Women's Studies

Throughout Her History, The Ballerina Has Been Perceived As The Embodiment Of Beauty And Perfection--the Feminine Ideal. But The Reality Is Another Story. F...

join Professor Helen Vendler In Her Course Lecture On The Yeats Poem Among School Children. View Her Insightful And Passionate Analysis Along With A Conde...

In the middle of the twentieth century, leading cultural critics and visionaries--Erik Erikson, Lionel Trilling, Herbert Marcuse, and many others--turned to...

Provides Proven Solutions For Parents To Help Maximize Their Autistic Child's Health And Well-being, And Covers Such Issues As Developing Creative Solutions...

This book tells how to reclaim your innate magical power and take control of your destiny. With this work women can regain those long-forgotten secrets and ...

Marci and her adorable Children of the Inner Light® characters honor and celebrate the amazing place a mother holds in the lives of her children with this ...

Claire Tomalin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesWomen's Studies

This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that d...

Prepares Moms For The Time When Their School-aged Kids Take Their First Few Steps Into The World And Away From Mama's Nest. Sending A Child Off To School Is...

Uncovers The Science Behind Our Unintentional Biases Using Real World Stories Underpinned By Scientific Theories And Research. Experiments Have Shown That O...

This novel-in-verse tells the fascinating story of Annie Taylor, who, in 1901, became the first person to plunge over the brink of Niagara Falls in a barrel...

As perhaps the best book of feminist theology to date, She Who is is at once thoroughly orthodox, grounded in classical Christian thought, liberating contem...

During the Spanish Civil War, women - long oppressed in Spain - were active both on the front and in the rear guard. This book is the first to focus on Span...

The definitive handbook to raising vegan children you’ve always wished you had. Is bringing up a vegan baby unhealthy? The Smart Parent's Guide to Raisin...

Introduction / Linda Nicholson -- Feminism And Postmodernism / Seyla Benhabib -- Contingent Foundations / Judith Butler -- False Antitheses / Nancy Fraser -...

As exemplified by Madame Butterfly, East-West relations have often been expressed as the relations between the masculine, dominant West and the feminine, s...

Practical approaches for helping parents of children who will soon be leaving the nest. Tyndale House PublishersCategories: Politics & Social SciencesWo...

Through their open defiance, women like Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth had a significant impact on the institution of slavery. But what of the millions...

In the 1990s, American televison audiences witnessed an unprecedented rise in programming devoted explicitly to women. Cable networks such as Oxygen Media, ...

Mothers, grandmothers, and all the other moms in your life will enjoy and relate to this collection of stories. Let her know she’s your Amazing Mom!Show y...

This book presents theoretical and historical sources focusing on a single issue, the struggle for women's suffrage. It explores women's nature and discusse...

A Woman Alone is a collection of autobiographical writings, sketches, and essays that covers the entire span of Bessie Head's creative life, up to her death...

The idea for Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told came up between Carol Shields and longtime friend Marjorie Anderson over lunch. It appeared that after d...

Edited By Mary Jeanne Larrabee. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 275-300) And Index.Categories: Health, Fitness & Dieting Psychology & Counse...

best-selling Author Stasi Eldredge Celebrates The Glorious Design And Beauty Of A Mother Released To Be All She Was Meant To Be. Perfect For Gift-giving, ...

Now new moms, moms-to-be, stressed moms, and every mom in between can use the healing power of crystals to increase energy, improve focus, and stay calm thr...

In dit boek worden levensgeschiedenissen geschetst van de vrouwen die poseerden voor de Pre-Raphaëlieten. Met foto's en reprodukties.Categories: Crafts, Hob...

Beverly Harrison has long fought for women and others at the margins, challenging the subjugating ways in which women's intellectual contributions, their gi...

A groundbreaking book about the direct relationship between a woman's rights and freedoms and the economic prosperity of her country. "The authors speak to ...

Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and ...

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth ...

In October 2004 Amnesty International Released A Report Titled Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response To The Discrimination And Violence Against Indigenous...

The arguments in this book are informed at once by the moral-political implications of how knowledge is produced and circulated and by issues of gendered ...

two Of America's Best-loved Inspirational Speakers Share The Very Best Of Their Collected Stories And Favorite Tales That Have Touched The Hearts Of Peopl...

A Book About The Remarkable Life Of Elsie Macgill Who Achieved Many Firsts In Science And Engineering At A Time When Women Were Considered To Be Inferior In...

Spanning Nearly Two Decades, From 1980 To 1996, This Reader Investigates The Debates Which Have Best Characterized Feminist Theory. Including Such Articles ...

Why, Amy E. Foster asks, did it take two decades after the Soviet Union launched its first female cosmonaut for the United States to send its first female ...

Examining a wide range of theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and policy responses, Violence Against Women in Canada emphasizes connections among ...

This volume is divided into four main areas of philosophy: logic, epistemology (theory of knowledge); philosophy of mind; and ethics. Each chapter within t...

A fascinating overview of prostitution and sex work in the United States, from the Colonial era to today, examines the issue as it affects men, women, and ...

ForewordChapter IUnderstanding Family Violence from a Societal PerspectiveFamily: Haven or NightmareApplying a Social PerspectiveThe Violence of SocietyThe ...

The text is suitable for upper-level sociology courses of work and gender, as well as political science, and women's studies courses.Viewing gender relation...

In The Age Of Girl Bosses, Beyoncé, And Black Widow, We Like To Tell Our Little Girls They Can Be Anything They Want When They Grow Up, Except They'll Have...

Qualitative research encompasses a growing set of methods that eschew strictly empirical, quantitative data in favor of information gathered through ethno...

List Of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Menstruation -- 2. A History Of Menstrual Psychology -- 3. Methods In Menstrual Cycle Research --...

From the author of It Sucked and Then I Cried, creator of Dooce.com, and “Queen of the Mommy Bloggers” (The New York Times)—a collection of disarmingly hon...

Celebrate the ups and downs of your pregnancy with this interactive journal, which invites you to record in detail this most extraordinary period of your ...

Now revised and updated, this is an unmatched visual resource for expectant Canadian parents who want to know everything about their developing baby at ev...