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Women and Violence
This important and timely reference work examines violence against women and gender-based discrimination around the world, providing a global perspective on why this kind of …
Women and Education
This volume captures how women's education is shaped by the lived context of women and girls around the world, focusing on the cultural construction of gender, political economy, …
Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt
The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the …
Women and Sexuality
This important volume offers readers an in-depth understanding of women's sexuality around the world, bringing to light a history that is often suppressed. What is reproductive …
Women and Politics
Focusing on the distinct identities and diverse lived experiences of women in a wide range of countries and cultures, this book provides a comprehensive overview of women in local, …
Women and the Military
This addition to the Women and Society around the World series explores the roles, challenges, and accomplishments of women in the military in countries across the globe. Around …
Women of Kurdistan
Women of Kurdistan: A Historical and Bibliographic Study documents a century long history of Kurdish women's struggles against oppressive gender relations and state violence. It …
Women, Art, and Society
Whitney Chadwick’s acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule, who ‘transcended’ their sex to produce major works of art. While …
Women and Suicide in Iran
Drawing on feminist theory, as well as theory surrounding the correlation between poverty and suicide, this study explores the increased rate of suicide among women in western …
Feminist Biblical Studies in the Twentieth Century
Women in Roman Law and Society
The legal situation of the women of ancient Rome was extremely complex, and - since there was no sharp distinction between free woman, freedwoman and slave - the definition of …
Manliness and Civilization
When former heavyweight champion Jim Jeffries came out of retirement on the fourth of July, 1910 to fight current black heavywight champion Jack Johnson in Reno, Nevada, he boasted …