Search Results - "Feministing"

The revolution question feminisms in El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba / by Shayne, Julie D., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Femininity, revolution, and feminism -- Gender and the revolutionary struggle -- In El Salvador (1979-1992) -- Feminism in post-war El Salvador (1992-1999) -- The tenure of Salvador Allende -- Through a feminist lens (1970-1973) -- Dictatorship, democracy, and feminism -- In post-Allende Chile (1973-1999) -- The Cuban insurrection through a feminist lens (1952-1959) -- The women's movement in post-insurrection Cuba (1959-1999) -- Conclusion : unity inspired divisions.…”
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Prostitution policy revolutionizing practice through a gendered perspective / by Kuo, Lenore

Table of Contents: “…A Sexually Charged Context, the Feminist "Sex Wars," and Prostitution Defined -- 3. …”
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Writing and speaking from the heart of my mind : selected essays and speeches / by Mugo, Micere Githae

Table of Contents: “…Autobiographical touches using a Black feminist brush. The role of African intellectuals: reflections of a female scholar, University of Nairobi, 1973-82 -- The south end of a north-south writer's dialogue: two letters from a post-colonial feminist -- Part II. …”

Fractured borders reading women's cancer literature / by DeShazer, Mary K.

Table of Contents: “…"The night-side of life" : analyzing cancer literature from feminist perspectives -- "Skinnied on the left side like a girl" : embodying cancer on the feminist stage -- Entering "The house of lightning" : resistance and transformation in U.S. women's breast cancer poetry -- Dying into the lite : popular fiction, cancer, and the romance of women's relationships -- "Floating out on a yacht called Eros" : memory, desire, and death in women's experimental cancer fiction -- "Entering cancerland" : self-representation, commonality, and culpability in women's autobiographical narratives.…”
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Made in the margins Latina/o constructions of U.S. religious history / by Martínez-Vázquez, Hjamil A.

Table of Contents: “…The canon of U.S. religious history -- New themes, old silences -- Catholic histories -- Protestant histories -- The postcolonizing project -- Lived religion -- Feminist history.…”
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Religion and gender in the developing world faith-based organizations and feminism in India / by Bradley, Tamsin

Table of Contents: “…Faith-based organizations and dialogues in development -- pt. 3. Religion as a feminist resource.…”
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Shakespeare and women by Rackin, Phyllis

Table of Contents: “…A usable history -- The place(s) of women in Shakespeare's world : historical fact and feminist interpretation -- Our canon, ourselves -- Boys will be girls -- The lady's reeking breath -- Shakespeare's timeless women.…”
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Expert testimony on domestic violence a discourse analysis / by Hamilton, Melissa, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Feminist and social constructivist theories -- Critical discourse analysis in the law -- Expert witness discourse : the legal framework -- Expert witness discourse : constructing the battered woman -- The discourses of resistance.…”
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Gender and the construction of hegemonic and oppositional femininities by Charlebois, Justin, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…The social construction of gender -- Geographies of femininities -- The social construction of femininities in school -- Gender and professional identity in the workplace -- Media representations of femininities -- Conclusion : femininities in a post-feminist era.…”
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Many Floridas women envisioning change /

Table of Contents: “…Women's status in the state of Florida -- pt. II. Feminist approaches to service learning -- pt. III. …”
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Toys and Tools in Pink : Cultural Narratives of Gender, Science, and Technology / by Colatrella, Carol

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : cultural narratives and the "leaky pipeline" -- The ethics of feminist science -- Female criminals and detectives -- Mothers and medicine -- Babe scientist : science and sex -- Femininity, feminism, and technology -- Conclusion : children's narratives.…”
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Hijab & the republic uncovering the French headscarf debate / by Winter, Bronwyn, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…A fifteen-year saga: 1989 : three little girls and a great big "psychodrama" ; 1990-1995 : from psychodrama to saga ; 1995-2004 and beyond : how ostentatiousness became conspicuous -- pt. 3. Feminists caught in the contradictions: The politics of hijabization ; Co-optations and instrumentalizations ; Feminist confusions and confrontations -- Conclusion : French lessons for the West? …”
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The birth of feminism woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / by Ross, Sarah Gwyneth, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Her father's daughter -- Household academies in Venice and London -- The biographical tradition -- Models of feminist argument -- Learned wives and mothers in italy -- Collaborative marriages in Britain -- Discourses of equality and rights -- Conclusion.…”
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Surgery junkies wellness and pathology in cosmetic culture / by Pitts-Taylor, Victoria

Table of Contents: “…Visible pathology and cosmetic wellness -- Normal extremes: cosmetic surgery television -- Miss World, Ms. Ugly : feminist debates -- The medicalization of surgery addiction -- The surgery junkie as legal subject -- The self and the limits of interiority.…”
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Reshaping the work-family debate why men and class matter / by Williams, Joan, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…-- One sick child away from being fired -- Masculine norms at work -- Reconstructive feminism and feminist theory -- The class culture gap -- Culture wars as class conflict.…”
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Varieties of feminism German gender politics in global perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Practical theory and the politics of gender -- Creating women citizens : national frameworks for gender equality and self-determination, 1848-1968 -- Women themselves will decide : autonomous feminist mobilization, 1968-1978 -- Women help women : the women's project movement, 1975-1985 -- We want half the power : feminists and political institutions, 1982-1990 -- You can't make a state without women : German unification, 1990-1995 -- Kissing the frog? …”
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Climate Change and the New Polar Aesthetics : Artists Reimagine the Arctic and Antarctic / by Bloom, Lisa E., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: From the heroic sublime to environments of global decline -- Antarctica and the contemporary sublime in intersectional feminist art practices -- Reclaiming the Arctic through feminist and Black aesthetic perspectives -- At memory's edge : collaborative perspectives on climate trauma in Arctic cinema -- Disappearing ice and missing data : contemporary art and indigenous and collaborative approaches / Lisa E. …”
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Women who opt out the debate over working mothers and work-family balance /

Table of Contents: “…"Opting out" : women's history and feminist legal theory -- pt. 2. Is "opting out" for real? …”
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Penumbra : the premier stage for African American drama / by Mahala, Macelle

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Beginnings -- Building a repertoire and an ensemble -- Black nativity -- Mutual reciprocity: August Wilson and Penumbra -- Black feminist performance -- Intercultural collaborations -- Maintaining a legacy -- Production history of the Penumbra Theatre Company.…”
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Arrested justice black women, violence, and America's prison nation / by Richie, Beth

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The problem of male violence against black women -- How we won the mainstream but lost the movement -- Black women, male violence, and the buildup of a prison nation -- The matrix: a black feminist response to male violence and the state -- Conclusion.…”
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