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1	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 £7.69! new only from £14.22! \| first editions
2	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 £17.51!
3	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 £5.57! \| first editions
4	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 £5.07! new only from £10.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
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 £21.74! \| first editions
6	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 £3.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	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 £3.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	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
9	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 £6.19! new only from £6.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	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 £12.69! new only from £12.80! \| first editions
11 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 £4.41! new only from £9.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Heroine's Journey more books like this by Maureen Murdock add to wishlist A companion workbook to "The Heroine's Journey"--including guided imagery, writing, and dreamwork exercises. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £7.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Cunt: A Declaration of Independence more books like this by Inga Muscio add to wishlist An ancient title of respect for women, the word "cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim "cunt" as a positive and powerful force in their lives. In this fully revised edition, she explores, with candidness and humor, such traditional feminist ... see all copies from £4.08! new only from £9.26!
14 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 £3.09! new only from £5.56! \| first editions
15 view cover	The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art more books like this by Guerrilla Girls add to wishlist Taking readers back through the ages, the Guerrilla Girls demonstrate how males have dominated the art scene, and discouraged, belittled, or obscured the women's movement. This colorful reinterpretation of classic and modern art, as outrageous as it is visibly arresting, is a much-needed corrective to traditional art history, and an unabashed ... see all copies from £8.22! new only from £10.53! \| first editions
16 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
17 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 £5.15! new only from £6.85!
18 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 £1.24! new only from £7.42! \| first editions
19 view cover	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women more books like this by S Faludi add to wishlist A New York Times bestseller for more than four months, Backlash is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Susan Faludi's eye-opening, meticulously documented account of the growing and effective anti-feminist backlash in America during the last 10 years. "A bracing look at the counter-assault in our society on women's progress over the last decade".--The ... see all copies from £4.95! new only from £4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment more books like this by Patricia Hill Collins add to wishlist In Black Feminist Thought , Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She not only provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde, but she shows the importance ... see all copies from £1.55! new only from £7.42! \| first editions
21 view cover	The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America more books like this by Professor Ruth Rosen add to wishlist In this narrative, Rosen chronicles the history of the American women's movement from its beginnings in the 1960s to the present. Interweaving the personal with the political, she vividly evokes the events and people who participated in the era's most far-reaching social evolution. photos. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.50! \| first editions
22 view cover	Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity more books like this by Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Chandra Talpademohanty add to wishlist Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "Feminism without Borders" addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. Forging vital links between daily life and collective action and between theory and pedagogy, Mohanty has been at the vanguard of ... see all copies from £10.55! new only from £11.27! \| first editions
23 view cover	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 £7.66! \| first editions
24 view cover	Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters more books like this by Jessica Valenti add to wishlist Feminism isn't dead. It just isn't very cool anymore. Enter Full Frontal Feminism, a book that embodies the forward-looking messages that author Jessica Valenti propagates on her popular website, Feministing. com. Covering a range of topics, including pop culture, health, reproductive rights, violence, education, relationships, and more, ... see all copies from £7.67! new only from £7.67!
25 view cover	Feminist Theory: A Reader more books like this by Wendy K Kolmar, Frances Bartkowski add to wishlist This comprehensive reader represents the history, intellectual breadth, and diversity of feminist theory. An historical framework organizes a great wealth of selections, 103 in all, with an entirely new concluding Part VII that covers 1995-2002. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £32.19!

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