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1 online resource (ix, 206 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Compound fractures. Oppression and indigenous women : past, present, and future : an Australian Kimberley Aboriginal perspective / J. Maria Pedersen ; Who am I and where do I belong? Sites of struggle in crafting and negotiating female Muslim identities in Canada / Tabassum Ruby ; 'Transgendered' perspectives as a challenge to sex, gender, and sexuality / Coralee Drechsler -- pt. 2. Ruptured sutures. Silent, denigrated, and rendered invisible : mothers who lost their babies to adoption in the 1960s and 1970s / Sandra Jarvie ; Tell-me-what-I-want.com : adolescent girls, consumer society, and information technologies / Ellen Whiteman ; The impact of palliation on familial space : home space from the perspective of family members who are living (and caring) for dying loved ones at home / Allison M. Williams ; Spinning yarns of women's activism in support of industrial forestry on Canada's west coast / Maureen G. Reed -- pt. 3. Habitats for/of humanity. Crafting selves : the impact of identity on intercultural friendships among women / Kim Morrison -- Women's professional mentorship in psychology and the academy : one group's stories of quilting and life / Denise J. Larsen [and others] ; Sexual health of young women : context and care make a difference / Mary Rucklos Hampton [and others] ; Voices of dancers with mobility impairments / Donna L. Goodwin, Joan Krohn, & Arvid Kuhnle |
| Summary |
This collection of essays brings together a diverse range of voices that speak to the issues of home, gender, and identity. The essays include information on the ideologies of the human body in the West, the challenges women face in securing the material needs to create healthy homes and bodies, and environments where feminist practices have made a difference |
| Notes |
Edited by Wendy Schissel "on behalf of the Women's Studies Research Unit, University of Saskatchewan." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Women -- Social conditions -- Textbooks
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Women's rights -- Textbooks
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Feminism -- Textbooks
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Textbooks
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Feminism & Feminist Theory.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Feminism.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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Women's rights.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Textbooks.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Schissel, Wendy.
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University of Saskatchewan. Women's Studies Research Unit.
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| ISBN |
9781429471886 |
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1429471883 |
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9781552383643 |
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1552383644 |
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