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Altered Loves: Mothers and Daughters During Adolescenceby Terri E. ApterISBN 0312045344 (0-312-04534-4)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Anonymous Was a Womanby Mirra BankISBN 0312041861 (0-312-04186-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Rooseveltby Eleanor RooseveltISBN 030680476X (0-306-80476-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt'Book summary:The long and eventful life of Eleanor Roosevelt (18841962) was full of rich experiences and courageous actions. The niece of Theodore Roosevelt, she married a distant relative and Columbia University law student named Franklin Delano Roosevelt; he gradually ascended throughout the world of New York politics to reach the U.S. presidency in 1932. Throughout his three terms, Eleanor Roosevelt was not only intimately involved in FDRs personal and political life, but led womens organizations and youth movements and fought for consumer welfare, civil rights, and improved housing. During World War II she traveled with her husband to meet leaders of many powerful nations; after his death in 1945 she worked as a UN delegate, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, newspaper columnist, Democratic party activist, world-traveler, and diplomat. By the end of her life, Eleanor Roosevelt was recognized throughout the world for her fortitude and commitment to the ideals of liberty and human rights. Her autobiography constitutes a self-portrait no biography can match for its candor and liveliness, its wisdom, tolerance, and breadth of viewa self-portrait of one of the greatest American humanitarians of our time.[via]More editions of The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt:
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The Awakeningby Kate Chopin, Walker, Nancy, A.ISBN 0312062354 (0-312-06235-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening'Book summary:This Second Edition of a perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Edition series represents an extensive revision of its predecessor.
The text is that of the first edition of the novel, published by Herbert S. Stone in 1899. It has been annotated by the editor and includes translations of French phrases and information about New Orleans locales, customs, and lore, the Bayou region, and Creole culture. "Bibliographical and Historical Contexts", expanded and introduced by a new Editors Note, presents biographical, historical, and cultural documents contemporary with the novels publication. Included are a biographical essay by the acclaimed Chopin biographer Emily Toth, "An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler" with selections from the conduct books of the period in which Chopin lived and wrote, and period fashion plates from Harpers Bazar. A comprehensive "Criticism" section, introduced by a new Editors Note, contains expanded selections from hard-to-find contemporary reviews of the novel; two letters of mysterious origin written in response to the novel; and Chopins "Retraction," which followed The Awakenings negative reception. These are followed by twenty-seven interpretive essays, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, that provide a variety of perspectives on The Awakening, including essays by Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Nancy Walker, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Paula A. Treichler, Sandra M. Gilbert, Lee R. Edwards, Patricia S. Yaeger, Elizabeth Ammons, and Elaine Showalter. A Chronology of Chopins life and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. [via] -
The Beekeeper's Apprenticeby Laurie R. KingISBN 0312104235 (0-312-10423-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice'Book summary:What would happen if Sherlock Homles, a perfect man of the Victorian age--pompous, smug, and misogynisitic--were to come face to face with a twentieth-century female? If she grew to be a partner worthy of his great talents?[via]
Laurie R. King, whose very different first novel,. A Grave Talent (SMP, 1993), drew rave reviews, read the Conan Doyle stories and wondered about such an imaginary encounter. And following through, she has written The Beekeeper's Apprentice.
1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have all the Victorian "flaws" listed above, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman.
So, at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary Russell as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation, which ends successfully. All the time, Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and, increasingly, friend.
And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous, and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy--a plan that may save their lives but may also kill off their relationship.
This is not a "Sherlock Holmes" story. It is the story of a modern young woman who comes to know and work with Holmes, the story of young woman coming to terms with herself and with this older man who embodies the age that is past.More editions of The Beekeeper's Apprentice:
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Bisexuality in the Ancient Worldby Eva CantarellaISBN 0300093020 (0-300-09302-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bisexuality in the Ancient World'Book summary:A history of bisexuality in the classical age. Eva Cantarella draws on a full range of sources - from legal texts, inscriptions and medical documents to poetry and philosophical literature - to reconstruct and compare the bisexual cultures of Athens and Rome. This second edition includes a preface which considers work published since the text first appeared. [via]
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Bluest Eyeby Toni MorrisonISBN 0307278441 (0-307-27844-1)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bluest Eye'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, April 2000: Originally published in 1970, The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel. In an afterword written more than two decades later, the author expressed her dissatisfaction with the book's language and structure: "It required a sophistication unavailable to me." Perhaps we can chalk up this verdict to modesty, or to the Nobel laureate's impossibly high standards of quality control. In any case, her debut is nothing if not sophisticated, in terms of both narrative ingenuity and rhetorical sweep. It also shows the young author drawing a bead on the subjects that would dominate much of her career: racial hatred, historical memory, and the dazzling or degrading power of language itself.
