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| ASIAN WOMEN : Interconnections [Tineka Hellwig & Sunera Thobani (eds)] This collection places Asian woman centre stage and challenges a dichotomised view of Asia and the ‘west’ or ‘north’. It offers an understanding of Asian women in their networks of connections through the work of feminist scholars discussing Asian women in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia. The editors have introduced each section in a way that enables the understanding of the intersections and theoretical linkages between women from varied Asian backgrounds. This is an important contribution to interdisciplinary scholarship and to comparative Asian feminist thought. { 279pp, 155x230mm, March 2006; PB, £19.99, 0889614571:9780889614574 , Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) } |
| CULTURE, POWER & AGENCY : Gender in Indian Ethnography [Lina Fruzzetti & Sirpa Tenhunen (eds)] Bridging theoretical discussions with fieldwork, these contributions consider social change in various gendered sites: orphan girls, middle class and working class housewives, Dalit Vankars, control of fertility, divorce and domestic violence. Offering ethnographic description and analysis, these articles suggest new ways in which women challenge predominant ideologies. Tellingly, the case studies suggest there is no sharp demarcation between culture as the weapon of domination and as the weapon of the weak. { 231pp, 140x220mm, February 2006; HB, £28.00, 8185604819:9788185604817 , Stree } |
| FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY & SCIENCE FICTION : Utopias & Dystopias [Judith A Little (ed)] This accessible and provocative collection of science fiction acquaints readers with cutting-edge gender controversies in moral and political philosophy. By imagining future worlds that defy our most basic assumptions about sex and gender, freedom and equality, and ethical values, the anthology’s authors not only challenge traditional standards of morality and justice, but create bold experiments for testing feminist hypotheses. Selections are grouped under four main themes. Part 1, "Human Nature and Reality", concentrates on whether there is an intrinsic difference between males and females. Here the authors inspect opposing views on five related questions: What does it mean to be human? What are women and men really like? How significant is the reproductive difference? How do we define the concepts of 'woman' and 'nature'? Why is language important? Part 2, "Dystopias: The Worst of All Possible Worlds", first portrays misogynistic societies uncomfortably familiar to the early 21st-century reader. Chilling stories of future possibilities follow, including worlds where women and men separate into armies to fight a literal war of the sexes. Part 3, "Separatist Utopias: Worlds of Difference", assembles stories that scrutinise both the virtues and vices of separatism, in order to address the questions Why should women want to separate from men? and What would and should these all-female worlds be like? In Part 4, "Androgynous Utopias: Worlds of Equality", the authors create intriguing worlds that anticipate the consequences, good and bad, of perfect sexual equality in education, intelligence, capability, and reproduction. With selections from such noted writers as Margaret Atwood, Octavia Butler, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Karen Joy Fowler, Ursula K Le Guin, James Tiptree Jr, and many others, plus chapter introductions, discussion questions, and recommended reading list, this stimulating collection offers fresh insights on troubling issues by weaving controversial utopian and dystopian designs from the separate threads of opposing positions. { 411pp, 150x230mm, August 2007; PB, £16.99, 1591024145:9781591024149 , Prometheus Books } |
| FLUID BONDS : Views on Gender & Water [Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt (ed)] Gender intersects with other factors such as race, ethnicity, economic, social and political aspects and geographical locations. Divided into four parts this book considers global discourses on water; water culture and the economy; water, time and place; and water, women and agency. It highlights the achievements and failures, in both developed countries and developing countries, and urges the mainstreaming of gender in the water sector, particularly in decision making in both North and South. The book will be of immediate interest to academics, development planners, administrators, educators, activists and water scientists. { 464pp, 140x220mm, February 2006; HB, £40.00, 8185604703:9788185604701 , Stree } |
| FOCUS ON GENDER IDENTITY [Janice W Lee (ed)] Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This new book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject. { 185pp, 180x260mm, June 2005; HB, £86.99, 1594542120:9781594542121 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| GENDER RELATIONS IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE : Essential Readings [Nancy Cook (ed)] This book is truly multidisciplinary. It is partially drawn from the work of sociologists, but articles written by gender scholars from the disciplines of Cultural studies, history, political science, geography, and literary theory, are also included. The readings examine historically persistent, cross-culturally relevant, and empirically grounded concerns such as men's position in the family and women's relationship to work, media and the global economy, as well as the gendered problems of violence, sexuality and reproduction, and racism. { 378pp, 180x260mm, May 2007; PB, £27.99, 1551303280:9781551303284 , Canadian Scholars' Press } |
