultural...
Risk, Courage, and Women
Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
This unique collection of narratives, essays, and poems includes an original interview with Maya Angelou and pieces by Naomi Shihab Nye, Pat Mora, Rosemary Catacalos, and many others. Each work relates how women have demonstrated courage by taking a risk that has changed their lives. The Introduction...
A Taste for Brown Sugar
Black Women in Pornography
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
A Taste for Brown Sugar boldly takes on representations of black women's sexuality in the porn industry. It is based on Mireille Miller-Young's extensive archival research and her interviews with dozens of women who have worked in the adult entertainment industry since the 1980s. The women share their...
Family Violence Against Women
A Book for Women, Churches and the Man Who Wants to Be Enlightened
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2012
God Loves Abused Women Too is an inspiring book that not only does it bring about an awareness for the abuse in many womens lives but how God deals through the abuse.This book demonstrates the skills and strategies used to break the abuse in a womans life.God Loves Abused Women Too shows the true...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
A powerful exploration of the role of women in the Republican Party that enhances readers' understanding of gender representation in the GOP and suggests solutions to address the partisan gender gap.
• Analyzes the role of women in the Republican Party, something that must be understood if...
Gender for the Warfare State
Literature of Women in Combat
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Gender for the Warfare State is the first scholarly investigation into the written works of U.S. women combat veterans in twenty-first century wars. Most recent studies quantify military participation, showing how many women participate in armed services and what their experiences are in a traditionally...
Clipped Wings
The Rise and Fall of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPS) of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1997
During World War II, all branches of the military had women's auxiliaries. Only the Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) program, however, was comprised entirely of women who flew dangerous missions more commonly associated with and desired by men.
Within military hierarchies, the World War II pilot...
Mothers of the Municipality
Women, Work, and Social Policy in Post-1945 Halifax
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Highlighting women's activism in Halifax after the Second World War, Mothers of the Municipality is a tightly focused collection of essays on social policy affecting women. The contributors – feminist scholars in history, social work, and nursing – examine women's experiences and activism, including...
Women at War
Gender Issues of Americans in Combat
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
The Persian Gulf War changed the face of combat. It brought women’s military roles into the spotlight, in large part via the mass media, and showed that many women performed combat roles similar to those of men during the conflict. The war was thus an impetus for changes in laws that had prevented...
Inuit Women
Their Powerful Spirit in a Century of Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Inuit Women is the definitive study of the Inuit during a time of rapid change. Based on fourteen years of research and fieldwork, this analysis focuses on the challenges facing Inuit women as they enter the twenty-first century. Written shortly after the creation of Nunavut, a new province carved...
Influence of English on Indian Women Writers
Voices from Regional Languages
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2017
This book reveals English as culture, politics, lifestyle and social change in the context of Indian women.
English as a symbol of modernity in India was first accessed by men, giving them a new image of masculinity while Indian languages were ‘feminized’—seen as meant for women. Among...
Women in the Ramkathas
Silent Voices and Untold Stories
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Women in the Ramakathas attempts to focus on the unfavourable conditions of women in the various renderings of the Rama legends, originating from Valmiki Ramayana. Through 2000 years of Indian literary tradition and folklore, these have been moulded and reshaped, according to the beliefs and understanding...