Set in Lorain, Ohio, in 1941, The Bluest Eye is something of an ensemble piece. The point of view is passed like a baton from one character to the next, with Morrison's own voice functioning as a kind of gold standard throughout. The focus, though, is on an 11-year-old black girl named Pecola Breedlove, whose entire family has been given a cosmetic cross to bear:
You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction. It was as though some mysterious all-knowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question.... And they took the ugliness in their hands, threw it as a mantle over them, and went about the world with it.
There are far uglier things in the world than, well, ugliness, and poor Pecola is subjected to most of them. She's spat upon, ridiculed, and ultimately raped and impregnated by her own father. No wonder she yearns to be the very opposite of what she is--yearns, in other words, to be a white child, possessed of the blondest hair and the bluest eye.This vein of self-hatred is exactly what keeps Morrison's novel from devolving into a cut-and-dried scenario of victimization. She may in fact pin too much of the blame on the beauty myth: "Along with the idea of romantic love, she was introduced to another--physical beauty. Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought. Both originated in envy, thrived in insecurity, and ended in disillusion." Yet the destructive power of these ideas is essentially colorblind, which gives The Bluest Eye the sort of universal reach that Morrison's imitators can only dream of. And that, combined with the novel's modulated pathos and musical, fine-grained language, makes for not merely a sophisticated debut but a permanent one. --James Marcus [via]
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The Bonds of Womanhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England, 1780-1835by Nancy F. CottISBN 0300072988 (0-300-07298-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Britannia's Glory: A History of Twentieth-Century Lesbiansby Emily HamerISBN 0304329673 (0-304-32967-3)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Britannia's Glory: A History of Twentieth-Century Lesbians'Book summary:A comprehensive political history of lesbianism in the 20th century, this work looks at: lesbians and the suffrage movement; lesbians and the First World War; Radclyffe Hall and "The Well of Loneliness" trial; lesbian life in the cosmopolitan 1930s; lesbian participation in the Second World War effort; lesbians in the 1950s; Esme Langley and "Arena Three"; and lesbian politics since the 1970s. In her discussion of the agenda and framework of lesbian political activism since 1900, Hamer documents the emergence of lesbian, feminist (and gay) political identities and sheds light on the complex relationships and interaction between these groups. [via]
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Butch/Femme: Inside Lesbian Genderby Sally R. MuntISBN 0304339598 (0-304-33959-8)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Christyby Catherine MarshallISBN 0310241634 (0-310-24163-4)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christy'Book summary:When Christy Huddleston leaves a life of privilege and ease to teach in the impoverished Smokey Mountains, her faith is severely tested by her pupils, the love of two men, and the curious customs of the mountain people in her community. Yet she grows to love these people and the simple, fulfilling lifestyle to be found in the heart of God's country. First released in 1967, Christy is based on the life of author Catherine Marshall's mother and was the inspiration for the recent television series of the same name. Beautifully told, this is a charming, timeless tale of love and faith that will appeal to romance readers of all ages. --Maudeen Wachsmith [via]
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Daily Inspiration for Women for ColorISBN 0310800919 (0-310-80091-9)
Softcover, Inspirio
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Daily Promises for Women of Color: From the New International Versionby InspirioISBN 031081006X (0-310-81006-X)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Daring to Dissent: Lesbian Culture from Margin to Mainstreamby Liz GibbsISBN 0304327948 (0-304-32794-8)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Daughter of Persia: A Woman's Journey from Her Father's Harem Through the Islamic Revolutionby Dona Munker, Sattareh Farman FarmaianISBN 0307339742 (0-307-33974-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Daughters of Feministsby Rose L. GlickmanISBN 0312117701 (0-312-11770-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Daughters of Feminists/Young Women With Feminist Mothers Talk About Their Livesby Rose L. GlickmanISBN 0312097786 (0-312-09778-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Decoding Women's Magazines: From Mademoiselle to Ms.by Ellen McCrackenISBN 0312079710 (0-312-07971-0)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Disciplines of Virtue: Girls' Culture in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuriesby Lynne ValloneISBN 0300061722 (0-300-06172-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Emily Dickinson: Selected Poemsby Emily DickinsonISBN 0312097522 (0-312-09752-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems'Book summary:Because I could not stop for Death-[via]
He kindly stopped for me-
The carriage held but just ourselves-
And Immortality.
