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Unleash the Girls - The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) (Hardcover): Lisa... Unleash the Girls - The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) (Hardcover)
Lisa Z Lindahl
R698 R625 Discovery Miles 6 250 Save R73 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Better Allies - Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Karen Catlin Better Allies - Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Karen Catlin; Edited by Sally McGraw
R746 R662 Discovery Miles 6 620 Save R84 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Magazine Movements - Women's Culture, Feminisms and Media Form (Hardcover): Laurel Forster Magazine Movements - Women's Culture, Feminisms and Media Form (Hardcover)
Laurel Forster
R4,243 Discovery Miles 42 430 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

All women's magazines are not the same: content, outlook, and format combine to shape publications quite distinctively. While magazines in general have long been understood as a significant force in women's lives, many critiques have limited themselves to discussions of mainstream printed publications that engage with narrowly stereotypical representations of femininity. Looking at a range of women's magazines ("Cooperative Correspondence Club "and "Housewife) "and magazine programmes ("Woman's Hour" and "Houseparty"), "Magazine Movements" not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. The author first outlines the existing field of magazine studies, and analyzes the methodologies employed in accessing and assessing the cultural competence of magazines. Each chapter then provides a case study of a different kind of magazine: different in media form or style of presentation or audience connection, or all three. Forster not only extends our definition of a magazine, but most importantly, unearths the connections between women's cultures, specific magazines and the implied reader. In this way, fresh insights are provided into the long-standing importance of the magazine to the variety of feminisms on offer in Britain, from the mid twentieth century to the present day.

Being a Man - The Roman Virtus as a Contribution to Moral Philosophy (Paperback): Juhani Sarsila Being a Man - The Roman Virtus as a Contribution to Moral Philosophy (Paperback)
Juhani Sarsila
R1,756 Discovery Miles 17 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study approaches virtus as a moral value concept. The author argues that it is only through conceptual analysis that the meaning and value of virtus are given adequate illustration, and that philology should be regarded as a part of practical philosophy. The study covers Roman literature from the beginnings until Livy. During the Roman Republican Age, virtus was considered a man's contribution to his society and state, in terms of collectivism. Virtus ('manliness') was thought to be more real than any of its particular and transitory representations, i.e. individual male citizens. On the other hand, as an existentialist value concept, virtus at a relatively early stage denoted a man's intrinsic or ontic value or his true self, without regard to any worldly success whatsoever. The final analysis shows that virtus ('virtue') is congruous with or even synonymous to individualism. This book also presents a contribution to gender studies from the standpoint of a man.

From a Nobody to a Somebody (Hardcover): Evangelist Angela Lay From a Nobody to a Somebody (Hardcover)
Evangelist Angela Lay
R882 Discovery Miles 8 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Breaking the Gas Ceiling - Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Hardcover): Rebecca Ponton Breaking the Gas Ceiling - Women in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Hardcover)
Rebecca Ponton; Foreword by Marie-Jose Nadeau
R945 R817 Discovery Miles 8 170 Save R128 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fifty Years to Say I Love You - Hope for Broken Relationships Healing from Trauma & Passages to Recovery (Hardcover): Tajuana J... Fifty Years to Say I Love You - Hope for Broken Relationships Healing from Trauma & Passages to Recovery (Hardcover)
Tajuana J Davis
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wartime Rape and Sexual Violence - An Examination of the Perpetrators, Motivations, and Functions of Sexual Violence Against... Wartime Rape and Sexual Violence - An Examination of the Perpetrators, Motivations, and Functions of Sexual Violence Against Jewish Women During the Holocaust (Hardcover)
Alana Fangrad
R647 Discovery Miles 6 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Given the extensive body of Holocaust literature, it may be surprising to note that there is a distinct gap of reflection, analysis, and qualification in the area of sexual violence. The subject of sexual violence during the Holocaust, in particular, the sexual violation of Jewish women, is a subject that has been largely repressed and silenced. Thus, this thesis is an attempt to not only rectify the omission of sexual violence from Holocaust history, but to bring a level of analysis to this under-examined aspect of National Socialism to a point commensurate with that devoted to other aspects of Holocaust studies. During the Holocaust, sexual violence against Jewish women was both unique and typical. It was typical in the forms that sexual violence manifested-sexual humiliation, rape, gang rape, sexual slavery-but unique in the patterns it followed and the functions it served for the Nazi regime. Unlike other genocides, sexual violence was not a state sanctioned policy of the "Final Solution;" it was employed in a haphazardly manner, that was horrific, multi-faceted, and deadly. Perpetrators were motivated by a diversity of factors, including, a desire for power, camaraderie, sexual pleasure and masculine ego-gratification. Moreover, sexual violence was multi-functional for the Nazi regime, operating as a powerful tool of humiliation and dehumanization. As the Nazi regime moved into full-scale genocide, sexual violence became an increasingly integral component to the process of annihilation. By dehumanizing Jewish women through varied forms of sexual violence, German perpetrators increasingly saw their victims as less than human, thereby further removing them from the realm of moral and ethical obligation. Sexual violence was clearly an essential component to the continued functioning of genocide, because through the process of Jewish women's dehumanization, perpetrators were able to more easily continue fulfilling their murderous tasks

Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women - Kallah's Choice (Hardcover): Amy K., Milligan Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women - Kallah's Choice (Hardcover)
Amy K., Milligan
R2,577 Discovery Miles 25 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Hair, Headwear, and Orthodox Jewish Women comments on hair covering based on an ethnographic study of the lives of Orthodox Jewish women in a small non-metropolitan synagogue. It brings the often overlooked stories of these women to the forefront and probes questions as to how their location in a small community affects their behavioral choices, particularly regarding the folk practice of hair covering. A kallah, or bride, makes the decision as to whether or not she will cover her hair after marriage. In doing so, she externally announces her religious affiliation, in particular her commitment to maintaining an Orthodox Jewish home. Hair covering practices are also unique to women's traditions and point out the importance of examining the women, especially because their cultural roles may be marginalized in studies as a result of their lack of a central role in worship. This study questions their contribution to Orthodoxy as well as their concept of Jewish identity and the ways in which they negotiate this identity with ritualized and traditional behavior, ultimately bringing into question the meaning of tradition in a modern world.

Come Sit with Me - How to Delight in Differences, Love through Disagreements, and Live with Discomfort (Paperback): Becky Keife Come Sit with Me - How to Delight in Differences, Love through Disagreements, and Live with Discomfort (Paperback)
Becky Keife
R362 R328 Discovery Miles 3 280 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Being human is hard. Being in relationships with other humans is even harder. People are complex and relationships are messy but loving one another well is possible. Whether navigating political or religious differences, or dealing with toxic people or our own unforgiveness, this book tackles the struggles no one really wants to talk about. But there is hope! We can actually grow closer to God and others through the circumstances we'd rather run from. In Come Sit with Me, 26 (in)courage writers help you navigate tough relational tensions by revealing their own hard-fought, grace-filled learning moments. They show you how to * delight in your differences * honor and value others even when you disagree * connect before you correct * trust that God is working even when people disappoint you * live and love like Jesus by serving others Whether you're in the middle of a conflict without resolution or wondering how to enter into a friend's pain, this book will serve as a gentle guide. Discover how God can work through your disagreements, differences, and discomfort in ways you might never expect.

American Hybrid Poetics - Gender, Mass Culture, and Form (Hardcover): Amy Moorman Robbins American Hybrid Poetics - Gender, Mass Culture, and Form (Hardcover)
Amy Moorman Robbins
R3,162 Discovery Miles 31 620 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

American Hybrid Poetics explores the ways in which hybrid poetics-a playful mixing of disparate formal and aesthetic strategies-have been the driving force in the work of a historically and culturally diverse group of women poets who are part of a robust tradition in contesting the dominant cultural order. Amy Moorman Robbins examines the ways in which five poets-Gertrude Stein, Laura Mullen, Alice Notley, Harryette Mullen, and Claudia Rankine-use hybridity as an implicitly political strategy to interrupt mainstream American language, literary genres, and visual culture, and expose the ways in which mass culture in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has had a powerfully standardizing impact on the collective American imagination. By forcing encounters between incompatible traditions-consumer culture with the avant-garde, low culture forms with experimental poetics, prose poetry with linguistic subversiveness-these poets bring together radically competing ideologies and highlight their implications for lived experience. Robbins argues that it is precisely because these poets have mixed forms that their work has gone largely unnoticed by leading members and critics in experimental poetry circles. Robbins shows that while these poets employ widely varying linguistic strategies and topical range, they share a common and deeply critical vision of American popular culture as it promulgates bourgeois capitalist and imperialist values and forecloses possibilities for independent thought and creative resistance. They also share the view that contemporary history can be reimagined in intellectually liberating ways through hybrid poetics.

