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Private Violence and Public Policy - The needs of battered women and the response of the public services (Hardcover): Jan Pahl Private Violence and Public Policy - The needs of battered women and the response of the public services (Hardcover)
Jan Pahl
R3,916 Discovery Miles 39 160 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1985, this is the first published study of violence in the family to be aimed directly at people whose professions bring them into contact with domestic abuse victims, as well as those training for those professions. It documents the problems faced by women with violent husbands and discusses how the needs of these women and of their children can best be met. The first part of the book reports the results of original research carried out by the editor. The second part of the book is concerned with the response of the law, the police, social services, housing departments and health services. The third part draws on the conference at which this research was presented, and offers recommendations for the future, in terms if better practice and of broad social and economic changes. This book will be of interest to students of social work, health care, medicine and law, as well as those studying social policy, sociology and women's studies.

Battered Women as Survivors (Hardcover): Lee Ann Hoff Battered Women as Survivors (Hardcover)
Lee Ann Hoff
R4,221 Discovery Miles 42 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1990, this book is based on a field study of domestic abuse victims and their social network members. In a life history perspective, using values and network analysis, it uncovers the social context of a 'secret' crime against women and reveals the relationship between personal crisis and traditional attitudes toward women, marriage, the family, and violence. This book breaks new ground by redirecting attention beyond victim-blaming and the medicalization of violence to understanding domestic abuse victims as survivors who manage multiple crises despite public inattention to their plight. From analysis of the women's struggles with violence and its aftermath, this book proposes a new crisis paradigm, which underscores the sociocultural aspects of crisis originating from violence. This book will be of interest to those studying social sciences, women's studies, social work, health and mental health professions.

Black Feminist Epistemology, Research, and Praxis - Narratives in and through the Academy (Paperback): Christa J. Porter, V.... Black Feminist Epistemology, Research, and Praxis - Narratives in and through the Academy (Paperback)
Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sule, Natasha N. Croom
R1,217 Discovery Miles 12 170 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* Addresses a growing interest in understanding the unique epistemological perspectives of historically silenced groups and how those perspectives might both challenge hegemonic norms and expand opportunities for belongingness. * Contributors include the leading foundational and contemporary voices on the positionality and contributions of Black women in U.S. higher education * Emphasizes Black female agency as the authors propose equity-based policies and practices that facilitate inclusion

Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration (Paperback): Carlos M. Piocos III Affect, Narratives and Politics of Southeast Asian Migration (Paperback)
Carlos M. Piocos III
R1,228 Discovery Miles 12 280 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book explores the politics of gendered labor migration in Southeast Asia through the stories and perspectives of Indonesian and Filipina women presented in films, fiction, and performance to show how the emotionality of these texts contribute to the emergence and vitality of women's social movements in Southeast Asia. By placing literary and filmic narratives of Filipina and Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore within existing conversations concerning migration policies, the book offers an innovative approach towards examining contemporary issues of Asian migration. Furthermore, through rich ethnographic accounts, the book unpacks themes of belonging and displacement, shame and desire, victimhood and resistance, sacrifice, and grief to show that the stories of Filipina and Indonesian migrant women don't just depict their everyday lives and practices but also reveal how they mediate and make sense of the fraught politics of gendered labor diaspora and globalization. Contributing to the "affective turn" of feminist and transnational scholarship, the book draws insight from the importance and centrality of affect, emotions, and feelings in shaping discourses on women's subjectivity, labor, and mobility. In addition, the book demonstrates the issues of vulnerability and agency inherent in debates on social exclusion, human rights, development, and nation-building in Southeast Asia. Offering an innovative and multidisciplinary approach to analyses of Asian migration, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Asian Studies, literary and cultural studies, film studies, gender and women's studies, and migration studies.

One Year Daily Acts of Friendship, The (Paperback): Kristin Demery One Year Daily Acts of Friendship, The (Paperback)
Kristin Demery
R510 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R70 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture - An Intersectional Approach to the Complexities and Challenges of Male Identity... Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture - An Intersectional Approach to the Complexities and Challenges of Male Identity (Hardcover)
Thomas Keith
R4,095 Discovery Miles 40 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary, intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film, TV, video games, and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity.

