Kathleen Rowe: 5 books

Book cover of The Unruly Woman

The Unruly Woman

Gender and the Genres of Laughter

by Kathleen Rowe
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011

Unruly women have been making a spectacle of themselves in film and on television from Mae West to Roseanne Arnold. In this groundbreaking work, Kathleen Rowe explores how the unruly woman—often a voluptuous, noisy, joke-making rebel or "woman on top"—uses humor and excess to undermine patriarchal...
Book cover of Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers

Unruly Girls, Unrepentant Mothers

Redefining Feminism on Screen

by Kathleen Rowe Karlyn
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011

Since the 1990s, when Reviving Ophelia became a best seller and "Girl Power" a familiar anthem, girls have assumed new visibility in the culture. Yet in asserting their new power, young women have redefined femininity in ways that have often mystified their mothers. They have also largely disavowed...
Book cover of Understanding Inequality

Understanding Inequality

The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

by Barbara A. Arrighi, Judi Addelston, Derrick Bell
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2007

As the age of globalization and New Media unite disparate groups of people in new ways, the continual transformation and interconnections between ethnicity, class, and gender become increasingly complex. This reader, comprised of a diverse array of sources ranging from the New York Times to the journals...
Book cover of Professional Lives, Personal Struggles

Professional Lives, Personal Struggles

Ethics and Advocacy in Research on Homelessness

by Julie Adkins, Kathleen Arnold, Kurt Borchard
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2012

This edited volume illuminates critical research issues through the particular lens of homelessness, bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, from an array of disciplines and perspectives, to explore this condition of marginalization and the ethical dilemmas that arise within it....
Book cover of Neuropharmacotherapy in Critical Illness
by Teresa A Allison, Karen Berger, Kathleen A. Bledsoe
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018

The field of research related to neurocritical care has grown significantly in recent years, and the clinical demands for current and dependable expertise has followed suit. It can be a challenge for the neurocritical practitioner to keep up with cutting-edge evidence-based research and best practices,...
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