| GENDER ROLES [Janice W Lee (ed)] Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This new book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject. { 161pp, 180x260mm, May 2005; HB, £76.99, 1594542139:9781594542138 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| HOME/BODIES : Geographies of Self, Place, & Space [Wendy Schissel (ed)] This collection of essays brings together a diverse range of voices that speak to the issues of home, gender, & identity. The essays include information on the ideologies of the human body in the West, the challenges women face in securing the material needs to create healthy homes & bodies, & environments where feminist practices have made a difference. { 206pp, 155x230mm, November 2005; PB, £20.99, 1552381846:9781552381847 , University of Calgary Press } |
| IS FASHION A WOMAN'S RIGHT? [Carolyn Beckingham] This book addresses the evidence for the widespread belief that enjoyment of fashion is necessarily inconsistent with feminist values, from a feminist (as opposed to a post-feminist) point of view. It begins by establishing that many feminists in fact hold this belief and argues that disagreeing does not mean claiming that feminism was unnecessary or that it is now rendered redundant by changing social mores. The author describes the historical background as applied to both men’s and women’s clothing in various cultures, including close reading of the function of clothes in the novels of the Bronte sisters, Thackeray and Dickens, through to the use of fashion as a call to arms for the early feminists, as well as later theorists like Susan Sontag and Naomi Wolf. Issues of personal freedom and political correctness, the claims that fashion makes women sex objects for men, and the charge that the subject is too trivial to merit serious discussion, are all challenged. Allegations of links between fashion and pornography are explored, and the disagreements between feminists on this topic set out. Finally, the issue of dressing for special occasions and whether this practice has a place in the modern world is addressed with candour. Is Fashion a Woman’s Right? re-establishes the relationship between fashion and feminist values. { 224pp, 152x229mm, May 2005; HB, £32.50, 1845190777:9781845190774 , Sussex Academic Press } |
| KILLING WOMEN : The Visual Culture of Gender & Violence [Annette Burfoot & Susan Lord (eds)] The essays in "Killing Women" find important connections in the ways that women are portrayed in relation to violence, whether they are murder victims or killers. The book’s extensive cultural contexts acknowledge and engage with contemporary theories and practices of identity politics and debates about the ethics and politics of representation itself. Does representation produce or reproduce the conditions of violence? Is representation itself a form of violence? The book adds significant new dimensions to the characterisation of gender and violence by discussing nationalism and war, feminist media, and the depiction of violence throughout society. { 328pp, 155x230mm, December 2006; PB, £22.99, 0889204977:9780889204973 , Wilfrid Laurier University Press } |
| LILY LEWIS : Sketches of a Canadian Journalist -- A Biocritical Study [Peggy Martin] Puts into context the uniquely feminine aspects of this writer's life, outlining the prevalence of social concerns & domestic themes, but also the more typically masculine domain of European art & culture, prompting a serious re-evaluation of Canadian feminist expression in the nineteenth century. { 284pp, 125x190mm, November 2005; PB, £14.99, 1552381900:9781552381908 , University of Calgary Press } |
| PSYCHOLOGY OF GENDER IDENTITY [Janice W Lee (ed)] Gender encompasses biological sex but extends beyond it to the socially prescribed roles deemed appropriate for each sex by the culture in which we live. The gender roles we each carry out are highly individualistic, built on our biological and physical traits, appearance and personality, life experiences such as childhood, career and education, and history of sexual and romantic interactions. Each element influences perceptions and expectations. Gender-related experiences influence and shape the ways we think about others and ourselves including self-image, behaviour, mood, social advancement and coping strategies. This new book brings together leading international research devoted to this subject. { 178pp, 180x260mm, June 2005; HB, £83.50, 1594542147:9781594542145 , Nova Science Publishers } |
