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An Orphan Has Many Parents
An Orphan Has Many Parents is a memoir of their childhoods by two graduates of the Pride of Judea Home in Brooklyn, paying tribute to the caring parental figures they encountered, and the administrators who made it work. Readers will be touched by the profound impact of this home on the lives of its residents. It also breaks new ground in the study of orphans and orphanages.
Technologies of the Gendered Body
This book looks at the representation of the body in culture from a feminist perspective. Subjects covered include bodybuilding, cosmetic surgery, and cyberculture.
Vogue
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Beauty
"Beauty" examines not only the prominent styles and trends of the last century by decade, but also details the development of beauty magazines and advertising and explores multicultural and ethnic trends. Color and b&w illustrations.
A morning affair
Jackie Rogers posesses youth, beauty, brilliance, a job on the top morning television show, and three powerful, attractive men, but to reach the top in her profession she must exercise ruthless ambition--and perhaps lose too much in the bargain
La historia de la mujer en 100 objetos
La herencia de las mujeres resulta tan rica, tan diversa y aún hoy día tan desconocida que desborda la manera convencional de contarla. Al igual que las mujeres han encontrado huecos para sobrevivir o imponerse, para escribir o pintar, para llegar a la educación o al poder, para que el dolor disminuyera o el trabajo resultara más liviano, es preciso que la historia que las estudia recurra a miradas y a formatos nuevos.
Ese es el espíritu que anima este libro: acercarnos a la historia femenina desde una perspectiva distinta, guiados por 100 objetos que tuvieron a las mujeres como protagonistas, destinatarias o inventoras. Desde el pintalabios, la Barbie, el búcaro de barro, la mantilla o la vacuna de la viruela.
Espido Freire nos muestra la astucia de nuestras antepasadas para dar respuesta a sus necesidades en una sociedad que las consideraba una prioridad menor, y rescata un universo condenado al silencio por los historiadores tradicionales.
Passing By
Catcalls, wolf whistles, verbal slurs, pinches, stalking—virtually every woman has experienced some form of unwanted public attention by men. Off the street, in semi-public places such as restaurants and department stores, women often suffer the insult of being passed over by employees eager to serve men. How pervasive is this behavior? How dangerous can it be? What, if anything, should be done about it? Passing By, an illuminating, unsettling work, explores the important yet little-examined issue of gender-related public harassment. Based on extensive research—including in-depth interviews with nearly five-hundred midwestern women and men—it documents the many types of indignity visit...
Mirabella
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Social Register, New York
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
