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50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies (Sage Key Concepts)
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by SAGE Publications
Paperback (10 April, 2004)
A Chorus of Stones
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by Anchor
Paperback (15 October, 1993)
(5 reviews) 4.8 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: wow: all i can say about this book is that at times it was so powerful i had to put it down, i just couldn't take it

A Companion to Gender History (Blackwell Companions to History)
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by Blackwell Publishers
Hardcover (01 February, 2004)
A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue
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by Free Press
Paperback (24 January, 2000)
(170 reviews) 3.79 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: women's truth struggling to emerge from repression: Ms. Shalit offers intriguing insight into losses that women have to endure because of men taking advantage of women's equality for their own benefit.

A Room of One's Own
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by Harvest Books
Paperback (27 December, 1989)
(27 reviews) 4.04 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Surprisingly, this long essay about society and art and sexism is one of Woolf's most accessible works. Woolf, a major modernist writer and critic, takes us on an erudite yet conversational--and completely entertaining--walk around the history of women in writing,
A Time to Heal: John Perkins, Community Development, and Racial Reconciliation
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by Baker Book House
Paperback (01 September, 1997)

A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
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by Broadway
Paperback (15 August, 2000)
(84 reviews) 4.26 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A beautifully written book (autobiographical maybe? ): This short, easy to read book jumped out at me at the local library, possibly because of its fashionably small size.
Action Chicks : New Images of Tough Women in Popular Culture
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by Palgrave Macmillan
Paperback (01 February, 2004)

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies
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by Blackwell Publishers
Paperback (01 September, 2003)
Art and Feminism
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by Phaidon Press
Hardcover (13 June, 2001)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: No question about it, Art and Feminism is the basic reference book for feminist art. Part of Phaidon's excellent Themes and Movements series, it surveys three decades of a tumultuous history with a brief but inclusive essay,

At the Root of This Longing : Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger and a Feminist Thirs
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by HarperSanFrancisco
Paperback (01 June, 1999)
(13 reviews) 4.38 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: YES!: I found myself saying "YES!" to many moments in Flinders' "At the Root of This Longing." The book has been wholely transformative for me and I will read it again and again.
Athena's Daughters: Television's New Women Warriors (The Television Series)
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by Syracuse University Press
Paperback (01 May, 2003)

Backlash : The Undeclared War Against American Women
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by Anchor
Paperback (06 September, 1992)
(62 reviews) 3.84 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Faludi lays out a two-fold thesis in this aggressive work: First, despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the mainstream media, career-minded women are generally not husband-starved loners on the verge of nervous breakdowns.
Bananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Updated
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by University of California Press
Paperback (08 January, 2001)
(4 reviews) 4.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Fascinating: I've been studying international politics and gender issues for some time but they've always been presented as separate subjects.

Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls
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by B3 Books
Paperback (August, 2001)
(19 reviews) 4.68 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: THIS BOOK IS A MUST READ...: "Beauty Bites Beast" by Ellen Snortland is a book that pulls off a tremendous feat: it both informs while educating.
Betty Friedan and the Making of "The Feminine Mystique": The American Left, the Cold War,
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by University of Massachusetts Press
Paperback (01 September, 2000)
(2 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Facinating insight on a pivotal figure in American feminism: In a clear-eyed yet obviously compassionate examination of Betty Friedan,

Beyond God the Father : Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation
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by Beacon Press
Paperback (01 June, 1993)
(9 reviews) 3.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: How cute :): I love it when girls can write like this. If only she was fifty year younger. I meed to get myself a one way pass
Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female
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by Penguin Books
Paperback (26 August, 2003)
(8 reviews) 3.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Some misinformation, but overall very good: I love the Guerilla Girls site and I love what they stand for. The new book about stereotypes of women is fun and informative.

BLACK BOURGEOISIE
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by Free Press
Paperback (13 February, 1997)
(9 reviews) 4.56 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Eye opener, but think for yourself: Many of the points made in the book have good merit. It provides extensive historical information about the key segments of the black society prior to 1957-the church,
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Perspectives on Gender (New York,
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by Routledge
Paperback (February, 2000)
(4 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great Book for All People: I'm a gay white male and I loved this book! Collins does an amazing job presenting her compelling thesis,

Burdens of History: British Feminists, Indian Women, and Imperial Culture, 1865-191
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by University of North Carolina Press
Paperback (01 November, 1994)
(2 reviews) 3.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: essential reading for students of imperialism: The first customer review of this book (by a reader in Atlanta) is completely off.
Chicana Feminisms: A Critical Reader (Latin America Otherwise)
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by Duke University Press
Paperback (01 July, 2003)

City of Women: Sex and Class in New York, 1789-1860
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by University of Illinois Press
Paperback (01 November, 1987)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A History of Survival: During the early part of the nineteenth century, women began to experience their first taste of autonomy.
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism (Live Girls Series)
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by Seal Press (WA)
Paperback (01 July, 2002)
(10 reviews) 4.1 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: I've Got Your Back!: One day, after four months working in a largely white-staffed major chain bookstore, I discovered this book on the shelf.

