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Sexuality in Europe
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 23.00Compelling new account of the tumultuous history of Europe's 'century of sex'. more...
The End of Men
Penguin Group US 2012; US$ 14.99A landmark portrait of women, men, and power in a transformed world. Men have been the dominant sex since, well, the dawn of mankind. But Hanna Rosin was the first to notice that this long-held truth is, astonishingly, no longer true. At this unprecedented moment, by almost every measure, women are no longer gaining on men: They have pulled decisively... more...
The End of Men
Penguin Books Ltd 2012; Not AvailableWhat Betty Friedan, Simone de Beauvoir, Susan Faludi and Naomi Wolf did for feminism, senior editor of The Atlantic Hanna Rosin does for a new generation of women: an explosive new argument for why women are winning the battle of the sexes and why men are no longer top dog. Women are no longer catching up with men. By almost every measure,... more...
Women in African Colonial Histories
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 19.95How did African women negotiate the complex political, economic, and social forces of colonialism in their daily lives? How did they make meaningful lives for themselves in a world that challenged fundamental notions of work, sexuality, marriage, motherhood, and family? By considering the lives of ordinary ... more...
The Impact of Women in Public Office
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 19.95"[A] well-integrated volume by...one of the best known political scientists working on women and politics.... [It] includes contributions by leading scholars in the field, and provides a well-written and accessible overview of the impact of women in office at every level..." -- Pippa Norris, John F. ... more...
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex Change ... and Were Afraid to Ask
Renaissance E Books 2002; US$ 4.99The ultimate insider's guide for male-to-female sex change! Who qualifies? How to get hormones. Listings of surgeons. Support groups and organizations. And much much more! 'No kidding. 'Everything' you need to know. Everything!' ?Jeri Lee, publisher Transformation magazine. more...
Perfectionism and Contemporary Feminist Values
Indiana University Press 2003; US$ 15.95Although formal barriers to women's social and political participation have crumbled, society remains, to a significant degree, gendered in the roles that women and men play. Women's and men's choices regarding work and family are largely responsible for maintaining and reinforcing the differences. While... more...
Women Organising
Routledge 1991; US$ 51.95Helen Brown analyses and explains what is special about the way women organise. She refers to real life struggles of groups of women seeking to manage without becoming bureaucratised. more...
Practising Feminism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 57.95In Practising Feminism , contributors drawn from a range of backgrounds in anthropology, sociology and social psychology, explore different ways of practising feminism and their effect on gendered identities. The contributors examine feminism and gender identities in different cultures, feminism as a politics of transformation, the call for recognition... more...
The Dynamics Of Race And Gender
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 62.95During the past decade, feminism and women's studies have been forced to acknowledge the diversities of women's experiences, as well as the patriarchal oppression that they share. The emphasis on difference has shattered the illusion of homogeneity and sisterhood which previously characterized white, middle-class Westernized feminist politics and analysis.;... more...









