Women's Studies

BIC code: JBFF
See also: Social Sciences

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  £45.00
  Gender And Political Identities In Scotland, 1919-1939 - Annmarie Hughes - Hardback
  This volume makes a major contribution to Scottish, British and comparative gender, women's and labour history by combining personal testimony methodology, socio-economic and cultural analysis to reveal the dynamics of gender within a society considered by historians to be extremely misogynist.
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  £16.99
  Woman: Acceptable Exploitations For Profit - Shreela Flather - Hardback
  Highlighting the wasted potential of women as part of the labour force in developing countries, this powerful book offers a new solution in the fight against poverty and hunger.
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  Women's Rights As Multicultural Claims: Reconfiguring Gender And Diversity In Political Philosophy - Monica Mookherjee - Hardback
  Monica Mookherjee draws on Iris Young's idea of 'gender as seriality' in order to reconfigure feminism in a way that responds to cultural diversity. She contends that a discourse of rights can be formulated and that this task is crucial to negotiating a balance between women's interests and multiculturalism claims.
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  The Scottish Suffragettes - Leah Leneman - Paperback
  This text looks at women who fought tirelessly for equality. It focuses on the Scottish women of all ages and from all backgrounds who were involved in the non-militant suffragist movement.
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  Partisanas: Women In The Armed Resistance To Fascism And German Occupation (1936-1945) - Ingrid Strobl - Paperback
  This is an inspiring piece of writing, uncovering much of the unacknowledged history of the militant roles taken by women in times of war and simultaneously blowing apart the still pervasive myth that Jewish people did not fight back against the Fascist forces.
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  Communist Women In Scotland: Red Clydeside From The Russian Revolution To The End Of The Soviet Union - Neil C. Rafeek - Hardback
  Neil Rafeek makes the first systematic study of 'Red Clydeside', the term given to communism, radical Labour and trade unionism in Scotland. He focuses on the role of women in the Communist Party and describes women's experiences of meeting leading international personalities of the era.
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  Women's Poetry - Jo Gill - Paperback
  'Women's Poetry' offers a study of key texts, poets and issues, analysing commonalities and differences across a range of writers, periods, and forms.
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  The Biographical Dictionary Of Scottish Women: From Earliest Times To 2004 - Paperback
  This biographical dictionary presents the lives of individual Scottish women from earliest times to 2004. It explores the experience of women from every class and category in Scotland and the worldwide Scottish diaspora. Each entry seeks to tell a story rather than simply offering information.
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  £14.99
  Women Of The Highlands - Katharine Stewart - Hardback
  Katharine Stewart takes us to the heart of Highland romance in her history of the women who shaped the land and handed down the legends that have provided such a rich vein of material for generations.
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  She Is But A Woman: Queenship In Scotland, 1424-1463 - Fiona Downie - Paperback
  'She is But a Woman', the first in-depth study of medieval Scottish queens, investigates the relationship between gender and power in the 15th century Scottish court. Fiona Downie explores the art of queenship as practiced by Joan Beaufort and Mary Guelders, queens of James I and James II.