Women at Work in Twenty-First-Century European Cinema

Women at Work in Twenty-First-Century European Cinema
Author: Barbara Mennel
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0252050967

From hairdressers and caregivers to reproductive workers and power-suited executives, images of women's labor have powered a fascinating new movement within twenty-first-century European cinema. Social realist dramas capture precarious working conditions. Comedies exaggerate the habits of the global managerial class. Stories from countries battered by the global financial crisis emphasize the patriarchal family, debt, and unemployment. Barbara Mennel delves into the ways these films about female labor capture the tension between feminist advances and their appropriation by capitalism in a time of ongoing transformation. Looking at independent and genre films from a cross-section of European nations, Mennel sees a focus on economics and work adapted to the continent's varied kinds of capitalism and influenced by concepts in second-wave feminism. More than ever, narratives of work put female characters front and center--and female directors behind the camera. Yet her analysis shows that each film remains a complex mix of progressive and retrogressive dynamics as it addresses the changing nature of work in Europe.

Of Women

Of Women
Author: Shami Chakrabarti
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2017-10-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0241296358

A powerful, urgent and timely polemic on why women still need equality, and how we get there Gender injustice is the greatest human rights abuse on the planet. It blights First and developing worlds; rich and poor women. Gender injustice impacts health, wealth, education, representation, opportunity and security everywhere. It is no exaggeration to describe the position of women as an apartheid, but it is not limited to one country or historical period. For this ancient and continuing wrong is millennial in duration and global in reach. Only radical solutions can even scratch its surface. However, the prize is a great one: the collateral benefits to peace, prosperity, sustainability and general human happiness are potentially enormous. All this because we are all interconnected and all men are of women too.

Smart Girls in the 21st Century

Smart Girls in the 21st Century
Author: Barbara Kerr, Ph.D.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2020-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1935067389

Drs. Barbara Kerr and Robyn McKay tackle what it means to live with, work with, and be a modern smart girl. Through their keen insights and academic research of real girls and women, they offer valuable information and advice on giftedness, achievement, self-actualization, and more. They examine bright girls' development, types of intelligence, differences in generations, eminent women, barriers to achievement, education & growing talent, adolescence & college, gifted minority girls & women, twice-exceptionalism, and career guidance.

American Women Poets in the 21st Century

American Women Poets in the 21st Century
Author: Claudia Rankine
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0819574449

Poetry in America is flourishing in this new millennium and asking serious questions of itself: Is writing marked by gender and if so, how? What does it mean to be experimental? How can lyric forms be authentic? This volume builds on the energetic tensions inherent in these questions, focusing on ten major American women poets whose collective work shows an incredible range of poetic practice. Each section of the book is devoted to a single poet and contains new poems; a brief "statement of poetics" by the poet herself in which she explores the forces — personal, aesthetic, political — informing her creative work; a critical essay on the poet's work; a biographical statement; and a bibliography listing works by and about the poet. Underscoring the dynamic give and take between poets and the culture at large, this anthology is indispensable for anyone interested in poetry, gender and the creative process. CONTRIBUTORS: Rae Armantrout, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lucie Brock Broido, Jorie Graham, Barbara Guest, Lyn Hejinian, Brenda Hillman, Susan Howe, Ann Lauterbach, Harryette Mullen.

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st Century
Author: Ilka Becker
Publisher: Taschen
Total Pages: 594
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9783822858547

Taschen's inventive layout is effective in presenting the provocative works, words, and biographies of the nearly 100 women artists gathered here. Grosenick, a freelance art historian in Germany, has selected women artists working in Germany, the US, South Africa, Japan, Poland, France, Scandinavia, and Spain, among other countries. The entry for each artist is six pages, with much of the space devoted to good- quality color photos of her work. c. Book News Inc.

Women and Inequality in the 21st Century

Women and Inequality in the 21st Century
Author: Brittany Slatton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2019-05-17
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1315294958

Recent books have drawn attention to an unfinished gender revolution and the reversal of gender progress. However, this literature primarily focuses on gender inequality in the family and its effect on women’s career and family choices. While an important topic, these works​ ​are critiqued for being particularly attentive to the concerns of middle-class, heterosexual, White women and ignoring or erasing the issues and experiences of the vast majority of women throughout the United States (and other countries). ​ Women and Inequality in the 21st Century is an edited collection that addresses this dearth in the current literature. This book examines the continued inequities navigated by women occupying marginalized social positions within a "nexus of power relations." It addresses the experiences of immigrant women of color, aging women, normative gender constraints faced by lesbian and gender non-conforming individuals assigned the female gender at birth, religious constraints on women’s sexual expression, and religious and ethnic barriers impeding access to equality for women across the globe. Contributors to this collection reflect varying fields of inquiry—including sociology, psychology, theology, history, and anthropology. Their works employ empirical research methods, hermeneutic analysis, and narrative to capture the unique gender experiences and negotiations of diverse 21​st-century women.

Voices of the 21st Century

Voices of the 21st Century
Author: Gail Watson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9781957013084

50 extraordinary women come together to celebrate a new era. When we open our hearts to the world and lead with empathy, we are unstoppable. In the fifth edition of Voices of the 21st Century, we shine the spotlight on inspiring women who are transforming the lives of those around them through loving dedication and compassion. Through sharing their personal struggles and challenges, these brave women reimagine the boundaries of what is possible and come to the conclusion that the potential of their influence on the world is limitless. Whether it's paying it forward, overcoming negativity, building a business in service, or sharing their personal and financial empowerment tips, we come to see the larger picture of disseminating care, love, and kindness to change the world. The world you are meant to serve is waiting for you.

The 21St Century Woman

The 21St Century Woman
Author: Cheryl A. Patella
Publisher: WestBow Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2023-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1664290745

Are you living the life you want to be living? Have you struggled with having the confidence to be who you were created to be? Do you feel in your heart that you were meant to be so much more than you are right now? This book will help you to discover who you were created to be. It will help you to discard untruths you may have been told and to embrace the life you were destined to live. There are women in this book that you may identify with who have faced similar challenges and overcome them by believing in themselves and their God given capabilities. This book will help you to become the amazing woman you were created to be!

Women Marching Into the 21st Century

Women Marching Into the 21st Century
Author:
Publisher: HSRC Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780796919663

You strike a woman, you strike a rock. On the 44th anniversary of the women's defiance campaign, this book pays tribute to the many women who have shaped the hsitory of South Africa.

Women and War in the 21st Century

Women and War in the 21st Century
Author: Margaret D. Sankey
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2018-08-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1440857660

Twenty-three countries currently allow women to serve in front-line combat positions and others with a high likelihood of direct enemy contact. This book examines how these decisions did or did not evolve in 47 countries. This timely and fascinating book explores how different countries have determined to allow women in the military to take on combat roles—whether out of a need for personnel, a desire for the military to reflect the values of the society, or the opinion that women improve military effectiveness—or, in contrast, have disallowed such a move on behalf of the state. In addition, many countries have insurgent or dissident factions, in that have led armed resistance to state authority in which women have been present, requiring national militaries and peacekeepers to engage them, incorporate them, or disarm and deradicalize them. This country-by country analysis of the role of women in conflicts includes insightful essays on such countries as Afghanistan, China, Germany, Iraq, Israel, Russia, and the United States. Each essay provides important background information to help readers to understand the cultural and political contexts in which women have been integrated into their countries' militaries, have engaged in combat during the course of conflict, and have come to positions of political power that affect military decisions.