Bloomsbury Poetry Classics are selections from the work of some of our greatest poets. The series is aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist and carries no critical or explanatory apparatus. This can be found elsewhere. In the series the poems introduce themselves, on an uncluttered page and in a format that is both attractive and convenient. The selections have been made by the distinguished poet, critic, and biographer Ian Hamilton.More editions of Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems:
Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theoryby Nancy J. ChodorowISBN 0300051166 (0-300-05116-6)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Found Wanting: Women, Christianity and Sexualityby Alison R. WebsterISBN 0304328502 (0-304-32850-2)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Gender Matters: Women's Studies for the Christian Communityby June Steffenson HaganISBN 0310235715 (0-310-23571-5)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian Englandby Amanda VickeryISBN 0300102224 (0-300-10222-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England'Book summary:Winner of the Longman History Today Prize in 1998, Amanda Vickery's The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England is an outstanding study of a crucial period in modern women's history. Roy Porter described this book as "the most important thing in English feminist history in the last ten years." Readers familiar with the feminist analysis of women's lives in the late 18th to mid-19th century will find some of the commonplaces of that viewpoint called into question: the rise of "separate spheres" of male and female experience, for example, or the social construction of motherhood in the 18th century. At once scholarly and readable, The Gentleman's Daughter takes its readers on a vivid and well-illustrated tour of "genteel" Georgian society, bringing that world to life through what Vickery identifies as the "terms set out in their own letters by genteel women." Those terms structure the seven sections of the book: "Gentility", "Love and Duty', "Fortitude and Resignation" (which includes a notable discussion of the experience of pregnancy), "Prudent Economy", "Elegance", "Civility and Vulgarity", and "Propriety". "Our battles were not necessarily theirs," Vickery reminds us, striking her convincing balance between a feminist interest in the restriction and rebellion of women's lives and their own ways of finding meaning and pleasure in the gender distinctions of Georgian culture. --Vicky Lebeau, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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A Grave Talentby Laurie R. KingISBN 0312088043 (0-312-08804-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Grounding of Modern Feminismby Nancy F. CottISBN 0300042280 (0-300-04228-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrageby Ellen Carol DuboisISBN 0300080689 (0-300-08068-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harriot Stanton Blatch and the Winning of Woman Suffrage'Book summary:Harriot Stanton Blatch (1856-1940), daughter of the famous suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, played an essential role in the winning of woman suffrage in the Undited States. Ellen DuBois' powerfully written book is both a biography of Harriot Blatch and a new appraisal of the triumph and aftermath of the American woman suffrage movement. Blatch's dedication to woman suffrage, marked by a concern for social justice and human liberty, closely paralleled that of her mother. After her mother's death in 1902, Blatch returned to the United States. There she encouraged women from all classes to participate in the suffrage movement, advocated a lively activist style, and brought a genuine political sensibility to the movement. She led the 1913-15 votes for women referendum campaign in New York state and cofounded in 1916 the National Woman's Party. And though she devoted herself to enfranchisement, she also envisioned a feminism that encompassed economic power and independence for women. In telling the story of Blatch's life and work, DuBois reinterprets the history and politics of the American suffrage movement and its impact on women's freedom. [via]
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Hatshepsut: From Queen To Pharaohby Catharine H. Roehrig, Renee Dreyfus, Cathleen A. KellerISBN 0300111398 (0-300-11139-8)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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A History of Celibacyby Elizabeth AbbotISBN 0306810417 (0-306-81041-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Celibacy'Book summary:Celibacy is a worldwide practice that is often adopted, rarely discussed. Now, in Elizabeth Abbott's fascinating and wide-ranging history, it is examined in all its various forms: shaping religious lives, conditioning athletes and shamans, surfacing in classical poetry and camp literature, resonating in the voices of castrati, and permeating ancient mythology. Found in every society of the past, practiced by both the anonymous and the legendary (St. Catherine, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Elizabeth I, Gandhi), celibacy has as many stories as adherents, and Abbott weaves them into a provocative, seamless tapestry that brings history alive.[via]More editions of A History of Celibacy:
