Book Series
Perspectives on Gender
New & Published Titles:
Black Feminist Thought
Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment
In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92484-9 (Routledge)
Grassroots Warriors
Activist Mothering, Community Work, and the War on Poverty
Who are the grassroots warriors on the front lines of the war on poverty? Through in-depth interviews, Nancy Naples presents the voices of over sixty… read more1998 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91025-5 (Routledge)
Community Activism and Feminist Politics
Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender
This collection demonstrates the diversity of women's struggles against problems such as racism, violence, homophobia, focusing on the complex ways that gender, culture, race-ethnicity and… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91630-1 (Routledge)
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School-smart and Mother-wise
Working-Class Women's Identity and Schooling
School-smart and Mother-wise illustrates how and why American education disadvantages working-class women when they are children and adults. In it we hear working-class women--black and… read more1997 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91012-5 (Routledge)
Rock-a-by Baby
Feminism, Self-Help and Postpartum Depression
Although self-help has been an integral strategy of the women's movement, the burgeoning self-help publishing industry and growing popularity of talk shows encouraging personal confession… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91292-1 (Routledge)
Integrative Feminisms
Building Global Visions, 1960s-1990s
Integrative Feminisms presents a unique discussion of feminist radicalism in North America in the context of feminism's global development since the 1960s. Across divergent agendas,… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90757-6 (Routledge)
For Richer, For Poorer
Mothers Confront Divorce
For Richer, For Poorer provides a new perspective on the impact of divorce on women. Based on interviews with a random sample of divorced mothers,… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-91009-5 (Routledge)
Mothering
Ideology, Experience, and Agency
This volume presents a variety of unique perspectives on mothering as a socially constructed relationship, assessing many of the political, legal and cultural debates surrounding… read more1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90776-7 (Routledge)
Gender Consciousness and Politics
This book examines the emergence of gender consciousness among women as a significant force in American politics. The author bases her argument on an in-depth… read more1992 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90685-2 (Routledge)
Black Women and White Women in the Professions
Occupational Segregation by Race and Gender, 1960-1980
Women of all racial\ethnic backrounds and minority men have been hailed as the major beneficiaries of the expansion in political, economic, and employment opportunities of… read more1992 | Paperback: 978-0-415-90609-8 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
Forthcoming Titles:
Equity Without Equality
By Lynn Prince Cooke
To be published July 1st 2009
Global Gender Research: Transnational Perspectives
Edited by Christine Bose, Minjeong Kim
To be published January 26th 2009
Negotiating the Global: Women's Movements in Brazil and the Transnational Feminist Public
By Millie Thayer
To be published January 15th 2009