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	2.3 Gender

	Adcock, Fleur (Ed) The Faber Book of 20th Century Women's Poetry general level Faber and Faber: 1987 347pp Hardback ISBN:0 571 13692 3 Ł9.95 Paperback ISBN:0 571 13693 1 Ł8.99 Bergvall, Victoria L. & Bing, Janet M. et al Rethinking Language and Gender Research: theory and Method undergraduate, research, professional level Addison Wesley Longman Higher Education: 11 1996 360pp 216 x 138: Index Series: Real Language Series This text focuses on language and gender to challenge the dichotomy of female and male use of language, addressing political and social consequences of popular beliefs about "women's language" and "men's language" and proposing new ways of looking at language and gender. Hardback ISBN:0 582 26574 6 Ł42.00 Paperback ISBN:0 582 26573 8 Ł15.99 Buck, Claire(Ed) Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature general, undergraduate level Bloomsbury: 05 1994 1184pp 234 x 156: 100 b&w illustrations The essays in the first section of this collection introduce women's writing by area and period. This is followed by a comprehensive alphabetical reference section which includes authors, texts and general entries, with up to date bibliographies for further research. Paperback ISBN:0 7475 1592 1 Ł12.99 Butler, J. Gender Trouble professional level Routledge: 03 1990 256pp Paperback ISBN:0 415 90043 3 Ł11.99 Caplan, Patricia The Cultural Construction of Sexuality undergraduate level Routledge: 04 1992 320pp 216 x 138 Illuatrates the argument that sexuality is not a "thing in itself" but a concept that can only be understood with reference to economic, political and social factors. Paperback ISBN:0 415 04013 2 Ł13.99 Coates, J. & Cameron, D. Women in Their Speech Communities undergraduate level Longman: 1989 208pp Highlights the varied interests and common concerns of women linguists working in Britain today. Dealing with everything from casual conversation to classroom interactions, from business meetings to traditional wedding songs, it makes available a great deal of new information, much of it published here for the first time. Paperback ISBN:0 582 00969 3 Ł15.99 Evetts, Julia(Ed) Women and Careers: Themes and Issues in Advanced Industrial Societies undergraduate level Longman Academic: 01 1994 256pp 216 x 138 Dewey class: 305.43 Series: Longman Sociology Series Addresses the difficulties faced by women who embark on careers in the professions and considers the future of equal opportunties policies at a time of recession and high unemployment. It also explores the need to de-gender the concept of career in order to encompass women's expectation. Paperback ISBN:0 582 10194 8 Ł13.99 Fowler, Bridget The Alienated Reader: Women and Popular Romantic Literature in the 20th Century undergraduate level Harvester: 04 1991 A study of the production and consumption of popular romance which draws on a content analysis of melodramatic romance in 1930s magazines and utilizes a feminist materialist approach to Catherine Cookson as well as examining recent bestselling romances such as "A Woman of Substance". Paperback ISBN:0 7450 0250 1 Ł15.50 Fraser, Nancy Unruly Practices undergraduate level Polity Press: 10 1990 208pp 216 x 138: Index Dewey class: 305.42 An attempt to develop a systematic critique of contemporary social and political theory from a feminist perspective. The book includes a critical appraisal of influential thinkers such as Foucault, Derrida, Habermas and Rorty. Paperback ISBN:0 7456 0391 2 Ł12.95 Green, Gayle & Kahn, Coppelia (Ed.) Making a Difference: Feminist Literary Criticism undergraduate, professional level Series: New Accents Routledge: 1985, 288pp Paperback ISBN: 0 415 01011 X Ł9.99 Greer, Germaine The Female Eunuch general level Flamingo: 1971 400pp 197 x 130 Series: Flamingo Modern Classics This work portrays marriage as a legalised form of slavery for women, and attacks the systematic denial and misrepresentation of female sexuality by male dominated society. Paperback ISBN:0 586 08055 4 Ł6.99 Hertz, L. A Woman's Place is in the House: Everything You Need to Know to Make It in Politics undergraduate level Methuen: 02 1990 192pp This political study probes the question why Britain has fewer female MPs than almost every major Western nation. The author describes the women who have been successful in politics, and how they cope with careers and families. She also reflects on the discrimination women face in the Commons. Hardback ISBN:0 413 15530 7 Ł12.99 HMSO Women In Britain undergraduate, professional level HMSO Books: 04 1996 131pp 2nd edition Series: aspects of Britain Paperback ISBN:0 11 701982 8 Ł5.95 Jeffreys, S. Anticlimax: Feminist Perspective on the Sexual Revolution professional level Women's Press: 01 1990 400pp Paperback ISBN:0 7043 4203 0 Ł8.99 Lewis, Reina Gendering Orientalism: Race, Femininity and Representation undergraduate, postgraduate level Routledge: 11 1995 272pp 216 x 138: 40 photographs Series: Gender, Racism, Ethnicity This study challenges masculinist assumptions relating to the stability and homogeneity of the Orientalist gaze. It examines the shifting terms of race, nation and gender and the presence of Orientalist themes in the work of Henriette Browne and George Eliot is highlighted. Hardback ISBN:0 415 12489 1 Ł40.00 Paperback ISBN:0 415 12490 5 Ł14.99 Light, Alison Forever England: Femininity, Literature and Conservatism between the Wars undergraduate, professional level Routledge: 1991 320pp 234 x 156 Shows how ideas of national identity were bound up with notions of femininity and private life during the period between the wars. Light looks at a range of writers from Ivy Compton Burnett and Daphne du Maurier to Agatha Christie. Paperback ISBN:0 415 01662 2 Ł12.99 Lovell, T. (Ed) British Feminist Thought: a Reader undergraduate level Blackwell: 04 1990 400pp Paperback ISBN:0 631 16915 6 Ł13.99 McRobbie, Angela Feminism And Youth Culture advanced secondary, general level Macmillan Education: 01 1991 246pp 216 x 138: Illustrations, references Dewey class: 305.235 Series: Youth questions A sociological examination from a feminist perspective of the influences and effects of various subcultural elements on adolescent girls. Paperback ISBN:0 333 45264 X Ł12.50 Massey, Doreen Space, Place and Gender undergraduate, postgraduate level Polity Press: 1994 290pp 229 x 152 This volume brings together Massey's key writings on space, place and gender. She traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place, and the relation of both to issues of gender and debates within feminism. Hardback ISBN:0 7456 1235 0 Ł45.00 Paperback ISBN:0 7456 1236 9 Ł12.95 Mills, Jane Womanwords general level Virago Press: 1991 291pp 198 x 129 This dictionary reveals the secret life of words used for and about women most often by men. It traces the origins and development of over 300 words, such as "hysteria" or "crumpet", and shows how their meanings have changed. It should appeal to anyone with an interest in language and words. Paperback ISBN:1 85381 274 9 Ł6.99 Mills, Sara (Ed) Language and Gender: Interdisciplinary Perspectives undergraduate, research, professional level Longman: 04 1996 This is an interdisciplinary volume, examining the important themes in the current theoretical debates on language and gender. Comprising chapters from leading linguists, it aims to bring together debate between the areas of linguistics/language studies and literature/literary studies. Paperback ISBN:0 582 22631 7 Ł15.99 Modleski, Tania Loving with a Vengeance: Mass Produced Fantasies for Women undergraduate, professional level Routledge: 1984 140pp Paperback ISBN:0 415 90136 7 Ł11.99 The National Lesbian and Gay Survey What a Lesbian Looks Like: Writings by Lesbians on Their Lives and Lifestyles undergraduate, postgraduate level Routledge: 06 1992 192pp 216 x 138 The National Lesbian and Gay Survey is a mass observation project set up in 1985 to record the experience of lesbians and gay men. This work draws on that material to provide an anthology of personal writings from lesbians from all walks of life which offers a picture of lesbian life in general. Paperback ISBN:0 415 08155 6 Ł30.00 O'Brien, Lucy She Bop: the Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul general level Penguin: 06 1995 384pp 216 x 135 This is an account of the history of women in all aspects of the music business. It traces women's progress in the business, their struggles for acceptance as well as recognition and success. It contains interviews with singers, musicians and women working in the music industry. Paperback ISBN:0 14 023232 X Ł12.50 Plummer, Ken (Ed) Modern Homosexualities: Fragments of Lesbian and Gay Experiences undergraduate, professional level Routledge: 1992 272pp 234 x 156 These essays, by both activists and academics, document and analyze the dramatic changes in lesbian and gay experience between 1970 and 1993. Paperback ISBN:0 415 06421 X Ł13.99 Reynolds, Simon & Press, Joy The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll undergraduate general level Serpent's Tail: 01 1995 336pp 198 x 125 This study analyzes song lyrics to describe how women have traditionally been depicted in rock 'n' roll. The authors argue that male songwriters have either exploited or worshipped women, and that these perceptions will only change when women take control and write the words themselves. Paperback ISBN:1 85242 254 8 Ł14.99 Stacy, J.(Ed) & Franklin, S.(Ed) et al Off Centre: Feminism and Cultural Studies professional level HarperCollins Acad: 02 1991 304pp 234 x 156: Index Anthology of recent work in the spheres of feminism and cultural studies divided into three areas, namely representation and ideology, science and technology, and Thatcherism and the enterprise culture. The authors argue for the amalgamation of these areas in the analysis of contemporary culture. Hardback ISBN:0 04 445666 2 Ł40.00 Steddman, Carolyn Landscape For A Good Woman: a Story of Two Women general level Virago: 04 1986 144pp Paperback ISBN: 0 86068 559 4 Ł7.99 Swindells, J. Victorian Writing and Working Women professional level Polity: 01 1986 256pp Paperback ISBN:0 7456 0072 7 Ł9.95 Thumim, Janet Celluloid Sisters: Women and Popular Cinema general level Macmillan Press: 1992 258pp Examines representations of women in films that have been successful at British box offices between 1945 and 1965 and considers their value for contemporary female audiences. The book explores the representation of women and the reading activity of female audience members. Paperback ISBN:0 333 48041 4 Ł15.99 Watson, Daphne Their Own Worst Enemies: Women as Writers of Popular Fiction undergraduate, postgraduate level Pluto Press: 12 1992 The author investigates how women are constructed as subjects by popular women writers, and, given their popularity, what this reveals about women's expectations and needs in terms of fiction. Paperback ISBN:0 7453 0656 X Ł10.95 Webster, Juliet Shaping Women's Work: Gender, Employment and Information Technology undergraduate level Longman: 08 1996 224pp 216 x 138: References Series: Longman Sociology Series This text offers a broad overview of the debates about technologies and gender relations at work in a range of occupational areas. It deals with gender relations in terms of the ways in which they influence the design and development of technologies, and vice versa. Paperback ISBN:0 582 21810 1 Ł11.99 Weeks, Jeffrey Sexuality undergraduate, postgraduate level Routledge: 1986 128pp Series: Key Series Paperback ISBN:0 415 03954 1 Ł9.99 Young, Alison Femininity in Dissent professional level Routledge: 10 1990 208pp 216 x 138 Dewey class: 305.4 Series: Sociology of law and crime Draws on post structuralism and post modernism to explore questions within criminology and feminist theory. The author examines the way in which the criminal justice system and the media define deviance and therefore judge women protestors to be deviant. Paperback ISBN:0 415 04789 7 Ł13.99.

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