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1	Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings more books like this by Susan M Shaw, Janet Lee add to wishlist This introductory women's studies reader offers a wide range of classic, conceptual, and experiential writings - over 105 selections in all. Chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic, including explanations of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections. The anthology also offers ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.16! \| first editions
2	Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity more books like this by Judith P Butler add to wishlist One of the classic works in feminist theory, originally published in 1990. Judith P. Butler critiques what she calls "heteronormativity" and argues for new ways of looking at gender and sexuality. see all copies from £7.12! new only from £9.86! \| first editions
3	In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development more books like this by Carol Gilligan add to wishlist Siince its publication more than a decade ago, this highly influential book has won international acclaim and pioneered a revolution in our understanding of female development psychology. Now, witth more than half a million copies of the first edition inprint, CArol Gillgan reflects on the impact and implictions of her findings in a new preface to ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.67! \| first editions
4	Women: Images & Realities, a Multicultural Anthology more books like this by Amy Vita Kesselman, Lily D McNair, Nancy Schniedewind add to wishlist "Women: Images and Realities, A Multicultural Anthology" is a unique introduction to feminism and women's studies. This best-selling text presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyzes, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women's lives. The selections illustrate the variety of women's experiences, primarily ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £21.38!
5	Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives more books like this by Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey add to wishlist This interdisciplinary, multicultural text-reader provides an introduction to women's studies by examining U.S. women's lives in a global context and across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and age. Substantial chapter introductions provide updated statistical information and explanations of key concepts and ideas as a ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £21.17! \| first editions
6	The Second Sex more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist This triumphant and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about themselves. Forty years later, it retains all of its vitality and passion. see all copies from £5.91! new only from £10.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Beauty Myth more books like this by Wolf add to wishlist In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. The author exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture more books like this by Ariel Levy add to wishlist If male chauvinist pigs of years past thought of women as pieces of meat, female chauvinist pigs of today are doing them one better, making sex objects of other women -and of themselves. With a wink and a nudge, they are welcoming back strippers, porn stars and Playboy Bunnies as the heroes of post-feminist culture. Taking off your bra used to ... see all copies from £6.20! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Room of Ones Own more books like this by Woolf add to wishlist Woolf's ardent plea for women's share in power, wealth, and fame is a seminal feminist text. This extended essay is an articulation of her belief that all a woman needs is an income that will sustain her, and her own room in which to work. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad more books like this by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller add to wishlist Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.03! \| first editions
11 view cover	Feminist Frontiers more books like this by Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier, Leila J Rupp add to wishlist The most widely used anthology of feminist writings and the first to incorporate issues of sexual identity and sexual diversity, "Feminist Frontiers" has stood the test of time. With both classic and contemporary readings on cutting-edge topics that cut across disciplinary and generational lines, this text presents the full diversity of women's ... see all copies from £5.57! new only from £20.24!
12 view cover	Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom more books like this by Bell Hooks add to wishlist These essays face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, and of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom, and of the gift of freedom that is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. Raising many concerns central to the field of critical pedagogy, Hooks connects them to feminist thought, an ... see all copies from £10.97! new only from £12.80! \| first editions
13 view cover	Feminine Mystique more books like this by Betty Friedan add to wishlist Published in 1963, THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE is generally agreed to be the book that launched the women's liberation movement. In her groundbreaking study, Betty Friedan writes of her experiences as a wife and mother in the 1950s, and her growing sense of frustration with the idealized postwar concept of the perfect nuclear family--Dad in a business ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £8.10! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	We Are Our Mothers' Daughters more books like this by Cokie Roberts (Read by) add to wishlist Using her own life and the lives of other successful woman as a guide, the nationally recognized correspondent addresses several key issues in the lives of women in the nineties: the work/home balance, the changing roles of women, relationships between generations of women, and the diversity of opportunities. see all copies from £2.02! new only from £4.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender more books like this by Margaret L Andersen add to wishlist Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender 7th edition, provides a comprehensive review of feminist scholarship in the social sciences, showing how gender operates in every aspect of society, and how the experiences of both men and women are created through social institutions. The seventh edition introduces new discussions ... see all copies from £2.94! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
16 view cover	Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution more books like this by Adrienne Cecile Rich add to wishlist A blend of memoir and history which investigates women's role as mother. Drawing on anthropolgy, medecine, psychology, literature and her own experience, the author explores the contradictory pleasures and pains of motherhood. The author also wrote "On Lies, Secrets and Silence: Selected Prose 1966-78" and "Blood, Bread and Poetry: Selected Prose ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women's Relationships in the Bible more books like this by Renita J Weems, Marcia Broucek (Editor), Nashormeh Wilkie (Illustrator) add to wishlist "We are frequently just a sister away from our healing. We need a woman, a sister, who will see in our destitution a jagged image of what one day could be her own story. We need a sister who will respond with mercy". Renita J. Weems see all copies from £6.74! new only from £12.36!
18 view cover	Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History more books like this by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich add to wishlist In this engrossing volume, Ulrich explores what it means to make history. She shows how the feminist wave of the 1970s has created a generation that challenged traditional accounts of both mens and womens histories, and which stimulated better-documented accounts of the past. see all copies from £2.90! new only from £6.72! \| first editions
19 view cover	When and Where I Enter: The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America more books like this by Paula Giddings add to wishlist In her landmark appraisal of black women's unsung contributions to the struggles for racial and sexual equality, Giddings draws on speeches, diaries, and letters of influential black women, including Zora Neale Hurston, Ida B. Wells, and Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, to reveal how black women have transcended the double discrimination of being ... see all copies from £1.55! new only from £5.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us: Why Happiness Eludes the Modern Woman more books like this by Danielle Crittenden add to wishlist Argues that the feminist objective of career success and non-reliance on men has produced confusion and insecurity. see all copies from £4.95! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
21 view cover	Good wives : image and reality in the lives of women in northern New England, 1650-1750 more books like this by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich add to wishlist Breathing life into old records and stripping away familiar abstractions, this work reveals the vital--and often unrecognized--roles of women in colonial New England. see all copies from £4.89! new only from £6.74!
22 view cover	Manliness more books like this by Harvey Claflin Mansfield, Jr. add to wishlist This book demands a response from its readers. It is impossible not to be drawn in to the provocative (often contentious) discussion that Harvey Mansfield sets before us. This is the first comprehensive study of manliness, a quality both bad and good, mostly male, often intolerant, irrational, and ambitious. Our 'gender-neutral society' does not ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
23 view cover	Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America more books like this by Linda K Kerber add to wishlist Drawn from the direct testimony provided by women in their letters, diaries, and legal records, this text describes women's participation in the American Revolution, evaluates changes in their education in the late 18th century and analyzes their status in law and society. see all copies from £5.11! new only from £14.22!
24 view cover	Major Problems in American Women's History: Documents and Essays more books like this by Mary Beth Norton add to wishlist Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. Major Problems in American Women's History is the leading reader for courses on the history of American women, covering the subject's entire ... see all copies from £2.04! new only from £20.80!
25 view cover	Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism more books like this by Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards add to wishlist Aimed at everyone from students to professionals, stay-at-home moms to artists, "Grassroots" is an activism handbook for social justice. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £6.50!

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