Although separated by language and geography, Willa Cather and Marguerite Duras both explored the lives of women and children across the tumultuous twentieth century by drawing on their own experiences.
A handful of celebrated photographs show armed female Cuban insurgents alongside their compaeros in Cubas remote mountains during the revolutionary struggle.
How to Fight Sexism in the ChurchDespite the real progress that has been made in recent years, women continue to be silenced, wounded, and relegated to the sidelines in our churches.
Alors que des services de Reduction des Risques s'installent en Afrique de l'Ouest, les experiences des femmes usageres de drogues restent meconnues, en marge des savoirs et des dispositifs.
Destine a un large public, l'ouvrage livre une analyse fine des parcours de vie et de la construction homosexuelle de 155 hommes demandeurs d'asile ouest-africains.
First published in 1982, this pioneering work traces the transformation of "e;women's work"e; into wage labor in the United States, identifying the social, economic, and ideological forces that have shaped our expectations of what women do.
In the late nineteenth century, Brown's Park, a secluded valley astride the Utah-Colorado border, was a troubled land of deadly conflict among cattle barons, outlaws, rustlers, and small ranchers.
Anais Nin, the diarist, novelist, and provocateur, occupied a singular space in twentieth-century culture, not only as a literary figure and voice of female sexual liberation but as a celebrity and symbol of shifting social mores in postwar America.
En esta obra, Susanna Pozzolo realiza un análisis histórico sobre la discriminación de la mujer y la asimetría sociojurídica del género, explicando el papel del lenguaje en el proceso de invisibilización de la mujer, la devaluación del trabajo doméstico y la concientización del rol que ha ocupado en la sociedad y el derecho.
This book brings together leading African philosophers to revisit one of the most enduring questions in feminist discourse in Africa: were women in traditional African societies marginalized, or were gender roles historically organized through complementary, mutually sustaining responsibilities?
This book brings together leading African philosophers to revisit one of the most enduring questions in feminist discourse in Africa: were women in traditional African societies marginalized, or were gender roles historically organized through complementary, mutually sustaining responsibilities?
Here is the first major study of domestic service in France from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth century, describing its transformation from a male-oriented occupation, aristocratic in style and often geared to public display, to one that was female, middle-class, and centered on the household.
With the aid of new analytic techniques, including the computer, Karl Kroeber examines the fictional styles of three consecutive English novelists, presenting an objective and systematic comparison of the stylistic coherence of their work.
This edited anthology critically engages with the intersection of feminism, politics, and popular culture, with an emphasis on how shifts in cultural discourse have shaped the perception, understanding, and practice of feminist thought in contemporary society.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2026 im Fachbereich Geschlechterstudien / Gender Studies, Note: 1,3, Alice-Salomon Hochschule Berlin , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Männliche Körperideale prägen die Entwicklung von Jungen und stehen in engem Zusammenhang mit gesellschaftlichen Vorstellungen von Männlichkeit.
Basing her work on Bengali-language sources, such as women's journals, private papers, biographies, and autobiographies, Meredith Borthwick approaches the lives of women in nineteenth-century Bengal from a new standpoint.
In this ambitious work Anita Levy exposes certain forms of middle-class power that have been taken for granted as "e;common sense"e; and "e;laws of nature.
From the civil rights and Black Power era of the 1960s through antiapartheid activism in the 1980s and beyond, black women have used their clothing, hair, and style not simply as a fashion statement but as a powerful tool of resistance.
Estéticas del malestar explora las potencias críticas del arte contemporáneo en un presente atravesado por crisis sociales, políticas, ecológicas y afectivas.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2025 im Fachbereich Geschlechterstudien / Gender Studies, Note: 1,3, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg im Breisgau, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Mit diesen umstrittenen Themen beschäftigt sich unter anderem die vorliegende Hausarbeit und geht der Fragestellung nach, wie gesellschaftliche Geschlechterstereotype das Spielverhalten von Kindern sowie ihre Selbstwahrnehmung und Geschlechtsidentität beeinflussen.
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2024 im Fachbereich Geschlechterstudien / Gender Studies, Note: 1,3, Universität Bielefeld (Fakultät für Soziologie), Veranstaltung: Menschenrechte aus feministischer Perspektive, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Hausarbeit mit dem Titel „Videoüberwachung im öffentlichen Bereich als Maßnahme der Prävention und Aufklärung geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt – eine kritische Betrachtung aus feministischer Perspektive“ untersucht, ob Videoüberwachung tatsächlich zur Sicherheit von Frauen im öffentlichen Raum beiträgt.
Este libro revolucionario, profundo, provocador e inteligente, analiza el abuso sexual y el discurso global sobre la violación desde el punto de vista de la superviviente de una violación en grupo en Bombay cuando era adolescente.
On the morning of July 28, 1625, Dame Eleanor Davis (1590-1652) heard "e;a great voice from heaven"e; tell her "e;There is Nintene years and a halfe to the day of Judgement and you as the meek Virgin.