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The House of Mirthby Edith Wharton, Shari BenstockISBN 0312062346 (0-312-06234-6)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Mirth'Book summary:"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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In Adamless Eden: The Community of Women Faculty at Wellesleyby Patricia Ann PalmieriISBN 0300063881 (0-300-06388-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Beth NewmanISBN 0312095457 (0-312-09545-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography With Documentsby Sheila L. SkempISBN 0312115067 (0-312-11506-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Kathe Kollwitzby Elizabeth Prelinger, Alessandra Comini, Hildegard BachertISBN 0300061684 (0-300-06168-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kathe Kollwitz'Book summary:The German printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz's images of mothers and children and of protest against social injustice have long been admired by both critics and the public. Kollwitz adhered to a figurative style in the era of abstraction and she depicted socially-engaged subject matter when it was unfashionable. Critics have often focused on those issues and have rarely studied the ways in which the artist manipulated technique and resolved formal problems. This illustrated book redresses this imbalance, portraying Kollwitz as an innovative and virtuosic artist rather than a mere chronicler of particular themes. The book consists of three essays on Kollwitz - Elizabeth Prelinger provides a reassessment of Kollwitz as an artist; Alessandra Comini presents a discussion of Kollwitz's life in Berlin during the tumultuous period that spanned two world wars; and Hildegard Bachert surveys the reception of Kollwitz in Germany and America as manifested in collections of her works. The volume, which includes a selection examples of Kollwitz's work, juxtaposes preparatory drawings with finished art, illustrating the arduous experimental process by which she attained her results. Themes important to Kollwitz - such as self portraits, political and social activism as illustrated in the cycles "The Weavers' Rebellion" and "The Peasants' War", love and death, nudes, workers, and war and revolution - are explored in all media. [via]
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Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoirby Leni RiefenstahlISBN 0312119267 (0-312-11926-7)
Softcover, Picador USA
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The Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequalityby Sandra Lipsitz BemISBN 0300061633 (0-300-06163-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality'Book summary:In this book a leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our cultural discourses, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Sandra Lipsitz Bem argues that these assumptions, which she calls the lenses of gender, shape not only perceptions of social reality but also the more material things - like unequal pay and inadequate daycare - that constitute social reality itself. Her penetrating and articulate examination of these hidden cultural lenses enables us to look at them rather than through them and to better understand recent debates on gender and sexuality. According to Bem, the first lens, androcentrism (male-centredness), defines males and male experience as a standard or norm and females and female experience as a deviation from that norm. The second lens, gender polarization, superimposes male-female differences on virtually every aspect of human experience, from modes of dress and social roles to ways of expressing emotion and sexual desire. The third lens, biological essentialism, rationalizes and legitimizes the other two lenses by treating them as the inevitable consequences of the intrinsic biological natures of women and men. After illustrating the pervasiveness of these three lenses in both historical and contemporary discourses of Western culture, Bem presents her own theory of how the individual either acquires cultural gender lenses and constructs a conventional gender identity or resists cultural lenses and constructs that we must reframe the debate on sexual inequality so that it focuses not only on the differences between men and women but on how male-centred discourses and institutions transform male-female difference into female disadvantage. [via]
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Living My Lifeby Emma GoldmanISBN 0306719002 (0-306-71900-2)
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Loosening the Bonds: Mid-Atlantic Farm Women, 1750-1850by Joan M. JensenISBN 0300042655 (0-300-04265-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Madame Curieby Eve Curie, Vincent SheeanISBN 0306810387 (0-306-81038-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Madame Curie'Book summary:Marie Sklodowska Curie (18671934) was the first woman scientist to win worldwide fame, and indeed, one of the great scientists of this century. Winner of two Nobel Prizes (for physics in 1903 and for chemistry in 1911), she performed pioneering studies with radium and contributed profoundly to the understanding of radioactivity. The history of her story-book marriage to Pierre Curie, of their refusal to patent their processes or otherwise profit from the commercial exploitation of radium, and her tragically ironic death are legendary and well known but are here revealed from an inside perspective. But, as this book reveals, it was also true. An astonishing mind and a remarkable life are here portrayed by Marie Curies daughter in a classic and moving account.[via]-
Marie Antoinette: The Journeyby Antonia FraserISBN 0307277747 (0-307-27774-7)
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Medieval Women: A Social History of Women in England 450-1500by Henrietta LeyserISBN 0312129343 (0-312-12934-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Muller V. Oregon: A Brief History With Documentsby Nancy WolochISBN 0312085869 (0-312-08586-9)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Not Without My Daughterby Betty Mahmoody, William HofferISBN 0312010737 (0-312-01073-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Of Bridles and Burnings: The Punishment of Womenby E.J. Burford, Sandra ShulmanISBN 0312083998 (0-312-08399-8)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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On Gold Mountainby Lisa SeeISBN 0312119976 (0-312-11997-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Gold Mountain'Book summary:Lisa See, daughter of novelist Carolyn See, brings a novelist's skill to this sprawling ancestral history. Books tracing the roots of overseas Chinese writers are not uncommon these days, but See uncovered in her family tree a capsule history of the Sino-American diaspora: her great-grandfather, Fong See, founded a California business, married a Caucasian woman and fathered many offspring, and returned periodically to China to redistribute some of his wealth and launch another family. See, a Publishers Weekly writer, has conducted extensive interviews and drawn on family lore for an enthralling saga of ambition, prejudice, love, loyalty, and sorrow--social history at its best. [via]