| RESTLESS MOTHERS & TURBULENT DAUGHTERS : Situating Tribes in Gender Studies [Shashank S Sinha] How is gender ideology reproduced in tribal society? Can gender constructions be instrumental n perpetuating women's subjugation and exploitation? Using the perspectives and tools of gender studies, the author offers a pioneering study of social change. Sinha investigates tradition to show how these can influence and structure the construction and reproduction of gender identities. He discusses how women were cultivators, vendors and also paid labourers. Later they played a significant role in the tribal uprisings against colonial uprisings. Facing three systems of discrimination: patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism, all reinforcing, and on occasions, working in tandem with each other, women negotiated, sometimes visibly, sometimes invisibly. { 249pp, 140x220mm, September 2005; HB, £28.00, 8185604738:9788185604732 , Stree } |
| SEX CHANGE, SOCIAL CHANGE : Reflections on Identity, Institutions, & Imperialism [Vivane Namaste] This book provides readers with an introduction to contemporary transsexual politics in Canadian and Québécois contexts. Through different case studies relating to the law, human rights, health care, and prostitution, Dr Namaste exposes readers to the complexity of the issues involved in thinking about transsexual politics in relation to feminism. Written in accessible language, and using a variety of forms, including interviews, essays, political speeches, the book will appeal to academics, activists in the community, and the general reader. { 136pp, 155x230mm, August 2005; PB, £12.99, 0889614520:9780889614529 , Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press) } |
| SEXUALITY DOWN UNDER : Social & Historical Perspectives [Allison Kirkman & Pat Moloney (eds)] Sexuality permeates most aspects of everyday life. As it is both a hot topic and a taboo subject at the same time, its study is important and controversial. Essays in this book give many insights into issues surrounding sexuality in art, in advertising, in prostitution, in homosexual law reform and in relation to teenage motherhood, rape, medical practice, and male sexual 'disfunction'. As well, there are essays on how the West responded to indigenous Pacific peoples, and New Zealand's 'satanism scare' of the 1990s. CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Brickell, Barbara Collins, Rob Cover, Caroline Daley, Jenny Harper, Michael Hill, Jan Jordan, Allison Kirkman, Pat Moloney, Libby Plumridge, Cameron Pritchard, Tiina Varies. { 301pp, 155x230mm, March 2006; PB, £16.99, 1877372102:9781877372100 , University of Otago Press } |
| THIS WILD SPIRIT : Women in the Rocky Mountains of Canada [Colleen Skidmore (ed)] In 1912, Mary Vaux, a botanist, glaciologist, painter, and photographer, wrote about her mountain adventures: "A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day in camp to get things in order for the morrow's conquests? Some how when once this wild spirit enters the blood... I can hardly wait to be off again.". Vaux's compulsion was shared by many women whose intellects, imaginations, and spirits rose to the challenge of the mountains between the late-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. This Wild Spirit explores a sampling of women's creative responses -- in fiction and travel writing, photographs and paintings, embroidery and beadwork, letters and diaries, poetry and posters -- to their experiences in the Rocky Mountains of Canada. { 475pp, 155x230mm, April 2006; PB, £20.99, 0888644663:9780888644664 , University of Alberta Press } |
| UNSETTLED PASTS : Reconceiving the West Through Women's History [Sarah Carter et al (eds)] This collection stems from a recent conference at University of Calgary that included some of the most established names in the field of women's history in the US & Canada, as well as younger scholars, activists in the Aboriginal community & in farm women's organisations, volunteers in historical societies working to preserve women's voices, family & genealogical researchers, film-makers, a poet, a playwright & many others. Designed to generate writing & research about the West through women's eyes, the central goal of the conference was to spark dialogue across boundaries, whether geographic, cultural or disciplinary. The volume is divided into two parts: the first section discusses the role of women in history as community builders & cultural preservationists, & the second section is concerned with gender history in numerous disciplines such as history, education, nursing & communication studies. This collection highlights the extent to which Western & women's history remains a contested or unsettled terrain & argues that the greatest strength of historical analyses that take sex & gender into account is their ability to complicate & consequently transcend regional myths & frontier legacies that emerged out of imperial & masculine priorities & perspectives. { 420pp, 155x230mm, October 2005; PB, £26.50, 1552381773:9781552381779 , University of Calgary Press } |
| VOICE OF HER OWN [Thelma Poirer, Doris Bircham, Jo Ann Jones-Hole, Patricia Slade & Susan Vogelaar (eds)] The voices of these women, though truly diverse, represent a deep commitment to the land, to their families & communities, & most importantly to the ranching way of life. Women have worked on farms & ranches in western Canada unheralded for generations, & yet their contributions have received scant attention. In this ground-breaking anthology, over fifty ranch women share first-hand their lives & experiences. The book is arranged geographically & spans three generations of ranching women, giving readers of all ages a unique glimpse of these unsung heroes. { 489pp, 125x190mm, November 2005; PB, £20.99, 1552381803:9781552381809 , University of Calgary Press } |
