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Menopause
"In Menopause: A Midlife Passage, [questions about menopause] are considered in depth from a dazzling variety of angles. This is just the serious feminist discussion of menopause that I have been longing for.... its exquisite analyses renew us in our struggles to make sense of it all." -- Alice Dan, Women's Review of Books "Menopause has become a hot (with or without the flashes) topic in America. That's because a critical mass of us have reached it and are educated, aggressive, and confident enough to want to know what's happening to us, and then to talk about it.... Smart, useful, funny, Menopause: A Midlife Passage is a fine addition to the discussion, a healthy companion for this all-imp...
Hot and Bothered
How did menopause change from being a natural (and often welcome) end to a woman's childbearing years to a deficiency disease in need of medical and pharmacological intervention? By examining the history of menopause over the course of the twentieth century, Houck shows how the experience and representation of menopause has been profoundly influenced by biomedical developments and by changing roles for women and the changing definition of womanhood.
Addressing the Sexual Rights of Older People
There is growing evidence that the sexual rights of older people are not being met. One reason, perhaps the main reason, relates to the way that old age is viewed. In many cultures, being old is associated with decline and disease, which positions older people as dependent and powerless. Furthermore, an absence of positive or celebratory discourses around older people’s sexuality is particularly striking. The book addresses a gap in research and policy. Using an adaptation of the Declaration of Sexual Rights from the World Association of Sexual Health, it provides readers with an innovative and evidence-based framework for achieving the sexual rights of older people. Drawing on interdiscip...
Not Just a Man’s War
In 1931, Japan began a brutal occupation of Manchuria, and in 1937, China and Japan entered a full-scale war that ended with Japan’s defeat in 1945. The War of Resistance became the Chinese experience of the Second World War. Yet women scarcely get a mention in most accounts of the fourteen-year conflict. Through interviews, published reminiscences, and oral histories, Not Just a Man’s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the war. Communist women speak of fighting as soldiers for “a good war” and contributing to the party’s rise to power. Nationalist women attribute their survival to the strength of the human spirit while acknowledging tremendous ...
Interpreting Women's Lives
"Interpreting Women's Lives offers rich insights into the ways that women's voices and life stories can inform scholarly research and expand our understanding of both the shared experience of gender and the profound differences among women."--Publisher's description.
Sociology of the Body
"Sociology of the Body: A Reader brings together 48 essays exploring the multitude of ways in which human bodies shape and are shaped by society. The volume is organized thematically in 16 sections, each consisting of three essays. Each section begins with a detailed introduction in which the editors, Claudia Malacrida and Jacqueline Low, explain the essential historical context, offer insight into the readings that follow, and underline the connections between them. Throughout these introductory essays, terms and concepts specific to the discipline are highlighted and explained. Together, these features make Sociology of the Body an invaluable text for upper-level undergraduate courses not only in sociology but in gender and cultural studies as well as kinesiology and nursing."--BOOK JACKET.
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