| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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Women's issues
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Women's issues.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
In this book the authors present current research in the study of feminism. Topics discussed in this compilation include the feminist focus on women and substance abuse treatment; the question of whether or not purely female societies can truly exist; women in elite positions within medicine; black women and their situation of discrimination and vulnerability in Brazil; the impact of migration on the reconfiguration of family dynamics; feminism and difference; theorizing African feminism; gender stereotypes and the effect on women's persistence in STEM fields; and an antidote for global femini. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1 Linking Past to Present: Forecasting the Feminist Focus on Women and Substance Abuse Treatment / Jolene M. Sanders -- ch. 2 Are Permanent, Purely Female, Societies Possible? / Jacques Hanoune -- ch. 3 Room at the Top ... or Not? Women in Elite Positions within Medicine / Trudie E. Roberts -- ch. 4 Black Women and Their Situation of Discrimination and Vulnerability in Brazil / Sonia Beatriz dos Santos -- ch. 5 Examining the Impact of Migration on the Reconfiguration of Family Dynamics: The Experiences of Haitian Immigrant Women in Canada / Louise Racine -- ch. 6 Feminism and Difference: A Pathway to Women's Reconstruction / Maria J. Binetti -- ch. 7 Theorizing African Feminism / George Odhiambo -- ch. 8 How Do Gender Stereotypes Affect Women's Persistence in STEM Fields? / Roxanne M. Hughes -- ch. 9 Antidote for Global Feminist Gaps As Encoded in Sindiwe Magona's Black South African Autobiographies / Lesibana Rafapa. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Feminism.
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Feminism. |
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Feminist theory.
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Feminist theory. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
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Feminist theory. |
| Added Author |
Stroud, Pearce.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Feminism 9781633215832 (DLC) 2014027187 (OCoLC)882190373 |
| ISBN |
9781633216006 (electronic book) |
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1633216004 (electronic book) |
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9781633215832 |
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1633215830 |
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