A Critical Woman

Author : Ann Oakley
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849664707

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A Critical Woman by Ann Oakley Pdf

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Barbara Wootton was one of the extraordinary public figures of the twentieth century. She was an outstanding social scientist, an architect of the welfare state, an iconoclast who challenged conventional wisdoms and the first woman to sit on the Woolsack in the House of Lords. Ann Oakley has written a fascinating and highly readable account of the life and work of this singular woman, but the book goes much further. It is an engaged account of the making of British social policy at a critical period seen through the lens of the life and work of a pivotal figure. Oakley tells a story about the intersections of the public and the private and about the way her subject's life unfolded within, was shaped by, and helped to shape a particular social and intellectual context.

Author : Phyllis Chesler
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781641600392

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Women and Madness by Phyllis Chesler Pdf

Feminist icon Phyllis Chesler's pioneering work, Women and Madness, remains startlingly relevant today, nearly fifty years since its first publication in 1972. With over 2.5 million copies sold, this landmark book is unanimously regarded as the definitive work on the subject of women's psychology. Now back in print, this completely revised and updated edition adds perspectives on eating disorders, postpartum depression, biological psychology, important feminist political findings, female genital mutilation, and more.

Author : Holly Lawford-Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780198863885

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Gender-Critical Feminism by Holly Lawford-Smith Pdf

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-287) and index.

Author : Carolyn M. Byerly,Karen Ross
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781405153164

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Women and Media by Carolyn M. Byerly,Karen Ross Pdf

Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. Rooted in a series of interviews with women media workers and activists collected specifically for this book, the text provides an original insight into women’s experiences. Explains the ways that women have organized their internal and external campaigns to improve media content (or working conditions) for women, and established womenowned media to gain a public voice. Identifies key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years, as these relate to production, representation and consumption. Functions as both a research case study and a teaching text.

Author : Jennifer M. Kilty,Sylvie Frigon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317033967

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The Enigma of a Violent Woman by Jennifer M. Kilty,Sylvie Frigon Pdf

Karla Homolka has proven to be a figure of enduring interest to the public and media for the last 20 years. However, despite the widespread Canadian and international public commentary and media frenzy that has encircled this case, Homolka herself remains an enigma to most who write about her. In contrast to much of the contemporary discussion on this case, this book offers a comprehensive and detailed examination of the legal, public and media understandings and explanations of Homolka’s criminality. Drawing from multiple fields of study and varied bodies of critical literature, the book uses Homolka as an object lesson to interrogate some of the narratives and conceptualizations of ‘violent women’, the problematic normative constructions of womanhood and ‘acceptable femininity’, leniency in sentencing, taboo and disgust, and questions of remorse. The authors address broad questions about how women convicted of violence are typically constructed across four sites: the courts; the academy; the mainstream media; and public discourse. This unique text is extremely important for feminist criminology and socio-legal studies, offering the first comprehensive academic effort to engage in dialogue about this important and fascinating case.

Author : Pamela L. Eddy,Kelly Ward,Tehmina Khwaja
Publisher : Springer
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137592859

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Critical Approaches to Women and Gender in Higher Education by Pamela L. Eddy,Kelly Ward,Tehmina Khwaja Pdf

This volume provides a critical examination of the status of women and gender in higher education today. Despite the increasing numbers of women in higher education, gendered structures continue to hinder women’s advancement in academia. This book goes beyond the numbers to examine the issues facing those members of academia with non-dominant gender identities. The authors analyze higher education structures from a range of perspectives and offer recommendations at individual and institutional levels to encourage activism and advance equality in academia.

Author : Annie McCubbin
Publisher : Major Street Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780648980452

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Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions by Annie McCubbin Pdf

This is a laugh out loud, narrative-driven self-help book. Think Bridget Jones gets a critical makeover.In Why Smart Women Make Bad Decisions, our protagonist Kat is learning that the philosophy of &‘Believe-in-yourself-and Magic-will-happen' will not deliver her a better life. Her story, which recounts her hapless attempts to navigate scenarios disturbingly familiar to many readers, is presented with a companion account of the cognitive quirks that drive her faulty thinking and behaviour. This is neuroscience explained through the lens of a modern comedy; the buggy brain stripped bare in a laugh out loud take down of magical thinking and the goofy, delusional self-actualisation movement. Kat discovers that the simplistic advice to honour your intuition is not all it's cracked up to be. Despite practising Gratitude and Acceptance, she is still failing to lose the 5lbs that preoccupy her. Despite her Positive Thinking, her performance review leaves her limp with despair, and despite her assiduous application to making affirmations, her philandering Hipster Boyfriend leaves her (taking with him the remote control).In the companion explanation to each chapter, author Annie McCubbin explains to readers what drives people to behave in blindly optimistic and self-destructive ways. If only they could apply the critical thinking that our narrator suggests, smart women would indeed stop making bad decisions.It becomes clear to Kat, and in turn the reader, that positive thinking, meditation and magical thinking will not turn her life around. Instead, women should apply the narrator's advice and change the inherent cognitive flaws that run, and often ruin, their lives.

