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BAND OF SISTERS
: American Women at War in Iraq
[Kirsten Holmstedt; Foreword by Major L Tammy Duckworth]
In Iraq, the front line is everywhere... and everywhere in Iraq, women in the US military fight. More than 155,000 of them have served in Iraq since 2003 -- 4 times the number of women sent to Desert Storm in 1991 -- and more than 430 have been wounded and over 70 killed, almost twice the number of US military women killed in action in Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm combined. But should women be in combat? Do they have what it takes to be warriors? Compelling questions once... but empty questions now, because more than ever, American women are in combat, and they are warriors. The real question is: What is their experience of war? We haven't heard their stories -- until now.
REVIEW: "...12 stories that, though often questioning the rationale for war, leave no doubt about the value of women’s contributionand the rightness of their participation in a military effort." -- Publisher's Weekly, August 20th, 2007. "The end result is a compendium of stories as different as the women who experienced them and I consider this a must read book." -- Sheryl Young, Area 3 Director, Women Marine Association (WMA).
{
327pp,
155x230mm,
August 2007;
HB,
£16.99,
0811702677:9780811702676
, Stackpole Books
} |
 |
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
: Her Father's House & Other Stories of Sicily
[Maria Messina]
With an ear for dialogue that may be compared to Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, and Ernest Hemingway, Sicilian writer Maria Messina presents the captivating and brutal realities of women living in early-twentieth-century Italy in this first collection of her work available in English. "Behind Closed Doors" portrays the habits and gestures, the words spoken and those left unsaid, of individuals caught between the traditions they respect and a desire to ease the social restrictions in their lives. Messina's stories reveal a world in which women are shuttered in their houses, virtual servants to their families, and working men immigrate to the United States in fortune-seeking droves. It is also a world of unstated privileges in which habits and implied commands perpetuate women's servitude. A cultural album that captures the lives of peasant, working-class, and middle-class women, this volume will appeal to millions of Italian descendants and readers everywhere fascinated by Italian history.
{
196pp,
135x185mm,
April 2007;
HB,
£13.50,
1558615539:9781558615533
, Feminist Press
} |
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BITTER SWEET
: Indigenous Women in the Pacific
[Alison Jones et al (eds)]
A collection of writing by 10 indigenous Pacific women. Essay topics include images of Maori women on New Zealand postcards, the interests and cultural identity of Maori women, education in Western Samoa, young Samoan women and sexuality, gender and work in Fiji, deconstructing the 'exotic' female beauty, representation in films, and poetry.
{
160pp,
150x230mm,
January 2000;
PB,
£15.99,
1877133876:9781877133879
, University of Otago Press
} |
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CHANGE OF PLANS
: Women's Stories of Hemorrhagic Stroke
[Sharon Dale Stone]
This is a collection of eleven narratives by women who have experienced haemorrhagic strokes. The author herself experienced a stroke as a young girl. As she recovered and grew into adulthood, she thought deeply about the silence that has surrounded her experience and the psychic trauma she wasn't allowed to talk about. She also wondered about other women who had suffered strokes. Those who share their voices in this collection do so openly and movingly, telling about their experiences, recoveries and how the strokes helped shape their lives.
{
248pp,
155x230mm,
May 2007;
PB,
£15.99,
1894549651:9781894549653
, Sumach Press
} |
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COMMUNITIES OF WOMEN
: Historical Perspectives
[Barbara Brookes & Dorothy Page (eds)]
Scholars in various branches of the humanities convened in July 2000, presumably at the University of Otago, to celebrate the work of New Zealand historian Page, and there presented early drafts of the eleven essays presented here. Among their topics are the communities of 13th- century holy woman Ida of Nivelles, ladies' benevolence in the New Zealand setting, and women factory inspectors in Britain from 1893 to 1921.
{
229pp,
155x230mm,
January 2001;
PB,
£15.99,
1877276316:9781877276316
, University of Otago Press
} |
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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
} |
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D IS FOR DARING
: The Women Behind the Films of Studio D
[Gail Vanstone]
"D is for Daring" is the first published history of Canada's one and only feminist filmmaking studio. From its founding in 1974 to its closing in 1996, Studio D produced over 150 documentaries and won over 100 international awards, including three Academy Awards. It was one of the most accomplished units of the National Film Board, despite being given limited funding and starting up its operations in nothing more than a janitor's storeroom. Under the guidance of its three executive producers -- Kathleen Shannon, Rina Fraticelli and Ginny Stikeman -- and with the talents of in-house and freelance feminist filmmakers, writers and directors, Studio D created filmmaking opportunities for women in a field traditionally dominated by men, and brought to the public's attention the concerns and issues emerging from the Canadian women's movement. Its documentaries tackled hotly debated issues that ranged from sexuality and pornography to women's work and feminist identity to nuclear war and environmental destruction. Two of its most popular films, "Not a Love Story" and "If You Love This Planet", unleashed international debates at the time of their release and continue to attract critical attention today. Through personal interviews and drawing on the Studio's archival records, Vanstone introduces us to the key players behind the Studio, the reasons they chose to make the films they did, the challenges they faced working within a government institution and the many accomplishments they celebrated. "D is for Daring" is a welcome tribute to a feminist organisation whose documentaries recorded the unfolding of an exciting period of the Canadian women's movement.
{
262pp,
155x230mm,
September 2007;
PB,
£17.50,
1894549678:9781894549677
, Sumach Press
} |
 |
DEFIANT BIRTH
: Women Who Resist Medical Eugenics
[Melinda Tankard Reist]
This book tells the personal stories of women who have resisted medical eugenics -- women who were told they shouldn't have babies because of perceived disability in themselves or shouldn't have babies because of some imperfection in the child. They have confronted the stigma of disability and in the face of silent disapproval and even open hostility, had their babies anyway, in the belief that all life is valuable and that some are not more worthy of it than others. This is a book about women who have dared challenge the utilitarian medical model/mindset. Disparaged and treated as pariahs for departing from accepted medical wisdom they have chosen non compliance with medical/social prejudice and defiantly said yes to their babies, and no to the cult of bodily perfection. This is a controversial book that looks critically at the way in which medical eugenics is being used as a contemporary form of social engineering. Melinda Tankard Reist has written a strongly argued and trenchant introduction setting out the issues, among them the idea that having children is about "quality control and the paradigm of perfection." Defiant Birth explores what is means to have "less-than-perfect pregnancies" and "genetically different babies." People with disabilities have been raising these issues for many years, but on the whole they remain silent and marginalised in the media. Among the issues raised are: how accurate are screening procedures? What is a worthwhile life? Who should decide which life is worth living?