Irreversible Damage - The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (Paperback): Abigail Shrier Irreversible Damage - The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters (Paperback)
Abigail Shrier
R460 R354 Discovery Miles 3 540 Save R106 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
More Than I Love My Life - LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE (Hardcover): David Grossman More Than I Love My Life - LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE (Hardcover)
David Grossman
R588 R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Save R106 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE* An epic, deeply moving novel about the power of love and loving with courage - from the Man Booker International Prize-winning author of A Horse Walks into a Bar. On a kibbutz in Israel in 2008, Gili is celebrating the ninetieth birthday of her grandmother Vera, the adored matriarch of a sprawling and tight-knit family. But festivities are interrupted by the arrival of Nina: the iron-willed daughter who rejected Vera's care; and the absent mother who abandoned Gili when she was still a baby. Nina's return to the family after years of silence precipitates an epic journey from Israel to the desolate island of Goli Otok, formerly part of Yugoslavia. It was here, five decades earlier, that Vera was held and tortured as a political prisoner. And it is here that the three women will finally come to terms with the terrible moral dilemma that Vera faced, and that permanently altered the course of their lives. 'More Than I Love My Life... is a profound testament to the emotional power of fiction and shows why some critics regard Grossman as a candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature.' Financial Times 'Immaculately translated by Jessica Cohen, this is another extraordinary novel from Grossman, a book as beautiful and sad as anything you'll read this year.' Observer

The Call (Paperback): Edith Ayrton Zangwill The Call (Paperback)
Edith Ayrton Zangwill; Preface by Elizabeth Day
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Gender and Dance in Modern Iran - Biopolitics on stage (Hardcover): Ida Meftahi Gender and Dance in Modern Iran - Biopolitics on stage (Hardcover)
Ida Meftahi
R4,207 Discovery Miles 42 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Gender and Dance in Modern Iran: Biopolitics on Stage investigates the ways dancing bodies have been providing evidence for competing representations of modernity, urbanism, and religiosity across the twentieth century. Focusing on the transformation of the staged dancing body, its space of performance, and spectatorial cultural ideology, this book traces the dancing body in multiple milieus of performance, including the Pahlavi era's national artistic scene and the popular cafe and cabaret stages, as well as the commercial cinematic screen and the post-revolutionary Islamized theatrical stage. It links the socio-political discourses on performance with the staged public dancer, in order to interrogate the formation of dominant categories of "modern," "high," and "artistic," and the subsequent "othering" of cultural realms that were discursively peripheralized from the "national" stage. Through the study of archival and ethnographic research as well as a diverse literature pertaining to music, theater, cinema, and popular culture, it combines a close reading of primary sources such as official documents, press materials, and program notes with visual analysis of filmic materials and imageries, as well as interviews with practitioners. It offers an original and informed exploration into the ways performing bodies and their public have been associated with binary notions of vice and virtue, morality and immorality, commitment and degeneration, chastity and eroticism, and veiled-ness and nakedness. Engaging with a range of methodological and historiographical methods, including postcolonial, performance, and feminist studies, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Middle East history and Iranian studies, as well as gender studies and dance and performance studies.

Unorthodox - The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (Paperback, Netflix TV Tie-In Edition): Deborah Feldman Unorthodox - The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots (Paperback, Netflix TV Tie-In Edition)
Deborah Feldman
R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Infidel and Carolyn Jessop’s Escape, featuring a new epilogue by the author.

As a member of the strictly religious Satmar sect of Hasidic Judaism, Deborah Feldman grew up under a code of relentlessly enforced customs governing everything from what she could wear and to whom she could speak to what she was allowed to read. Yet in spite of her repressive upbringing, Deborah grew into an independent-minded young woman whose stolen moments reading about the empowered literary characters of Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott helped her to imagine an alternative way of life among the skyscrapers of Manhattan. Trapped as a teenager in a sexually and emotionally dysfunctional marriage to a man she barely knew, the tension between Deborah’s desires and her responsibilities as a good Satmar girl grew more explosive until she gave birth at nineteen and realized that, regardless of the obstacles, she would have to forge a path—for herself and her son—to happiness and freedom.

Remarkable and fascinating, this “sensitive and memorable coming-of-age story” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) is one you won’t be able to put down.

