Feminism genre books (203)


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A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen EN

Rating: 4 (20 votes)
Country: Europe / Norway flag Norway
Description:
Ibsen's 1879 play shocked its first audiences with its radical insights into the social roles of husband and wife. His portrayal of the caged 'songbird' in his flawed heroine Nora remains one of the most striking dramatic depictions of the late 19th century woman. This revised edition contains introductory commentary and notes by Sophie Duncan, which offer a contemporary lens on the play's gender politics and consider seminal productions of the play into the 21st century. METHUEN DRAMA STUDENT EDITIONS are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern and classic repertoire... continue

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A Feminist Theory of Violence : A Decolonial Perspective by Françoise Vergès EN

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Country: Europe / France flag France
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The State will not protect us from gender violence. Our feminism must be anti-racist and decolonial, and must fight for everyone's safety


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A Nation of Women : An Early Feminist Speaks Out by Luisa Capetillo EN

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The groundbreaking feminist and socialist writings of Puerto Rican author and activist Luisa Capetillo A Penguin Classic In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested and acquitted for being the first woman to wear men's trousers publicly. While this act of gender-nonconforming rebellion elevated her to feminist icon status in modern pop culture, it also overshadowed the significant contributions she made to the women's movement and anarchist labor movements of the early twentieth century--both in her native Puerto Rico and in the migrant labor belt in the eastern United States. ... continue

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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf EN

Rating: 5 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / England flag England
Description:
Woolf's celebrated essay based on the thesis that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."

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A Strange Woman by Leylâ Erbil TR

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Turkey flag Turkey
Description:
The pioneering debut novel by one of Turkey's most radical female authors tells the story of an aspiring intellectual in a complex, modernizing country. In English at last: the first novel by a Turkish woman to ever be nominated for the Nobel. A Strange Woman is the story of Nermin, a young woman and aspiring poet growing up in Istanbul. Nermin frequents coffeehouses and underground readings, determined to immerse herself in the creative, anarchist youth culture of Turkey’s capital; however, she is regularly thwarted by her complicated relationship to her parents, members of the old guard who ... continue

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A tatuagem de pássaro by Dunya Mikhail PT

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Country: Asia / Iraq flag Iraq
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A tatuagem de pássaro, da autora iraquiana Dunya Mikhail, é um romance que narra a terrível e fascinante jornada de Helin, uma mulher iazidi que foi sequestrada e mantida em cativeiro como escrava sexual pelo Estado Islâmico, no norte do Iraque. Graças a ajuda de um apicultor, Abdullah, Helin consegue escapar das garras da organização e tem como desafio refazer a sua vida. É uma história sobre a perseguição cruel ao povo iazidi. Ao mesmo tempo, e com uma linguagem fortemente poética, o romance lança luz sobre a cultura e a tradição desse povo, sua imensa força e resiliência. O livro foi finali... continue

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A Woman Like Her : The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher EN

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Country: Asia / Pakistan flag Pakistan
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A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The powerful story of a woman who was ahead of her time' Mishal Husain, presenter at BBC News 'Terrific and necessary' Sonia Faleiro 'This book is brilliant and terrifying' Meena Kandasamy _________________________ A beautiful woman in winged eyeliner and a low-cut top lies on a bed urging her favourite cricketer to win the next match. In another post, she pouts at the camera from a hot tub. She posts a selfie with a cleric, wearing his cap at a jaunty angle. Her posts are viewed millions of times and the comments beneath them are full of hate. As her no... continue

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Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes to Weep by Siba Shakib EN

Rating: 4 (2 votes)
Country: Asia / Iran flag Iran
Description:
One woman’s harrowing story about life under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. Shirin-Gol was just a young girl when her village was levelled by the Russians in 1979. When the men in her family joined the resistance, she fled with the other women and children to Kabul, and so began a life of day-to-day struggle in her war-torn country. A life that included a Pakistani refugee camp, a forced marriage to pay off her brother’s gambling debts, selling her body and begging for money to feed her growing family, an attempted suicide and an unsuccessful attempt to leave Afghanistan for Iran after the... continue