Women in Art and Literature Networks
This anthology examines the place of women in art and literature from the 19th century to the present day, whether as artists, critics or collectors. It centres on the idea of the network, as a possible point of entry for women into cultural circles long seen as male territories.
Women in Dialogue
This collection of essays explores women as objects of cultural production and as creators themselves. It features literary analysis alongside personalized observations by women writers on their work, using dialogue as a platform for learning and mutual understanding.
Women in Exile and Alienation
After World War II exile and alienation became two of the most prominent themes in world literature. Singh shows how this is reflected in the portrayal of the tortured psyche of sensitive women, unable to share their feelings, in the work of Margaret Laurence and Anita Desai.
This illustrated historical study investigates 1960s Greek advertising and its focus on female consumption. It reveals the key role of Greek women, not just as consumers, but as protagonists in shaping a new consumer model imported from the United States.
Women in Higher Education in India
This collection explores the role of women in higher education in India, their emergence as a strong force for social change, and the implications on society. It also discusses technology’s impact, constraints, and the issues and challenges for women in the workplace.
As more women enter the workforce, they face an influx of issues surrounding work-life balance. Based on over 400 interviews, this book explores the competing narratives of women’s lives as they balance careers with marriage and motherhood.
Women in Leadership and Work-Family Integration Volume Two
This title investigates how women are assuming greater roles within the workplace and men are adopting greater roles in the home. It argues that men and women have to step into new identities and develop new roles inside the workplace and the family.
Women in the Arts
Is there a need for books about women in the arts? The word “woman” still precedes titles like composer or artist, suggesting men’s creativity is the norm. These essays challenge the status quo, highlighting women’s accomplishments to enrich our culture.
Women in the Arts
This pioneering collection of essays is a multi-disciplined celebration of women creators. It presents an interdisciplinary emphasis on the long-neglected contributions of women to music, visual arts, and literature, and the obstacles they overcame.
Women in the Modern Workplace
This research examines venture creation among women in Ireland. It addresses motivations, the start-up process, and the barriers explicit to the nascent female entrepreneur to propose a theory on the challenges that have the most significant effect.
Women in the Portuguese Colonial Empire
Across the vast Portuguese colonial empire, women were silenced, mystified, and erased from history. This collection of essays questions these historical gaps, uncovering the real roles of those whose voices were systematically written out of the record.
Women Moving Forward
These are the deeply moving narratives of women who uprooted themselves to seek a better life. United in their quest for a self-constructed future, they persevere and prevail. These are the stories of everyday heroes, a treasure that cannot be missed.
Women Moving Forward Volume Two
A weaving of stories about hope, fortitude, and resilience. This collection shares narratives of the global movement of women towards empowerment, exploring the challenges they face as they move forward. This profound volume both inspires and challenges.
This book presents 13 biographies of women in the Transcendentalist movement. While names like Emerson and Thoreau are familiar, figures like Elizabeth Peabody, Sarah Freeman Clark, and others in this volume deserve to be known for their vital contributions to the movement.
Women on the Move
This innovative collection brings women migrants clearly into view. Spanning four centuries, its culturally diverse contents explore common themes of exile, spirituality, and identity through personal narratives. A valuable resource for migration and gender studies.
This interdisciplinary volume examines women’s global journeys toward peace. International scholars explore how and why contemporary nonviolent tactics have proved effective in the movement from war to building peace amid twenty-first century social changes.
Women Past and Present
In Western societies, despite legal gains for women, resistance and prejudice persist in this “post-feminist” era. New asymmetries in gender relations are also emerging, a result of globalisation, migration, new technologies, and trafficking.
Challenging the perception of collecting as a male activity, this volume shows how women from the 16th to 19th centuries built important collections. They used them to make powerful statements about their lineage, cultural heritage, and power.
Women Poets and Myth in the 20th and 21st Centuries
This book examines women poets and theorists who engage with myth. From H.D. to Margaret Atwood and Anne Carson, they rewrite old myths and create new ones for the present, interrogating their power to articulate our reality and act as catalysts for new ideas.
Women Rewriting Boundaries
Inspired by a panel at the 2013 Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association Convention, this compilation offers fresh insights on how to read travel writing by women. It analyzes the connections between class, gender, physicality, and sexuality as found in 19th-century literature.
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