This unique volume brings together literary critics, historians, and anthropologists from around the world to offer new understandings of gender and sexuality as they were redefined during the upheaval of 1968.
This book challenges the uncritical use of the long held dictum of the development discourse that education empowers women. Situated in the post-structuralist feminist position it argues that in its current state the educational discourse in Pakistan actually disempowers women.
Relations between Iran and the US have been strained for over 30 years. This book provides unbiased discussions of issues such as... Læs mere
This title depicts how immigrant women use international migration as a strategy to challenge existing patriarchal hegemonies... Læs mere
This book subjects the works of Elizabeth Spencer, critically acclaimed but canonically marginalized, to a study that reveals their interaction with the southern canon as they question its boundaries and remap the long-established landscapes of southern identity.
The collapse of US global hegemony means that the future of global relations will be defined by an integrated and mutually co-operative... Læs mere
This ethnographic study of prostitution in the metropolitan city of Dalian, China, explores the lives of... Læs mere
Heredia offers a comparative perspective on gender, race, and migration between Latin America and the U.S. in Latina narratives.
Hancock argues that there are three governance structures states can use when designing integration accords: plutocratic, supranational and intergovernmental.... Læs mere
Although people may not realize it, the modern Christmas book market carries on a Victorian legacy. An explosion of Christmas print matter reinvigorated and regularized the... Læs mere
Through a gender, ethnicity, and sexuality lens, Pérez demonstrates that queer Chicana/o and Latina/o identities are much more prevalent in cultural... Læs mere
With a critical look at Tolstoy's persona, faith, and thought, this book treats the writer as a midwife of modern counterculture. It shows and tries to correct the metaphysical blunder on which Tolstoy's philosophy was based.