Catálogo de libros: Cuestiones y procesos sociales

17812 Catálogo de libros: Cuestiones y procesos sociales

Sociedad y ciencias sociales / Sociedad y cultura: general / Cuestiones y procesos sociales
Libros Eliminar filtro Inglés Eliminar filtro Sociedad y ciencias sociales Eliminar filtro Sociedad y cultura: general Eliminar filtro Cuestiones y procesos sociales Eliminar filtro Quitar filtros
  • Julia France and Her Times
    Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
    Dive into the world of early 20th-century social reform with Gertrude Atherton’s 'Julia France and Her Times: A Novel.' This powerful work of historical fiction explores themes of women’s rights and the burgeoning suffragist movement.Atherton, a keen observer of her era, crafts a narrative that resonates with timeless relevance, delving into the complex social and political lan...
    Disponible

    41,58 €

  • Enfranchisement of Women
    Harriet Hardy Taylor Mill
    Harriet Taylor Mill’s powerful essay, 'Enfranchisement of Women,' originally published in 1851, remains a foundational text in the fight for women’s rights and equality. Reprinted here, this work passionately argues for the political inclusion of women, advocating for suffrage and equal representation in government. Mill’s compelling arguments challenge societal norms and lay b...
    Disponible

    15,63 €

  • Swetnam, the Woman-hater, Arraigned by Women
    Anonymous
    A fascinating glimpse into 17th-century gender dynamics, 'Swetnam, the Woman-hater, arraigned by women' is a Jacobean comedy that boldly confronts misogyny and challenges prevailing gender roles. Attributed to Anonymous, this historical drama, subtitled 'A new comedie, acted at the Red Bull, by the late Queenes seruants,' offers a compelling narrative centered around the figure...
    Disponible

    17,23 €

  • The Woman of To-morrow
    Helen M. (Helen Maria) Winslow
    'The Woman of To-Morrow' by Helen M. Winslow offers a fascinating glimpse into evolving perspectives on women and their roles in society. Falling under the Social Sciences category, this exploration of Women’s Studies delves into the burgeoning ideas surrounding feminism and women’s rights. Examining the social changes impacting women’s lives at the turn of the century, the boo...
    Disponible

    17,69 €

  • Keynotes
    Aubrey Beardsley / George Egerton
    'Keynotes' by George Egerton is a powerful collection of short stories exploring the lives and inner worlds of women. A significant work of feminist fiction and Australian literature, these stories delve into themes of female identity, independence, and the complexities of relationships. Egerton’s insightful portrayal of female characters offers a compelling glimpse into the so...
    Disponible

    17,50 €

  • Josiah Allen on the Woman Question
    Marietta Holley
    Marietta Holley’s 'Josiah Allen on the Woman Question' offers a sharp and humorous look at 19th-century perspectives on women’s rights. Through satire and witty social commentary, the book explores the debates surrounding women’s roles in society, touching on themes of suffrage and early feminism. Holley’s work provides a glimpse into the historical context of the women’s right...
    Disponible

    17,33 €

  • LOVE’S REVOLUTION Reimagining Society Through Care and Compassion
    CONELL M LOGGENBERG
    Conell M. Loggenberg’s book is a compelling critique of modern societal beliefs and practices that perpetuate inequality, emotional deprivation, and injustice, blending personal memoir with social analysis. Rooted in his childhood experiences of poverty in South Africa. Moving between homes in Kwanobuhle and Beaufort West, marked by scarcity and trauma. He examines how socio-ec...
    Disponible

    20,11 €

  • The Woman’s Bible
    Elizabeth Cady Stanton
    'The Woman’s Bible,' by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, remains a foundational text in feminist theology and biblical criticism. This edition, meticulously prepared, presents Part 1, offering commentary on the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy through a feminist lens. A landmark work in women in religion and religious studies, 'The Woman’s Bible' provides a ...
    Disponible

    46,07 €

  • An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism
    Catharine Esther Beecher
    Catharine E. Beecher’s 'An Essay on Slavery and Abolitionism, With reference to the duty of American females,' offers a crucial perspective on 19th-century social reform. This historical text delves into the complex issues of slavery and abolitionism in the United States, specifically examining the role and responsibilities of women in the movement.Beecher, a prominent voice in...
    Disponible