Gender, Place, and Identity of South Asian Women (Hardcover): Moussa Pourya Asl Gender, Place, and Identity of South Asian Women (Hardcover)
Moussa Pourya Asl
R5,784 Discovery Miles 57 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the past century, South Asia underwent fundamental cultural, social, and political changes as many countries progressed from colonial dominations through nationalist movements to independence. These transformations have been intricately bound up with the spatiality of social life in the region, drawing further attention to the significance of social spaces within transformative politics and identity formations. Gender, Place, and Identity of South Asian Women studies contemporary literature of South Asian women with a focus on gender, place, and identity. It contributes to the debate on gender identity and equality, spatial and social justice, women empowerment, marginalization, and anti-discrimination measures. Covering topics such as partition memory narrative, spatial mobility, and diasporic women's lives, this book is an essential resource for students and educators of higher education, researchers, activists, government officials, business leaders, academicians, feminist organizations, sociologists, and researchers.

Only Good Things - Segments of a Memoir (Hardcover): Debra A Baker Only Good Things - Segments of a Memoir (Hardcover)
Debra A Baker
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Margery Spring Rice - Pioneer of Women's Health in the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover): Lucy Pollard Margery Spring Rice - Pioneer of Women's Health in the Early Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
Lucy Pollard
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Survival - The Will and the Way (Hardcover): Miss Young Survival - The Will and the Way (Hardcover)
Miss Young
R616 Discovery Miles 6 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naida - Who Am I? (Hardcover): Naida Drew Anderson Naida - Who Am I? (Hardcover)
Naida Drew Anderson
R1,014 R881 Discovery Miles 8 810 Save R133 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Naida Drew Anderson's journey spans nine decades, beginning in the early 1920s. Her story begins on her aunt and uncle's farm near Belleville, Ontario. Her childhood was clouded by the deaths of her sisters, as well as her mother's painful struggle with mental illness. Through it all, Naida stood strong, surviving these hardships to come of age at the beginning of World War II. Living near Canada's largest air force base provided her the opportunity to meet young pilots from all over the world. One handsome American flying ace named Johnny Anderson captured her heart and made her his wife. What followed was a story of love lost and love gained and of Naida's struggle to find a place in an alien world not of her choosing. All around her, society's perceptions of women and their roles were ever changing, redefining what women could achieve in the world. Open to possibilities, Naida nurtured romantic notions of life and eventually came to grips with the reality of human existence. People would come and go from her life, each contributing to her experience, her wisdom, her understanding; each helping her to answer the question that defined her journey: Who am I? Daughter, wife, lover, mother, cancer survivor-Naida has worn many titles. Now, comfortable in her retirement, she looks back at the path. Ultimately, it has been a lesson in resilience, living with the consequences of one's choices, and the value of remaining true to oneself.

Virginia Women - Their Lives and Times - Volume 1 (Hardcover): Cynthia A. Kierner, Sandra Gioia Treadway Virginia Women - Their Lives and Times - Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Cynthia A. Kierner, Sandra Gioia Treadway
R3,271 Discovery Miles 32 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Virginia Women is the first of two volumes exploring the history of Virginia women through the lives of exemplary and remarkable individuals. This collection of seventeen essays, written by established and emerging scholars, recovers the stories and voices of a diverse group of women, from the seventeenth century through the Civil War era. Placing their subjects in their larger historical contexts, the authors show how the experiences of Virginia women varied by race, class, age, and marital status, and also across both space and time. Some essays examine the lives of well-known women-such as First Lady Dolley Madison-from a new perspective. Others introduce readers to relatively obscure historical figures: the convicted witch Grace Sherwood; the colonial printer Clementina Rind; Harriet Hemings, the enslaved daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Essays on the frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles and the Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew examine the real women behind the legends. Altogether, the essays in this collection offer readers an engaging and personal window onto the experiences of women in the Old Dominion.

