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1	Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity more books like this by Judith P Butler add to wishlist One of the classic works in feminist theory, originally published in 1990. Judith P. Butler critiques what she calls "heteronormativity" and argues for new ways of looking at gender and sexuality. see all copies from $14.14! new only from $15.38! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Women: Images & Realities, a Multicultural Anthology more books like this by Amy Vita Kesselman, Lily D McNair, Nancy Schniedewind add to wishlist "Women: Images and Realities, A Multicultural Anthology" is a unique introduction to feminism and women's studies. This best-selling text presents a multidisciplinary collection of academic essays and analyzes, personal narratives, and fiction and poetry about women's lives. The selections illustrate the variety of women's experiences, primarily ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.29! \| SVS
3	Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings more books like this by Susan M Shaw, Janet Lee add to wishlist This introductory women's studies reader offers a wide range of classic, conceptual, and experiential writings - over 105 selections in all. Chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic, including explanations of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections. The anthology also offers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Second Sex more books like this by Simone de Beauvoir add to wishlist This triumphant and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was. It ended up shocking, infuriating, and galvanizing millions of readers and dramatically revising the way women talk and think about themselves. Forty years later, it retains all of its vitality and passion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives more books like this by Gwyn Kirk, Margo Okazawa-Rey add to wishlist This interdisciplinary, multicultural text-reader provides an introduction to women's studies by examining U.S. women's lives in a global context and across categories of race-ethnicity, class, sexuality, disability, and age. Substantial chapter introductions provide updated statistical information and explanations of key concepts and ideas as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $27.97! \| first editions \| SVS
6	We Are Our Mothers' Daughters more books like this by Cokie Roberts (Read by) add to wishlist Using her own life and the lives of other successful woman as a guide, the nationally recognized correspondent addresses several key issues in the lives of women in the nineties: the work/home balance, the changing roles of women, relationships between generations of women, and the diversity of opportunities. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Room of Ones Own more books like this by Woolf add to wishlist Woolf's ardent plea for women's share in power, wealth, and fame is a seminal feminist text. This extended essay is an articulation of her belief that all a woman needs is an income that will sustain her, and her own room in which to work. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad more books like this by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller add to wishlist Waris Dirie (the name means desert flower) lives a double life - by day she is a famous model and UN spokeswoman on women's rights in Africa, at night she dreams of her native Somalia. Waris, one of 12 children, was born into a traditional family of desert nomads in East Africa. She remembers her early childhood as carefree- racing camels and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Feminine Mystique more books like this by Betty Friedan add to wishlist Published in 1963, THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE is generally agreed to be the book that launched the women's liberation movement. In her groundbreaking study, Betty Friedan writes of her experiences as a wife and mother in the 1950s, and her growing sense of frustration with the idealized postwar concept of the perfect nuclear family--Dad in a business ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Heroine's Journey more books like this by Maureen Murdock add to wishlist A companion workbook to "The Heroine's Journey"--including guided imagery, writing, and dreamwork exercises. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender more books like this by Margaret L Andersen add to wishlist Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender 7th edition, provides a comprehensive review of feminist scholarship in the social sciences, showing how gender operates in every aspect of society, and how the experiences of both men and women are created through social institutions. The seventh edition introduces new discussions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Good wives : image and reality in the lives of women in northern New England, 1650-1750 more books like this by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich add to wishlist Breathing life into old records and stripping away familiar abstractions, this work reveals the vital--and often unrecognized--roles of women in colonial New England. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| SVS
13 view cover	Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women more books like this by S Faludi add to wishlist A New York Times bestseller for more than four months, Backlash is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Susan Faludi's eye-opening, meticulously documented account of the growing and effective anti-feminist backlash in America during the last 10 years. "A bracing look at the counter-assault in our society on women's progress over the last decade".--The ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment more books like this by Patricia Hill Collins add to wishlist In Black Feminist Thought , Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She not only provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde, but she shows the importance ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity more books like this by Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Chandra Talpademohanty add to wishlist Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, "Feminism without Borders" addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism. Forging vital links between daily life and collective action and between theory and pedagogy, Mohanty has been at the vanguard of ... see all copies from $10.94! new only from $16.39! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development more books like this by Carol Gilligan add to wishlist Siince its publication more than a decade ago, this highly influential book has won international acclaim and pioneered a revolution in our understanding of female development psychology. Now, witth more than half a million copies of the first edition inprint, CArol Gillgan reflects on the impact and implictions of her findings in a new preface to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.37! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Feminist Theory: A Reader more books like this by Wendy K Kolmar, Frances Bartkowski add to wishlist This comprehensive reader represents the history, intellectual breadth, and diversity of feminist theory. An historical framework organizes a great wealth of selections, 103 in all, with an entirely new concluding Part VII that covers 1995-2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $45.00! \| SVS
18 view cover	Feminist Frontiers more books like this by Verta Taylor, Nancy Whittier, Leila J Rupp add to wishlist The most widely used anthology of feminist writings and the first to incorporate issues of sexual identity and sexual diversity, "Feminist Frontiers" has stood the test of time. With both classic and contemporary readings on cutting-edge topics that cut across disciplinary and generational lines, this text presents the full diversity of women's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.19! \| SVS
19 view cover	Vindication of the Rights of Woman more books like this by Mary Wollstonecraft add to wishlist Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory more books like this by Marilyn Frye add to wishlist Essays examine sexism, the gay rights movement, the exploitation of women by men, and other topics from a feminist perspective. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.34! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation more books like this by Barbara Findlen (Editor) add to wishlist This is a collection of brash essays written by women in their 20s. Includes contributions from Jennifer DiMarco, Katie Roiphe, Rebecca Walker, and Veronica Chambers as well as trailblazers Naomi Wolf and Susan Faludi. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.41! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women more books like this by Naomi Wolf add to wishlist A sweeping indictment of the idealization and commercialization of female beauty by the American patriarchal culture as a backlash response to the feminist movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Just a Sister Away: A Womanist Vision of Women's Relationships in the Bible more books like this by Renita J Weems, Marcia Broucek (Editor), Nashormeh Wilkie (Illustrator) add to wishlist "We are frequently just a sister away from our healing. We need a woman, a sister, who will see in our destitution a jagged image of what one day could be her own story. We need a sister who will respond with mercy". Renita J. Weems see all copies from $5.20! new only from $12.95!
24 view cover	Three guineas more books like this by Virginia Woolf add to wishlist The highly controversial Three Guineas was Virginia Woolf's most explicit statement of her feminism. Forming part of the prestigious Shakespeare Head Press series of Woolf's works, this authoritative new edition includes her carefully considered selection of photographs, her discursive endnotes and extensive new annotations of her references and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	No Turning Back: The History of Feminism and the Future of Women more books like this by Estelle B Freedman add to wishlist Drawing examples from a variety of countries and cultures, from the past as well as from the present, this inspiring narrative examines the historical forces that have fueled the feminist movement over the past 200 years. see all copies from $4.93! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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