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Women and Empire, 1750-1939: Primary Sources on Gender and
Anglo-Imperialism functions to extend significantly the range of
the History of Feminism series (co-published by Routledge and
Edition Synapse), bringing together the histories of British and
American women's emancipation, represented in earlier sets, into
juxtaposition with histories produced by different kinds of
imperial and colonial governments. The alignment of writings from a
range of Anglo-imperial contexts reveals the overlapping histories
and problems, while foregrounding cultural specificities and
contextual inflections of imperialism. The volumes focus on
countries, regions, or continents formerly colonized (in part) by
Britain: Volume I: Australia Volume II: New Zealand Volume III:
Africa Volume IV: India Volume V: Canada Perhaps the most novel
aspect of this collection is its capacity to highlight the common
aspects of the functions of empire in their impact on women and
their production of gender, and conversely, to demonstrate the
actual specificity of particular regional manifestations.
Concerning questions of power, gender, class and race, this new
Routledge-Edition Synapse Major Work will be of particular interest
to scholars and students of imperialism, colonization, women's
history, and women's writing.
Drawing on her trademark skill, wit, clarity, and sharp insight, Soraya
Chemaly walks us through how male supremacy operates, adapting
dynamically in order to maintain cruel, exploitative systems of
oppression.
Male supremacy, she asserts, isn’t primarily about men dominating
women; but rather a system that first and foremost violently pits men
against each other using women and marginalized communities as
resources in their competition for power. Under this system, anyone who
isn’t white, straight, CIS, and adhering to strict rules of traditional
masculinity is considered inferior and rendered “other”—women, LGBTQ+
people, people of color, immigrants, religious minorities, the
disabled, and Black and Indigenous communities. Being feminized defines
vulnerability, exploitability, and disposability.
There is no justice for any community until we confront this defining
injustice. Most men don’t have to benefit from this system or feel
powerful for this system to work, indeed only a relatively few do.
While women, particularly those with multiple marginalized identities,
are hurt the most, men, too, need liberation from this oppressive
system.
All We Want Is Everything offers both unflinching analysis and genuine
hope, informed by the bold and revolutionary potential of feminist
imagination. From private relationships to global politics, Chemaly
shows how naming and refusing male supremacy is essential to resisting
the forces tearing democracy apart. This fresh, timely, clear-eyed, and
necessary manifesto is a call to refuse supremacist identities,
relationships, and values in order to build more just, healthy, and
sustainable worlds for everyone.
Rejection. Loss. Confusion. Pain. Our past and our future are
intertwined. Each distinct memory becomes one life. What once hurt,
eventually heals, and the lesson (or lessons) to be learned becomes
one with our soul and our spirit. Our experiences provide strength
instead of destruction. Our great-grandmothers, grandmothers,
mothers -- all women of power who came before us -- were great
descendants of the coastal lands of West Africa. They arrived in
strange lands with their Gumbo - -their memories, rhythms,
ingenuity, creativity, strength, and compassion. Their lived
stories and conversation were recipes mixed with unique
combinations of ingredients, dropped into the cast iron pot --
stirred, dropped in, seasoned, dropped in, stirred again, and
again, and again, until done. This Gumbo is savory like the soul,
carefully prepared, recipes rich with what our foremothers brought
with them from their homeland. They brought the best of what they
had to offer. Gumbo or Gombo is a Bantu word meaning `okra'. Okra
is a rich vegetable that serves as the base (or gravy) for a
delicately prepared stew. (Today's Gumbo cooks use a `roux' as the
base- see the recipe on page 3). Gumbo's West African origins have
been modified over the past two centuries by people of varied
ancestry: Native American, German, Spanish, and French (Moss,
2014). It is essential to understand the manner in which Gumbo is
prepared: each ingredient must be placed into the stew at its
specified time so that it can cook in and savor its own flavor.
When completed, Gumbo is usually served over grits or rice. Gumbo
has become a cornerstone of life in African-descended communities
across the south and southwest spanning from South Carolina to
Louisiana and Texas. Gumbo is a treasure... a reminder of the
greatness that lived in the village in a time of strength and
abundance...a reminder of the resilience and richness of our people
over generations. This book -- a collection of memoirs written by
Women of Color is shared to inspire and motivate readers. The
authors of these precious, soulful stories are from across the
globe and represent various backgrounds and professions. What these
women have in common, though, is their drive to tell their story.
Stories of pain, discovery, strength, and stories of beginnings.
Many of the experiences, as difficult as they may have been, made
the women who they are today. Telling these stories to a new
generation will empower and encourage them in their experiences no
matter how troubling or challenging (Harris, 2015). These stories,
like our foremothers offering their Gumbo, present the best these
women have to offer. These authors want the world to know that deep
inside of each of us is a rich, vibrant, purposeful beginning. As
our lives develop and we are "stirred and stirred again", like
Gumbo, our experiences begin to shape who we are and who we become.
When the stirring is complete, a comforting meal -- one that says
no matter what has gone into the dish, it's going to be amazingly
magnificent!! The authors hope these stories will inspire and
motivate girls and Women of Color to trust their experiences --
whether good or bad -- to help them become. Our becoming means that
after all that life has thrown our way, we are strong, purposeful,
and powerful people who are a great treasure to a world that
sometimes rejects and ignores our existence. Embedded in this book
are stories of abuse and triumph, sadness and victory,
disappointment and resilience, discovery and victory. We are very
proud to be the keepers of these rich recipes. They represent the
first in what we hope will become a collection or series of
inspirational memoirs that will be shared to help others live out
their destiny and become the women they were born to be.
