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Working-Class Lesbian Life
Classed Outsiders
AvYvette Taylor
Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This is an original study of women self-identified as working-class and lesbian, showing the significance of class and sexuality in their biographies, everyday lives and identities. It provides insight, a critique of queer theory and an empirical interrogation of the embodied, spatial and material intersection of class and sexuality.
What Women Want From Work
Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century
AvR. Woodfield
Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.
Women's Rights and Religious Practice
Claims in Conflict
AvA. Boden
Inbunden, Engelska, 2007
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The author looks at conflicts between human rights for women and religious integrity, through family religious ideology and questions of relativism, privacy and agency. The study shows that theological resistance and political and social inhibitors can, ironically, make the human rights concept inappropriate for gaining rights for religious women.
Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900–50
AvAndrew Gamble,Gillian Peele
Inbunden, Engelska, 1995
1 119 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900-50, explores the meanings and experience of home and private life for women who grew up in England before 1950. It considers the extent to which class, suburbanisation and historical moment as well as gender constructed women's understanding of domesticity, and discusses the part played by conceptions of home and private life in the shaping of identities. Oral narratives, fiction, autobiography and diaries are used in conjunction with psychoanalytic, linguistic and historical explanations of women's lives to map a psychological as well as a social history of women's relationship to the home in the early part of this century.
Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World
AvH. Afshar,S. Barrientos
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 119 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different women in different places. In some circumstances it has created opportunities for greater empowerment, whilst in others it has stimulated a reaction and increased the subordination of women. This book explores the experiences of women in diverse local contexts within different cultures and faiths, drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It draws out the contradictory and fragmented impact of globalization at the local level on the lives of women in the developing world.
Organising Feminisms
The Micropolitics of the Academy
AvL. Morley
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 056 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This study of feminism, equity and change in the academy is based on interviews with 40 feminist academics and students in Britain, Sweden and Greece. Change is interrogated in relation to feminist pedagogy, equity, organizational culture, policies and discourses of New Right reform, mass expansion and new managerialism.
International Perspectives On Gender and Democratisation
AvNA NA,Shirin M. Rai
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
International Perspectives on Gender and Democratization brings together the experience of women's democratic movements in different countries and regions, North and South, and assesses how different discourses of democracy have been used by women's groups to assert women's rights. Sensitive to particular histories, ideologies, and cultural contexts, the contributors assess the strengths and the problems facing women's democratic movements as they consolidate their gains and face new challenges.
Women and Adjustment Policies in the Third World
AvHaleh Afshar,Afsharm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1992
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The Third World debt crisis, the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's adjustment policies have compelled many countries to move towards a contraction of public sector expenditure in favour of market orientated development policies. Women in general and the poorest amongst them in particular have borne a disproportionate burden of the ensuing hardships. This book addresses the shortcomings in the current gender blind analytical frameworks of governments and financial organisations and offers alternative strategies for combating recession and poverty.
Fabrication of the Late-Victorian Femme Fatale
The Kiss of Death
AvR. Stott
Inbunden, Engelska, 1992
1 869 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines the rise of the femme fatale as a prominant fictional type in late nineteenth-century British culture. As a stereotype she has been 'fabricated', that is to say constructed as a 'figure in the carpet' of the fin-de-siècle. The book argues that Rider Haggard's She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed , Bram Stoker's female vampires and Conrad's destructive Malayan or African women, even Hardy's Tess , are all caught up in a series of late nineteenth-century contexts: biological determinism, imperialism, race, theories about female sexuality, degeneration and evolutionary theory.
Women's Studies in the 1990s
Doing Things Differently?
AvGroot,Joanna de Grootm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1993
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This interdisciplinary collection is concerned with important theoretical and methodological issues facing women's studies. Drawing on feminist theory and politics it addresses a range of questions raised for women's studies by work conducted in history, literature, politics and sociology. The editors provide a context for these debates in their introductory essay which gives an overview of the development of women's studies and reflects on its current position. In their concluding chapter they also suggest a framework from which women's studies might move forward.
Women in the Middle East
Perceptions, Realities and Struggles for Liberation
AvAfshar,Haleh Afshar
Inbunden, Engelska, 1993
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book offers both theoretical perspectives and detailed examples which provide the analytical frameworks chosen by the Middle Eastern women themselves to explain the strategies they have chosen for liberation. The studies deal with Islam and its impact on personal and public lives of women in the region as well as their political struggles for liberation both internally and internationally.
Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900–50
AvAndrew Gamble,Gillian Peele
Häftad, Engelska, 1995