| WE, TOO, MUST LOVE [Ann Aldrich] As soon as it was published in 1955, 'We Walk Alone' inspired hundreds of lesbians and heterosexuals to write letters to Ann Aldrich. Certain they had touched a nerve (and found a market), Gold Medal Books asked the young writer to respond with a sequel in 1958 giving more detail about lesbians and the lesbian communities in New York City and its environs. 'We, Too, Must Love' probes more deeply than the first book into questions of class, notably by exploring the different jobs, many undercover, which lesbians had and by delineating more subtly the diversity among lesbians. Equally important, this volume contains hints of a consciousness that would flower in the movements of the 60s and 70s. A representative sampling of the actual letters sent to Ann Aldrich make up a concluding chapter. { 186pp, 140x215mm, November 2006; PB, £9.99, 155861527X:9781558615274 , Feminist Press } |
| WOMEN IN CONCERT : An Anthology of Bengali: Muslim Women's Writings, 1904-1938 [Shaheen Akhtar & Moushumi Bhowmik] Translated from the original anthology in Bengali by Stree. Throwing light on the work and lives of unknown or forgotten Muslim women writers of pre-Independence Bengal, when the state was not yet partitioned between India and East Pakistan (today's Bangladesh), in 1947, this anthology is like a rediscovery of their lives. First published in Bengali as Zenana Mehfil: Bangali Musalman Lekhikader Nirbachita Rachana, 1904-38, it compiles, for the first time, eleven Bengali Muslim women's writings: essays, short stories, poetry, a novel and some correspondence, each introduced and discussed separately. This anthology also gives a glimpse of their lives that were not always confined within the household. The writers include Akhtar Mahal, Sayyada Khatun and M. Fatema Khanum, and other much more familiar names like Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and Shamsundar Mahmud. Among the immensely valuable interviews are those of Mohammed Nasiruddin, who devoted his life to the cause of Bengali Muslim women's emancipation, his daughter Nurjehan Begum, the poet Sufia Kamal, the writer Hameeda Khanam and Syed Mustafa Siraj, the celebrated Bengali novelist who witnessed the social changes that were to alter the Bengali Muslim world. { 400pp, 140x215mm, August 2008; HB, £32.00, 8185604576:9788185604572 , Stree } |
| WOMEN WORKERS & GLOBALIZATION : Emergent Contradictions in India [Indrani Mazumdar] Investigating the impact of globalisation on women workers, the author demystifies the phenomenon of globalisation, offering an overview of its prime drivers, processes and forces. Four sectoral studies of women workers are provided: two on factory women in garment exports and electronics; the third on home-based workers in a range of manufacturing processes and industries and the fourth on middle class women working in Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES). Offering an analysis of the effects of the changed policy paradigms on women workers, of global sectoral trends and their ramifications, and cutting through the hype on India's growth statistics, the author makes a valuable contribution to the reality of women's work in conditions of increasing insecurity. { 349pp, 140x220mm, May 2007; HB, £30.00, 8185604843:9788185604848 , Stree } |
| WOMEN, WELFARE & LOCAL POLITICS, 1880-1920 : 'We might be trusted' [Steven King] Held back by the property qualifications needed to vote and stand as candidates in a range of local elections, female activists and feminists nonetheless formed local pressure groups to make their voices heard. When the property qualification was removed in the 1890s, they staked their claim to a formal engagement in public life, and by the early 20th century there were over 1000 female poor law Guardians. This book offers a reappraisal of the role of women in the politics and practice of welfare in late Victorian and early Edwardian England. Focusing on the Lancashire mill town of Bolton, it traces the emergence of a core of female social and political activists from the 1860s and analyses their achievements as they rose from the humble origins of a workhouse visiting committee to become pivotal players in the formulation and implementation of local welfare policy after 1894. Using a unique working diary written by the activist and female poor law Guardian Mary Haslam, the book portrays these Bolton women as sophisticated political operators. The author challenges established notions that women involved in local welfare administration were resented and achieved little, showing their importance in the process by which Bolton Poor Law Union moved from being one of the most backward and obstructive to one of the most progressive and dynamic in the country, adopting best practice from Britain and overseas and revolutionising the material and psychological fabric of the poor law. REVIEW: "...an interesting local and biographical study..." -- Pat Thane, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, in The English Historical Review, CXXIII, no 501, April 2008. { 364pp, 152x229mm, January 2006; HB, £55.00, 1845190874:9781845190873 , Sussex Academic Press } |