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Globalisation is often considered as not only generating jobs, but also having a negative effect on those at the bottom of the labour supply chain. The author shows us exactly how globalisation has affected women engaged in insecure, invisible and low/unpaid garment work.

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Those promoting economic development in the Third World often disregard the disadvantaged position of women or lack adequate information to assess the role of women.

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This book, a study of women's writing in fracophone sub-Saharan Africa, redresses the critical imbalance and celebrates the originality of this literature.

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As a result, many other women authors have faded into obscurity.

Through entries written by expert contributors, this reference book provides insights into the life and writings of 54 women authors from German-speaking countries.

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Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre authors. This collection examines images of women, and reintroduces Russian women writers whose recognition is long overdue.

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Women Writers in Russian Literature presents a critical overview of Russian women writers from earliest times to the present, including emigre authors. This collection examines images of women, and reintroduces Russian women writers whose recognition is long overdue.

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This bibliography of selected writings by 184 women authors from German-speaking countries will be a boon to teachers, students, reference librarians, and library selectors interested in women's literature.

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This annotated bio-bibliographical guide provides long-overdue recognition for women writers of Spain, including special entries on those writing in Catalan and Galician.

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The countries of Spanish America have a history of women's literature that is full, varied, and, until now, undocumented in English. Included are fictional works dealing primarily with women, women's literature, feminism, and the condition of women, with a separate index of anthologies.

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The Artist Embodied examines how the coming-of-age-of-an-artist genre evolved from 1850-1932 in works by American women writers. Specifically, it analyzes how these authors contest patriarchy, engage with tropes of gender, race, and disability, and assert the validity of art created by women artists.

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An indispensable overview of womens activism and political struggles in contemporary Africa, and the ways in which the continent's women are shaping the struggle for womens rights internationally.

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An indispensable overview of womens activism and political struggles in contemporary Africa, and the ways in which the continent's women are shaping the struggle for womens rights internationally.

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Women's Almanac 2000 is a first-stop reference that combines news, issues, statistics, and a resource directory together with historical information and analysis from both an international and U.S. perspective.

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This collection of spiritual testimonies is committed to the idea that genuine dialogue between men and women that acknowledges the essential fully-gendered human aspect of each is the foundation for achieving true liberation of the sexes.

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In the first comprehensive exploration of women's bands in American history, contributors trace women's emerging roles in town, immigrant, family, school, suffrage, military, swing, and rock bands, as well as society at large. Contributors bring together a series of discipline...

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A collection of essays which focuses on the representation of women's bodies in historical and contemporary cultures. This book compares the two different approaches to the body adopted by the soft-porn magazine "For Women", and the women's monthly "Cosmopolitan", and also examines TV cult figures.

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Women's Careers explores contexts and strategies that advance or hinder women's career development. Part II discusses planning and preparation and includes insights into topics such as mentors' roles, cultural differences, women and leadership, and career versus family conflicts.