{
200pp,
140x215mm,
January 2006;
PB,
£12.95,
1876756594:9781876756598
, Spinifex Press
} |
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DEFIANT MUSE
: Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present
[Nguyen thi Minh Ha, Nguyen thi Thanh B́nh & Lady Borton (eds)]
The only bilingual anthology of Vietnamese women's poetry available anywhere. This unique collection offers over one hundred poems from over one hundred poets in the only bilingual anthology of Vietnamese women's poetry available anywhere in the world. From the deeply personal to the dramatically political, "The Defiant Muse" gives a remarkable insight into the lives of women whose voices have long been consigned to history's margins. As diverse as Vietnam itself, this anthology ranges from the earliest oral poetry and the first written Buddhist spirituals to the angry poems of rebellious youth in Vietnam today. Native Vietnamese speakers and scholars carefully compiled, translated, and edited the texts to maintain the delicate authenticity of each work. Far-reaching in scope, this volume includes groundbreaking new Vietnamese translations of several ancient poems, a number of works from such canonic Vietnamese poets as Ho Xuân Huong, Anh Tho, and Xuân Quynh, as well as poems from contemporary writers from the Diaspora. Whether it is the legendary uprising of the Trung sisters against Chinese rule or the quiet cultivation of silkworms, this volume captures a staggering wealth of women's experiences. These extraordinary texts speak to exceptional moments in everyday realities of women in love and war, in the fields and cities, in their homeland and far abroad.
{
286pp,
155x235mm,
August 2007;
PB,
£11.99,
1558615490:9781558615496
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
DEFIANT MUSE
: Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present
[Nguyen thi Minh Ha, Nguyen thi Thanh B́nh & Lady Borton (eds)]
The only bilingual anthology of Vietnamese women's poetry available anywhere. This unique collection offers over one hundred poems from over one hundred poets in the only bilingual anthology of Vietnamese women's poetry available anywhere in the world. From the deeply personal to the dramatically political, "The Defiant Muse" gives a remarkable insight into the lives of women whose voices have long been consigned to history's margins. As diverse as Vietnam itself, this anthology ranges from the earliest oral poetry and the first written Buddhist spirituals to the angry poems of rebellious youth in Vietnam today. Native Vietnamese speakers and scholars carefully compiled, translated, and edited the texts to maintain the delicate authenticity of each work. Far-reaching in scope, this volume includes groundbreaking new Vietnamese translations of several ancient poems, a number of works from such canonic Vietnamese poets as Ho Xuân Huong, Anh Tho, and Xuân Quynh, as well as poems from contemporary writers from the Diaspora. Whether it is the legendary uprising of the Trung sisters against Chinese rule or the quiet cultivation of silkworms, this volume captures a staggering wealth of women's experiences. These extraordinary texts speak to exceptional moments in everyday realities of women in love and war, in the fields and cities, in their homeland and far abroad.
{
286pp,
155x235mm,
August 2007;
HB,
£23.50,
1558615504:9781558615502
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
FOLDING BACK THE SHADOWS
: A Perspective on Women's Mental Health
[Sarah Romans (ed)]
The first book of its kind this work brings together current writings on women's mental health in New Zealand by a broad spectrum of people, from researchers, mental health professionals, to women with mental illness. The book covers issues such as, self esteem, eating disorders, violence against women, substance abuse, psychotropic medication, resilience and coping, and gender difference in mental disorder. The chapters are ordered in three sections: general issues, psycho-social determinants of mental health, and clinical issues.
{
280pp,
155x230mm,
January 1998;
PB,
£15.99,
1877133493:9781877133497
, University of Otago Press
} |
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FROM EVE TO DAWN
: A History of Women - Volume 1: Origins From Prehistory to the First Millennium
[Marilyn French; Foreword by Margaret Atwood]
Readable reference guide to the beginnings of women's history, from the best selling author, Marilyn French. Working over two decades with a team of researchers and historians, international best selling author Marilyn French synthesises women's history from our pre-historical roots through the rise of states across the globe to the onset of state-backed religions in this first of four readable volumes.
REVIEW: "...draws on a vast body of research and help from consultants in all sorts of fields, to open out areas that are rarely accessible... Above all, she recalls the depth and breadth of the war that has been waged on women down the centuries, the restrictions placed in so many times and so many places on their sexuality, their education, their freedom to travel, their voices" -- The Guardian. "As a reference work it's invaluable: the bibliographies alone are worth the price. And as a warning about the appalling extremes of human behavior and male weirdness, it's indispensable." -- Margaret Atwood, The Times (London). "Nowhere have I ever seen assembled such a quantity and diversity of material about women. Nowhere have I seen such material forged into a consistently readable, entertaining whole, unashamedly slanted in its sympathies towards women and definitely designed to instruct women of this and future generations." -- Clara Thomas, Books in Canada.
{
352pp,
155x230mm,
April 2008;
PB,
£11.99,
1558615652:9781558615656
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
FROM EVE TO DAWN
: A History of Women - Volume 2: The Masculine Mystique From Feudalism to the French Revolution
[Marilyn French; Foreword by Margaret Atwood]
Women's history: spanning from Europe to Japan, from the fifth century to the eighteenth. Analysing feudalism in Europe and Japan and European expropriation of lands and peoples across the globe, Marilyn French poses a provocative question: how and why did women, with no power or independence, nourish and preserve the family unit and their own culture?
REVIEW: "...draws on a vast body of research and help from consultants in all sorts of fields, to open out areas that are rarely accessible... Above all, she recalls the depth and breadth of the war that has been waged on women down the centuries, the restrictions placed in so many times and so many places on their sexuality, their education, their freedom to travel, their voices" -- The Guardian. "As a reference work it's invaluable: the bibliographies alone are worth the price. And as a warning about the appalling extremes of human behavior and male weirdness, it's indispensable." -- Margaret Atwood, The Times (London). "Nowhere have I ever seen assembled such a quantity and diversity of material about women. Nowhere have I seen such material forged into a consistently readable, entertaining whole, unashamedly slanted in its sympathies towards women and definitely designed to instruct women of this and future generations." -- Clara Thomas, Books in Canada.
