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Feminist Studies



Feminist Studies

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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more)

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When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present
by Gail Collins
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Gail Collins, New York Times columnist and bestselling author, recounts the astounding revolution in women's lives over the past 50 years, with her usual sly wit and unfussy style (People). When Everything Changed begins in 1960, when most American women... (read more)

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Sex Industry
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Magic Gardens: The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas
Magic Gardens: The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas
by Viva Las Vegas
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A Midwest preacher's daughter with a fabulous academic pedigree, Viva could have chosen any career, but chose to become a naked girl. This personalized tour of her milieu offers a unique perspective on a thriving industry that is largely condemned or... (read more)

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Sex and Power
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The Color of Violence: Incite! Anthology
The Color of Violence: Incite! Anthology
by Andrea Smith
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This collection of 28 essays about women and the multitude of ways they are victimized around the world by criminal justice systems, militarism, and the medical establishment is compiled by Incite!, which describes itself as "the largest multiracial... (read more)

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Reproductive Rights
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The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
The Means of Reproduction: Sex, Power, and the Future of the World
by Michelle Goldberg
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In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism by the author of the New York Times bestseller Kingdom Coming, Michelle Goldberg exposes the global war on women's reproductive rights and its disastrous and unreported consequences for the future... (read more)

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Body Image
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Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty
by Nancy Etcoff
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In this provocative, witty, and thoroughly researched inquiry into what we find beautiful and why, Nancy Etcoff skewers one of our culture's most enduring myths, that the pursuit of beauty is a learned behavior. Etcoff, a faculty member at Harvard... (read more)

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1800 to 1920
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Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
by Elliott J Gorn
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Her rallying cry was famous: "Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living." A century ago, Mother Jones was a celebrated organizer and agitator, the very soul of the modern American labor movement. At coal strikes, steel strikes, railroad... (read more)

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Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits
Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits
by Nancy Alspaugh
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Ask some women their age, and they'll demur. Ask others, like Joni Mitchell or Cybill Shepherd, and they'll take up a sword. In this inspirational book, 50 women ranging in age from their 40s to their 60s-including movie and television personalities... (read more)

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Sex & Business Ethics of Sexuality in Bu
Sex & Business Ethics of Sexuality in Bu
by Shere Hite
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After 15 years researching and interviewing business men and women around the globe, Shere Hite now exposes the areas where misunderstandings arise and offers solutions for overcoming gender barriers.... (read more)

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In My Father's Garden: A Daughter's Search for a Spiritual Life
In My Father's Garden: A Daughter's Search for a Spiritual Life
by Kim Chernin
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Kim Chernin's mother was a leftist firebrand, an American Marxist at mid-century, when it was dangerous to be one. Her father, a quiet man, was no less radical. Why then, decades later, does their daughter--a liberal California psychoanalyst and writer... (read more)

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