Search Results: Gender Studies from GlobalAcademics

Greenwood Press, 1993. Comprehensive scholarly text focuses on the problems and changes of women and gender around the globe, including, archaic laws and discriminatory practices, health and education issues, stereotypes, violence and abuse, etc. 525 pgs. Gilt spine and front cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Excellent. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1995. When feminist philosophers first turned their attention to traditional ethical theory, its almost exclusive emphasis upon justice, rights, abstract rationality, and individual autonomy came under special criticism. Women’s experiences seemed to suggest the need for a focus on care, empathetic relations, and the interdependence of persons.The most influential readings of what has become an extremely lively and fruitful debate are reproduced here along with important new contributions by Alison Jaggar and Sara Ruddick. As this volume testifies, there is no agreement on the important questions about the relationship between justice and care, but the debate has deepened and enriched our understanding in many ways.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 2002. A book of tremendous influence when it first appeared, A Mind of One's Own reminded readers that the tradition of Western philosophy-- in particular, the ideals of reason and objectivity-- has come down to us from white males, nearly all of whom are demonstrably sexist, even misogynist. In this second edition, the original authors continue to ask, What are the implications of this fact for contemporary feminists working within this tradition? The second edition pursues this question about the value of reason and objectivity in new directions using the fresh perspectives and diverse viewpoints of the new generation of feminist philosophers. 443 pgs. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Waltham, MA.: Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies/Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, 2004. Detailed text contains a collection of contributed scholarly essays dealing with women and gender issues in Judaism, including Glikl's memoir as historical source; Jewish women's autobiography; memoirs of a partisan from Salonika; a Life in Art; discovering Puah Rakovsky; piety and female aspiration in the memoirs of Pauline Wengeroff and Bella Chagall; etc. 289 pgs. Illustrated. Minimal shelfwear.. Pictorial Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Westport, CT.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Comprehensive text presents an important study to scholars and researchers of American progressivism, pacifism, and feminism. U.S. intervention in World War I occurred in an historical context of widespread anxiety about masculine identity produced by the suffrage movement and highlighted by the election of suffragist Jeannette Rankin, the only woman present in Congress during the debate over President Wilson's War Message. The progressive peace movement--which had reached its zenith of popularity in the U.S. on the eve of intervention--experienced similar disruption as women formed their own pacifist organization. Kuhlman explores the reasons so many progressive lawmakers and pacifists ended up forming the most vocal faction in favor of war. Concepts of femininity and masculinity and their relations to militarism, democracy, and citizenship were central to creating support for war. Initially opposed to military intervention, most male progressive pacifists… Read More

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1993. Scholarly text presents a comprehensive critique and review of more than two decades of cross-disciplinary research on women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The contributors evaluate scholarship on women and gender in specific disciplines and topical areas including history, anthropology, sociology, political economy, and literature; demonstrate how this research is reconstructing knowledge and extending the boundaries of traditional fields of inquiry; and discuss how new approaches are revitalizing the fields of Latin American and Caribbean studies. 201 pp. Publisher's stamp on the half title page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

Athens, GA.: University of Georgia Press, 1988. Classic scholarly historical text, completely revised and updated, presents a vast survey ranging from prehistoric to contemporary times, examining a diversity of cultures, stemming from a variety of sources, recounting how men have portrayed women and how they have justified their subordination of the opposite sex. 370 pgs. Minimal shelfwear. Dustjacket in mylar.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. .

New York: Garland Press, 1997. This extensive collection of English-language essays examines the many strategies of resistance to male domination that women in France from the 16th through the 18th centuries utilized in their lives and their writings. Themes treated include women's views on marriage, religion, education, careers, tradition, and narrative and rhetorical innovation. The 28 essays cover such well-known writers as Marguerite de Navarre and Madame de Charri re, as well as unjustly neglected figures from H lisenne de Crenne to Mme d'Aulnoy. Nearly all genres are discussed: novels, theater, short stories, poetry, textual commentary, letters, autobiography and memoirs. While most essays focus on one writer, some deal with such topics as the development of a women's rhetoric, the association of letter writing with women, or the fairy tale; and all of the studies are informed by the various currents of feminist criticism. 454 pgs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 8vo - over… Read More

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1999. Detailed series of lectures explores the values of Western societies, and the source of oppression of women within them, whereas many also provide a political contribution to the argument over the international context in which women's status seems to be under constant threat. Contributors include Marilyn French, Martha Nussbaum, Onora O'Neill, Naomi Wolf, Shere Hite, Sarah Ansari and Michele le Doeuff. 133 pgs. Dustjacket in mylar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.