{
477pp,
155x230mm,
April 2008;
PB,
£13.50,
1558615679:9781558615670
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
GENDER & CULTURE IN THE 1950S
[Deborah L Nelson (ed)]
In the mainstream American imagination, the 1950s were an era of conformity when women strove to be perfect middle-class suburban housewives a la June Cleaver. But in reality, the 1950s were the decade of The Kinsey Report and The Bell Jar, of Cold War Communists and civil rights activism, and change for women. In this engaging collection, cultural commentators explore the 1950s from the centre to the margins -- from Norman Mailer to Peyton Place, from suburban porn to Patricia Highsmith, and from Soviet women to lesbians in post-Nazi Berlin. Fascinating reviews and interviews include Alicia Ostriker on Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Diane Wood Middlebrook on Willem De Kooning, and Ivy Meeropol on her documentary about her grandparents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
{
403pp,
155x230mm,
December 2005;
PB,
£14.99,
1558615121:9781558615120
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
GETAWAY GUIDE TO NAMIBIA
: On & Off the Road
[Mike Copeland]
Where to go, what to see, where to stay, eat, fill up with fuel. What places of interest not to miss, historical info of interest, great routes to travel on, maps and GPS co-ordinates supplied. Features: Contact details and travel tips; Activities -- walking, game viewing, climbing, mountain biking; How to plan your trip -- everything you need to know; A great, practical and inspiring travel companion.
{
207pp,
145x210mm,
June 2007;
PB,
£14.99,
1919938516:9781919938516
, Sunbird Publishing
} |
 |
HELEN FOSTER SNOW
: An American Woman in Revolutionary China
[Kelly Ann Long]
Helen Foster Snow: An American Woman in Revolutionary China tells the story of a remarkable woman born in rural Utah in 1907, who lived in China during the 1930’s and became an important author, a lifelong humanitarian, and a bridge-builder between the United States and China. As Kelly Ann Long recounts in this engaging biography, Helen Foster Snow immersed herself in the social and political currents of a nation in turmoil. After marrying renowned journalist Edgar Snow, she developed her own writing talents and offered an important perspective on emerging events in China as that nation was wracked by Japanese invasion, the outbreak of World War II, and a continuing civil war. She supported the December Ninth Movement of 1935, broke boundaries to enter communist Yenan in 1937, and helped initiate the "gung ho" Chinese Industrial Co-operative movement. Helen Foster Snow wrote about the people and events in China’s remote communist territories during an important era. She relayed detailed portraits of female communist leaders and famous figures such as Mao Zedong and Zhu De, as well as common people struggling to survive in a period of increasing turmoil. Her informed, compassionate depictions built a bridge linking American interest to the welfare of the Chinese. Long’s account recovers the story of a controversial and important commentator on a critical period in U.S.-China relations and in Chinese history.
{
238pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
HB,
£23.50,
0870818473:9780870818479
, University Press of Colorado
} |
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HER STORY, OUR STORY & ON THE SWING
: Short Stories & a Novella
[Vibhavari Shirurkar; Translated by Yashodhara Maitra]
Written in the 1930s, the stories and novella take a remorselessly radical stance against society's hypocritical mores, with women across classes fighting to live as they choose. Her frank social critique incited violent reactions in an intensely conservative society that burnt effigies of the author.
{
130pp,
140x225mm,
November 2007;
PB,
£12.00,
8185604940:9788185604947
, Stree
} |
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HERE & SOMEWHERE ELSE
: Stories & Poems
[Grace Paley & Robert Nichols]
Husband and wife, parents and grandparents, Grace Paley and Robert Nichols are also two writers and activists who constantly engage the world. This collection, juxtaposing stories and poems by each of them, yields revealing comparisons while validating the truth that artists can write politically in many different ways. 'Here and Somewhere Else' is redolent with implications about the settings and themes in the collection. The stories are rooted in New York City and rural Vermont, yet the world outside constantly intrudes with its problems, its demands, its crises. Includes previously uncollected or unpublished fiction by each author.
{
147pp,
125x180mm,
March 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
1558615377:9781558615373
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY
: Chinese Women, Past, Present, & Future
[Tao Jie et al (eds)]
These 21 dynamic articles by Chinese women scholars explore the limitations on women's lives in premodern China, detail their involvement in the great political movements of the 20th century and examine how new laws have improved women's status, yet have left them open to exploitation as China enters the global economy. With statistics and reports otherwise unavailable, they give a refreshing outlook on China's women that is breathtaking both for the problems it confronts and for the spirit of struggle it embodies.
{
316pp,
155x230mm,
April 2004;
PB,
£17.99,
1558614656:9781558614659
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
HORSEDREAMS
: The Meaning of Horses in Women's Lives
[Jan Fook, Susan Hawthorne & Renate Klein (eds)]
Horses inhabit our dreams, carrying us to safety or on wild adventures. Some of our dream horses fly, others have magical powers. Whatever our dreams of horses might be, they inhabit a universe of freedom and power. They also involve a lot of work, care and sacrifice. Horses and riders achieve great heights, some in jumping, some in dressage, some on endurance rides. This anthology explores the meaning of horses -- and some donkeys -- in the lives of women from many places. They walk, trot, canter, gallop and fly. And some refuse to budge. Horses inspire boldness and trust and provide us with the means to be transported into other realms, to fulfil our girldreams, our horsedreams.
{
248pp,
210x210mm,
September 2004;
PB,
£14.95,
1876756470:9781876756475
, Spinifex Press
} |
 |
IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP
: A Novel
[Marilyn French]
Marilyn French's seven million copy best seller 'The Women's Room' crystallised the issues that ignited the women's movement. Now the acclaimed author updates that classic with a new exploration of the truths and realities behind women's lives. 'In the Name of Friendship' illuminates how the women's movement changed the lives of women as well as men. Set in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts, this wise novel is a group portrait of four disparate women who forge life-altering friendships despite personalities that vary as greatly as their vocations and ages. The novel weaves together a series of family crises with the friendships that help the four women refashion their lives.
{
408pp,
155x230mm,
May 2006;
HB,
£16.99,
1558615210:9781558615212
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
JOURNEY OF THE MAIDEN
: A Deck of 54 Cards Created to Empower & Inspire Young Women Everywhere
Welcome to "Journey of the Maiden". May these images and words bring you guidance and insight helping you to walk the path of self-discovery. In today's world, young women face many challenges. We believe that each of you have the ability to define yourselves in new and wonderful ways. May your journey be one of beauty and growth, empowering you to believe in your own unique light.
