Feminism category: 1647 books
by Phyllis Chesler
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
LETTERS TO A YOUNG FEMINIST is a visionary message from a leading feminist to the next generation of feminists. Phyllis Chesler discusses basic aspects of feminism, explains feminism's relevance in a world that has taken it for granted and derided it, and helps the next generation reclaim feminism...
by Lois Braverman
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Women, Feminism and Family Therapy encourages sensitivity to feminist perspectives and challenges many traditional notions held by therapists, clients, and society. One of the few guides that takes into account feminist ideals and the changing status of women in society, this provocative new book...
Jewish Feminism
Framed and Reframed
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
In the last three decades, hundreds of books and essays have been published on women, gender, and Jewish Studies. This burgeoning scholarship has not been adequately theorized, contextualized, or historicized. This book argues that Jewish feminist studies is currently constrained by multiple frames...
Feminism
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Feminism is arguably the most significant social movement of the last century and it is far from over. Sally Scholz unravels the fascinating coalition of social and political causes, goals, and ideals that came together to motivate the fight for women’s liberation. By taking powerful examples from...
Can We All Be Feminists?
New Writing from Brit Bennett, Nicole Dennis-Benn, and 15 Others on Intersectionality, Identity, and the Way Forward for Feminism
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
**“As timely as it is well-written, this clear-eyed collection is just what I need right now.” —Jacqueline Woodson, author of Brown Girl Dreaming
“The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read” (Bustle), edited by a feminist activist and writer who “calls to mind...
Feminism's Founding Fathers
The Men Who Fought for Women's Rights
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Why have so many remarkable men fought for women's rights, often risking their careers and ruining their health? Who were these men, what were their backgrounds, above all: what kind of relationships did they have with women? Finally, if there have been so many deviations from the male-oppressor/female-victim...
Woman as Prophet in the Home and the World
Interdisciplinary Investigations
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
This first-ever interdisciplinary study of woman as prophet shows that, in these troubling times, ordinary women—especially Christian women—need to function as prophets by proclaiming, in word and deed, the indispensability of lovingly seeking the welfare of others. More specifically, social science...
by Rosario Jones
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2017
In this ground-breaking book, Rosario Jones attempts to reveal the true face of misogyny the world over. We know it as The Patriarchy, but our knowledge is limited and theoretical. We haven't been able to pin it down as a physical entity. Until now.In an attempt to further our understanding...
The Archival Turn in Feminism
Outrage in Order
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2013
In the 1990s, a generation of women born during the rise of the second wave feminist movement plotted a revolution. These young activists funneled their outrage and energy into creating music, and zines using salvaged audio equipment and stolen time on copy machines. By 2000, the cultural artifacts...
Twenty-first Century Feminism
Forming and Performing Femininity
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
This collection of essays considers the ways in which feminism is still an important issue in twenty-first century society. Looking at various forms of literature, media, and popular culture, the book establishes that contemporary images of femininity are highly contested, complex, and frequently problematic.
¡Chicana Power!
Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
The first book-length study of women's involvement in the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s, ¡Chicana Power! tells the powerful story of the emergence of Chicana feminism within student and community-based organizations throughout southern California and the Southwest. As Chicanos engaged...
Feminism, Labour and Digital Media
The Digital Housewife
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
There is a contradiction at the heart of digital media. We use commercial platforms to express our identity, to build community and to engage politically. At the same time, our status updates, tweets, videos, photographs and music files are free content for these sites. We are also generating an almost...
Feminism, Culture and Embodied Practice
The Rhetorics of Comparison
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2010
Within both feminist theory and popular culture, establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e.g. ‘African’ female genital cutting and ‘Western’ cosmetic surgery) has become increasingly common as a means of countering cultural...
Women's Movements in Asia
Feminisms and Transnational Activism
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
Women's Movements in Asia is a comprehensive study of women’s activism across Asia. With chapters written by leading international experts, it provides a full overview of the history of feminism, as well as the current context of the women’s movement in 12 countries: the Philippines, China, Indonesia,...