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351. Baudrillard's Challenge

     A Feminist Reading

     By Victoria Grace

     This controversial book is the first systematic feminist reading of the work of Jean Baudrillard, one of the most pivotal figures in contemporary cultural theory, and is essential reading for students of feminist theory, sociology and cultural theory. Drawing on the full range of...

     Published May 10th 2000 by Routledge
352. Wake Up Little Susie

     Single Pregnancy and Race Before Roe v. Wade, 2nd Edition

     By Rickie Solinger

     Published February 27th 2000 by Routledge
353. Understanding Depression

     Feminist Social Constructionist Approaches

     By Janet Stoppard

     Series: Women and Psychology

     Women are particularly vulnerable to depression. Understanding Depression provides an in-depth critical examination of mainstream approaches to understanding and treating depression from a feminist perspective. Janet Stoppard argues that current approaches give only partial accounts of womens'...

     Published November 10th 1999 by Routledge
354. Over the Threshold

     Intimate Violence in Early America

     Edited by Christine Daniels, Michael V. Kennedy

     Over the Threshold is the first in-depth work to explore the topic of intimate violence in the American colonies and the early Republic. The essays examine domestic violence in both urban and frontier environments, between husbands and wives, parents and children, and masters and slaves. This...

     Published August 16th 1999 by Routledge
355. Women and Aging

     Transcending the Myths

     By Linda R. Gannon

     Series: Women and Psychology

     Aging in women has traditionally been defined by the menopause, however it is often social and economic changes which are more important to women.In Aging in Women Linda Gannon redresses the balance. From a feminist perspective, she critically reviews current research and provides a more...

     Published April 14th 1999 by Routledge
356. Women's Work

     A Survey of Scholarship By and About Women

     By Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Donna M Ashcraft

     While most women’s studies texts function “topically” as “readings” for courses and general use, Women’s Work: A Survey of Scholarship By and About Women takes a broad spectrum of women’s disciplines--psychological, artistic, religious, and philosophical--and gives you a...

     Published August 23rd 1998 by Routledge
357. Borderlines

     Genders and Identities in War and Peace 1870-1930

     Edited by Billie Melman

     Borderlines weaves together the study of gender with that of the evolution of nationalism and colonialism. Its broad, comparative perspective will rechart the war experiences and identities of women and men during this period of transformation from peace to war, and again to peace. Drawing on a...

     Published January 15th 1998 by Routledge
358. The Thin Woman

     Feminism, Post-structuralism and the Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa

     By Helen Malson

     Series: Women and Psychology

     The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with particular ways of understanding eating disorders, yet the notion of 'anorexia' as a medical condition limits our...

     Published November 12th 1997 by Routledge
359. The Menstrual Cycle

     By Anne Walker

     Series: Women and Psychology

     Anne Walker shows that women are neither the victims of raging hormonal fluctuations nor entirely unaffected by them. Unlike most previous publications that focus on menstruation (a part of the cycle), The Menstrual Cycle presents a well researched study of the entire menstrual cycle and its...

     Published July 30th 1997 by Routledge
360. Whores and Other Feminists

     Edited by Jill Nagle

     Whores and Other Feminists fleshes out feminist politics from the perspective of sex workers--strippers, prostitutes, porn writers, producers and performers, dominatrices--and their allies. Comprising a range of voices from both within and outside the academy, this collection draws from...

     Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge