The thoroughly revised Women in Culture 2/e explores the intersections of gender, race, sexuality, gender identity, and spirituality from the perspectives of diverse global locations. Its strong humanities content, including illustrations and creative writing, uniquely embraces the creative aspects of the field.
* Each of the ten thematic chapters lead to creative readings, introducing a more
* Readings throughout the text encourage intersectional thinking amongst students humanistic angle than is typical of textbooks in the field
* This textbook is queer inclusive and allows students to engage with postcolonial/decolonial thinking, spirituality, and reproductive/environmental justice
* A detailed timeline of feminist history, criticism and theory is provided, and the glossary encourages the development of critical vocabulary
* A variety of illustrations supplement the written materials, and an accompanying website offers instructors pedagogical resources
Circa l’autore
Bonnie Kime Scott is Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University. She is the author of Joyce and Feminism (1984), The Gender of Modernism (1990), the two volume study of Virginia Woolf, Djuna Barnes, and Rebecca West, Refiguring Modernism (1995), Selected Letters of Rebecca West (2000), and In the Hollow of the Wave: Virginia Woolf and Modernist Uses of Nature (2012).
Susan E. Cayleff is a Professor of Women’s Studies at San Diego State University. She is the author of Wings of Gauze: Women of Color and the Experience of Health and Illness (1993) and Babe: The Greatest All-Sport Athlete of All-Time (2001). Her biography Babe: The Life and Legend of Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1996) was a Pulitzer Prize nominee.
Anne Donadey is Professor of French and Women’s Studies at San Diego State University. She is the author of Recasting Postcolonialism (2001), co-editor of Postcolonial Theory and Francophone Literary Studies (with H. Adlai Murdoch, 2005), and editor of Approaches to Teaching the Works of Assia Djebar (2016). She was also editor of a special issue of the journal L’Esprit créateur dedicated to the works of Assia Djebar (Winter 2008).
Irene Lara is Associate Professor at San Diego State University’s Department of Women’s Studies. She has published a co-edited volume, Fleshing the Spirit: Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives (with Elisa Facio, 2014).
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