    17,17 €

  • Woman, Church & State
    Matilda Joslyn Gage
    Matilda Joslyn Gage’s groundbreaking 'Woman, Church & State: The Original Exposé of Male Against the Female Sex' remains a powerful and meticulously researched historical analysis of the subjugation of women. A vital contribution to feminist thought, this enduring work fearlessly examines the historical relationship between religious institutions, patriarchal structures, and th...
    Disponible

    39,52 €

  • Beyond the Arc
    Gigi Romano
    Beyond the Arc: The History of Women’s Basketball in the United States is the definitive chronicle of a game-and a movement-that has risen from obscurity to global acclaim. Spanning over a century of history, this comprehensive and meticulously researched narrative traces the sport’s evolution from its earliest roots in the gymnasiums of women’s colleges to packed arenas and pr...
    Disponible

    22,82 €

  • Thorn & Bloom
    Kirsty Anne Richards
    Thorn & Bloom is a quarterly magazine exploring self-care as a path to personal and collective liberation. Challenging societal norms, it redefines self-worth and autonomy. Through essays, poetry, fiction, and expert insights, it invites readers to share their journey toward mindfulness, balance, and authenticity as an act of resistance and healing. ...
    Disponible

    26,92 €

  • Culture is bad for you
    Dave O’Brien / Mark Taylor / Orian Brook
    This book paints an unflinching portrait of the situation for arts and culture workers in Britain today. Revised and updated with the latest figures, it exposes how minorities continue to be marginalised in the post-COVID era. ...
    Disponible

    156,55 €

  • Culture is bad for you
    Dave O’Brien / Mark Taylor / Orian Brook
    This book paints an unflinching portrait of the situation for arts and culture workers in Britain today. Revised and updated with the latest figures, it exposes how minorities continue to be marginalised in the post-COVID era. ...
    Disponible

    22,93 €

  • Campaigning for a United Ireland
    Miki Garcia
    Campaigning for a United Ireland focuses on the role of one newspaper - the Irish Freedom/Irish Democrat - and its role in establishing the visibility of Irish politics globally between the years 1939 and 1973. The newspaper brought to life the struggles of Irish immigrants in Britain and those of Irish Catholics in Northern Ireland during the period. This text investigates the...
    Disponible

    40,09 €

  • Becoming Beautiful
    Hua Ma
    This book explores young women’s negotiations of female beauty and beauty practices in contemporary China, based on 20 semi-structured interviews, 10 beauty diaries, and 10 follow-up interviews with women aged 18-25. The research takes an interdisciplinary feminist approach to explore several themes related to beauty, including reasons for engaging in beauty practices, daily be...
    Disponible

    166,99 €

  • The Reparations’ Blueprint
    Almar R. Thomas LUTCF.
    The intention of this work first and foremost is to get serious-minded people to understand that when trying to solve and fix a complex problem, which has a lot of moving parts, you must first understand the system in which it operates. If you understand and use the system, you will save yourself, time, energy, and money. (It’s spelled out for you.) You do not have to reinvent ...
    Disponible

    10,71 €

  • Motherhood Uncensored
    Beverley Pannell
    In 2024 Motherhood Uncensored ran a writing competition, open to all, on the theme of ’things left unsaid about motherhood’. Hundreds entered and thousands voted on which entries resonated with them the most.This collection contains the most popular entries. It tackles the impact of motherhood on our relationships, work, health and identity; our dilemmas about becoming mothers;...
    Disponible

    12,63 €

  • Straight nation
    Pavan Mano
    Straight Nation dissects nationalism in postcolonial Singapore, exposing its reliance on the governance of sexuality. Dispelling liberal ideas of the nation, the book highlights nationalism’s threatening nature and calls for an expansive, non-identarian approach to dismantling the entrenched heteronormativity central to nation-making. ...
    Disponible

    157,53 €

  • Dynamics of Identification and Conflict
    Dealing with the dynamics of identification and conflict, this book uses theoretical orientations ranging from political ecology to rational choice theory, interpretive approaches, Marxism and multiscalar analysis. Case studies set in Africa, Europe and Central Asia are grouped in three sections devoted to pastoralism, identity and migration. What connects all of these anthropo...
    Disponible

