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Souls, Bodies, Spirits

Souls, Bodies, Spirits


Kerry N. Jacoby



About the Author KERRY N. JACOBY is a Political Science and American Studies specialist. ...
Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics

Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics


Edwin Winckler, Susan Greenhalgh



Review "The rise of China is one of the most significant trends of the twenty-first century. Governing China's Populatio...
Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourse of Reproduction

Contemplating Maternity in an Era of Choice: Explorations into Discourse of Reproduction


Sara Hayden



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Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico

Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science, and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico


Laura Briggs



From the Inside Flap "Laura Briggs has given us a very smart book. She's opened my eyes to Puerto Rican women's centralit...
Creation and Abortion: A Study in Moral and Legal Philosophy

Creation and Abortion: A Study in Moral and Legal Philosophy


F. M. Kamm



Review "Brilliant....This brief summary cannot do justice to the richness of Kamm's...sophisticated and exciting discussi...
Contextualizing Family Planning: Truth, Subject, and the Other in the U.S. Government

Contextualizing Family Planning: Truth, Subject, and the Other in the U.S. Government


Mihnea Panu



Review “This project aims to raise a series of issues and concerns regarding contemporary heath politics in the nati...
Reussir sa compta avec Ciel

Reussir sa compta avec Ciel


Nathalie Crouzet



Reussir sa compta avec Ciel...
L'avortement medicamenteux: Questions cliniques les plus frequentes

L'avortement medicamenteux: Questions cliniques les plus frequentes


Organisation Mondiale De La Sante



About the Author UNAIDS ...
Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Great Britian (Social Problems and Social Issues)

Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Great Britian (Social Problems and Social Issues)


Ellie Lee



Abortion, Motherhood, and Mental Health: Medicalizing Reproduction in the United States and Great Britian (Social Problems and Social Issues)...
Reforming Sex: The German Movement for Birth Control and Abortion Reform, 1920-1950

Reforming Sex: The German Movement for Birth Control and Abortion Reform, 1920-1950


Atina Grossmann



Review "Superb....Grossmann's stellar study of German reproductive politics is a model of historical scholarship, rich de...
Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Dilemmas (Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia)

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Dilemmas (Routledge Research on Public and Social Policy in Asia)


Pauli Straughan



About the Author Gavin Jones is Professor in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, where he is res...
Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition

Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition


Committee On Population, National Research Council



Book Description This volume is part of an effort to review what is known about the determinants of fertility transition ...
Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch (Queenship and Power)

Elizabeth I: The Voice of a Monarch (Queenship and Power)


Ilona Bell



Review “Bell is the only scholar out there who is able to tackle the complexities of Elizabeth’s written and re...
Fashioning Sapphism: the origins of a modern English lesbian culture

Fashioning Sapphism: the origins of a modern English lesbian culture


Laura L. Doan



Review "A fine contribution to the growing body of scholarship on the history of lesbian lives, and the image of lesbians i...
Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction: American Voices and American Identities (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)

Language, Gender, and Community in Late Twentieth-Century Fiction: American Voices and American Identities (American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century)


Mary Jane Hurst



About the Author Mary Jane Hurst is a Professor of English at Texas Tech University. ...
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...
Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing: A Guide to Six Centuries of Women Writers Imagining Rooms of Their Own

Reading Women's Worlds from Christine de Pizan to Doris Lessing: A Guide to Six Centuries of Women Writers Imagining Rooms of Their Own


Sharon L. Jansen



Review “Jansen does what she does best, that is pull us into the story and help us understand her interpretation.&#x...
Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce


Bonnie Kunzel, Susan Fichtelberg



Review "Kunzel, a retired youth library services consultant, and Fichtelberg, a children's librarian, describe each novel's...
Ethnic modernisms: Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the aesthetics of dislocation

Ethnic modernisms: Anzia Yezierska, Zora Neale Hurston, Jean Rhys, and the aesthetics of dislocation


Delia Caparoso Konzett



Review "Delia Konzett presents a compelling argument for the nature and significance of ‘ethnic modernisms.’...
Rebellious Hearts: British Women Writers and the French Revolution (S U N Y Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)

Rebellious Hearts: British Women Writers and the French Revolution (S U N Y Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)


Adriana Craciun, Kari Lokke



About the Author Adriana Craciun is Prew-Smith Byron Lecturer in English, University of Nottingham. She is the editor of ...
Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in a Black Women's Fiction (Suny Series in Afro-American Studies)

Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in a Black Women's Fiction (Suny Series in Afro-American Studies)


Venetria K. Patton



Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in a Black Women's Fiction (Suny Series in Afro-American Studies)...
The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame

The Poetry of Mary Robinson: Form and Fame


Daniel Robinson



Review "An erudite study of Mary Robinson's use of poetic form as both a key motivation for, and a dialectic response wit...
The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)

The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)


Stephen Kolsky



The Genealogy of Women: Studies in Boccaccio's De Mulieribus Claris (Studies in the Humanities (New York, N.Y.), V. 62.)...
Tactical readings: feminist postmodernism in the novels of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter

Tactical readings: feminist postmodernism in the novels of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter


Nicola Pitchford



Tactical readings: feminist postmodernism in the novels of Kathy Acker and Angela Carter...
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...
A to Z of American Women Writers (A to Z of Women)

A to Z of American Women Writers (A to Z of Women)


Carol Kort



From School Library Journal YA-Kort provides concise biographical and critical summaries of more than 150 writers and the...
The Bitch is Back: Wicked Women in Literature

The Bitch is Back: Wicked Women in Literature


Sarah Appleton Aguiar



Review “Not only is Aguiar’s title intiguing, but her text reveals that the bitch never left.  She revea...
Women Writers and the Early Modern British Political Tradition

Women Writers and the Early Modern British Political Tradition


Hilda L. Smith



Review ...this is an excellent collection..." Ruth Perry, American Historical Review "I heartily recommend this book. ...
Embodied Shame: Uncovering Female Shame in Contemporary Women's Writings

Embodied Shame: Uncovering Female Shame in Contemporary Women's Writings


J. Brooks Bouson



From the Back Cover How does physical, emotional, and sexual abuse shape women's perceptions of their bodies and identiti...
Stuart Women Playwrights, 1613-1713 (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama)

Stuart Women Playwrights, 1613-1713 (Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama)




About the Author Pilar Cuder-Dominguez is Senior Lecturer in British and English-Canadian Literature at the University of...