The Complete Book of Amulets and Talismans
by Migene Gonzalez-Wippler
The Pentagram, Star of David, Crucifix, rabbit's foot, or four-leaf clover . . . they all provide feelings of comfort and protection, intended to attract good while dispelling evil. Found throughout history and in nearly every culture and religion, amulets and talismans can be made and used by anyone. Spanning the world through the diverse cultures of Sumeria, Babylonia, Greece, Italy, India, Western Europe, and North America, this book presents the history and uses of amulets and talismans. Rea...
Moving the Mountain tells the story of the struggles and triumphs of thousands of activists who achieved "half a revolution" between 1960 and 1990. In this award-winning book, the most complete history of the women's movement to date, Flora Davis presents a grass-roots view of the small steps and giant leaps that have changed laws and institutions as well as the prejudices and unspoken rules governing a woman's place in American society. Looking at every major feminist issue from the point of vi...
Philosophy and Feminist Criticism (Paragon Issues in Philosophy)
by Eve Browning Cole
Here is a solid, well-reasoned introduction to feminist philosophy that instructors using traditional undergraduate texts will find especially useful in broadening debate. Philosophy and Feminist Criticism introduces readers to the lively and productive conversation between traditional philosophy and its feminist critics. Designed to be accessible to the beginning philosophy student and to non-specialist readers, the book demystifies current debates concerning the nature and scope of philosophy...
A Companion to Global Gender History (Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History, #3) (Blackwell Companions to World History)
by Teresa A. Meade and Merry E Weisner-Hanks
Provides a completely updated survey of the major issues in gender history from geographical, chronological, and topical perspectives This new edition examines the history of women over thousands of years, studies their interaction with men in a gendered world, and looks at the role of gender in shaping human behavior. It includes thematic essays that offer a broad foundation for key issues such as family, labor, sexuality, race, and material culture, followed by chronological and regional essay...
Women's Studies Quarterly (99: 3-4) (Women's Studies Quarterly, v. 27)
Feminist Trauma Theologies
Throughout the study of trauma theology runs a lineage that is deeply feminist. As traumatic experience is being more frequently acknowledged in public, this book seeks to articulate an explicit understanding of feminist trauma theology for the first time. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, this book explores the relationship between trauma and feminist theologies, highlighting methodological, theological, and practical similarities between the two. The #MeToo and #Church...
Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism (Routledge Companions)
What does Feminism mean in today's society and how does the term Postfeminism affect our understanding of the gender roles? Now in its second edition, thoroughly revised, updated and expanded with new material, The Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism combines a series of in-depth back-ground chapters with A-Z entries to provide an authoritative yet readable guide to this fascinating area. Taking an historical narrative view point the book charts the people, terms and theories that...
The Changing Role of Women Since 1900 (Research It!)
by Louise Spilsbury
Titles in this series help students to develop the skills they need to research history topics successfully. Each title shows students how to evaluate, organize and use information and primary sources. How to cite sources and plagiarism are also covered.
Postfeminist Biopic, The: Narrating the Lives of Plath, Kahlo, Woolf and Austen
by Bronwyn Polaschek
From the celebrity spirit mediums of the nineteenth century to the TikTok witches hexing the patriarchy, women have long used magic and mysticism to seize back the power they re so often denied. Organized around different approaches women have taken to the occult over the decades creating new magical systems and symbols, using the supernatural for political gain, seeking fame and fortune as spiritual practitioners, questioning and investigating paranormal phenomena, and embracing their witchy i...
Sex And Borders
Prostitution in Thailand has been the subject of media sensationalism for decades. Bangkok's brothels have become international icons of Third World women's exploitation in the global sex trade. Recently, however, sex workers have begun to demand not pity, but rights as workers in the global economy. This book explores how prostitution policy is linked to the disciplining of Thai national identity and gender. Jeffrey asserts that certain images of The Prostitute have silenced discourses of prost...
Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her final year at school. However, her peaceful mountain village in northern Iraq was an ISIS target as their genocide against the Yazidi people began. The catastropheISIS murdered the men and boys in the village, including Farida's father and brother, and took the women hostage. Farida was one of them. She was held in a slave camp, in the homes of ISIS members and finally in...