{
54pp,
95x135mm,
January 2007;
PC,
£14.99,
0976200813:9780976200819
, Wise Women Ink
} |
 |
JOURNEYS TO FREEDOM
: Dalit Narratives
[Fernando Franco, Jyotsna Macwan & Suguna Ramanathan]
Offering 56 interviews with dalits of Gujarat from a variety of geographical areas, of varying backgrounds, education, gender and identity, this is a path-breaking book that presents voices from below. Dalits in Gujarat face a society that has not experienced any social movements that challenged its traditional social arrangements in comparison with other states in India. Adding further stress are globalisation and the growing strength of Hindutva -- right wing Hindu politics. Even so these interviews reveal that dalits have undertaken journeys to self-respect. The subaltern has indeed spoken freely here.
{
400pp,
155x230mm,
March 2004;
HB,
£32.00,
8185604657:9788185604657
, Stree
} |
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MAKING SEX WORK
: A Failed Experiment with Legalised Prostitution
[Mary Lucille Sullivan]
Can a prostitute be raped? Are pregnancy and STIs an Occupational Health and Safety issue? What sort of society buys and sells women and children for sex? Does legalisation solve the dangers of sex work? Sex worker advocates have argued for many years that legalising prostitution is the way to make the industry safer both for workers and clients. In 1984, the State of Victoria did just that, and Western Australia is currently considering following suit. In this book, Mary Lucille Sullivan looks at the evidence of Victoria’s experience, and asks whether the concept of sex work as 'a job like any other' matches the reality. Discussing the practicalities of brothels as regular businesses, the author unearths astounding facts about both the legal and illegal sectors. Covering issues such as violence, organised crime, women’s health, and mainstream businesses’ involvement in the sex trade, "Making Sex Work" is a compelling read. This book gives an insight into the sex industry, and into a society where women and children have become just another consumer item. If you've ever thought of prostitution as simply a choice some women make, read this book and then ask yourself: Could you do this job? How would you feel if your friend, sister, or daughter chose this career?
{
413pp,
135x215mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£14.95,
1876756608:9781876756604
, Spinifex Press
} |
 |
MODEWARRE
: Home Ground
[Patricia Sykes]
Modewarre is the indigenous Wathaurong word for musk duck. Through this icon of land and water, Patricia Sykes explores various histories -- her own, her forbears, the wider histories of identity and place -- in poems that are as concentrated as pearls. three roads meeting in the one bird: modewarre (the indigenous); biziura lobata (the colonial); musk duck (the common). What is home? What is identity? These poems set out on the winding paths of memory and aspiration in search of how these questions might be answered. Their context is local and universal, their voices restless and insistent, their themes as broad or as narrowly defined as the journey demands. The only certainty is that nothing is certain: because the syllables/on the page are not/the land beneath the name. Whether inquiring into the futuristic interventions of intra-uterine surgery, all the soft and hard arguments/living outside the placenta, or into the dispossessions of terrorism, who will provide/the next welcome planet? these poems seek to confront and understand the complex meanings of belonging.
{
90pp,
128x198mm,
October 2004;
PB,
£11.95,
1876756500:9781876756505
, Spinifex Press
} |
 |
MOTHERHOOD
: Power & Oppression
[Andrea O'Reilly, Marie Porter & Patricia Short]
In feminism, the institution of mothering/motherhood has been a highly contested area in how it relates to the oppression of women. As Adrienne Rich articulated in her classic 1976 book ‘Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution’, although motherhood as an institution is a male-defined site of oppression, women's own experiences of mothering can nonetheless be a source of power. This volume examines four locations wherein motherhood is simultaneously experienced as a site of oppression and of power: embodiment, representation, practice and separation. Motherhood includes psychological, historical, sociological, literary and cultural approaches to inquiry and a wide range of disciplinary perspectives -- qualitative, quantitative, corporeal, legal, religious, fictional, mythological, dramatic and action research. This rich collection not only covers a wide range of subject matter but also illustrates ways of doing feminist research and practice.
{
300pp,
155x230mm,
September 2005;
PB,
£17.99,
0889614547:9780889614543
, Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press)
} |
 |
MRS SIMCOE'S DIARY
: Voyageur Classics
[Mary Quayle Innis (ed)]
Elizabeth Simcoe's diary, describing Canada from 1791 to 1796, is history written as it was being made. Created largely while she was seated in canoes and bateaux, the diary documents great events in a familiar way and opens our eyes to a side of Canadian history that is too little shown. During her time in Upper Canada (now Ontario), Mrs Simcoe encountered fascinating figures, such as explorer, Alexander Mackenzie, and Mohawk Chief, Joseph Brant. She took particular interest in the First Nations people, the social customs of the early settlers, and the flora and fauna of a land that contained a mere 10,000 non-Natives in 1791. The realm she observed so vividly was quite alien to a woman used to a world of ball gowns, servants, and luxury in England, but the lieutenant-governor's wife was made of stern stuff and embraced her new environment with relish, leaving us with an account instilled with excitement and delight at everything she witnessed.
{
272pp,
140x215mm,
December 2007;
PB,
£12.99,
1550027689:9781550027686
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
NAPHTALENE
: A Novel of Baghdad
[Alia Mamdouh]
Seen through the eyes of a strong-willed and perceptive young girl, 'Naphtalene' beautifully captures the atmosphere of Baghdad in the 1940s and 1950s. Through her rich and lyrical descriptions, Alia Mamdouh vividly recreates a city of public steam baths, roadside, butchers and childhood games played in the same streets where political demonstrations against British colonialism are beginning to take place. At the heart of the novel is nine-year-old Huda, a girl whose fiery, defiant nature belies Western stereotypes of Muslim femininity -- and also contrasts sharply with her own inherent powerlessness. Both childishly innocent and acutely perceptive, Huda observes and documents the complex web of relationships in her family. Her father, a bullying police officer who works as a prison guard, treats his two children with vacillating tenderness and brutality, and drives her desperately ill Syrian mother from the house after he takes a second wife. One aunt waits in vain for a man to marry her, while another engages in a sexual relationship with a woman, but is forced to hide it. Huda must struggle to form her identity amidst this world of unfulfilled women, of yearnings, frustrations, and small tragedies. Her inspiration is her grandmother, a reservoir of strength, humour, and of traditional storytelling, who manages subversively to wield great power in her family and her community. Through Mamdouh's strikingly inventive use of language, Huda's stream-of-consciousness narrative expands to take in the life not only of a young girl and her family, but of her street, her neighbourhood, and her country.
