Vrouwen studies

In the 1940s film Now, Voyager, Bette Davis plays a daughter struggling against her mother’s stifling repression. Nearly fifty years later, in the Hollywood saga Postcards from the Edge, Shirley Mac …

Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Guangdong, China, this book asks: what does it mean for Chinese non-heterosexual people to go against existing state regulations and societal norms to form a desira …

Winner of the 2024 Senior Book Prize from the Association of Feminist Anthropology A compelling analysis of social inequality through the perspective of pregnant, low-wage service workers The low-wag …

‘Alex Espinoza’s much-anticipated book takes readers on a unique ‘cruise.’” — John Rechy Acclaimed author Alex Espinoza takes readers on an uncensored journey through the underground, to reveal the t …

This is a nuanced and compelling analysis of grassroots feminist activism in Russia in the politically turbulent 2010s. Drawing on rich ethnographic data, the author illustrates how a new generation …

Published in 1915, this work was hailed by the New York Times as ‘a very readable volume [that] presents in the realm of ethics the author’s implications of Freud’s investigations in individual psych …

Governments’ decisions usually impact most on the lives of women and people of marginalised genders-yet their stories often go unheard. Wander Women unites tales of different journeys around the worl …

Enough is Enough! shines a spotlight on toxic masculinity, the reach of misogynistic coercive control, and how a patriarchal mindset has been so threatening to women and children around the world. Am …

‘ Unbearable Weight is brilliant. From an immensely knowledgeable feminist perspective, in engaging, jargonless (!) prose, Bordo analyzes a whole range of issues connected to the body—weight and weig …

Written for students of psychology, this 1922 work examines the values, motives, and impulses of the adult—and how these are related to “original nature.” Along the way it calls into question contemp …