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Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives

Gender, War, and Militarism: Feminist Perspectives


Cynthia Enloe, Laura Sjoberg, Sandra Via



Review "This theoretically and empirically diverse collection is a compelling read for anyone interested in questions gende...
Desiring revolution: second-wave feminism and the rewriting of American sexual thought, 1920 to 1982

Desiring revolution: second-wave feminism and the rewriting of American sexual thought, 1920 to 1982


Jane F. Gerhard



Review This fascinating book enriches history, women's/gender/sexuality studies, feminist theory, American studies curricul...
Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory

Identity Poetics: Race, Class, and the Lesbian-Feminist Roots of Queer Theory


Linda Garber



Review A provocative and sophisticated book that challenges the presumed opposition between lesbian feminism and queer theo...
Feminist contentions: a philosophical exchange, Volumes 0-91082

Feminist contentions: a philosophical exchange, Volumes 0-91082


Seyla Benhabib



Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: German ...
Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination

Gender and Sexuality in 1968: Transformative Politics in the Cultural Imagination


Deborah Cohen, Lessie Jo Frazier



Review "1968 is one of the most fiercely debated and misunderstood transformative years in global history. This extraordina...
Introducing Postfeminism

Introducing Postfeminism


Sophia Phoca



Introducing Postfeminism...
Critical Theory and Frankfurt Theorists: Lectures, Correspondence, Conversations

Critical Theory and Frankfurt Theorists: Lectures, Correspondence, Conversations


Leo Löwenthal



Language Notes Text: English, German (translation) About the Author Leo Löwenthal (1900-1993) was a sociologi...
Further Adventures of the Dialectic of Sex: Critical Essays on Shulamith Firestone

Further Adventures of the Dialectic of Sex: Critical Essays on Shulamith Firestone


Mandy Merck, Stella Sandford



Review “The writers collected in Further Adventures of The Dialectic of Sex retrieve the incendiary vision of Shulami...
Women's rights, racial integration, and education from 1850-1920: the case of Sarah Raymond, the first female superintendent

Women's rights, racial integration, and education from 1850-1920: the case of Sarah Raymond, the first female superintendent


Monica Cousins Noraian



Review "Sarah Raymond was that rare figure who quietly, though powerfully, altered the contours of public schooling at a pa...
Resonances of Slavery in Race Gender Relations: Shadow at the Heart of American Politics

Resonances of Slavery in Race Gender Relations: Shadow at the Heart of American Politics


Jane Flax



Review “For America to make progress and achieve a more just and equitable society in terms of race/gender it must m...
Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran

Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran


Nima Naghibi



Rethinking Global Sisterhood: Western Feminism and Iran...
The Natural Superiority of Women

The Natural Superiority of Women


Ashley Montagu



Review This 1999 fifth edition contains significant new material compared to the previous 1992 release, and includes Mont...
When women become priests: the Catholic women's ordination debate

When women become priests: the Catholic women's ordination debate


Kelley A. Raab



Review In talking as Raab does of a "female Christ," we confuse thetruth that Christ was incarnate as a particular man, f...
Feminist Art and the Maternal

Feminist Art and the Maternal


Andrea Liss



Book Description Feminist motherhood is a surprisingly unexplored subject. In fact, feminism and motherhood have been oft...
Female Domination

Female Domination


Elise Sutton



About the Author I attended a northeastern University from 1975-1978 where I received my Bachelor's degree in Psychology....
Introducing Feminism

Introducing Feminism


Cathia Jenainati



About the Author Cathia Jenainati is Associate Professor in English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of...
A Companion to Gender History

A Companion to Gender History




Review “This book is a reference masterpiece … [with] clear and comprehensible writing. The authors …...
Staging International Feminisms (Studies in International Performance)

Staging International Feminisms (Studies in International Performance)




About the Author SUE-ELLEN CASE is Professor and Chair of Theatre Critical Studies at the University of California, Los A...
Postfemininities in Popular Culture

Postfemininities in Popular Culture


Stéphanie Genz



About the Author STEPHANIE GENZ is Senior Lecturer in Media and Culture at Edge Hill University. She specializes in conte...
Why Feminism Matters: Feminism Lost and Found

Why Feminism Matters: Feminism Lost and Found


Kath Woodward, Sophie Woodward



Review 'Why Feminism Matters opens up many possibilities for re-thinking a feminist theory and praxis that is adept and m...
Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Gender, Power and Ideology

Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis: Studies in Gender, Power and Ideology


Michelle M. Lazar



Review "[S]cholars with an interest in language and gender will find this collection informative and interesting, not lea...
Women's Emancipation Movements in the Nineteenth Century: A European Perspective

Women's Emancipation Movements in the Nineteenth Century: A European Perspective




About the Author Sylvia Paletschek is Professor of History at the University of Freiburg. Bianka Pietrow-Ennker is Profes...
Feminist Readings of Edith Wharton: From Silence to Speech (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)

Feminist Readings of Edith Wharton: From Silence to Speech (American Literature Readings in the 21st Century)


Dianne L. Chambers



Review “This book views Edith Wharton as a specific woman authoring women’s stories at a specific historical ...
Hegel's Philosophy and Feminist Thought: Beyond Antigone? (Breaking Feminist Waves)

Hegel's Philosophy and Feminist Thought: Beyond Antigone? (Breaking Feminist Waves)


Kimberly Hutchings, Tuija Pulkkinen



Review “This book presents some the best and most prominent contemporary authors engaged in feminist readings of H...
Meeting the universe halfway: Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning

Meeting the universe halfway: Quantum physics and the entanglement of matter and meaning


Barad K.



Review “Meeting the Universe Halfway is highly original, exciting, and important. In this book Karen Barad puts he...
Paternal Tyranny (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)

Paternal Tyranny (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe)


Arcangela Tarabotti



Review "This scathing treatise by a seventeenth-century Venetian nun . . . should make uneasy reading for historians, the...
Women, Feminism and the Media (Media Topics)

Women, Feminism and the Media (Media Topics)


James Hogg



Review Women, Feminism and Media is a brilliant interdisciplinary synthesis of decades of academic and activist debate. Not...
Feminism and Postmodernism (A Boundary 2 Book)

Feminism and Postmodernism (A Boundary 2 Book)


Margaret Ferguson, Jennifer Wicke, Mary Poovey



About the Author Margaret Ferguson is Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Jennifer Wicke is Associ...
Rebellious Feminism: Camus's Ethic of Rebellion and Feminist Thought

Rebellious Feminism: Camus's Ethic of Rebellion and Feminist Thought


Elizabeth Ann Bartlett



Review "Placing feminist thought in dialogue with Camus' ethic of rebellion, Bartlett uncovers an 'auspicious coincidence...
Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (Opening Out)

Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (Opening Out)


Val Plumwood



Review 'This book is path-breaking systematically extending the feminist critique of international locking dualisms in We...