{
214pp,
155x230mm,
May 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1558614931:9781558614932
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
NO SAFE PLACE
: Violence Against Women & Children
[Connie Guberman]
Women and children live in the shadow of violence all the time. Rape, child abuse and sexual assault, pornography, wife battery and sexual harassment are facts of everyday life in our society. In "No Safe Place", all of these issues are explored for the first time in a single resource. Original articles present data together with incisive analyses and discussion of possible solutions. Women writers expose a frightening picture of violence against women and children -- one that forces us to question the values and attitudes that form the foundation of our society.
{
165pp,
140x215mm,
May 1990;
PB,
£10.99,
0889610983:9780889610989
, Second Story Press
} |
 |
NOBODY'S MOTHER
: Life Without Kids
[Lynne Van Luven (ed)]
Statistics say that one in 10 women has no intention of taking the plunge into motherhood. 'Nobody's Mother' is a collection of stories by women who have already made this choice. From introspective to humorous to rabble-rousing, these are personal stories that are well and honestly told. The writers range in age from early 30s to mid-70s and come from diverse backgrounds. All have thought long and hard about the role of motherhood, their own destinies, what mothering means in our society and what their choice means to them as individuals and as members of their ethnic communities or social groups. Contributors include: Lorna Crozier, well-known poet and the author of a dozen books, as well as the recipient of a Governor General's award and numerous other writing prizes Maggie De Vries, children's-book editor and author of Missing Sarah, a memoir about her sister, one of the murdered women from Vancouver's downtown east side Kate Braid, a creative-writing instructor whose books include Inward to the Bones: Georgia O'Keeffe's Journey with Emily Carr, To This Cedar Fountain, Red Bait! Struggle of a Mine Mill Local, with Al King, and Covering Rough Ground, which won the Pat Lowther Award. Nancy Baron, a zoologist and science writer who works in the United States for eaWeb/COMPASS and has won two Science in Society awards, a National Magazine Award and a Western Magazine Award for Science
{
240pp,
140x190mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£13.50,
1894898400:9781894898409
, Heritage House Publishing (TouchWood Editions)
} |
 |
ON SHIFTING GROUND
[Fereshteh Nouraie-Simone (ed)]
In Iran, hundreds of women are producing blogs, sharing their ideas in an Islamic republic that still limits women's expression. In Malaysia, members of Sisters in Islam are challenging sexist interpretations of Islamic theology and law. And throughout the Arabic-speaking world, satellite TV stations like Al-Jazeera have spawned "new Scheherazades" -- women journalists and hosts whose voices have a powerful impact on the public discourse. This unique, cutting-edge book of essays -- the first to include work by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi -- explodes Western stereotypes about Middle Eastern women. Here, writers from across the Islamic world describe how women are claiming their full voice in politics, religion, and culture, making powerful use of new media -- and sometimes facing powerful backlash.
{
282pp,
155x230mm,
November 2005;
BH,
£43.50,
1558615148:9781558615144
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
QUEEN IS IN THE GARBAGE
[Lila Karp; Afterword by Sharon Holland]
A startling stream-of-consciousness novel that engages questions of feminism which are as relevant today as when the novel was first published in 1969. Shifting beautifully between past and present, consciousness and dreams, Lila Karp explores the complex psyche of thirty-two year old Harriet Battenberg as she painfully reflects on her life while in the midst of a fourteen hour labour. Unmarried and entering premature labour during a holiday in her native New York, Harriet meditates on questions of motherhood, marriage and identity. Vividly told scenes of her past reveal how her history, marked by an embittered relationship with her mother; a series of unfulfilling relationships with men; a miscarriage and an abortion; and an ongoing struggle to understand what being a woman means for her, has brought Harriet to this moment. It is difficult to find authors who deal as candidly with a woman's experience of childbirth as Karp, who writes with a rare, disquieting honesty of its physical and emotional trauma without having her characters dip into self-pity. Karp's wit and unique literary style make her a distinct voice amongst writers from the 1960s US feminist movement, a voice which still resounds today for everyone desperately fighting to find themselves and write their own histories, and futures. This is a shocking and absorbing story which magnificently applies a feminist perspective to deconstruct the fundamental questions of womanhood, autonomy, and the very essence of human existence.
{
170pp,
140x210mm,
May 2007;
PB,
£10.99,
1558615385:9781558615380
/
HB,
£32.99,
1558615407:9781558615403
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
RADICAL RECKONINGS
: Women's Lives, Men's Technologies
[Renate Klein]
For more than 25 years the author has been debating the uses and misuses of technologies. With a background in neurobiology, she has unpacked mystifying language and challenged doctors and technologists on their ethics and methodologies. She has written widely on reproductive technologies, HRT, cloning, abortion and other issues affecting women's health. Her work in Women's Studies has also been groundbreaking and her writings have influenced students, teachers and researchers around the world. The author's work engages the reader and her political clarity is refreshing and often irreverent. This book brings together a diverse array of these writings, including pieces on feminist theory, activism, women's health, the over-use of anti-depressants and cyberfeminism as well as talks on immigration and population control, the environment, lesbian visibility and women's leadership. It also includes reflections on living in a number of countries and some excursions into fiction.
{
400pp,
225x150mm,
April 2009;
PB,
£14.95,
1876756586:9781876756581
, Spinifex Press
} |
 |
RESTLESS WAVE
: My Life in Two Worlds, A Memoir
[Ayako Ishigaki]
With this critically acclaimed 1940 memoir, pioneering Japanese writer and activist Ayako Ishigaki made history. 'Restless Wave' is the first book written in English by a Japanese woman, introducing Western readers to a largely unknown world; a unique voice; and a writer of great talent, integrity and courage. In exquisite prose, Ishigaki recalls coming of age in a privileged family and rebelling against strict codes of women's behaviour. She also traces the political awakening that would force her to flee Japan for the United States and would eventually make her an internationally renowned activist for peace, social justice and women's rights. As The Nation noted, "In lyrical, poetic terms, 'Restless Wave' tells the story of a single individual who lived at a turning-point of history."