Work It! - A Modern-Day Sales Planner (Hardcover): Tania Arakelian Doub Work It! - A Modern-Day Sales Planner (Hardcover)
Tania Arakelian Doub
R926 R803 Discovery Miles 8 030 Save R123 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Women in Power - World Leaders since 1960 (Hardcover): Gunhild Hoogensen, Bruce O. Solheim Women in Power - World Leaders since 1960 (Hardcover)
Gunhild Hoogensen, Bruce O. Solheim
R2,222 Discovery Miles 22 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Women in Power profiles 22 world leaders who have held the top positions of political power since 1960. Each chapter is devoted to a region of the world. In addition to providing an overview of the political careers of the women who emerged as leaders in these regions, the authors examine the political systems of each region in terms of the involvement of women in politics. Biographies of these political leaders are embedded within regional analyses that reveal not only the personal circumstances that each woman faced in her quest for power but also the political milieu from which she emerged. We learn about the obstacles as well as the advantages these women faced, and we derive insights into the structures that exist in our own societies regarding the power relations between men and women. Women in Power also devotes a chapter to differing theories of women's leadership and various theories of feminism around the world. Finally, in an effort to understand how the United States can appear to be the bastion of women's liberation around the world and yet have only 15 percent representation of women in power and no female president to date, the authors explore prospects for the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential election and discuss potential candidates.

Frau Wibrandis (Hardcover): Ernst Staehelin Frau Wibrandis (Hardcover)
Ernst Staehelin; Translated by Ed L. Miller
R761 R661 Discovery Miles 6 610 Save R100 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Golden Trash (Hardcover): Garai Garapasi The Golden Trash (Hardcover)
Garai Garapasi
R453 Discovery Miles 4 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The list of gross human rights violations against women is endless wordwide. Human rights that exclude or discriminate women are explicitly inhuman!

Herself an Author - Gender, Agency, and Writing in Late Imperial China (Hardcover): Grace S. Fong Herself an Author - Gender, Agency, and Writing in Late Imperial China (Hardcover)
Grace S. Fong
R1,664 Discovery Miles 16 640 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Herself an Author addresses the critical question of how to approach the study of women's writing. It explores various methods of engaging in a meaningful way with a rich corpus of poetry and prose written by women of the late Ming and Qing periods, much of it rediscovered by the author in rare book collections in China and the United States. The volume treats different genres of writing and includes translations of texts that are made available for the first time in English. Among the works considered are the life-long poetic record of Gan Lirou, the lyrical travel journal kept by Wang Fengxian, and the erotic poetry of the concubine Shen Cai.Taking the view that gentry women's varied textual production was a form of cultural practice, Grace Fong examines women's autobiographical poetry collections, travel writings, and critical discourse on the subject of women's poetry, offering fresh insights on women's intervention into the dominant male literary tradition. The wealth of texts translated and discussed here include fascinating documents written by concubines - women who occupied a subordinate position in the family and social system.Fong adopts the notion of agency as a theoretical focus to investigate forms of subjectivity and enactments of subject positions in the intersection between textual practice and social inscription. Her reading of the life and work of women writers reveals surprising instances and modes of self-empowerment within the gender constraints of Confucian orthodoxy. Fong argues that literate women in late imperial China used writing and reading to create literary and social communities, transcend temporal-spatial and social limitations, and represent themselves as the authors of their own life histories.

From Where I Stand - Memoirs of a Hairstylist (Hardcover): Joyce Ann Key From Where I Stand - Memoirs of a Hairstylist (Hardcover)
Joyce Ann Key
R627 Discovery Miles 6 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chosen to Be a Vessel - A Memoir (Hardcover): Grace Knesek Chosen to Be a Vessel - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Grace Knesek
R1,103 R942 Discovery Miles 9 420 Save R161 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Morning Musings - Quiet Time Reflections (Hardcover): Emily Tyler, Aimee Walker Morning Musings - Quiet Time Reflections (Hardcover)
Emily Tyler, Aimee Walker; Edited by Vicki Bentley
R628 Discovery Miles 6 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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