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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The fights against hunger,
homelessness, poverty, health disparities, poor schools,
homophobia, transphobia, and domestic violence are feminist fights.
Kendall offers a feminism rooted in the livelihood of everyday
women." -Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of
How to Be an Antiracist, in The Atlantic "One of the most important
books of the current moment."-Time "A rousing call to action... It
should be required reading for everyone."-Gabrielle Union, author
of We're Going to Need More Wine A potent and electrifying critique
of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black
feminism Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and
paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about
meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but
food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a
living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too
often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many,
but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to
prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of
both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the
title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from
their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual
orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in
solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct
likelihood that some women are oppressing others? In her searing
collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of
the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically
failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her
own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization,
along with incisive commentary on reproductive rights, politics,
pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism
delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. An
unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call
to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the
movement in thought and in deed.
The Female Body in Medicine and Literature features essays that
explore literary texts in relation to the history of gynaecology
and women's surgery. Gender studies and feminist approaches to
literature have become busy and enlightening fields of enquiry in
recent times, yet there remains no single work that fully analyses
the impact of women's surgery on literary production or,
conversely, ways in which literary trends have shaped the course of
gynaecology and other branches of women's medicine. This book will
demonstrate how fiction and medicine have a long-established
tradition of looking towards each other for inspiration and
elucidation in questions of gender. Medical textbooks and pamphlets
have consistently cited fictional plots and characterisations as a
way of communicating complex or 'sensitive' ideas. Essays explore
historical accounts of clinical procedures, the relationship
between gynaecology and psychology, and cultural conceptions of
motherhood, fertility, and the female organisation through a broad
range of texts including Henry More's Pre-Existency of the Soul
(1659), Charlotte Bronte's Villette (1855), and Eve Ensler's Vagina
Monologues (1998). The Female Body in Medicine and Literature
raises important theoretical questions on the relationship between
popular culture, literature, and the growth of women's medicine and
will be required reading for scholars in gender studies, literary
studies and the history of medicine. This collection explores the
complex intersections between literature and the medical treatment
of women between 1600 and 2000. Employing a range of methodologies,
it furthers our understanding of the development of women's
medicine and comments on its wider cultural ramifications. Although
there has been an increase in critical studies of women's medicine
in recent years, this collection is a key contributor to that field
because it draws together essays on a wide range of new topics from
varying disciplines. It features, for instance, studies of
motherhood, fertility, clinical procedure, and the relationship
between gynaecology and psychology. Besides offering essays on
subjects that have received a lack of critical attention, the
essays presented here are truly interdisciplinary; they explore the
complex links between gynaecology, art, language, and philosophy,
and underscore how popular art forms have served an important
function in the formation of 'women's science' prior to the
twenty-first century. This book also demonstrates how a number of
high-profile controversies were taken up and reworked by novelists,
philosophers, and historians. Focusing on the vexed and convoluted
story of women's medicine, this volume offers new ways of thinking
about gender, science, and the Western imagination. List of
contributors: Janice Allan, Madeleine K. Davies, Greta Depledge,
Laurie Garrison, Joanna Grant, Lori Schroeder Haslem, Dominic
Janes, Emma L. Jones, Karin Lesnik-Oberstein, Pam Lieske, Andrew
Mangham, Emma L. E. Rees, Sheena Sommers, Susan C. Staub, and
Carolyn D.Williams.
This book is a collection of essays highlighting different
disciplinary, topical, and practical approaches to the study of
kink and popular culture. The volume is written by both academics
and practitioners, bringing the essays a special perspective not
seen in other volumes. Essays included examine everything from Nina
Hartley fan letters to kink shibari witches to kink tourism in a
South African prison. The focus is not just on kink as a sexual
practice, but on kink as a subculture, as a way of living, and as a
way of seeing popular culture in new and interesting ways.
A fascinating look at the lives of women who bore the heat of day
in Christian mission, but who were often forgotten by history until
now.
This book explores the significance of gender in shaping the
Portuguese-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present.
Sixteen scholars from disciplines including history, sociology,
anthropology, linguistics, literature and cultural studies analyse
different configurations and literary representations of women's
rights and patriarchal constraints. Unstable constructions of
masculinity, femininity, queer, homosexual, bisexual, and
transgender identities and behaviours are placed in historical
context. The volume pioneers in gendering the Portuguese expansion
in Africa, Asia, and the New World and pays particular attention to
an inclusive account of indigenous agencies. Contributors are:
Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, Vanda Anastacio, Francisco Bethencourt,
Dorothee Boulanger, Rosa Maria dos Santos Capelao, Maria Judite
Mario Chipenembe, Gily Coene, Philip J. Havik, Ben James, Anna M.
Klobucka, Chia Longman, Amelia Polonia, Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues,
Isabel dos Guimaraes Sa, Ana Cristina Santos, and Joao Paulo
Silvestre.
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