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Women of every culture and society are facing the dilemma of identity. Traditional views of what it means to be a woman and changing cultural and marital roles are causing women conflict in their relationships with men. Women are under tremendous stress as they struggle to discover who they are and what role they are to play today—in the family; the community; and the world. In this expanded edition of Understanding the Purpose and Power of Women; now including helpful study questions following each chapter; best-selling author Dr. Myles Munroe examines societies’ attitudes toward women and addresses vital issues such as:
•Are women and men equal?
•How is a woman unique from a man?
•What does the Bible really teach about women?
•Is the woman to blame for the fall of mankind?
•What are the purpose and design of the woman?
•What is a woman’s basic communication style?
•What are a woman’s emotional and sexual needs?
•Are women meant to be leaders?
•What is a woman’s potential?
To live successfully in the world; women need a new awareness of who they are and new skills to meet today’s challenges.Dr. Myles Munroe (1954–2014) was an international motivational speaker; best-selling author; educator; leadership mentor; and consultant for government and business. Traveling extensively throughout the world; Dr. Munroe addressed critical issues affecting the full range of human; social; and spiritual development. He was a popular author of more than forty books; including The Power of Character in Leadership; The Purpose and Power of Authority; The Principles and Benefits of Change; Becoming a Leader; The Most Important Person on Earth; The Spirit of Leadership; The Principles and Power of Vision; Understanding the Purpose and Power of Prayer; Understanding the Purpose and Power of Woman; and Understanding the Purpose and Power of Men. Dr. Munroe was founder and president of Bahamas Faith Ministries International (BFMI); a multidimensional organization headquartered in Nassau; Bahamas. He was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the International Third World Leaders Association; president of the International Leadership Training Institute; and the founder and executive producer of a number of radio and television programs aired worldwide.
Tikim: Essays on Philippine Food and Culture by Doreen G. Fernandez
is a groundbreaking work that introduces readers to the wondrous
history of Filipino foodways. First published by Anvil in 1994,
Tikim explores the local and global nuances of Philippine cuisine
through its people, places, feasts, and flavors. Doreen Gamboa
Fernandez (1934-2002) was a cultural historian, professor, author,
and columnist. Her food writing educated and inspired generations
of chefs and food enthusiasts in the Philippines and throughout the
world. This Brill volume honors and preserves Fernandez's legacy
with a reprinting of Tikim, a foreword by chef and educator Aileen
Suzara, and an editor's preface by historian Catherine Ceniza Choy.
Critically analyzes the discursive relationship between cultural
value and popular feminism in American television. While American
television has long relied on a strategic foregrounding of feminist
politics to promote certain programming's cultural value, Woman Up:
Invoking Feminism in Quality Television is the first sustained
critical analysis of the twenty-first-century resurgence of this
tradition. In Woman Up, Julia Havas's central argument is that
postmillennial "feminist quality television" springs from a
rhetorical subversion of the (much-debated) masculine-coded
"quality television"culture on the one hand and the dominance of
postfeminist popular culture on the other. Postmillennial quality
television culture promotes the idea of aesthetic-generic
hierarchies among different types of scripted programming. Its
development has facilitated evaluative academic analyses of
television texts based on aesthetic merit, producing a corpus of
scholarship devoted to pinpointing where value resides in shows
considered worthy of discussion. Other strands of television
scholarship have criticized this approach for sidestepping the
gendered and classed processes of canonization informing the
phenomenon. Woman Up intervenes in this debate by reevaluating such
approaches and insisting that rather than further fostering or
critiquing already prominent processes of canonization, there is a
need to interrogate the cultural forces underlying them. Via
detailed analyses of four TV programs emerging in the early period
of the "feminist quality TV" trend-30 Rock (2006-13), Parks and
Recreation (2009-15), The Good Wife (2009-16), and Orange Is the
New Black (2013-19)-Woman Up demonstrates that such series mediate
their cultural significance by combining formal aesthetic
exceptionalism and a politicized rhetoric around a "problematic"
postfeminism, thus linking ideals of political and aesthetic value.
Woman Up will most appeal to students and scholars of cinema and
media studies, feminist media studies, television studies, and
cultural studies.
Over the last few decades, the refrain for many activists in
technology fields around the globe has been "attraction, promotion,
and retention." Yet the secret to accomplishing this task has not
been found. Despite the wide variety of theories proposed in
efforts to frame and understand the issues, to date none have been
accepted as a universally accurate framework, nor been applicable
across varying cultures and ethnicities. Gender Inequality and the
Potential for Change in Technology Fields provides innovative
insights into diversity creation through potential solutions,
including the attraction of more women to study technology and to
enter technology careers, the navigation of suitable promotional
pathways, and the retention of women in these industries. This
publication examines women in IT professions, artificial
intelligence, and social media. It is designed for gender
theorists, government officials, policymakers, educators,
individual activists and advocates, recruiters, content developers,
managers, women and men in technology fields, academicians,
researchers, and students.
What prenatal tests and down syndrome reveal about our reproductive
choices When Alison Piepmeier-scholar of feminism and disability
studies, and mother of Maybelle, an eight-year-old girl with Down
syndrome-died of cancer in August 2016, she left behind an
important unfinished manuscript about motherhood, prenatal testing,
and disability. In Unexpected, George Estreich and Rachel Adams
pick up where she left off, honoring the important research of
their friend and colleague, as well as adding new perspectives to
her work. Based on interviews with parents of children with Down
syndrome, as well as women who terminated their pregnancies because
their fetus was identified as having the condition, Unexpected
paints an intimate, nuanced picture of reproductive choice in
today's world. Piepmeier takes us inside her own daughter's life,
showing how Down syndrome is misunderstood, stigmatized, and
condemned, particularly in the context of prenatal testing. At a
time when medical technology is rapidly advancing, Unexpected
provides a much-needed perspective on our complex, and frequently
troubling, understanding of Down syndrome.
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