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Beginning with the broad theme of the Hindu widow and narrowing it down to Gujarati widows, Vatsala Mehta has made a time-sweep through three millennia of Indian social history starting with the Veda …

A remarkable autobiography of Alice Rothchild’s journey from 1950’s good girl to irreverent, feisty, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory, sexist world of …

This slim volume contains four little-known texts by Pierre Bourdieu on the question of reflexivity, which was a key theme in his work. For Bourdieu, reflexivity was not an exercise in introspection …

An ancient entertainer robbed of her livelihood while pregnant; a medieval holy woman performing a ‘miraculous termination’; an abortion provider prosecuted as a witch during the Reformation; a Victo …

A critical look at the difficulties women face in the field of Jewish studies, drawing on quantitative data, personal stories, and the gendered history of the field The field of Jewish studies has ex …

Genderstanding Leadership: Power to the Pew! questions the gender gap between Christian ideology and practice. It challenges women to move beyond the Pew to retrieve and preserve the dignity of women …

Desiring Emancipation traces middle-class German women’s claims to gender emancipation and sexual subjectivity in the pre-Nazi era. The emergence of homosexual identities and concepts in this same ti …

‘The Heavenly Twins, ‘ penned by the English feminist writer Sarah Grand in 1893, intricately weaves the lives of three remarkable young women into a tapestry of societal upheaval and personal growth …

Florence Hartley’s Ladies’ Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness was first published in the nineteenth century and is a timeless reference to the art of gracious living today. This comprehensive …

Discover the Extraordinary Journey Within The Woman in Me offers an illuminating voyage through the complexities and triumphs of modern womanhood. This compelling narrative invites you to explore the …