{
290pp,
140x215mm,
April 2004;
PB,
£11.50,
1558614648:9781558614642
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
RIDDLE OF LIFE & DEATH
: Tell Me a Riddle/The Death of Ivan Ilych
[Tillie Olsen & Leo Tolstoy; Introduction by Jules Chametzky]
On the surface, these two stories have seemingly little in common, apart from the facts that the marriages portrayed are quarrelsome, a main character in each dies at its close, and the Americans in Olsen's story came originally from a village in Russia. Most profoundly, of course, these two literary classics dare to pose difficult existential questions: What is the meaning of life? Was my life of value? Why am I dying? The narrative employed in Tolstoy's novella is linear and realistically detailed. The style of Olsen's story, set in the United States about a century later, is allusive, moving in psychological time, from the senses, voices, and scenes in the present to memories of the past. Other differences are sharper still: Tolstoy's Ilych is a self-satisfied Czarist official; Olsen's protagonist Eva, is a 69 year-old dissatisfied working-class housewife, mother, and grandmother. Tolstoy focuses entirely on the life of a 'model' man of his generation, who is successful professionally, though less so in his private life. Olsen often freeze-frames the views of various family members as each considers the grandparents Eva and David, whose quarrels send out concentric emotional ripples. Unlike the ending of Tolstoy's story, in which only the dying Ilych comes to a moment of illumination, the denouement of Olsen's story is shared by those around the dying Eva, especially her husband David and her nurse/granddaughter Jeannie.
{
158pp,
125x180mm,
March 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
1558615369:9781558615366
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
RIDING SHOTGUN
: Women Write About Their Mothers
[Kathryn Kysar (ed)]
Just in time for Mother's Day, a group of America's celebrated literary women have come together to tackle a topic close to their hearts, Mum. These highly personal yet often universal stories offer windows into those influential mother-daughter moments that have forever shaped the lives and perspectives of the writers, powerful women -- authors, spokespeople, scholars, teachers, and some mothers themselves. Jonis Agee's mother haunts her daughter's plumbing. Tai Coleman's mother struggled to raise five children on her own wits and a single paycheck. Held Erdrich's mother showed her daughter both the falsity and the truth in the cliche of the "Indian Princess". Sheila O'Connor's mother, who ran a road construction company, was not like other mothers. Ka Yang's mother dodged the hand grenades that her husband's first wife threw on her wedding day. Morgan Grayce Willow's mother drove home late at night after selling cosmetics to farm wives as her daughter rode shotgun. In true tales of startling candor and rich insight, these and many other talented writers reflect on the women who raised them, revealing hard work and hardship, successes and failures, love and anger -- mothers and daughters.
{
228pp,
155x230mm,
April 2008;
HB,
£16.99,
0873516141:9780873516143
, Minnesota Historical Society Press
} |
 |
ROSALIE BERTELL
: Scientist, Eco-Feminist, Visionary
[Mary-Louise Engels]
Dr Mary-Louise Engels' engaging book discusses Rosalie Bertell from a feminist and environmental activist perspective. It is a lovely portrait of one woman's commitment to sustaining a healthy world environment. Born in 1929 in Buffalo, New York, to a Canadian mother and an American father, Bertell entered the religious order of the Grey Nuns, completed a doctorate in biometrics, and became an impassioned peace activist. This remarkable, contemporary Canadian woman has been a lifelong fighter for environmental and human health, and for women to participate in decision-making about war, peace, and the environment. In the 1970s, Dr Bertell played a major role in opposing the construction of nuclear reactors, and in drawing attention to the health damages suffered by uranium miners and by the atomic veterans of U.S. nuclear bombing and testing. In Canada, her research furnished data on children's health hazards, contamination in the Great Lakes, and the impact of pollution on indigenous communities in the Canadian North. This book is a compelling account of a remarkable woman who has still not relinquished her efforts to make the victims visible. Dr Engels captures the struggles and achievements, the scientific and political in-fighting, the personal qualities that sustain Rosalie Bertell, and the impact of her controversial career on her life.
REVIEW: "This is a remarkable and very timely book. Sharply focussed and readily accessible, it chronicles the extraordinary public contributions of my friend, Sister Rosalie Bertell, as well as the spirit, conviction, and knowledge in which her work is grounded. Both the author and the Press deserve our thanks and high praise for undertaking this important but daunting task." --Ursula M. Franklin, C.C. FRSC University Professor Emerita, University of Toronto "Using Dr. Bertell's testimony and reports, the Veterans Rights Coalition pursued legislation on behalf of Veterans exposed to ionizing radiation during the United State's nuclear testing period. Without her support, our successes would not be worth mentioning. Dr. Bertell's testimony before the US Congress on behalf of those of us who wore the uniform of the United States tested her resolve and her faith more than most people can comprehend. I, and many other Navy airmen and military personnel are alive today because of that resolve. I don't know what a 'saint' is, but I'll accept her, at least, as our guardian Angel." -- Michael Thomas, Director, Veterans Rights Coalition U.S.A.
{
186pp,
130x185mm,
May 2005;
PB,
£8.99,
0889614504:9780889614505
, Canadian Scholars' Press (Women's Press)
} |
 |
SACRED PLACES OF GODDESS
: 108 Destinations
[Karen Tate; Edited by Brad Olsen]
Designed to present a diversity of places both sacred and feminine, this coffee table book is filled with photographs from every corner of the world. From the Middle East, to Europe, Africa, and the Americas, the images of feminine divinity presented in this work are as uniform in their beauty as they are diverse in cultural tradition. For each location -- be it the shrines in Kyoto and Kamakura or the sites worshipping the Virgin Mary in Bolivia, France, Trinidad, and the Saut D'Eau Waterfalls of Haiti -- this book provides a history of each site in conjunction with the photography.
{
420pp,
155x230mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£13.50,
1888729112:9781888729115
, IPG (CCC Publishing)
} |
 |
SKY'S THE LIMIT
: Canadian Women Bush Pilots
[Joyce Spring]
The women pilots profiled in this book have flown from British Columbia to Newfoundland and in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Right from the beginning of her interviews and research, the author found herself constantly amazed by the achievements of the women involved. Within the book are the stories of early Canadian women bush pilots from the late 1940s onwards. Their stories are exciting, occasionally funny, and always absorbing. Ranging from aerial surveys, water bombing of fires, flying fish, canoes and northern dogs, to the operation of a float-plane flying school, these women have left little undone. One pilot, Judy Cameron, was the first Canadian woman to be hired by an airline. Flying north of Superior, Elizabeth Wieben recalls the time that she flew naked. In pilot Suzanne Pettigrew's own words, "We sure have come a long way and the ride was an awful lot of fun".
