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Identity Politics - Lesbian Feminism And The Limits Of Community

by Shane Phelan

~~66,24€~~ 52,99€ 20% OFF

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 Explores the tension between liberal ideals of individual rights and tolerance and communitarian ideals of solidarity. This book addresses the problems faced by "the woman-identified woman" in a liberal society that presumes heterosexuality as the biological, psychological, and moral standard.
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Thinking About The Baby - Gender And Transitions Into Parenthood

by Susan Walzer

~~38,36€~~ 30,69€ 20% OFF

 Many new mothers and fathers are surprised at how they change as individuals and as couples after a baby is born. This title includes various interviews that explore the tendency for men and women to experience their transitions into parenthood in different ways - a pattern that has been linked to marital stress.
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Women In 1900 - Gateway To The Political Economy Of The 20th Century

by Christine Bose

~~44,98€~~ 35,98€ 20% OFF

 Explores women's place in the US political economy at the beginning of the twentieth century, viewed from the national level, but also highlighting the variations in women's experiences according to racial ethnic background, class and geography.
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Women, International Development - And Politics

by Kathleen Staudt

~~50,28€~~ 40,22€ 20% OFF

 Global attention has focused on some remarkable transitions to democracy on different continents. Those transitions have often failed to improve the situation of women, and democratic practices have not included women in government. This title includes essays and a conclusion that show the upsurge of interest in women and development since 1990.
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Women Of The New Right

by Rebecca Klatch

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% OFF

 Analyzing varying perceptions of women of the New Right, this book examines their beliefs and values, their vision of America, their interpretations of Communism, big government, and feminism, as well as their view of themselves as women and as political actors.
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Doing Comparable Worth - Gender, Class, And Pay Equity

by Joan Acker

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% OFF

 Serving as a study of the actual process of attempting to translate into reality the idea of equal pay for work of equal value, this book details both the technical and political processes, showing how the technical was always political, and how management manipulated and unions resisted wage redistribution.
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Marriage In A Culture Of Divorce

by Karla Hackstaff

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% OFF

 Investigates intact marriages to examine the impact of fresh expectations in a culture of divorce. This title examines the shifting meanings of divorce and gender for two generations of middle-class, married couples. It states that the social and economic conditions support and undermine the efforts of spouses to redefine the meaning of marriage.
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Never Married Women

by Barbara Simon

~~37,03€~~ 29,62€ 20% OFF

 "[Simon] deals seriously and perceptively with lives almost never granted such respect--those of the ''spinster,'' the ''old maid.'' ...There is also a particular ironic energy." --The Nation"Nothing is more ridiculous than someone who says, upon learning that I never got married, â€˜Oh, you would like my Aunt _____ ! She never got married either. You two would have a lot in common.'' "--from an interview, August 1984.In this timely and provocative study, Barbara Levy Simon interviews fifty American women, born between 1884 and 1918 who were never married, and examines their emphatic refusal to be "yoked by wifing," as one woman expressed it. A spirit of independence pervades these compelling self-portraits as the women describe the day-to-day activities, options and adaptations, as well as the stigma that shaped lives that defied the spinster stereotype. Simon explains: "I have written this book about them because I want others to learn, as I have, about the diversity of their experiences and perspectives. It is only by immersion in this variety that one can begin to comprehend the discrepancy between popular notions of â€˜old maids'' and the actualities of single women''s daily lives.... Though women who have never married have often been judged, they have seldom been studied."With care and empathy, the author presents women who lived at a time when not being married and being financially independent were considered deviant. From a variety of ethnic, religious, educational, and social groups, and ranging in age from sixty-six to one hundred and one years old, these women discuss the work they have loved or hated and their relations with family and friends. The autobiographical reflections provide insights about the symbolic and material worlds of never-married women and comparisons to the lives of single career women today.In the 1980s, a significantly higher proportion of American women are foregoing marriage than at any point in the past one hundred years. Simon confronts head-on the image of the passive and unhappy old maid, presenting instead a group of independent and self-actualizing women who, in many cases, chose to remain single."With women choosing to be single in greater numbers than at any other time in this century, a study of single women is most timely.... Although considered deviant by the greater society, these women all manifest a feisty, independent spirit that defies conventional stereotypes of â€˜old maids'' or â€˜spinsters.â€˜ ... Maybe you should give your mother a copy of this book the next time she asks."--New Directions for Women"An important work on a segment of the female population that has remained single for at least six decades in a society that expected its women to marry and bear children [Simon] evaluates the actualities of these women''s lives versus popular images and stereotypes..."--Choice"By offering concrete examples of how the nuclear family is oppressive to those who stand outside of it, Never Married Women breathes life into critiques of the family articulated by...other feminist theorists. And by focusing on the lives of elderly single women, Simon aptly illustrates the injustice of our over reliance on the family--instead of the state--to care for the dependent elderly."--Contemporary Sociology"This book is a paean to women''s resilience, adaptability, and courage to live with the consequences of their own decisions."--Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health
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Women Of The Upper Class

by Susan Ostrander

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% OFF

 Interviews the women in one US Region to study their roles, activities, and self-images. The author shows that although these women are economically and socially powerful, they are for the most part, unliberated, being subservient to their husbands and to their duty to bear and raise children.
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Feminist Generations - The Persistence Of The Radical Women''S Movement

