The artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) is remembered as the creator of powerful works expressing a vibrant and unflinching second-wave feminist sensibility. In Radical Virtuosity, art historian...

All human beings are practicing historians," writes Gerda Lerner. "We live our lives; we tell our stories. It is as natural as breathing." It is as important as breathing, too. History shapes our...

Nancy Fraser's powerful new book documents the "movements of feminism" and the shifts in the feminist imaginary since the 1970s. Fraser follows the history of feminism from the ferment of the New...

For centuries women have been marginalized and overlooked in American literary history. That injustice is corrected in this entertaining and provocative collection of 350 years of poetry and fiction...

Wiltenburg (history, Rowan U., Glassboro, New Jersey) has translated a selection of early modern texts that, though generally written by men, have women and their status, roles, and relationships as...

What activities did the women of ancient Greece perform in the sphere of ritual, and what were the meanings of such activities for them and their culture? By offering answers to these questions, this...

Basing her lively analysis on detailed study of literary and epigraphic material, Jane F. Gardner explores the provisions of the Roman laws as they related to women and describes the ways in which...

PT. 1; PERCEIVING WOMEN. PT. 2; WOMEN AND POWER; PT 3. WOMEN AT HOME; PT 4; THE BIOLOGY OF WOMEN; PT 5. CELTIC WOMEN IN THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES. INFANTICIDE; JEWISH WOMEN; EARLY SYRIAN CHRISTIANITY; ON...

Studying references and writings in over 900 personal letters, an unparalleled source, this book presents a rounded and intriguing account of the three women who, until now, have only survived as...

Roman women were the procreators and nurturers of life, both in the domestic world of the family and in the larger sphere of the state. Although deterred from participating in most aspects of public...

Using evidence from a wide array of sources including literature, papyri, inscriptions, coins, and terra-cotta figurines, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and...

Discovering reliable information about women in early Christianity is a challenging enterprise. Most people have never heard of Bitalia, Veneranda, Crispina, Petronella, Leta, Sofia the Deacon, and...

Im Buch geht es darum, die im Vergleich zum BDM relativ schlecht erforschte Organisation der 18 bis 21 Jahre alten jungen Frauen in der NS-Zeit vorzustellen und mittels der Erinnerungen von zwölf...

Weibliche religiose Rollen im antiken Rom wurden in den 1990er Jahren - trotz spezifisch weiblicher Opferkompetenzen in der offentlichen Religion - als den mannlichen untergeordnet und marginal...

The Zuni Man-Woman focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian...

What would it take to end violence against women of color?How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help? How does it hinder?When will we admit that repositioning women of color at the center of...

Gives the traditional meanings of theological terms before expanding upon the meanings from a feminist perspective

Contributors to this volume, all members of the Princeton Theological Seminary faculty, address the various exegetical, interpretive, and practical issues pertaining to the issue of homosexuality in...

Asks what sorts and sources of knowing we should consider compelling as we seek to live morally responsible lives. Contends that Martin Luther's theology of the cross provides a solid theological and...

Speaking for the growing community of Latina feminist theologians, the editors of this volume write, "With the emergence and growth of the feminist theologies of liberation, we no longer wait for...