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Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschiby Keith Christiansen, Judith Walker Mann, Orazio Gentileschi, Artemisia Gentileschi, Museo di Palazzo Venezia StaffISBN 0300090773 (0-300-09077-3)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
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Originals: American Women Artistsby Eleanor MunroISBN 0306809559 (0-306-80955-9)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Oroonokoby Aphra Behn, Catherine Gallagher, Simon SternISBN 0312108133 (0-312-10813-3)
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The Princess and the Goblinby George MacDonald, Jean Watson, Peter WaneISBN 0310423007 (0-310-42300-7)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in Americaby Jonathan KozolISBN 0307345890 (0-307-34589-0)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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Jonathan Kozol is one of Americas most forceful and eloquent observers of the intersection of race, poverty, and education. His books, from the National Book Awardwinning Death at an Early Age to his most recent, the critically acclaimed Shame of the Nation, are touchstones of the national conscience. First published in 1988 and based on the months the author spent among Americas homeless, Rachel and Her Children is an unforgettable record of the desperate voices of men, women, and especially children caught up in a nightmarish situation that tears at the hearts of readers. With record numbers of homeless children and adults flooding the nations shelters, Rachel and Her Children offers a look at homelessness that resonates even louder today. [via]More editions of Rachel and Her Children: Homeless Families in America:
Religion and Psychology in Transition: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Theologyby James W. JonesISBN 0300067690 (0-300-06769-0)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Salem Witch Trials Readerby Frances HillISBN 030680946X (0-306-80946-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Selected Letters of Rebecca Westby Rebecca West, Bonnie Kime ScottISBN 0300079044 (0-300-07904-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Sex in Georgian England: Attitudes and Prejudices from the 1720s to the 1820sby A. D. HarveyISBN 031212418X (0-312-12418-X)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinsonby Camille PagliaISBN 0300091273 (0-300-09127-3)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of Franceby Maria PerryISBN 0306809893 (0-306-80989-3)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Some Soul to Keepby J. California CooperISBN 0312022859 (0-312-02285-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas Hardy, John Paul RiquelmeISBN 0312106882 (0-312-10688-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Thomas Hardyby Peter WiddowsonISBN 0312090927 (0-312-09092-7)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Theodora: Portrait in a Byzantine Landscapeby Antony BridgeISBN 0304299820 (0-304-29982-0)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Trying Neaira: The True Story of a Courtesan's Scandalous Life in Anicent Greeceby Debra HamelISBN 0300107633 (0-300-10763-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Unbowed: A Memoirby Wangari MaathaiISBN 0307263487 (0-307-26348-7)
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An Unconventional Familyby Sandra L. BemISBN 0300090927 (0-300-09092-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Understand Your Bible from Adam to Zion: A Clear Explanation of God's Wordby Alister E. McGrathISBN 0310240042 (0-310-24004-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Lettersby Nancy F. CottISBN 0300052529 (0-300-05252-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Women and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debateby Leila AhmedISBN 0300055838 (0-300-05583-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Women and the Work of Benevolence: Morality, Politics, and Class in the Nineteenth-Century United Statesby Lori D. GinzbergISBN 0300052545 (0-300-05254-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Women in England 1500-1760: A Social Historyby Anne LaurenceISBN 0312122071 (0-312-12207-1)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Women in Middle Eastern History: Shifting Boundaries in Sex and Genderby Nikki R. Keddie, Beth BaronISBN 0300056974 (0-300-05697-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Women of Bible: 52 Stories for Prayer and Reflectionby Ann SpanglerISBN 0310244935 (0-310-24493-5)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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Women of the Century Thirty Modern Short Storiesby Regina BarrecaISBN 0312075235 (0-312-07523-5)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Women's Rights Emerges Within the Antislavery Movement, 1830-1870: A Brief History With Documentsby Kathryn Kish SklarISBN 0312101449 (0-312-10144-9)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Linda H. PetersonISBN 0312035470 (0-312-03547-0)
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The Yellow Wall-Paper: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 0312132921 (0-312-13292-1)
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