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With an important introduction by C. Everett Koop and passionate endorsements from Senator Edward M. Kennedy and public officials from every major city in the U.S., this authoritative and timely guide calls for the diagnosis and treatment of urban violence as a public health crisis.
" . . . methodologically innovative . . . precise and perceptive and conscious . . . " —Text and Performance Quarterly "Woman, Native, Other is located at the juncture of a number of different fields and disciplines, and it genuinely succeeds in pushing the boundaries of these disciplines further. It is one of the very few theoretical attempts to grapple with the writings of women of color." —Chandra Talpade Mohanty "The idea of Trinh T. Minh-ha is as powerful as her films . . . formidable . . . " —Village Voice " . . . its very forms invite the reader to participate in the effort to understand how language structures lived possibilities." —Artpaper "Highly recommended for anyone struggling to understand voices and experiences of those 'we' label 'other'." —Religious Studies Review Audio book narrated by Betty Miller. Produced by Speechki in 2021.
Recovering the oft-neglected role of women in Ottoman high society and power politi, this book brings to life the women who made their mark in a male domain. Though historical records tend to favour the glitter of palaces over the trials of daily life, Goodwin also reconstructs ordinary women's domestic toil. As the Ottoman Empire first expanded and then shrank, women travelled its width and breadth whether out of necessity or merely for pleasure. Some women owned slaves while others suffered the misfortune of being enslaved. Goodwin examines the laws which governed women's lives from the harem to the humblest tasks. This perceptive study of Ottoman life culminates with the nineteenth century and explores the advent of modernity and its impact on women at a time of imperial decline. 'The best book on the subject and likely to remain so for some time.' Times Literary Supplement 'A fascinating account by the foremost authority on the Ottoman period.' The Middle East 'Goodwin is an exceptional scholar with an insight that reveals itself in every sentence.' Asian Affairs 'Offers excellent scholarship into a history that has been much neglected by the West.' Judaism Today
Loving Arms examines the war-related writings of five British women whose works explore the connections among gender, war, and story-telling. While not the first study to relate the subjects of gender and war, it is the first within a growing body of criticism to focus specifically on British culture during and after World War II. Evoking the famous "St. Crispin's Day" speech from Henry V and then her own father's account of being moved to tears on V-J Day because he had been too young to fight, Karen Schneider posits that the war story has a far-reaching potency. She admits—perhaps for all of us—that such stories "had powerfully shaped my consciousness in ways I could not completely resist." How a story is narrated and by whom are matters of no small importance. As widely defined and accepted, war stories are men's stories. If we are to hear an "other" story of war, then we must listen to the stories women tell. Many of the war stories written by women insist that war is not the condition of men but rather the condition of humanity, beginning with relations between the sexes. For the five women whose work is examined in Loving Arms—Stevie Smith, Katharine Burdekin, Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bowen, and Doris Lessing—this latter point was particularly relevant. Their positions as women within a patriarchal, militarist culture that was externally threatened by an overtly fascist one led to an acute ambivalence, says Schneider. Though all five women perceived the war from substantially different perspectives, each in her own way exposed and critiqued the seductive power of war and war stories, with their densely interwoven tropes of masculinity and nationalism. Yet these writers' conflicting impulses of loyalty to England and resistance to the war betray their ambivalence. Loving Arms will interest students of twentieth-century British literature and culture, gender studies, and narratology. Even today, we maintain an unabated love affair with the war story. But unless we listen to what the women had to say fifty years ago, we are doomed to hear only "the same old story."
The Women of the Suffrage Movement anthology celebrates the pioneering spirits who galvanized a wave of demand for womens rights, especially the right to vote. Through an array of literary formsspeeches, letters, manifestosthe collection encapsulates the fervor, resilience, and collective resolve of an era. It highlights not only the diversity of strategies and rhetorical styles employed but also showcases seminal works that were central to influencing public opinion and legislative change. The anthology serves as a testament to the movement's complex tapestry, weaving together voices that, despite their different backgrounds and approaches, shared a common goal. The contributorsElizabeth Cady Stanton, Jane Addams, Ida Husted Harper, Emmeline Pankhurst, Anna Howard Shaw, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Alice Stone Blackwellare not merely authors; they are architects of change. Their contributions to the anthology and the movement span across continents, reflecting a transatlantic push for suffrage. The inclusion of different national contexts and feminist strategies illustrates the global scale of the fight for women's rights, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of the suffrage movements multifaceted nature and its intersection with other social reform activities of the time. This anthology is an indispensable resource for anyone looking to immerse themselves in the historical and intellectual underpinnings of the suffrage movement. It offers a unique opportunity to engage with the voices that shaped one of the most important social changes of the twentieth century. For scholars, students, and casual readers alike, The Women of the Suffrage Movement provides a rich educational experience, drawing connections between past and present struggles for equality and inspiring ongoing dialogue about the journey toward social justice and equity.