by Nancy Whittier

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% OFF

 The radical feminist movement has undergone significant transformation from the direct action of the 1960s and 1970s to the backlash against feminism in the 1980s and 1990s. This title traces the changing definitions of feminism as the movement has evolved. It documents subtle variations in feminist identity.
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Women Between Two Worlds - Midlife Reflections On Work And Family

by Myra Dinnerstein

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% OFF

 Myra Dinnerstein examines the choices and compromises of a generation of women who came of age after World War II. Her in-depth study traces the experiences of twenty-two middle-class women from childhood to adulthood and their evolution from traditional wives and mothers to career women at midlife. Her richly detailed interviews explore the tensions of combining work, marriage, and family life and remind us of the significance of one''s social and personal context with respect to the ability to make satisfying choices.Middle-class women born between 1936 and 1944 have been split between two worlds. As they were growing up, traditional expectations and limited opportunities seemed to make marriage and motherhood inevitable choices. When they reached their thirties, the Women''s Movement and expanding opportunities in the workplace presented options for them that had not been available to their mothers. Now it was considered appropriate for women to have ambitions and to act on them--and the women described in this book were among those who did.
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Identity Politics - Lesbian Feminism And The Limits Of Community

by Shane Phelan

~~41,01€~~ 32,81€ 20% OFF

 Traces how lesbian feminism came to be defined in uneasy relationships with the Women's Movement and gay rights groups. This book explores the tension between liberal ideals of individual rights and tolerance and communitarian ideals of solidarity.
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Negotiated Care - The Experience Of Family Day Care Providers

by Margaret Nelson

~~88,11€~~ 70,49€ 20% OFF

 Weaving together interviews and surveys with feminist literature on the role of caregiving in women's lives and investigations of women's involvement in home-based work, this book explores the daily lives of family day care providers. It also uncovers the dilemmas providers face in their relationships with parents.
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Putting On Appearances - Gender And Advertising

by Diane Barthel

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% OFF

 Reveals the previously overlooked and underestimated depth of cultural meaning behind contemporary American advertising. Focusing mainly on ads for beauty products directed at women, this book demonstrates how stereotypical gender identities are emphasized and how advertising itself creates a gendered relationship with the consumer.
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Untidy Gender - Domestic Service In Turkey

by Gul Ozyegin

~~44,98€~~ 35,98€ 20% OFF

 Takes readers into the interconnected worlds of Turkish maids and the women who employ them, tracing the incorporation of rural migrant women into the interiors of the domestic spheres of the urban middle-classes. This book forges an understanding of the complex interaction between gender and class subordination.
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Job Queues, Gender Queues - Explaining Women''S Inroads Into Male Occupations

by Barbara Reskin

~~48,96€~~ 39,17€ 20% OFF

 A controversial interpretation of women's dramatic inroads into several male occupations
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Feminist Organizations - Harvest Of The New Women''S Movement

by Myra Ferree

~~50,28€~~ 40,22€ 20% OFF

 Looking at feminist organizations, the twenty-six essays in this title deal with how they've survived, the effects of their work, the problems they face, the strategies they develop, and the direction of the women's movement. The feminist scholars from nine social science disciplines present the struggles of feminist organizers and activists.
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Women Of Color In U.S. Society

by Maxine Baca Zinn

~~48,96€~~ 39,17€ 20% OFF

 Talks about the experience of women of color African Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. This work discusses the social conditions that simultaneously oppress women of color and provide sites for opposition. It uncovers similar experiences in the classroom, workplace, family, prison, and other settings.
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It'S Our Military Too - Women And The U.S Military

by Judith Stiehm

~~46,31€~~ 37,05€ 20% OFF

 Gives accounts by women on active duty, retired officers, women who have worked for the armed forces in a civilian capacity, and civilian academics. This book dispels many of the myths about women and the military and explores the reasons for the persistence of misconceptions in the face of increased female participation.
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Applications Of Feminist Legal Theory

by D. Kelly Weisberg

~~86,06€~~ 68,85€ 20% OFF

 Examines the pressing issues that affect women pornography, prostitution, battery, rape, pay equity, sexual harassment, motherhood, abortion, adoption, reproductive technologies and considers them through the lens of feminist legal theory. This book features more than sixty articles.
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Women And Stepfamilies - Voices Of Anger And Love

by Nan Maglin

~~43,66€~~ 34,93€ 20% OFF

 "Women and Stepfamilies: Voices of Anger and Love" describes the experiences of women in stepfamilies as told by the women themselves.
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Neither Separate Nor Equal

by Barbara Smith

~~42,33€~~ 33,86€ 20% OFF

 Analyzes the dramatic developments in the lives of contemporary Southern women. This title include case studies that portray women's diverse circumstances and activities from rural African American women in the Mississippi Delta taking on new roles as community builders to female textile workers in North Carolina.
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Women Of Japan & Korea - Continuity And Change

by Joyce Gelb

~~43,66€~~ 34,93€ 20% OFF

 Features research on the roles of women in Japan and Korea.
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Thai Writing (Workbook)

by Aua Language Center

~~12,16€~~ 9,73€ 20% OFF

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 With separate workbooks for reading practice and writing practice, these texts are useful tools for learning the Thai language. The reading section contains appendices on the history of the language while the writing section contains many practice...
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