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  • The Family Silverby Susan Krieger

    University of California Press 1996; US$ 26.95

    In an inventive and controversial collection of essays, sociologist Susan Krieger considers the many forms of wealth, both material and emotional, that women pass on to each other. This domestic heritage?the "family silver"?is the keystone for a discussion of mother-daughter relationships, intimate relationships between lesbians, ties between students... more...

  • Sex Tourismby Michael C. Hall; Chris Ryan

    Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 59.95

    Sex Tourism examines the issues which emerge from sex worker-client interactions and from tourists visiting 'sex destinations'. It is a comprehensive summary of past research by academics and original primary and secondary research by the authors and has examples from Asia, Australasia and the USA. The authors have generated new models to show different... more...

  • Skin Cityby Jack Sheehan

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99

    Part exposé, part x-rated travel guide -- the ultimate insider's look at America's adult playground Vegas. It's a place where Midwestern couples become uninhibited swingers, where shy schoolgirls morph into sexy strippers pulling in $1,000 a night, and where randy tourists come to score at more than just blackjack and craps. What happens here,... more...

  • The Politics of Prostitutionby Joyce Outshoorn

    Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 32.00

    This book shows how women's movements in Western Europe, North America and Australia have affected politics on prostitution and trafficking of women since the 1970s, asking what made them successful in some countries but a failure in others. more...

  • God Forbidby Kathleen M. Sands

    Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 94.99

    Religion in America has come to be regarded as obsessively concerned with sex and as uniformly supporting the conservative agenda of "family values". The 13 essays in this book aim to correct this distortion showing the complexities and conflicts that exist between and within the various religions. more...

  • Growing Old in Americaby David Hackett Fischer

    Oxford University Press 1978; US$ 29.99

    A history of aging in America surveys and compares actualities and attitudes in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and suggests practical improvements on the current inadequate system of pensions, social security, medicare, and other programs. more...

  • In Pursuit of Equityby Alice Kessler-Harris

    Oxford University Press 2001; US$ 18.99

    This volume pierces the skin of arguments and legislation to grasp the preconceptions that have shaped the experience of women: a "gendered imagination" that has defined what men and women alike think of as fair and desirable. The role of the breadwinner is investigated as a prime example. more...

  • White Women's Rightsby Louise Michele Newman

    Oxford University Press 1999; US$ 26.99

    A reinterpretation of the history of the American women's movement. The book traces the intellectual roots of the women's movement, revealing how it took on racial overtones and demonstrating that white, middle-class women laid the intellectual groundwork for the social movements that followed. more...

  • Sex and Social Justiceby Martha C. Nussbaum

    Oxford University Press 1999; US$ 29.99

    These essays articulate a distinctive conception of feminism, one rooted in the liberal tradition of political thought but responsive to radical feminist critiques of this tradition. They chart a feminism that is deeply concerned with global justice and with the needs of women who live in hunger. more...

  • Spartan Womenby Sarah B. Pomeroy

    Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 29.99

    Sarah Pomeroy seeks to reconstruct the lives and the world of Sparta's women -- including how their legal status changed over time and how they held on to their surprising autonomy. more...