Communion : The Female Search for Love
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by Perennial Currents
Paperback (24 December, 2002)
(12 reviews) 3.25 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Love from a feminist perspective: Communion is a discussion and legitimization of the pursuit of love from a mid-life feminist perspective.
Confessions of a (Female) Chauvinist
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by Hill Street Press
Hardcover (01 February, 2001)
(5 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Rosemary Daniell's latest book: Ms. Daniell shares her world in down to earth essays. She puts her reader on the scene as she takes the reader on a trip through her adventures as a bold Southern woman,

Crazy Salad : Some Things About Women (Humor and Wit Series)
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by Modern Library
Paperback (30 May, 2000)
(4 reviews) 2.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A New York Snob Speaks: Nora Ephron is quite sure of herself and her friends, and laughs heartily at the yahoos in the Midwest who cook and love their husbands.
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Live Girls Series)
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by Seal Press (WA)
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
(83 reviews) 4.2 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A clear voice: I adore the Internet because, among other things, it allows us to be anonymous voices delivering messages without attached messengers.

Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-75 (American Culture Series)
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by University of Minnesota Press
Paperback (01 January, 1990)
(1 reviews) 2 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Not accurate account from someone who was there: This book, the foundation of other writings about radical feminism of that time,
Desert Dawn
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by Virago Press (UK)
Paperback (01 April, 2003)
(3 reviews) 3.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Untouchable: Once started to read I just couldn't stop. Just so amazing how Waris was caught between her home in somalia and New York.

Developing Power : How Women Transformed International Development
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by The Feminist Press at CUNY
Paperback (15 November, 2004)
Dislocating Cultures: Identities, Traditions, and Third-World Feminism (Thinking
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by Routledge
Paperback (01 June, 1997)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: India-specific analysis is excellent: Anyone researching the role of women in India won't want to miss this -- the author speaks insightfully about her feminism being a result of her personal experiences in India,

Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire
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by South End Press
Paperback (01 October, 1997)
(2 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Editorial Review: Asian American feminism is a political hybrid linking very different cultures. "We allshare the same rung on the racial hierarchy and on the gender hierarchy," asserts Sonia Shah, theeditor of this appropriately diverse collection of writings.
Education of a Woman: The Life of Gloria Steinem
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback (29 October, 1996)
(4 reviews) 4.75 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: If you are interested in Gloria Steinem this is THE BOOK!!!: I read this book nonstop while on a lengthy car trip. I found it to be incredibly interesting,

Eve & Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender
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by Indiana University Press
Paperback (01 April, 1999)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Essential reference book for anything about Eve!: Magnificant book! The authors have done a tremendous job collecting together a broad but representative array of readings about Eve from three religious traditions.
Fast Girls: Teenage Tribes and the Myth of the Slut
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by Berkley Publishing Group
Paperback (07 October, 2003)
(13 reviews) 3.85 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: a wonderful treatment of the collective nightmare: wow. emily white has really put together a provocative book on this facet of the collective high school nightmare.

Female Domination
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by Lulu Press, Inc.
Paperback (01 November, 2003)
(16 reviews) 4.94 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Smart and Sexy! This book sold me on the FemDom lifestyle: While most people equate Female Domination as a male sexual fantasy, Ms Sutton takes the reader into the real world of FemDom.
Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
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by University of Minnesota Press
Paperback (01 August, 2002)
(11 reviews) 2.73 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Read Conventional Wisdom: This book changed me from a Stravinsky-like "music has no meaning" stance. I still don't think that music is sad or happy or like a day in the country,

Femininity
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by Ballantine Books
Paperback (12 February, 1985)
(2 reviews) 4.5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: It's About Time: I felt so relieved reading this. Finally there's a book that expresses my feelings about this "femininity" box I stuffed myself into in years past.
Feminism : The Essential Historical Writings
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by Vintage
Paperback (28 June, 1994)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: reader from Illinois: I was quite surprised by the reality of the book. It hit me hard. I then realized that women were desperately oppressed in earlier days.

Feminism and Method: Ethnography, Discourse, and Activist Research
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by Routledge
Paperback (01 April, 2003)
Feminism and Methodology: Social Science Issues
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by Indiana University Press
Paperback (01 December, 1987)
(1 reviews) 5 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: The Roots of Classic Feminism: A good place to start to update your neglected feminist education, this collection of essays by well-known feminist thinkers affords a complete range of feminist theory and thought.

Feminism and Pornography (Oxford Readings in Feminism)
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by Oxford University Press
Paperback (01 July, 2000)
(3 reviews) 4.67 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Great for a survey course or just getting started...: This was the textbook for a graduate course, "Issues Surrounding Pornography" at my university.
Feminism in Modern Japan : Citizenship, Embodiment and Sexuality (Contemporary Japanese
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by Cambridge University Press
Paperback (26 February, 2003)

Feminism in Our Time : The Essential Writings, World War II to the Present
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by Vintage
Paperback (28 June, 1994)
(3 reviews) 4.33 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: Uneven, but worth the time and trouble: If you are already a convert, you'll love this stuff. But if you're a curious scholar, like me,
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
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by South End Press
Paperback (01 October, 2000)
(13 reviews) 4 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A good introduction to bell hooks: This book is a good introduction to bell hooks' feminist critique and thinking. Having read others of her books and been intrigued and challenged by her ideas,

Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law
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by Harvard University Press
Paperback (01 April, 1988)
(5 reviews) 3.6 out of 5 stars
Customer Review: A Rosetta of Social Constructivist Radical Feminism: This eloquent book is a collection of insightful orations given by Ms. MacKinnon during the eighties with in their aggregation is a powerful text on social constructivist Radical Feminism and class analysis.
Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
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by Duke University Press
Paperback (01 March, 2003)

Feminism, Foucault, and Embodied Subjectivity (Suny Series in Contemporary Continental
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by State University of New York Press
Paperback (01 October, 2002)
Feminism-Art-Theory: An Anthology 1968-2000
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by Blackwell Publishers
Paperback (01 September, 2001)

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