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Indian Feminisms Individual and Collective Journeys
ISBN: HB: 9789385932021, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, March 2019
320 pp., 21.6x14 cm
One of the most dynamic feminist movements in the world, Indian feminisms are seldom given the recognition they deserve, not only for the essential work they do but for the successes they've had. This collection of essays, written by well-known activ...
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£27,00
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Women, Peace and Security in Northeast India
ISBN: HB: 9789385932304, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, February 2018
220 pp., 21.6x13.9 cm
In recent decades, the states in the northeast of India have been home to a number of protracted violent conflicts. And while the role of women's movements in responding to conflict and violence tend to be marginalized both by the media and by schola...
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Women of Honour Madonnas, Godmothers and Informers in the Italian Mafia
ISBN: PB: 9781849048064, Hurst Publishers, April 2017
192 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The role of women in the Italian mafias has long been overlooked. So who are they? Pure and virtuous Madonnas or dangerous Godmothers? Reduced to victim status and relegated to domestic life, women serve as the mafia's respect...
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£12,99
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Genderscapes Revisioning Natural Resource Management
ISBN: PB: 9789383074754, University of Chicago Press, Zubaan Books, October 2014
476 pp., 22.3x14.7 cm
Even in a realm that would seem to be as far removed from issues of gender as natural resource management, gender bias is pernicious and persistent, especially in India. Genderscapes looks at the reasons for this bias from a number of angles, includi...
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Butterfly's Sisters The Geisha in Western Culture
ISBN: HB: 9780300115215, Yale University Press, October 2010
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 32 black&white illus.
In this fascinating and wide-ranging book, Yoko Kawaguchi explores the Western portrayal of Japanese women – and geishas in particular – from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. She argues that in the West, Japanese women have come to embo...
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£35,00
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Bodies of Knowledge Sexuality, Reproduction, and Women's Health in the Second Wave
ISBN: PB: 9780226443089, ISBN: HB: 9780226443058, University of Chicago Press, October 2010
200 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 10 halftones
Throughout the 1970s and '80s, women argued that unless they gained access to information about their own bodies, there would be no equality. In "Bodies of Knowledge", Wendy Kline considers the ways in which ordinary women worked to position the fema...
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£22,50
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£70,50
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