{
184pp,
155x230mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£18.99,
1897045166:9781897045169
, Natural Heritage Books
} |
 |
STELLA
: Unrepentant Madam
[Linda Eversole]
A wealthy madam who was known from San Francisco to Victoria in the early part of the 20th century, Stella Carroll was glamorous, worldly and determined to succeed. Her bordellos were fashionably decorated and patronised by the affluent and the powerful; she offered the best of everything -- fine food and wine, cigars, entertainment and, of course, girls. The author, with the co-operation of Stella's family in California and New Mexico, has provided an intimate portrait of this infamous, unrepentant woman, her business and her tenuous relationships with double-dealing politicians and corrupt police, whose co-operation was essential to her success in the shadowy world she inhabited. Stella was a woman of contrasts. Her scandalous lifestyle and fiery temper often landed her in court on morals charges, yet she was devoted to and supportive of her family and gave generously to orphans and charities. This compelling non-fiction narrative is a fascinating look at Stella's life and at how things were in Victoria 100 years ago.
{
198pp,
140x190mm,
October 2005;
PB,
£11.50,
1894898311:9781894898317
, Heritage House Publishing (TouchWood Editions)
} |
 |
TRAINING WOMEN IN THE MARTIAL ARTS
: A Special Journey
[Jennifer Lawler & Laura Kamienski]
This book is for male and female martial arts instructors, female martial arts students and supporters of women in the martial arts. The book is designed to help people involved in the martial arts to understand the challenges women face when training and help them to create and provide appropriate martial arts and self-defence instruction.
{
118pp,
140x215mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£11.50,
193054684X:9781930546844
, Cardinal Publishers Group (Wish Publishing)
} |
 |
TRANS/FORMING FEMINISMS
: Transfeminist Voices Speak Out
[Krista Scott-Dixon (ed)]
Though gender analysis is the very foundation of feminism, the more complex intersections of transsexuality are often overlooked, and feminism has not always welcomed the participation of trans-activists and thinkers. In this groundbreaking anthology, feminist scholar and trans-ally Krista Scott-Dixon takes on the challenge of moving us towards a more inclusive trans-feminist politics. The 30 essays reflect academic, personal and political perspectives of contributors from Canada, the US and Europe. These include well-known activists and scholars in the field -- Bobby Noble, Barbara Findlay, Miqqi Alicia/Michael Gilbert, Kyle Scanlon, Talia Bettcher, Joshua Goldberg and Caroline White -- as well as new and fresh voices. The book is divided into five sections to highlight the intersections between trans and feminist ideas. 'Narratives and Voices' builds on the feminist idea of consciousness-raising, speaking from individual experiences and questions of how to represent oneself in language. 'Identities and Alliances' takes up questions of how identities are produced, maintained and reproduced, and how diverse identities can work collectively. 'Inclusion and Exclusion' examines the notion of 'safe spaces' and 'women-only spaces' in the context of trans challenges such as the Kimberly Nixon versus Vancouver Rape Relief Society case and the entrance policies of the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival. 'Shelter and Violence' explores the service-provision policies of shelters, as well as the sex-gender system that supports trans-phobic abuse. The final section, 'Teaching and Transgressing', looks at pedagogy and classroom practice, critiquing tools of the trade and identifying ways that instructors can bring critical gender studies into the classrooms. The section introductions contextualise the discussion and identify key issues. The collection concludes with suggestions for future research and activism. This is an invaluable collection for social justice activists, progressive academics and students, and readers interested in tackling these compelling and challenging issues.
{
256pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£17.50,
1894549619:9781894549615
, Sumach Press
} |
 |
TRAUMA & THE TRIUMPH
: Gender & Partition in Eastern India
[Jasodhara Bagchi & Subhoranjan Dasgupta]
This book discusses explicitly the trauma of the Partition of 1947 in Eastern India in a way that has not happened before. The lack of overt public discourse has meant that people outside Bengal believed that the impact of Partition was limited in the east. Indeed, the sufferings, the loss of life, livelihoods and of shelter were very real but of a different nature from the fast-moving horror of the Punjab. In the east it seemed more like an oozing wound. The editors have drawn upon interviews with women who were uprooted, on diaries, memoirs and creative literature. The book provides an invaluable discussion on displacement, rape, loss, and why women pay the price.
{
272pp,
140x220mm,
December 2005;
PB,
£12.00,
8185604649:9788185604640
, Stree
} |
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TREASURES
: The Stories Women Tell about the Things They Keep
[Kathleen Cairns & Elaine Silverman (eds)]
This is a book about memory & meaning. these texts bring to light the reflections & stories that women have constructed around the objects they have treasured, which in the past may have been deemed unimportant. These objects contain each woman's life experience & act as a foundation for her values & for the development of her character. The objects are often passed along to other women or handed down to family members, thereby connecting generations of women & creating a collective women's history. Culled from interviews with over one hundred different women, these are rich, compelling & even haunting stories, told in the women's own voices.
{
376pp,
125x175mm,
May 2004;
PB,
£17.99,
1552380734:9781552380734
, University of Calgary Press
} |
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WAITING
: A Novel of Uganda at War
[Goretti Kyomuhendo; Afterword by M Daymond]
Set during the last year of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s brutal regime, "Waiting" exposes the fear and courage of a small, close-knit community uncertain of what the edicts of a madman and the marauding of his uncontrollable army will bring with each coming day. Safe for years in their poor remote country village far from Amin’s political battlefield, Alinda and her family are plunged into the rippling effects of war when the troops of the self-proclaimed "Last King of Scotland" use the local highway as an exit route from the pursuing Ugandan and Tanzanian liberators. With her mother on the verge of labour, her brother anxious to join the liberators, and a house full of hungry siblings, neighbours, and displaced refugees, Alinda learns what it takes to survive and eventually plan for a new life. "Waiting" captures the intimate details of a home front battle inflicted on individuals locked in a personal, daily war too often overshadowed by the atrocities of Amin’s dictatorship and the eccentricities of his character. Here the hidden realities and despair of the state-sponsored war on the Ugandan people gives way to the hope forged by the coming of the liberators and the renewed spirit of the people themselves as they reconstruct their homes and lives.