The Golden Thread (Paperback, Special Edition): Darlene Zschech The Golden Thread (Paperback, Special Edition)
Darlene Zschech
R235 R194 Discovery Miles 1 940 Save R41 (17%) Ships in 4 - 8 working days

Acclaimed worship artist Darlene Zschech walks readers through the valley of her cancer diagnosis, and shows us all how maintaining a posture of worship before the Lord can create an oasis in the storm. Storms are an inevitable part of life. Rain falls on both the godly and ungodly, but God is always present, always near. Darlene shares how storms are opportunities for us to go deeper in faith and call us to worship.

Non-Binary Gender Identities - The Language of Becoming (Paperback): Sebastian Cordoba Non-Binary Gender Identities - The Language of Becoming (Paperback)
Sebastian Cordoba
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Non-Binary Gender Identities examines how non-binary people discover, adopt, and negotiate language in a variety of social settings, both offline and online. It considers how language, in the form of gender-neutral pronouns, names, and labels, is a central aspect of identity for many and has been the subject of much debate in recent years. Cordoba captures the psychological, social, and linguistic experiences of non-binary people by illustrating the multiple, complex, and evolving ways in which non-binary people use language to express their gender identities, bodies, authenticity, and navigate social interactions - especially those where their identities are not affirmed. These findings shed light on the gender and linguistic becomings of non-binary people, a pioneering theoretical framework developed in the book, which reflects the dynamic realities of language, subjectivities, and the materiality of the body. Informed by these findings, the text offers recommendations for policy makers and practitioners, designed to facilitate gender-related communication and decrease language-related distress on non-binary people, as well as the general population. This important book advances our understanding of non-binary gender identities by employing innovative methodologies - including corpus-based research and network visualisation - furthering and developing theory, and yielding original insights. It is essential reading for students and academics in social psychology and gender studies, as well as anyone interested in furthering their understanding of non-binary gender identities.

The Female Tradition in Physical Education - Women First reconsidered (Hardcover): David Kirk, Patricia Vertinsky The Female Tradition in Physical Education - Women First reconsidered (Hardcover)
David Kirk, Patricia Vertinsky
R4,212 Discovery Miles 42 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Female Tradition in Physical Education re-examines a key question in the history of modern education: why did the remarkably successful leaders of female physical education, who pioneered the development of the subject in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, lose control in the years following the Second World War? Despite the later resurgence of second wave feminism they never regained a voice, with the result that male leadership was able to shift the curriculum in ways that neglected the needs and interests of girls and young women. Drawing on new sources and a range of historiographical approaches, and touching on related fields such as therapeutic exercise and dance, the book examines the development of physical education for girls in a number of countries to offer an alternative explanation to the dominant narrative of the 'demise' of the female tradition. Providing an important contextualization for the state of contemporary female physical education, this is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the development of sport and physical education, women's and gender history, and physical culture more generally.

The Politics of Waking Up - Power and possibility in the fractal age (Deluxe Edition) (Paperback): Indra Adnan The Politics of Waking Up - Power and possibility in the fractal age (Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)
Indra Adnan
R427 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R40 (9%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Women and Conflict in India (Hardcover): Sanghamitra Choudhury Women and Conflict in India (Hardcover)
Sanghamitra Choudhury
R4,203 Discovery Miles 42 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the impact that prolonged socio-political conflict in India has had on political and social spaces for women. Focusing in particular on Assam in the North East of India, it looks at how the conflict can be restricting, and yet can also have the potential to expand these spaces for women owing to the collapsing of boundaries of gender roles, thereby creating niche areas that may be leveraged for socio-political transformation. Based on empirical material collected from in-depth interviews with individuals on both sides of the conflict, the book locates the analysis in both a legal and political context. It examines the causes, dynamics and impact of the ethno-political conflicts in Assam, as well as the efficacy and outcomes of 'capacity building' programmes aimed at rehabilitating the surrendered militants as well as assisting affected women. The book goes on to look at the role played by civil society, especially the Mahila Shanti Sena (Women Peace Corp), towards conflict transformation. It highlights the preventive, mitigative and adaptive measures taken by the women and their role as agents of peace in the volatile zones of North East India. Analysing the changing role of women in conflict situations, as well as the legal measures and regulatory mechanisms in place for women in vulnerable pockets of India, this book is a useful contribution to Gender Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, and South Asian Politics.

What Predicts Divorce? - The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes (Hardcover): John Mordechai Gottman What Predicts Divorce? - The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes (Hardcover)
John Mordechai Gottman
R4,109 Discovery Miles 41 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce. It will be of interest to family and clinical psychologists and methodologists.