    53,37 €

  • Hunting for Justice
    Kalliopi Nikolopoulou
    Utilizes Greek tragedy to investigate the fundamentally arbitrary and violent nature of justice.A purely political understanding of justice does not convey the cosmological origins of the ancient conception of justice, Dikē, in Aeschylus’s Oresteia. Drawing from Walter Burkert’s anthropology of the hunt in Homo Necans, which articulates an ancient cosmology and implies a theory...
    Disponible

    154,39 €

  • Gaslighting
    A feminist introduction to emerging philosophical understandings of gaslighting.Originating in a 1938 play, the term gaslighting has become part of our everyday vocabulary. But do we truly know what it means? This collection of new and foundational essays explores concepts and experiences of gaslighting from philosophical perspectives. Contributors build on longstanding feminis...
    Disponible

    154,25 €

  • The Art of War Reimagined for Women 2025
    Hanna Frasier
    For too long, women have been told to play nice, follow the rules, and wait for change. But The Art of War Reimagined for Women in 2025 flips that script, taking Sun Tzu’s classic strategy manual and reworking it for the battles women face today-against systemic patriarchy, economic exploitation, and cultural gaslighting. Hanna Frasier breaks down time-tested war tactics into r...
    Disponible

    12,74 €

  • Saving the World
    Richard Castagner
    This book provides an important look at the well-being of the World. It is broken into five parts: a brief history of World Civilizations including religion, an analysis of the major changes that have occurred in the last one hundred years, a look at where the World is now, recommendations for saving the World, and a look at what awaits us in the future.What is an accurate pict...
    Disponible

    23,05 €

  • Aquakineticist
    Abby N. Lewis
    Through a poetic expression of a bildungsroman, this collection explores the formative years of childhood and young womanhood, from innocent doe-eyed child to sexualized object to scorned woman. Abby N. Lewis presents a persuasive collection on the female coming-of-age experience and the psychological tolls of growing up as a young woman in the American South. ...
    Disponible

    24,79 €

  • GLOBAL MIGRATION
    ANTONIO MARQUINA
    This book covers the issue of global migration flows, with a particular focus on irregular migration. It presents and evaluates the principal drivers, as well as recent policies implemented to handle these flows in East and South Asia, the European Union and the United States.Crucially, the chapters explore how different actors interact in using or promoting migratory flows fro...
    Disponible

    169,66 €

  • Aquakineticist
    Abby N. Lewis
    Through a poetic expression of a bildungsroman, this collection explores the formative years of childhood and young womanhood, from innocent doe-eyed child to sexualized object to scorned woman. Abby N. Lewis presents a persuasive collection on the female coming-of-age experience and the psychological tolls of growing up as a young woman in the American South. ...
    Disponible

    12,31 €

  • Feminist Scholars’ Experiences in Decolonising the Academy
    How do different gender identities interact with the key challenge of decolonising higher education?Editor Jan Etienne brings together a range of experiences from a diverse group of feminist scholars to explore how perspectives of race, class, gender, and social identity can impact and inform decolonising activism.Ideal reading for students of Gender Studies, Critical Race Theo...
    Disponible

    22,00 €

  • Trans/Rad/Fem
    Talia Bhatt
    '... I wish that I could send this book back in time to my younger self - and to all the trans women longing for a clearer reflection of our lives. This [book] stands powerfully alongside the work of thinkers such as Vivian Namaste, Mirha Soleil-Ross, and Julia Serano.' - Kai Cheng Thom, author of Fierce Femmes and Notorious LiarsCan a synthesis of trans liberation and feminism...
    Disponible

    12,37 €

  • Reuniting the Nation
    Demetri D. Long
    Why does progress feel impossible in the wealthiest, most resourceful nation on Earth? Why are we still grappling with challenges like healthcare access, economic inequality, and cultural division? And most importantly, what can we do about it?In Reuniting the Nation, the author delves into the forces tearing us apart-political polarization, economic inequality, media-driven di...
    Disponible

    14,01 €


01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Última