{
136pp,
140x215mm,
May 2007;
PB,
£9.50,
1558615393:9781558615397
, Feminist 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;
HB,
£32.99,
1558615288:9781558615281
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
WOMAN ON THE TERRACE
[Moon Chung-Hee]
Moon Chung-hee's lyrical poems represent poignant self-examination, evoking moments of bewilderment and hopeful resignation to the passage of time and imprisoning conditions of her life. Her work explores the desire to escape the fetters of domesticity as a vehicle for understanding a woman's journey and her negotiations between the desire for freedom and domestic reality.
{
117pp,
155x230mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£9.99,
1893996867:9781893996861
, White Pine Press
} |
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WOMAN'S GUIDE TO MANIFESTATION WORKBOOK
[Bianca Guerra]
Travel into a world of self-discovery and manifestation. Learn how to create your life exactly as you want. Experience becoming more conscious and truly know that you have the innate power to enhance or change your life. You are the co-creator with the Divine. Utilise these eight basic steps to manifestation in helping you actualise your heart's desires. Learn who you are and what you want from life and how to create it. Understand your role and influence in life and become a responsible, contributing participant in your world. Trust yourself and your divinity and utilise the knowledge and gifts given to you to help you live a happier, more loving and fulfilling life.
{
135pp,
215x280mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£9.50,
0977449939:9780977449934
, AtlasBooks (Living Life Publishing Co.)
} |
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WOMEN & SPORTS
[Carol J Pierman (ed)]
The growing presence of women in the world of sports has given rise to new leagues, teams, stars and campus programs-and new controversies. This issue of WSQ stands as a comprehensive anthology on the subject, exploring women's strength, sports and social class, the role of sports in sexual stereotypes and perceptions of race and ethnicity among women athletes. This issue introduces a new format and design and new General Editors Nancy K. Miller and Cindi Katz of The City University of New York.
{
288pp,
155x230mm,
June 2005;
PB,
£14.99,
1558614990:9781558614994
, Feminist Press
} |
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WOMEN & STRESS
[James H Humphrey]
Stress has increasingly become associated with greater susceptibility to various illnesses. The condition is also costly from an economic and financial perspective, but such costs hardly reflect the human costs of emotional trauma and physical suffering that result from the illness. Women today are in a situation where both the monetary and human effects of stress take their toll as women face unprecedented pressures in accommodating the demands of home and career and personal family stresses that often result. In addition to this, while women are prone to the same stressors as men, they are confronted with potentially unique physical and psychological stressors of their own. They may also become stress 'carriers' as in the abusive husband and unfair boss relationship. Ironically, despite these differences women live longer than men, although collectively they are reported to have more symptoms, illnesses, intake of drugs and doctor-hospital visits. This outstanding new book by a pioneer in stress research presents an essential analysis of this increasingly relevant subject.
{
172pp,
155x230mm,
June 2004;
HB,
£79.99,
159033972X:9781590339725
, Nova Science Publishers
} |
 |
WOMEN WITHOUT MEN
: A Novel of Modern Iraq
[Sharnush Parsipur]
Shortly after the 1989 publication of 'Women Without Men' in her native Iran, Shahrnush Parsipur was arrested and jailed for her frank and defiant portrayal of women's sexuality. Now banned in Iraq, along with the rest of this brave and prolific writer's work, this small masterpiece was eventually translated into several languages, and introduces English-speaking readers to the work of a brilliant Persian writer. With a tone that is stark and bold, yet magical, as its elegantly drawn settings and characters, this novel creates an evocative allegory of life for contemporary Iranian women. Parsipur follows the interwoven destinies of five women -- including a schoolteacher, a housewife and a prostitute -- as they arrive, by many different paths, to live in a garden on the outskirts of Tehran. Using the deceptively simple structure of a fairytale, and drawing on elements from Islamic mysticism and recent Iranian history, this novel depicts women escaping the narrow confines of family and society -- only to face daunting new challenges.
{
176pp,
155x230mm,
February 2004;
PB,
£9.99,
1558614524:9781558614529
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
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 WRITING AFRICA
: West Africa & the Sahel
[Esi Sutherland-Addy & Aminata Diaw]
The acclaimed Women Writing Africa project "opens up worlds too often excluded from the history books" (Booklist) and is an "essential resource for scholars and general readers alike" (Library Journal). It reveals the cultural legacy of African women in their own words, in never-before- published texts that include communal songs and lullabies, letters and speeches, poetry and fiction. Representing 20 languages and 12 countries, Volume 2 covers western Africa, where most African Americans find their roots. The collection presents an epic history of the region through the eyes of its women, from the age of African kings through colonialism and independence.
{
480pp,
155x230mm,
October 2005;
HB,
£49.99,
1558615016:9781558615014
, Feminist Press
} |
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WOMEN'S DAYBOOK 2009
: Featuring photographs on the theme
"The Women's Daybook 2009" combines the usefulness of a daily planner with the elegance of an art calendar at a reasonable price. Year after year, more and more women are choosing "The Women's Daybook" for themselves and as the perfect gift for friends, family and colleagues. This year's edition features striking photographs on the theme "Food for Thought." Food plays such an important role in our day-to-day living, with deep cultural and environmental aspects. Through incisive texts and evocative images, this year's Daybook explores issues from food security to organic farming and marketing, to the pleasures of sharing our table and bounty.
{
192pp,
185x230mm,
July 2008;
SB,
£9.50,
1894549732:9781894549738
, Sumach Press
} |
 |
WORD
: On Being a (Woman) Writer
[Jocelyn Burrell (ed)]
In this brilliant and moving collection, some of the world's most famous literary voices meditate on what it means to be a woman writer. Despite their increased visibility, women who write are still thought of as different -- sometimes celebrated, sometimes viewed with suspicion and condescension. Here, writers from all over the world explore, defy and embrace 'the woman writer': an indispensable muse to some, a troublesome burden to others; a defiant, even life-threatening identity to others still. Taking nothing as given, these writers explore the varied pleasures and dangers of writing as woman in the contemporary world. The choice to write is rarely considered free of consequences. For some of the writers in this collection, it has meant prison or exile; for others, it has required a defiance of traditions and expectations and a re-creation of identities and communities. For most, it demands a balancing act among family, practical needs and the undeniable will to create. In essays that are deeply personal and fiercely political, these writers topple all fixed ideas of 'the woman writer', revealing themselves as utterly individual and powerfully interconnected authors of the written word, of the human heart, of what we dare to imagine as possible.
{
224pp,
155x230mm,
May 2004;
PB,
£11.50,
1558614672:9781558614673
, Feminist Press
} |
