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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

This collection of essays provides the first systematic and multidisciplinary analysis of the role of gender in the formation and dissemination of the American social sciences in the late nineteenth …

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 …

Paternal, patriarchal, and fraternal concepts, metaphors, and images have long dominated thinking about politics. But the political, Gil Anidjar argues, has always been maternal. In a series of finel …

A razor-sharp and quick-witted analysis of why we need a new approach to fixing the gender inequality embedded in work. Even in wealthy democratic countries, gender inequality in paid and unpaid work …

Breaking Free: Discover the Journey Towards Comfort and Empowerment In a world where societal norms often dictate personal choices, Naked Truth: The Movement Against the Bra invites you to explore th …

Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, a …