The Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (JSPPS) is a bi-annual companion journal to the Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society (SPPS) book series (founded 2004 and edited by Andreas Umland, Dr. phil, PhD).
See offerThe first book to explore menstruation in the current cultural and political landscape and to investigate the new wave of period activism taking the world by storm.
See offerWhat would you do if your body had been violated? Would you have the will, the energy, and the drive to survive?
See offerEqual under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O'Keeffe's complex involvement with, and influence on, US feminism from the 1910s to the 1970s.
See offerThis is the first analysis of periodicals' key role in U.S.
See offerIn Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) as they were propelled by the bloody conflict to adopt new roles and expand traditional ones.
See offerNew century has thrown many challenges subjecting many nations to undergo transformation cutting across their established tradition and culture. New issues have to be addressed to affect socioeconomic progress of our nation.
See offerThis special issue provides a forum for discussion of what Belarusian Studies are today and which new approaches and questions are needed to revitalize the field in the regional and international academic arena.
See offerExamines how postfeminism and postracialism intersect to perpetuate systemic injustice in the United States.
See offerWe worry putting our family first means we'll be forced to abandon our careers. We're afraid if we pause our careers, we'll be forever off-track.
See offerArgues that institutional change must accommodate women's professional and personal life stages.
See offerThe rise of social media has changed how we understand and enact relationships across our lives, including motherhood.
See offerAn unknown actress on movie star's arm was how she began. An anonymous activist in a rubber gorilla mask is where she wound up.
See offerFrames menstruation as a site of resistance, defiance, and shamelessness, showcasing the work of those who fight back against shame and silence.
See offerThe practice of karo kari allows family, especially fathers, brothers and sons, to take the lives of their daughters, sisters and mothers if they are accused of adultery.
See offerThis collection brings together scholarly and creative pieces that reveal how the intellectual, emotional, and physical work of mothering is informed by women's religiosities and spiritualities.
See offerMillions watched the 2015 Women's World Cup as the England Lionesses roared in Canada, winning bronze.
See offerThe 21st century sustains one significant commonality with the decades of the preceding century. The majority of individuals parenting on their own and heading one-parent families continue to be mothers.
See offerMuslim Mothering is an interdisciplinary volume, concentrating on the experiences of Muslim mothers, largely in the contemporary period.
See offerProvides a contemporary response to such landmark volumes as All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men, But Some of Us Are Brave and This Bridge Called My Back.
See offerOffers essays demonstrating the critical relevance of Irigaray's thought of sexual difference for addressing contemporary ethical and social issues.
See offerIn the year 2000, United Nations world leaders set out eight targets, the UN Millennium Development Goals, for achieving improved standards of living at the micro level in poorer nations around the globe, by the year 2015.
See offerFrom multidisciplinary perspectives, this volume explores the roles mothers play in the producing, purchasing, preparing and serving of food to their own families and to their communities in a variety of contexts.
See offerThis engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English portraying the lives and fates of Czech women.
See offer""A girl should be two things: Who and what she wants."Coco ChanelAs writers and thinkers, leaders and innovators, creators and counsellors, women have given us countless words to enlighten, encourage, challenge and console.
See offerWhat's Cooking, Mom? offers original and inventive narratives, including auto-ethno- graphic discussions of representations, discourses and practices about and by mothers regarding food and families.
See offerThe Mother-Blame Game is an interdisciplinary and intersectional examination of the phenomenon of mother-blame in the twenty-first century.
See offerThis book considers Black Motherhood through multiple and global lenses to engage the reader in an expanded reflection and to prompt further discourse on the intersection of race and gender within the construct of motherhood among Black women.
See offerPresents multifaceted aspects of Asian Muslim women's lives and agencies.
See offerCreates a new space for hybrid feminist analysis of Asian Muslim women's lives.
See offerTracks the medical emergence and treatment of vulvar pain conditions in order to understand why so many US women are misinformed about their sexual bodies.
See offerFor centuries the Huichol (Wixárika) Indian women of Jalisco, Mexico, have been weaving textiles on backstrap looms. This West Mexican tradition has been passed down from mothers to daughters since pre-Columbian times.
See offerDemonstrates how individuals can respond to widespread injustice and systemic militarization in society.
See offerAnalyzes the author's transformation from academic to figure competitor.
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