Third World Second Sex Volume 1

Author : Miranda Davies
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0862320291

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Third World, Second Sex (Volume 1) by Miranda Davies Pdf

Third World, Second Sex brings together women's organizations from over 20 Third World countries giving voice to their own experiences and perspectives. This important book reflects, as a result, the accelerating pace of women's struggles in countries as diverse as India and El Salvador, Oman and Mauritius, Chile and Zimbabwe. The issues these women face include their role in national liberation movements and armed struggles; the need, or otherwise, for an autonomous women's movement in Third World Countries; and the changing position of women after a revolutionary transition. They also give accounts of specific feminist campaigns against malviolence, against company exploitation, and in the area of women and health. This book reveals how Third World women are confronting traditional male-dominated structures with courage and initiative. The experiences of this new generation of women's movements can contribute to an understanding among other Third World women of their problems and how to analyse and solve them. It also adds a rich new dimension to women's perspectives elsewhere in the world. A useful listing of women's organizations worldwide is also included.

Author : Miranda Davies
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0862320291

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Third World, Second Sex (Volume 1) by Miranda Davies Pdf

Third World, Second Sex brings together women's organizations from over 20 Third World countries giving voice to their own experiences and perspectives. This important book reflects, as a result, the accelerating pace of women's struggles in countries as diverse as India and El Salvador, Oman and Mauritius, Chile and Zimbabwe. The issues these women face include their role in national liberation movements and armed struggles; the need, or otherwise, for an autonomous women's movement in Third World Countries; and the changing position of women after a revolutionary transition. They also give accounts of specific feminist campaigns against malviolence, against company exploitation, and in the area of women and health. This book reveals how Third World women are confronting traditional male-dominated structures with courage and initiative. The experiences of this new generation of women's movements can contribute to an understanding among other Third World women of their problems and how to analyse and solve them. It also adds a rich new dimension to women's perspectives elsewhere in the world. A useful listing of women's organizations worldwide is also included.

Author : Simone de Beauvoir
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780679724513

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Le Deuxième Sexe by Simone de Beauvoir Pdf

The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.

Author : Susan Bullock
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1856491188

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Women and Work by Susan Bullock Pdf

Extrait de la couverture : "All around the world, women work. Yet the work they do has always been, and continues to be, considered as less important than that performed by men. In many cases women's activities are not even acknowledged as work. Not only do women encounter more obstacles than men in education and training, but they are over-represented amongst the lowest paid, part-time workforce, enjoying few employement rights. Recognition of this has led to adoption of measures over the past two decades to eliminate gender discrimination and to promote equality of opportunity and treatement for women workers. Thos book is a contribution to the efforts being made, mainly by women themselves, to ensure that these intiatives are implemented. The author draws together research on gender, work and development, and emphasises that the concept of work should include not only paid labour but all of those activitie which contribute to production and development."

Author : Simone De Beauvoir
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525563419

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The Independent Woman by Simone De Beauvoir Pdf

“Like man, woman is a human being.” When The Second Sex was first published in Paris in 1949—groundbreaking, risqué, brilliantly written and strikingly modern—it provoked both outrage and inspiration. The Independent Woman contains three key chapters of Beauvoir’s masterwork, which illuminate the feminine condition and identify practical social reforms for gender equality. It captures the essence of the spirited manifesto that switched on light bulbs in the heads of a generation of women and continues to exert profound influence on feminists today.

Author : Chandra Talpade Mohanty,Russo,Lourdes Torres
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1991-06-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253206324

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Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism by Chandra Talpade Mohanty,Russo,Lourdes Torres Pdf

"The essays are provocative and enhance knowledge of Third World women's issues. Highly recommended . . . " —Choice " . . . the book challenges assumptions and pushes historic and geographical boundaries that must be altered if women of all colors are to win the struggles thrust upon us by the 'new world order' of the 1990s." —New Directions for Women "This surely is a book for anyone trying to comprehend the ways sexism fuels racism in a post-colonial, post-Cold War world that remains dangerous for most women." —Cynthia H. Enloe " . . . provocative analyses of the simultaneous oppressions of race, class, gender and sexuality . . . a powerful collection." —Gloria Anzaldúa " . . . propels third world feminist perspectives from the periphery to the cutting edge of feminist theory in the 1990s." —Aihwa Ong " . . . a carefully presented wealth of much-needed information." —Audre Lorde " . . . it is a significant book." —The Bloomsbury Review " . . . excellent . . . The nondoctrinaire approach to the Third World and to feminism in general is refreshing and compelling." —World Literature Today ". . . an excellent collection of essays examining 'Third World' feminism." —The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory These essays document the debates, conflicts, and contradictions among those engaged in developing third world feminist theory and politics. Contributors: Evelyne Accad, M. Jacqui Alexander, Carmen Barroso, Cristina Bruschini, Rey Chow, Juanita Diaz-Cotto, Angela Gilliam, Faye V. Harrison, Cheryl Johnson-Odim, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Ann Russo, Barbara Smith, Nayereh Tohidi, Lourdes Torres, Cheryl L. West, & Nellie Wong.

Author : John Foran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134779215

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Theorizing Revolutions by John Foran Pdf

In Theorizing Revolutions, some of the most exciting thinkers in the study of revolutions today look critically at the many theoretical frameworks through which revolutions can be understood and apply them to specific revolutionary cases. The theoretical approaches considered in this way include state-centred perspectives, structural theory, world-system analysis, elite models, demographic theories and feminism and the revolutions covered range in time from the French Revolution to Eastern Europe in 1989 and in place from Russia to Vietnam and Nicaragua.

Author : Gregg Barak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313032394

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Crime and Crime Control by Gregg Barak Pdf

Are crime rates rising or falling around the world? Are specific types of crime more prevalent in some cultures than others? Do different cultures vary greatly in their attitudes toward crime prevention? Students will find answers to these and similar questions in this unique resource of 15 case studies exploring the problems of crime and crime control in different countries, ranging from Germany to Ghana, to around the world. Cross-cultural comparisons examine the history, the public perceptions, contemporary problems, and the future of crime and crime control in each country. The comparisons also provide readers with the opportunity to discover both the many differences and the many similarities that exist among the different cultures in their rates of crime, forms of prevention, and attitudes toward it. Each of the 15 chapters opens with a brief overview, which includes the type of government and the living environment of the country to introduce readers to the population. The countries were chosen to represent every region of the world and to provide as broad a picture as possible when exploring the issues presented by the problem of crime and different cultures' efforts to control it. The user-friendly format of the volume, with each chapter following the same outline, makes it easy for readers to compare specific aspects among the 15 cultures. These different views of the crime problem around the world and what it means to different people will help students to understand it in a broad sense as a social issue that affects all of humanity.

Author : Lyn Parker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135303754

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From Subjects to Citizens by Lyn Parker Pdf

This book analyses the processes by which conservative and introverted Balinese villagers have been incorporated into the Indonesian nation-state.

Author : Jennifer Leigh Disney
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781592138296

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Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua by Jennifer Leigh Disney Pdf

In Women's Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua, Jennifer Leigh Disney investigates the contours of women’s emancipation outside the framework of liberal democracy and a market economy. She interviews 146 women and men in the two countries to explore the comparative contribution of women’s participation in subsistence and informal economies, political parties and civil society organizations. She also discusses military struggles against colonialism and imperialism in fostering feminist agency to provide a fascinating look at how each movement evolved and how it changed in a post-revolutionary climate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Disarmament
ISBN : UIUC:30112107307156

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Peace Research Abstracts Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elena Garcés
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739130117

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Colombian Women by Elena Garcés Pdf

From her personal diary as an eleven-year-old in a Catholic girl's school, in which she chastises herself for the sin of wearing a bathing suit, through erudite analysis of the patriarchal structures on which most world communities stand, Elena GarcZs examines culture, history, economics, law, and religion as they apply to her native Colombia. In so doing, she promotes ideas which demolish the 'forced enclosure' of women in that society. Eighteen Colombian women, selected at random from many regions and ethnicities, and from up and down the socioeconomic ladder, tell life stories almost universally tragic, regardless of the wealth, education, age, or status derived from positions held by their husbands. Their experiences, in particular the ways in which family and institutions are used against them, illustrate the feminist theories around which GarcZs shapes her arguments. This book will be ideal for undergraduate students of Women's Studies, Latin American Studies, Religion, and Sociology. It will also appeal to scholars interested in the welfare and development of women.

Author : Ann Miles,Hans C. Buechler,Florence E. Babb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000056146545

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Women and Economic Change by Ann Miles,Hans C. Buechler,Florence E. Babb Pdf

Author : Adrien Katherine Wing
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814793374

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Global Critical Race Feminism by Adrien Katherine Wing Pdf

An anthology containing some 30 essays which focus on topics including a critique of American feminist legal scholarship; motherhood and work in cultural context; Josephine Baker and the Cold War; the campaign against female circumcision; violence against Aboriginal women in Australia; and "marketization" and the status of women in China. Includes a foreword by social justice activist and professor at the U. of California-Santa Cruz, Angela Y. Davis. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ruth Roach Pierson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429761676

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Women and Peace by Ruth Roach Pierson Pdf

Originally published in 1987, this book includes contributions from scholars and peace activists in the United States, Britain, Canada, Belgium, and the German Democratic Republic. These papers present, from a number of different perspectives, the experiences of women in relation to peace in North America, Japan and Europe. The theoretical diversity and historical breadth of the collection provide a balanced and enlightened view of women and peace movements. The papers range from an important theoretical contribution by the American scholar Berenice Carroll to one on the peace movement in Japan after Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Setsuko Thurlow, a Japanese-Canadian and a Hiroshima survivor. The papers are divided into theoretical, historical and practical approaches and the main part of the book is concerned with historical accounts of women’s involvement in peace movements. An important issue covered is the contradiction that arises between feminist and pacifist ideals in peace movements. Literary figures such as Vera Brittain and Charlotte Perkins Gilman are also discussed. This book will have multi-disciplinary appeal to students and academics in women’s studies, peace studies, sociology and history. It will also be of interest to activists in the women’s and peace movements.