Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
Unmaking War, Remaking Men
How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers and Ourselves
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Kathleen Barry answers the perennial question: Is war inevitable? with an emphatic "no." She explores soldiers' experiences through a politics of empathy and reveals how men’s lives are made expendable for combat in which they suffer loss of their own souls. She then probes the psychopathy that marks...
Engendered Death
Pennsylvania Women Who Kill
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Engendered Death: Pennsylvania Women Who Kill is an historical and interdisciplinary study of women who kill in Pennsylvania from the 18th century to the present. It is not an examination of what motivates women to kill, although the reader may deduce that from the case studies included. Instead,...
A Few Good Women
America's Military Women from World War I to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
** **In this riveting narrative history, women veterans from the world wars, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq tell their extraordinary stories.
Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee spent fifteen years combing through archives, journals, histories, and news reports, and...
The Girl with Three Legs
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Having experienced firsthand the horror of female genital mutilation (FGM), Soraya Miré reveals the personal violation and immense challenges she overcame. This book is at once an intimate revelation, a testament to the empowerment of women, and an indictment of the violent global oppression of women...
Serial Girls
From Barbie to Pussy Riot
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Everywhere you look patriarchal society reduces women to a series of repeating symbols: serial girls.
On TV and in film, on the internet and in magazines, pop culture and ancient architecture, serial girls are all around us, moving in perfect sync—as dolls, as dancers, as statues. From Tiller...
WOLFPACK
How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College’s graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medalist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers her empowering rally cry for women to unleash their individual power, unite...
Dynamic Dames
50 Leading Ladies Who Made History
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019
Celebrate 50 of the most empowering and unforgettable female characters ever to grace the screen, as well as the artists who brought them to vibrant life!
From Scarlett O'Hara to Thelma and Louise to Wonder Woman, strong women have not only lit up the screen, they've inspired and fired our...
by Martha Robles
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Marta Robles aborda la problemática de la mujer y la condición femenina dentro de lo que se ha llamado la posmodernidad. Ante las nuevas reglas del juego que plantea el "nuevo" orden, la escritora polemiza sobre la suerte que les ha tocado a las mujeres, en tanto género, sortear en un...
The Woman in the Shaman's Body
Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
A distinguished anthropologist–who is also an initiated shaman–reveals the long-hidden female roots of the world’s oldest form of religion and medicine. Here is a fascinating expedition into this ancient tradition, from its prehistoric beginnings to the work of women shamans across the globe...
Girl Positive
Supporting Girls to Shape a New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
**Hailed by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as a "call-to-action" in these highly policiticized times, Girl Positive showcases the diverse voices of girls across North America, and drawing on the wisdom of young women making positive change in their lives and communities, offer tools for families,...
by Susan Brownmiller
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
With intelligence and humor, Susan Brownmiller explores the history and unspoken rules of the burden of “feminine perfection”
What is femininity? How is it measured? What are its demands? How are women meant to dress, look, think, act, feel, and be, according to the mores of society?
Susan...
When Biometrics Fail
Gender, Race, and the Technology of Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
From digital fingerprinting to iris and retina recognition, biometric identification systems are a multibillion dollar industry and an integral part of post-9/11 national security strategy. Yet these technologies often fail to work. The scientific literature on their accuracy and reliability documents...
Born to Lead
Unlock the Magnificence in Yourself and Others
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2006
Unlock the magnificence in yourself and others
Born to Lead is a powerful book of transformation that shows every woman how to unlock the genius of her uniquely feminine style of leadership, and use it in her life. Starting with the Feminine Principle, it helps you add four new behaviors-keys...
by Leo Tolstoy
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2014
“Family Happiness” is Tolstoy’s ironically-titled novella about a young seventeen-year-old girl who marries a much older man. Initially distressed to find that her naïve conception of marriage did not adequately prepare her for the complexities her new life, Mashechka becomes corrupted by the...