Desperately Seeking Sisterhood

Desperately Seeking Sisterhood
Author: Magdalene Ang-Lygate
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-04-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1135347972

First Published in 1997. A collection of contributions from feminist researchers who attended the annual Women's Studies Network WSN conference in June 1995. Emphasizing theory, practice and campaigning, chapters seek to address contemporary issues from different perspectives - theoretical, practical and strategic.

This Elusive Land

This Elusive Land
Author: Melody Hessing
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780774811071

"This Elusive Land provides an introduction to the literature about women and the environment in Canada. It looks at the ways in which women integrate the social and biophysical settings of their lives, and features a range of contexts in which gender mediates, inspires, and informs a sense of belonging to and in this land. Drawing from geographical, historical, and cultural perspectives, the volume reveals the significance of women's experiences in various landscapes."--Jacket.

Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter

Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter
Author: Jessica Sims
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2012-10-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451661843

Following the page-turning Beauty Dates the Beast, this is the next in a fresh and funny series about a paranormal dating service. SUPERNATURAL SINGLE SEEKS SEXY SHE-WOLF TO HELP HIM BEAR ALL Is your new pack driving you a little crazy? Tired of all those wolves in sheep’s clothing? Let me be your fierce protector. Me: A strong, silent type who doesn’t care much about the creature comforts. You: Sweet as honey. No such thing as too big or too small— you’re just right. Let’s take things slow. I’ll start as your bodyguard, but hopefully soon I’ll shift into your mate. You need a man who’s born to be wild, and I’m ready to protect you from all the wolf pack can throw in your direction. Don’t be afraid of your animal side. Show me yours, and I’ll show you mine. Are you curious what else Midnight Liaisons dating service has to offer? Read what our satisfied customers are saying about past romantic escapades!

Desperate Sisters

Desperate Sisters
Author: Stephanie Johnson
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781601620415

When their husbands stop paying attention to them, three best friends take matters into their own hands as they engage in anonymous sexual encounters and passionate one-night stands. Reprint.

By God's Grace - Still Surviving

By God's Grace - Still Surviving
Author: Dr. Regina Vincent-Williams
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2020-11-09
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1664138218

This book is a compilation of old and new poetry - and an Anniversary Edition reflecting back over the author's almost 50 years of writing poetry. Still using a portion of the title of the first book Dr. Regina Vincent-Williams published in 1988, the author puts emphasis on "Still Surviviving" life between a rock and a very hard place. She writes from her heart and brings her story up to date to deal with today's societal issues: police brutality, black on black crime, love relationships, marital break-ups, tributes to family members and positive prayers for the future. Very concretely, Regina speaks from her heart and speaks to people who have experienced some of the same pain and joy she has felt in her lifetime. Her message to the reader is to trust God for survival and overcoming at all times.

The Sisterhood

The Sisterhood
Author: A.J. Grainger
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1481429086

“Moody and atmospheric.” —Booklist Sixteen-year-old Lil stumbles across a dangerous secret while searching for her missing sister in this gripping thriller that’s perfect for fans of Karen McManus and A.S. King. Sixteen-year-old Lil’s heart was broken when her sister Mella disappeared. There’s been no trace or sighting of her since she vanished, so when Lil sees a girl lying in the road near her house she thinks for a heart-stopping moment that it’s Mella. The girl is injured and disoriented and Lil has no choice but to take her home, even though she knows something’s not right. The girl claims she’s from a peaceful community called The Sisterhood of the Light, but why then does she have strange marks down her arms, and what—or who—is she running from?

Embracing Sisterhood

Embracing Sisterhood
Author: Katrina Bell McDonald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780742545755

With this purported new "era of high-profile, mega successful, black women who are changing the face of every major field worldwide" and growing socioeconomic diversity among black women as the backdrop, Embracing Sisterhood seeks to determine where contemporary black women's ideas of black womanhood and sisterhood merge with social class status to shape certain attachments and detachments among them. Similarities as well as variations in how black women of different social backgrounds perceive and live black womanhood are interpreted for a range of social contexts. This book confirms what many of today's African-American women and interested observers have known for some time: Conceptions and experience of black womanhood are quite diverse and appear to have grown more diverse over time. However, the potential for a pervasive and polarizing black "step-sisterhood" is considerably undermined by the passion with which these women cling to the promises of cross-class gender/ethnic "community" and of group determination. Embracing Sisterhood draws its analysis from in-depth interviews with eighty-eight contemporary black women aged 18 to 89 covering a variety of issues prompted by a survey questionnaire capturing various dimensions of gender/ethnic identity and consciousness.

The Cultures of Alternative Mobilities

The Cultures of Alternative Mobilities
Author: Phillip Vannini
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317036581

The Cultures of Alternative Mobilities presents a series of ethnographic studies, focusing on the local cultures of mobilities and immobilities, emphasizing the everyday sense of contingency and heterogeneity that accompanies them. Compensating for the excess of theory and criticism based on the notion of 'hypermobilities', this book sheds light on the nuanced differences and idiosyncrasies of mobility, with a view to rediscovering meanings and lifestyles marked by movement and immobility. Original, empirical and global case studies are presented by an international team of scholars, exploring the complex, negotiated and contingent nature of the social worlds of movement. By avoiding sweeping generalizations on the deeply connected and readily mobile nature of society as a whole, this volume sheds light on the diversity of mobility modes in an accessible and interdisciplinary form that will be of key interest, to sociologists, geographers and scholars of human mobility, communication and culture.

The Irish Issue: the British Question

The Irish Issue: the British Question
Author: Feminist Review Collective
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1995
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780415123761

A unique combination of the activist and the academic, Feminist Reviewhas an acclaimed place within women's studies courses and the women's movement. Feminist Reviewis produced by a London based editorial colective and publishes and reviews work by women; featuring articles on feminist theory, race, class and sexuality, women's history, cultural studies, black and third world feminism, poetry, photography, letters and much more. Feminist Reviewis available both on subscription and from bookstores. For a Free Sample Copy or further subscription details please contact Trevina Johnson, Routledge Subscriptions, ITPS Ltd., Cheriton House, North Way, Andover SP10 5BE, UK.

Maternal Healthcare and Doulas in China

Maternal Healthcare and Doulas in China
Author: Zoe Z. Dai
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2022-01-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030469638

This brief explores the resurgence of the role of doulas in the child birthing process in Chinese clinical settings, as a lens to understand comparative pre- and post-natal care worldwide. The demand for doulas in China is increasing, and the rise in the use of doulas is thought to be due to increasing dissatisfaction with current institutional maternity health care. Attention is focused on Chinese women’s relationships with their bodies and on women’s experiences of choice, agency, and access to health and reproductive services as well as maternal health care information and support. Chapters present an overview of the current experience of pre- and post- natal care in China. In addition, chapters explore interview data on how Chinese doulas construct multiple identities, in terms of serving as lactation consultants, child care providers, and child care educators for women during pregnancy and childbirth. Maternal Healthcare and Doulas in China will be of interest to researchers in public health and health policy, particularly with an interest in maternal health or Asian studies, as well as, health practitioners, and clinicians who are interested in issues related to women, maternity, health care, childbirth, and feminist research in China.