Author : Rose L. Chou,Annie Pho
Publisher : Library Juice Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1634000528

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Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in Lis by Rose L. Chou,Annie Pho Pdf

Author : Linda Ben-Zvi
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0252062566

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Women in Beckett by Linda Ben-Zvi Pdf

Twelve actresses from seven countries are interviewed about their experience of performing in plays by Samuel Beckett, including their physical and psychological preparation. An additional 19 essays explore critical themes relating to the plays as fiction, as fiction becoming drama, and as drama on stage, radio, and television. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Marsha McCreadie
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004550450

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Women on Film by Marsha McCreadie Pdf

Author : Carlen Lavigne
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786466535

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Cyberpunk Women, Feminism and Science Fiction by Carlen Lavigne Pdf

This analysis of cyberpunk science fiction written between 1981 and 2003 positions women's cyberpunk in the larger cultural discussion of feminist issues. It traces the origins of the genre, reviews the critical reactions and outlines the ways in which women's cyberpunk advances points of view that are specifically feminist. Novels are examined within their cultural contexts; their content is compared to broader controversies within contemporary feminism, and their themes are revealed as reflections of feminist discourse around the turn of the 21st century. Chapters cover topics such as globalization, virtual reality, cyborg culture, environmentalism, religion, motherhood and queer rights. Interviews with feminist cyberpunk authors are provided, revealing both their motivations for writing and their experiences with fans. The study treats feminist cyberpunk as a unique vehicle for examining contemporary women's issues and analyzes feminist science fiction as a complex source of political ideas.

Author : Trina Moyles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 0889775273

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Women Who Dig by Trina Moyles Pdf

With stunning photographs and compelling vignettes, Women Who Dig takes a critical look at how women across the world are rising up against the injustices of the global food system.

Author : Katie Lauve-Moon
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780197527542

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Preacher Woman by Katie Lauve-Moon Pdf

"When people are committed to gender equality, what gets in their way of achieving it? Why do well-intentioned people reinforce sexist outcomes? Why does dissonance persist between organizational actors' good intentions of equality and sexist outcomes? This book provides answers to these questions by applying the critical lens of gendered organizations to moderate-liberal congregations that separated from their mainline denomination in support of women's equal leadership yet remain predominately male in positions of authority. This critical methodological study investigates congregations affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) with some dually aligned with The Alliance of Baptists. Although the CBF identifies the equal leadership of women as a core component of its collective identity and women are enrolling in Baptist seminaries at almost equal rates as men, only five percent of CBF congregations employ women as solo senior pastors. This book provides an organizational analysis investigating gendered congregational processes on the individual, interactional, and organizational levels including themes such as gendered hiring criteria, a perceived incongruence of women's bodies and leadership, unconscious biases of organizational actors, and how women pastors' experiences of discrimination influence their more risky approaches to leadership"--

Author : Carolyn M. Byerly,Karen Ross
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015063202736

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Women and Media by Carolyn M. Byerly,Karen Ross Pdf

Women and Media is a thoughtful cross-cultural examination of the ways in which women have worked inside and outside mainstream media organizations since the 1970s. The book provides an overview of the key issues and developments in feminist media critiques and interventions over the last 30 years, beginning with the extant literature in this growing field and ending with a new study of women’s media activism in 20 nations. The authors recount and analyze the first-hand narratives of nearly 100 women media activists whose work has contributed to the making of a feminist public sphere that has moved women leaders and agendas more forcefully into their societies. This highly original empirical base, and the Model of Women's Media Action that the authors developed from it, provides a unique account of women’s struggles to improve, create, and otherwise employ media in pushing for social change. The text is written in a concise, engaging style, laying out the central concerns about the women–media relationship as it has operated in a variety of political/critical contexts. It can be used alongside Women and Media: International Perspectives (2004), by the same authors.

Author : Margaret Fuller
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780486112008

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Woman in the Nineteenth Century by Margaret Fuller Pdf

This 1845 classic by prototypical feminist discusses the Woman Question, prostitution and slavery, marriage, employment, reform, many other topics. Enormously influential work is today a classic of feminist literature.