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Statistics show that women live longer than men, and that they constitute a substantial majority of the North American population over age 50. But lack of empirical data on aging women has helped to perpetuate numerous myths and stereotypes. This reference provides a comprehensive overview of curren

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The first section provides a historical and theoretical perspective on women and aging and covers topics such as sexism and ageism, representations of older women in the arts, and the attitudes of society toward aging women.

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Previously published in 2013 in a New American Library hardcover edition.

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A radical reinterpretation of womens freedom and an indispensable intervention into scholarship on abortion and reproductive rights.

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A radical reinterpretation of womens freedom and an indispensable intervention into scholarship on abortion and reproductive rights.

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A comprehensive study of Harrison Fords stardom in relation to changing ideals of masculinity in Hollywood.

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Essays, based on five years of survey research in Iowa and case study examples from across the United States, examine the implications of telecommunications technologies for rural community development.

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This book serves as a much-needed source of information on the social and health issues that impact the health of Native American women in the United States, accompanied by invaluable historical, cultural, and other contextual data about this sociocultural group.

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Holmes provides care-givers and parents with specific tactics to move teenagers successfully through adolescence.

The prevention of adolescent casualties is accomplished by the practice of three major prevention strategies.

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In the LESBIAN AND GAY STUDIES series this work draws on literary and cultural theory to demonstrate the ways in which lesbian identities are ascribed and resisted. It looks at the identity models of the hero, the flaneur and the lesbian outlaw as well as lesbian 'space' both materially and imaginatively.

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A critical look at the rise of heteroactivism, and how todays anti-LGBT activism is becoming more transnational and sophisticated.

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A critical look at the rise of heteroactivism, and how todays anti-LGBT activism is becoming more transnational and sophisticated.

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This text is concerned with issues of sexual and gender representation, and the intersections of sexual difference and life-writing. Alex Hughes discusses such figures as Jean-Paul Sartre, Herve guibert, Marguerite Duras, Andre Gide, Marie Cardinal, Simone de Beauvoir, and Serge Dubrovsky.

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Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2012.

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An accessible and well-informed tour through a little-known, important aspect of race in American history

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Why, as Dhruvarajan asks, do most rural Hindu women continue to accept, sometimes even cherish, household arrangements that humiliate, dominate, and depersonalize them

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"Reproductive rights" refers to a range of claims concerning whether, when and how to have children. Involving the self, the family, and the State, women's reproductive rights generate much argument but little agreement. This A-Z reference covers court cases, health, religion, and laws.

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This encyclopedia contains the biographies of over 100 women, from Clara Barton to Oprah Winfrey, who come from diverse backgrounds, races, age groups, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, and geographic locations.

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The African American heritage is interwoven throughout the history of the United States, but few educators are prepared to teach children about the events that shaped the African American experience.

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A highly readable overview of the rich past of historically black colleges and universities, and how their role in higher education is evolving for the future.