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by Pamela Churc Gibson  Publisher Comments A book about not just the theory but also the practice of pornography, Dirty Looks includes essays by photographer Grace Lau and porn-performer Annie Sprinkle as well as renowned writers Lynne Segal and Linda Williams.... (read more)  List Price $18.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Jean Shinoda Bolen Publisher Comments Thirteen essays by the author of the groundbreaking "Goddesses in Everywoman" and "The Millionth Circle," this book details crone years as growing years and provides a blueprint by which women can devote their time, energy, and creativity to what really... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruthellen Josselson Publisher Comments In 1972, Ruthellen Josselson was a young psychologist fascinated by the riddle of how a woman creates an identity and chooses one path over another in life--particularly in the face of the nascent feminist movement, which challenged as never before the... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Debra Sands Miller Publisher Comments "Independent Women" explores new, positive models for achieving independence within the context of relationship, work, and family. The book profiles women whose unwillingness to be boxed in or limited by preconceived notions of women's roles or... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Cris Beam Publisher Comments PRAISE FOR TRANSPARENT "Transparent is a remarkable book - captivating, powerful, funny, and wise. Without ever upstaging her subjects, Beam explains how she fell in love with them, and so allows us to do the same. This is literature of the first order."... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mary Zeiss Stange Book News Annotation Stange, a teacher and experienced hunter, challenges the traditional assumptions about femininity and masculinity by relating her experiences as a hunter and sharp shooter in the gender debates. It's refreshing to read Stange's arguments about why... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Paul A Cimbala Publisher Comments Against the Tide is a collection of in-depth biographical essays on the most important women reformers in American history. This reader will be useful in any history course that deals with the important contributions made by women to the development of... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Vendela Vida Publisher Comments In a fascinating look at how young women are coming of age in America, Vendela Vida explores a variety of rituals that girls have adapted or created in order to leave their childhoods behind. Vida doesn't just observe the rituals, she actively... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Edward Ball Publisher Comments Peninsula of Lies is a nonfiction mystery, set in haunting locales and peopled with fascinating characters, that unwraps the enigma of a woman named Dawn Langley Simmons, a British writer who lived in Charleston, South Carolina, during the 1960s and... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter A Jackson Publisher Comments Many foreign observers of the "Land of Smiles" are familiar with a narrow range of gender relations and sexual practices in Thailand, from the fanciful portrayal of 19th-century harem life in The King and I, to recent media coverage of sex tourism and... (read more) List Price $24.50 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Martin Duberman Synopsis Queer Representations celebrates the eclectic, diverse nature of gay and lesbian culture and its production.The volume begins by asking how we can interpret an image--is the image homosexual and if so, how can we understand it? Closely connected to its... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Susan Faludi Publisher Comments Skillfully Probing the Attack on Women’s Rights “Opting-out,” “security moms,” “desperate housewives,” “the new baby fever”—the trend stories of 2006 leave no doubt that American women are still... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Leslie Bennetts Publisher Comments Women are constantly being told that it's simply too difficult to balance work and family, so if they don't really "have to" work, it's better for their families if they stay home. Not only is this untrue, Leslie Bennetts says, but the arguments in favor... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Carly Milne Publisher Comments When adult entertainment first appeared on the pop culture radar as an underground film phenomenon, women were little more than starlets, who -- for the most part -- answered to men. But as pornography evolved in step with technology and consumer demand... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $8.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carol Gould Book News Annotation A collection of important essays on gender from the past two decades, organized in sections on the social construction of gender; gender, oppression, and sexual identity; family, class, race, and culture; gender, science, and philosophy; ethics and... (read more) Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Judith Thurman Publisher Comments Cleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women's work" — from haute couture to literature to... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Carol Shields Publisher Comments The idea for Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told came up between Carol Shields and longtime friend Marjorie Anderson over lunch. It appeared that after decades of feminism, the "women's network" still wasn't able to prevent women being caught off-guard... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lynn Ann Catanese Publisher Comments Traditionally, scholars have used Hagley to study the history of business and technology, but in the 1990s, they have begun to use Hagley's collections to examine such issues as gender and the workplace, domesticity, female entrepreneurs, engendering... (read more) List Price $80.00 Your price $9.80 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruth Roach Pierson Publisher Comments These writers reveal the power relations of gender, class, race, and sexuality at the heart of the imperialisms, colonialisms, and nationalisms that have shaped our modern world. Topics include the (mis)representations of Native women by European... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Louise Brown Publisher Comments A shocking expose of the trafficking of women in Asia. Going far beyond sex tourism, Brown attacks the Asian vaules of the Tiger Economies.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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