Predicaments of Women
Author: Anne Bernadette Waters
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13:
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The Cry of Winnie Mandela
Author: Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele
Publisher: Ayebia Clarke Publishing
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA group of women at a specific period in the history of Southern Africa find their family life under the pressures of capitalist modernity and apartheid. These ordinary, intimate stories are anchored to the more powerful public stories of the Penelope of ancient Greek mythology (who waited 18 years while her husband Odyseeus was away), and Winnie Mandela (who waited for 27 years). The life of Winnie Mandela remains one of the great unfolding dramas of our times; a tale of triumphs and tragedies that is only just beginning to be examined.
People, Predicaments and Potentials in Africa
Author: Takehiko Ochiai
Publisher: African Books Collective
Published: 2021-01-18
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9956551201
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe term 'African Potentials' refers to the knowledge, systems, practices, ideas and values created and implemented in African societies that are expected to contribute to overcoming various challenges and promoting people's wellbeing. This collection of articles, focused on African societies, is based on the idea that 'Africa is People'. In this book, African people are placed at the centre of the discussion. The book's contributors, all of whom believe in African people and their potentials, consider women, minors and young people, people with disabilities, entrepreneurs, herders, farmers, mine workers, refugees, migrants, traditional rulers, militiamen and members of the political elite, and examine their predicaments and potentials in detail. Africa is people, and African potentials can be found only in African people themselves.
Prosperity's Predicament
Author: Isabel Brown Crook
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-09-26
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 1442225750
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis classic in the annals of village studies will be widely read and debated for what it reveals about China's rural dynamics as well as the nature of state power, markets, the military, social relations, and religion. Built on extraordinarily intimate and detailed research in a Sichuan village that Isabel Crook began in 1940, the book provides an unprecedented history of Chinese rural life during the war with Japan. It is an essential resource for all scholars of contemporary China.
Do Muslim Women Need Saving?
Author: Lila Abu-Lughod
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2013-11-12
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 0674726332
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDo Muslim Women Need Saving? is an indictment of a mindset that has justified all manner of foreign interference, including military invasion, in the name of rescuing women from Islam. It offers a detailed, moving portrait of the actual experiences of ordinary Muslim women, and of the contingencies with which they live.
Women and Human Development
Author: Martha C. Nussbaum
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-03-13
Total Pages: 474
ISBN-13: 113945935X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this major book Martha Nussbaum, one of the most innovative and influential philosophical voices of our time, proposes a kind of feminism that is genuinely international, argues for an ethical underpinning to all thought about development planning and public policy, and dramatically moves beyond the abstractions of economists and philosophers to embed thought about justice in the concrete reality of the struggles of poor women. Nussbaum argues that international political and economic thought must be sensitive to gender difference as a problem of justice, and that feminist thought must begin to focus on the problems of women in the third world. Taking as her point of departure the predicament of poor women in India, she shows how philosophy should undergird basic constitutional principles that should be respected and implemented by all governments, and used as a comparative measure of quality of life across nations.
The Double-bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership
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Publisher: Catalyst
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 49
ISBN-13: 0895842653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy We Can't Sleep
Author: Ada Calhoun
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2020-01-07
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 0802147860
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed author explores the hidden crises of Gen X women in this “engaging hybrid of first-person confession, reportage [and] pop culture analysis” (The New Republic). Ada Calhoun was married with children and a good career—and yet she was miserable. She thought she had no right to complain until she realized how many other Generation X women felt the same way. What could be behind this troubling trend? To find out, Calhoun delved into housing costs, HR trends, credit card debt averages, and divorce data. At every turn, she saw that Gen X women were facing new problems as they entered middle age—problems that were being largely overlooked. Calhoun spoke with women across America who were part of the generation raised to “have it all.” She found that most were exhausted, terrified about money, under-employed, and overwhelmed. And instead of being heard, they were being told to lean in, take “me-time,” or make a chore chart to get their lives and homes in order. In Why We Can’t Sleep, Calhoun opens up the cultural and political contexts of Gen X’s predicament. She offers practical advice on how to ourselves out of the abyss—and keep the next generation of women from falling in. The result is reassuring, empowering, and essential reading for all middle-aged women, and anyone who hopes to understand them.
The Princess Predicament
Author: Lisa Childs
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1460307054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPassion, peril and a princess in hiding Forced into hiding after a threat to her life, Princess Gabriella St. Pierre must protect both herself and her unborn child. Working at an orphanage, the princess tries to suppress memories of a passionate night long ago with Whit Howell—her father's royal bodyguard and a man she never thought she'd see again. When an attempted abduction occurs as Princess Gabriella is leaving the orphanage, Whit rescues her and vows to keep her safe. But how can he shepherd the princess back to her country without knowing who is orchestrating these attacks…and why? It is the most important mission of his life—and he'd risk everything to save the one woman he can't live without.
The Mermaid and The Minotaur
Author: Dorothy Dinnerstein
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Published: 2021-01-12
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1590514696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A seminal text in the womenís movement." –Ethel S. Person, author of The Sexual Century "Still the most important work of feminist psychoanalytic exploration, its re-release is a celebratory occasion." –Eli Sagan, author of Freud, Women and Mortality "[The Mermaid and the Minotaur] continues to astonish us with the depth and wisdom of its psychoanalytic approach even as its major ideas have become as unobtrusively essential to psychoanalytic feminism as the atmosphere." –Jessica Benjamin, author of The Bonds of Love
