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Women in Southeast Asian nationalist movements : a biographical approach
Books on Southeast Asian nationalist movements make very little — if any — mention of women in their ranks. Biographical studies of politically active women in Southeast Asia are also rare. This book makes a strong case for the significance of women’s involvement in nationalist movements. The authors show women negotiating their own subjectivity and agency at the confluence of colonialism…
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- IX, 333 p.
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- 320.0820959 WOM w
Culture-bearing women. The black women renaissance and cultural nationalism
This study examines the Black Women’s Renaissance (BWR) – the flowering of literary talent among African American women at the end of the 20th century. It focuses on the historical and heritage novels of the 1980s and the vexed relationship between black cultural nationalism and black feminism. It argues that when the nation seemingly fell out of fashion, black women writers sought to re-cr…
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- 9788395609558
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- 220 p.; 22 cm.
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- 940.21 PEN c
Images of Women in 20th-Century American Literature and Culture : Female eman…
What do The Age of Innocence, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and Sex and the City have in common? Strong women ahead of their time! Being part of New York’s middle and upper class, Ellen Olenska, Holly Golightly and Carrie Bradshaw & Co. cherish their otherness and strive for personal freedom and gender equality, thereby trying to combine traditional longings and modern beliefs. However, though si…
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- 9783828836808
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- 119 p.
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- 810.9005 COR i
Private world(s) : gender and informal learning of adults
This book is the third production from the ESREA Gender network and, once more, an opportunity to let the readers discover, or to know more, for a better understanding of questions related to gender and adult learning. It shows how researchers can be deeply involved in this specific field of adult education. The notion of informal learning has already been treated as a chapter in the 2003s book…
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- 9789462099715
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- viii, 194 p.
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- Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 3
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- 374 OST p
Maternal-child health - interdisciplinary aspects within the perspective of g…
Maternal-Child Health is one of the greatest challenges the world has to cope with today. Every year, thousands of women, newborns and children die unnecessarily, particularly in resource-poor settings. There is a great disparity caused by food insecurity and hunger, environmental health risks, sanitation challenges, cultural barriers and non-accessibility to diagnosis and treatment. "Maternal-…
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- 9783863950842
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- 546 p.; 22 cm.
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- 362.1982 GRO m
Women judges in the muslim world : a comparative study of discourse and practice
Women Judges in the Muslim World: A Comparative Study of Discourse and Practice offers a socio-legal account of public debates and judicial practices surrounding the performance of women as judges in eight Muslim-majority countries. Readership: Scholars, students, and practitioners interested in Law, Middle East Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Gender, and Religious Studies will find this an in…
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- 9789004342200
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- XXII, 334 p.
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- Women and Gender: The Middle East and the Islamic World, 15
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- 340.5901 WOM w
Development, sexual cultural practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa
This open access book introduces the theoretical frameworks and academic debates concerning sexual cultural practices and HIV/AIDS in Africa. It shows how these frameworks have been applied in a practical sense in Africa to investigate sexual cultural practices and their link with HIV/AIDS. The author provides an overview of both the field of study and the methods used during fieldwork. Finally…
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- 9783030041199
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- xvii, 205p. : ill.
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- 338.9 PAG d
Feminism and the politics of childhood – friends or foes?
Feminism and the Politics of Childhood offers an innovative and critical exploration of perceived commonalities and conflicts between women and children and, more broadly, between various forms of feminism and the politics of childhood. This unique collection of 18 chapters brings into dialogue authors from a range of geographical contexts, social science disciplines, activist organisations, an…
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- 9781787350632
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- 314 p.; 22 cm.
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- 371 ROS f
Women from traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia : negoti…
Until currently there have been no specific publications, particularly in English, on women in traditional Islamic educational institutions in Indonesia, known as pesantren, which played a significant role in shaping the gender issues in the Indonesian Muslim community. This informative and insightful book contributes to two booming fields in Indonesian studies: the study of Islam and the study…
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- 9789089644213
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- 184p. : ill.
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- 297.77082 SR w
Disabled bodies in early modern Spanish literature: prostitutes, aging women …
Encarnacion Juarez-Almendros.
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- 9781786940780
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- viii, 201 pages ; 24 cm.
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