What Predicts Divorce? - The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes (Paperback): John Mordechai Gottman What Predicts Divorce? - The Relationship Between Marital Processes and Marital Outcomes (Paperback)
John Mordechai Gottman
R2,631 Discovery Miles 26 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book details years of research involving questionnaires and observations of married couples in pursuit of the determinants of both marital happiness and divorce. It will be of interest to family and clinical psychologists and methodologists.

Women and Their Work (Hardcover): Arthur Lyttelton Women and Their Work (Hardcover)
Arthur Lyttelton
R3,175 Discovery Miles 31 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1901, this title lends insight into the position of English women in the workforce at the turn of the twentieth century. The conditions of women changed rapidly throughout the 1800s, leading to more varied choices in terms of career and lifestyle. However, this title also reveals the limited status of women even one hundred years ago, as Lyttleton urges that women must decide between a family life and a career. Women and Their Work will be of interest to students of Sociology, Women's History, and Gender Studies.

Texts, Facts and Femininity - Exploring the Relations of Ruling (Hardcover): Dorothy E. Smith Texts, Facts and Femininity - Exploring the Relations of Ruling (Hardcover)
Dorothy E. Smith
R3,921 Discovery Miles 39 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'A crucial book for feminists, for sociology and the new "political anthropological historical school". It informs us how we are differently "situated" in and through social relations, which texts and images mediate, organise and construct.' Philip Corrigan, Professor of Applied Sociology, Exeter University Dorothy E. Smith is Professor of Sociology in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto. She is the author of The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology.

Women in Athenian Law and Life (Hardcover): Roger Just Women in Athenian Law and Life (Hardcover)
Roger Just
R3,932 Discovery Miles 39 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides a comprehensive account of the Athenians' conception of women during the classical period of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. Though nothing remains that represents the authentic voice of the women themselves, there is a wealth of evidence showing how men sought to define women. By working through a range of material, from the provisions of Athenian law through to the representations of tragedy and comedy, the author builds up, in the manner of an anthropological ethnography, a coherent and integrated picture of the Athenians' notion of `woman'.

Professions and Patriarchy (Hardcover): Anne Witz Professions and Patriarchy (Hardcover)
Anne Witz
R3,920 Discovery Miles 39 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This impressive and original study is one of the first books to combine mainstream sociology with feminism in exploring the subject of the professions and power. This is an important addition to the corpus of feminist scholarship... It provides fresh insights into the way in which male power has been used to limit the employment aspirations of women in the middle classes. - Rosemary Crompton, University of Kent

Treating Trauma in Trans People - An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach (Paperback): Reese Minshew Treating Trauma in Trans People - An Intersectional, Phase-Based Approach (Paperback)
Reese Minshew
R1,007 Discovery Miles 10 070 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Treating Trauma in Transgender People is the only treatment guide available focused on treating the symptoms of trauma in transgender people. People will buy this book because it has complicated content about difficult topics, but is written in an approachable and nonjudgmental style with illustrative case vignettes. A reader should choose Treating Trauma in Transgender People over similar books because it is clear and concise, and offers data-driven rationale for treatment recommendations.

Gender in Early Modern England (Paperback, 2nd edition): Laura Gowing Gender in Early Modern England (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Laura Gowing
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This second edition has been full updated to include the latest research, particularly on women's work, masculinity, sexual violence and global perspectives. Providing students with an up to date overview of gender relations in early modern England. In this new edition the shorter documents have been replaced with longer excepts including ones on black Londoners, Quaker women's travel, and on gendered cross-cultural encounters. Providing lecturers with meatier examples to discuss in class and students with a broader range of interesting topics to inform their seminars. Also including a chronology, who's who of key figures, guide to further reading and images it supports students in their studies at all levels of their undergraduate degree.

The Opposite Sexes - A Study of Woman's Natural and Cultural History (Hardcover): Adolf Heilborn The Opposite Sexes - A Study of Woman's Natural and Cultural History (Hardcover)
Adolf Heilborn; Translated by J.E. Pryde-Hughes
R3,175 Discovery Miles 31 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in English in 1927, this study discusses the physical differences between men and women and how this affected the views of men and women of society. With all known information at the time, the author also details perceived mental differences between the sexes and finishes with a brief cultural history of women's place in society. This title will be of interest to students of Gender Studies and History.

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