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Reclaiming the F Word
Zed Books 2013; US$ 14.95Feminism is so last century. Surely in today's world the idea is irrelevant and unfashionable? Wrong. Since the turn of the millennium a revitalised feminist movement has emerged to challenge these assumptions. Reclaiming the F Word is a generation-defining book that reveals the what, why and how of today's feminism, from cosmetic surgery to... more...
Feminist Criminology
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 37.95Feminist criminology grew out of the Women?s Movement of the 1970s, in response to the male dominance of mainstream criminology ? which meant that not only were women largely excluded from carrying out criminological research, they were also barely considered as subjects of that research. In this volume, Claire Renzetti traces the development... more...
Crimes Against Women
HarperCollins 2013; US$ 9.99As 2012 came to a close, news of the gang rape of a young woman in India?s capital generated headlines around the world. Her assault on a moving bus with a metal rod, and her death two weeks later from her injuries, focused attention on the dark side of the world?s largest democracy: the struggle that faces many Indian women in a country where chauvinistic... more...
The Hundred Dresses
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 19.99From the Sack to the Sari, each dress makes a powerful statement about the woman who wears it. Inspired by the Eleanor Estes' children's classic The Hundred Dresses , Erin McKean's classic-to-be by the same title, with chic illustrations by Donna Mehalko, is a definitive and witty look at what one hundred iconic dress styles, vintage and... more...
Crimes Against Women
HarperCollins 2013; Not AvailableAs 2012 came to a close, news of the gang rape of a young woman in India?s capital generated headlines around the world. Her assault on a moving bus with a metal rod, and her death two weeks later from her injuries, focused attention on the dark side of the world?s largest democracy: the struggle that faces many Indian women in a country where chauvinistic... more...
The Subjection of Women
Electric Book Company 1998; US$ 4.95Published in 1869, Mill?s The Subjection of Women is one of the first political tracts to address what was to become known as ?The Woman Question? in Victorian society. Mill?s masterpiece outlines the social inequalities built into the marriage contract, including disparate property rights and women?s familial responsibilities. John Stuart Mill... more...
The Subjection of Women
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 4.99John Stuart Mill's 1869 essay The Subjection of Women argues for equality between the sexes, putting forward ideas that were an affront to many at the time. His wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, is credited with co-authoring the essay. The Subjection of Women puts forward a detailed and passionate opposition to the social and legal inequalities imposed... more...
Women's Role in Modern World
ABD Publishers 2008; US$ 35.00This book has been written as a sociological treatise, which considers in great depth the changing role, status, Nature and Image of Women worldwide. Considering women from a cross-cultural perspective, the premise of the book rests on what women are, what they do and how they figure in the areas of health, education, social welfare programs, Economy... more...
Female Suffrage
ReadHowYouWant 2006; US$ 4.99In this extremely thought-provoking work, Cooper has argued against women suffrage. She has drawn on historical, biological as well as religious arguments to contend that women should not have the right to participate in the political sphere. Many may not agree with the ideas she presents but not all of her arguments can be refuted. more...
Women and Islam
ABC-CLIO 2010; US$ 55.00In Iran, Islamist women support the right of women to work outside the home, while in Malaysia, Sisters in Islam fights to bring gender justice to Islamic law. Although the subject of women in Islam can provoke horror, fascination, pity, and at times, vitriolic reactions, Muslim women around the globe are fighting for a place in today's world. more...









