Women, Social Change, and Activism

Then and Now

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores women's efforts to affect social change. Through the study of the past and present of local and global activism, the contributors explore the artistic, economic, educational, ethical, historical, literary, philosophical, political, psychological, religious, and social dimensions of women's lives and resistance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 110
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781498574259
• ISBN-10: 1498574254
• Artikelnr.: 53931417

Autorenporträt

Dawn Hutchinson is senior lecturer of philosophy and religion at Christopher Newport University. Lori Underwood is professor of philosophy and dean of the College of Arts & Humanities at Christopher Newport University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Chapter 1: Rebecca Irons
"State Silencing and Women's Reproductive Health in Peru: Past Sterilization and Contemporary Concerns" Chapter 2: Carley Petersen Durden
"Proscripted
Prescripted or Unscripted? Authoring Melania Trump's FLOTUS" Chapter 3: Christine L. Murphy
"Buddhism
Nationalism
and Gendercide: The Situation of the Rohingya Today" Chapter 4: Molly Kelly
"Strong "For a Girl": Sports Science
Femininity
and Athletic Gatekeepers of Gender" Chapter 5: Dawn Hutchinson
"Ecofeminism: Global Advocacy for the Earth" Chapter 6: Ololade Faniyi
"A Discussion on African Feminisms as a Reaction Against Western-Oriented Feminism: Reviewing Darko's Beyond the Horizon" Chapter 7: Paula Talero Alverez
"Resisting the Dichotomy Victim vs Agent: Theorizing Young Women's Agency" Chapter 8: Liu Tingting
"Split Subjectivity of Female Migrants Born in the 1990s in China" Chapter 9: Emily Bertrand
"The Glass Slipper-One Size Fits All" Chapter 10: Diana Moore
"Transnational Women and Philanthropic Networks in Italian Unification and State Building"