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  • U.S. Women's History

    Untangling the Threads of Sisterhood

    by Jacqueline Castledine, Anne Valk, Nancy A. Hewitt, Danielle Phillips, Rebecca Tuuri, Ariella Rotramel, Danielle L. McGuire0, Christina Greene1, Jen Manion2, Andrea Estepa3, Kirsten Delegard4 ...
    In the 1970s, feminist slogans proclaimed “Sisterhood is powerful,” and women’s historians searched through the historical archives to recover stories of solidarity and sisterhood. However, as feminist scholars have started taking a more intersectional approach—acknowledging that no woman is simply defined by her gender and that affiliations like race, class, and sexual identity are often equally ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

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    Democracy in American Social Movements

    by Francesca Polletta ...
    This "excellent study of activist politics in the United States over the past century" challenges the conventional wisdom about participatory democracy ( Times Literary Supplement).Freedom Is an Endless Meeting offers vivid portraits of American experiments in participatory democracy throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on meticulous research and more than one hundred interviews with ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Queer (In)Justice

    The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

    by Joey Mogul, Andrea Ritchie, Kay Whitlock ...
    Series Book 5 - Queer Ideas/Queer Action
    The first comprehensive work to turn a “queer eye” on the criminal justice system, providing an eye-opening study of LGBTQ+ rights and equality.Drawing on years of research, activism, and legal advocacy, Queer (In)Justice is a searing examination of queer experiences as “suspects,” defendants, prisoners, and survivors of crime. The authors unpack queer criminal archetypes—from “gleeful gay killers ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • When and Where I Enter

    The Impact of Black Women on Race and Sex in America

    by Paula J. Giddings ...
    A history of the African American woman's experience in America and an analysis of the relationship between sexism and racism.When and Where I Enter is an eloquent testimonial to the profound influences of African American women on race and women's movements throughout American history. Drawing on speeches, diaries, letters, and other original documents, Paula Giddings powerfully portrays how ... Read more

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  • Gender Talk

    The Struggle For Women's Equality in African American Communities

    by Johnnetta B. Cole, Beverly Guy-Sheftall ...
    Why has the African American community remained silent about gender even as race has moved to the forefront of our nation’s consciousness? In this important new book, two of the nation’s leading African American intellectuals offer a resounding and far-reaching answer to a question that has been ignored for far too long. Hard-hitting and brilliant in its analysis of culture and sexual politics, ... Read more

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  • A History of U.S. Feminisms

    by Rory C. Dicker ...
    Series series Seal Studies
    The complete, authoritative, and up to date history of American feminism-intersectionality, sex-positivityUpdated and expanded, the second edition of A History of U.S. Feminisms is an introductory text that will be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced students. Covering the first, second, and third waves of feminism, A ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Feminism Unfinished

    A Short, Surprising History of American Women's Movements

    by Dorothy Sue Cobble, Linda Gordon, Astrid Henry ...
    Reframing feminism for the twenty-first century, this bold and essential history stands up against "bland corporate manifestos" (Sarah Leonard).Eschewing the conventional wisdom that places the origins of the American women’s movement in the nostalgic glow of the late 1960s, Feminism Unfinished traces the beginnings of this seminal American social movement to the 1920s, in the process creating an ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Words of Fire

    An Anthology of African-AmericanFeminist Thought

    Edited by Beverly Guy-Sheftall ...
    The timeless and essential anthology of Black Feminist thought—showing that Black women have always understood the need for feminism to be intersectional“In this pathbreaking collection of articles, Dr. Beverly Guy-Sheftall has taken us from the early 1830s to contemporary times. . . . She has refused to cut off contemporary African American women from the long line of sisters who have righteously ... Read more

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  • Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow

    Black Women, Work, and the Family, from Slavery to the Present

    by Jacqueline Jones ...
    The forces that shaped the institution of slavery in the American South endured, albeit in altered form, long after slavery was abolished. Toiling in sweltering Virginia tobacco factories or in the kitchens of white families in Chicago, black women felt a stultifying combination of racial discrimination and sexual prejudice. And yet, in their efforts to sustain family ties, they shared a common ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • The Shadow University

    The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses

    by Alan Charles Kors, Harvey Silverglate ...
    Universities once believed themselves to be sacred enclaves, where students and professors could debate the issues of the day and arrive at a better understanding of the human condition. Today, sadly, this ideal of the university is being quietly betrayed from within. Universities still set themselves apart from American society, but now they do so by enforcing their own politically correct ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Majority Finds Its Past

    Placing Women in History

    by Gerda Lerner ...
    Lauded for its contribution to the theory and conceptualization of the field of women’s history and for its sensitivity to the differences of class, ethnicity, race, and culture among women, The Majority Finds Its Past became a classic volume in women’s history following its publication in 1979. This edition includes a foreword by Linda K. Kerber, introducing a new generation of readers to Gerda ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities

    The Making of a Homosexual Minority in the United States, 1940–1970

    by John D'Emilio ...
    "A dramatic and inspiring account of the accomplishments by two generations of lesbian and gay activists . . . Magnificent." — The Village VoiceWith thorough documentation of the oppression of homosexuals and biographical sketches of the lesbian and gay heroes who helped the contemporary gay culture to emerge, Sexual Politics, Sexual Communities supplies the definitive analysis of the homophile ... Read more

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