1 119 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900-50, explores the meanings and experience of home and private life for women who grew up in England before 1950. It considers the extent to which class, suburbanisation and historical moment as well as gender constructed women's understanding of domesticity, and discusses the part played by conceptions of home and private life in the shaping of identities. Oral narratives, fiction, autobiography and diaries are used in conjunction with psychoanalytic, linguistic and historical explanations of women's lives to map a psychological as well as a social history of women's relationship to the home in the early part of this century.
Populism and Feminism in Iran
Women’s Struggle in a Male-Defined Revolutionary Movement
AvHaideh Moghissi
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
341 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Women presented the first effective challenge to the Islamic regime and the clerical authority in post-revolutionary Iran. Women's activism in support of their legal rights and personal freedom, however, did not develop into a strong movement against the rising fundamentalism. The Iranian socialists did not support women's autonomous organizations. The convergence of the Left's populism with Islamic populism, and the influence of the Iranian/Shiite political culture that promotes male authority and female submission, could not reconcile with women's claims to individual rights, choice, and personal freedom and their struggle for autonomy and self-determination in private or public life.
Women and Empowerment
Illustrations from the Third World
AvHaleh Afshar
Inbunden, Engelska, 1998
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The authors in this volume address the questions 'What is empowerment?' Is it power over resources? Is it the ability to create 'effective demand'? Is it about the ability to make choices? Is it about access to resources and how they are controlled, politically, economically, by NGOs, by political parties, by the state? Do political parties facilitate or do they channel energies away from empowerment? They evaluate how in different circumstances different political agents have been seen as provider of resources.
Women and Empowerment
Illustrations from the Third World
AvHaleh Afshar
Häftad, Engelska, 1998
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The authors in this volume address the questions 'What is empowerment?' Is it power over resources? Is it the ability to create 'effective demand'? Is it about the ability to make choices? Is it about access to resources and how they are controlled, politically, economically, by NGOs, by political parties, by the state? Do political parties facilitate or do they channel energies away from empowerment? They evaluate how in different circumstances different political agents have been seen as provider of resources.
Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World
AvAfshar,H. Afsharm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different women in different places. In some circumstances it has created opportunities for greater empowerment, whilst in others it has stimulated a reaction and increased the subordination of women. This book explores the experiences of women in diverse local contexts within different cultures and faiths, drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It draws out the contradictory and fragmented impact of globalization at the local level on the lives of women in the developing world.
Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World
AvH. Afshar,S. Barrientos
Häftad, Engelska, 1999
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
The process of globalization has had a dramatic impact on the lives of women in developing countries in the past decade. They have been increasingly drawn into insecure flexible employment working for the world market. The feminisation of the labour market has increased the burdens on women, and the inability of men to access full-time well-remunerated employment has exacerbated the process of male out-migration and has left many families headed by women. At the same time the reduction in state services and welfare has increased the burdens placed on women. Nevertheless the consequences of globalization have been different for different women in different places. In some circumstances it has created opportunities for greater empowerment, whilst in others it has stimulated a reaction and increased the subordination of women. This book explores the experiences of women in diverse local contexts within different cultures and faiths, drawing on case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America. It draws out the contradictory and fragmented impact of globalization at the local level on the lives of women in the developing world.
Organising Feminisms
The Micropolitics of the Academy
AvL. Morley
Inbunden, Engelska, 1999
1 056 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This study of feminism, equity and change in the academy is based on interviews with 40 feminist academics and students in Britain, Sweden and Greece. The research attempts to decode and disentangle gendered message systems and the matrix of power relations in the academy. It consists of feminist readings of the micro processes of everyday practices. Change is interrogated in relation to feminist pedagogy, equity, organizational culture, policies and discourses of new right reform, mass expansion and new managerialism. This work is intended for departments of sociology, women's studies, education, organization studies, management studies, equal opportunities, and employment studies.
Organising Feminisms
The Micropolitics of the Academy
AvL. Morley
Häftad, Engelska, 1999
1 056 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
This study of feminism, equity and change in the academy is based on interviews with 40 feminist academics and students in Britain, Sweden and Greece. The research attempts to decode and disentangle gendered message systems and the matrix of power relations in the academy. It consists of feminist readings of the micro-processes of everyday practices. Change is interrogated in relation to feminist pedagogy, equity, organizational culture, policies and discourses of New Right reform, mass expansion and new managerialism.
Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland
AvC. Davies,C. Roulston
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Mainstream politics in Northern Ireland has not been welcoming to women, but many women have been present in community and voluntary organizations where their contribution has been outstanding. This book examines four organizations (including the recently-formed Northern Ireland Women's Coalition) where women have been active. It discusses the processes and structures created by these groups in order to work democratically across differences and argues that their experiences are invaluable to the development of feminist debates on democracy and difference.
Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland
AvC. Davies,C. Roulston
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Mainstream politics in Northern Ireland has not been welcoming to women, but many women have been present in community and voluntary organizations where their contribution has been outstanding. This book examines four organizations (including the recently-formed Northern Ireland Women's Coalition) where women have been active. It discusses the processes and structures created by these groups in order to work democratically across differences and argues that their experiences are invaluable to the development of feminist debates on democracy and difference.
Women and Revivalism in the West
Choosing ‘Fundamentalism’ in a Liberal Democracy
AvM. Franks
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Why do some Western women choose to join Christian and Islamic revivalist movements in the present day? Revivalist religions (often called 'fundamentalist') have a reputation for the policing of gender boundaries and roles and the blanket subjugation of women. This study aims particularly to establish what the attractions might be for women who choose to swim against the prevailing consumerist current and affiliate themselves with such groups in a liberal democracy.
Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America
AvMaxine Molyneux,N. Craske
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This volume assesses one of the most important developments in contemporary Latin American women's movements: the engagement with rights-based discourses. Organised women have played a central role in the continued struggle for democracy in the region and with it gender justice. The foregrounding of human rights, and within them the recognition of women's rights, has offered women a strategic advantage in pursuing their goals of an inclusive citizenship. The country-based chapters analyse specific bodies of rights: rights and representation, domestic violence, labour rights, reproductive rights, legal advocacy, socio-economic rights, rights and ethnicity, and rights, the state and autonomy.
Polish Women, Solidarity and Feminism
AvAnna Reading
Häftad, Engelska, 1992
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Examines Polish women's oppression before, on the cusp and after the collapse of communism. The book analyzes the relationship between Solidarity, state capitalism, nationalism and feminism by drawing on a wide variety of source material.
Working-Class Lesbian Life
Classed Outsiders
AvYvette Taylor
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This is an original study of women self-identified as working-class and lesbian, showing the significance of class and sexuality in their biographies, everyday lives and identities. It provides insight, a critique of queer theory and an empirical interrogation of the embodied, spatial and material intersection of class and sexuality.
What Women Want From Work
Gender and Occupational Choice in the 21st Century
AvR. Woodfield
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Are current patterns within women's occupations a function of external limitations on initial ambitions, or do women simply prefer distinct types of work? Including case studies of fire fighting and teaching, this book offers a qualitative exploration of girls' and women's reported journeys towards their work choices.
Women's Rights and Religious Practice
Claims in Conflict
AvA. Boden
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
584 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
The author looks at conflicts between human rights for women and religious integrity, through family religious ideology and questions of relativism, privacy and agency. The study shows that theological resistance and political and social inhibitors can, ironically, make the human rights concept inappropriate for gaining rights for religious women.
Women and Revivalism in the West
Choosing ‘Fundamentalism’ in a Liberal Democracy
AvM. Franks
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
547 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Why do some Western women choose to join Christian and Islamic revivalist movements in the present day? This study aims particularly to establish what the attractions might be for women who choose to swim against the prevailing consumerist current and affiliate themselves with such groups in a liberal democracy.
Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America
AvMaxine Molyneux,N. Craske
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
1 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This volume assesses one of the most important developments in contemporary Latin American women's movements: the engagement with rights-based discourses. Organised women have played a central role in the continued struggle for democracy in the region and with it gender justice. The foregrounding of human rights, and within them the recognition of women's rights, has offered women a strategic advantage in pursuing their goals of an inclusive citizenship. The country-based chapters analyse specific bodies of rights: rights and representation, domestic violence, labour rights, reproductive rights, legal advocacy, socio-economic rights, rights and ethnicity, and rights, the state and autonomy.

Women's Studies at York Series – serie

Working-Class Lesbian Life

What Women Want From Work

Women's Rights and Religious Practice

Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900–50

Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World

Organising Feminisms

International Perspectives On Gender and Democratisation

Women and Adjustment Policies in the Third World

Fabrication of the Late-Victorian Femme Fatale

Women's Studies in the 1990s

Women in the Middle East

Women, Identity and Private Life in Britain, 1900–50

Populism and Feminism in Iran

Women and Empowerment

Women and Empowerment

Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World

Women, Globalization and Fragmentation in the Developing World

Organising Feminisms

Organising Feminisms

Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland

Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland

Women and Revivalism in the West

Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America

Polish Women, Solidarity and Feminism

Working-Class Lesbian Life

What Women Want From Work

Women's Rights and Religious Practice

Women and Revivalism in the West

Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America