Henry Carter Hull

Theory on mothers, mothering and motherhood has emerged as a distinct body of knowledge within Motherhood Studies and Feminist Theory more generally. This collection, the first ever anthology on maternal theory, introduces readers to this rich and diverse tradition of maternal theory. Composed of 50 chapters and covering more than three decades of scholarship, Maternal Theory includes all the "must read" theorists on motherhood. Writers include: Adrienne...

Letters to a Young Feminist is a visionary message from a leading feminist to the next generation of feminists, both women and men. Phyllis Chesler discusses basic aspects of feminism, explains feminism's relevance in a world that has taken it for granted and derided it and helps the next generation reclaim feminism for itself. Chesler examines sisterhood, sex, families, motherhood, work, feminist heroism and the economics of power, providing guidance...

"Distinguished feminist philosophers consider the future of their field and chart its political and ethical course in this forward-looking volume. Engaging with themes such as the historical trajectory of feminist phenomenology, ways of perceiving and making sense of the contemporary world, and the feminist body in health and ethics, these essays affirm the base of the discipline as well as open new theoretical spaces for work that bridges bioethics,...

Originally published in 1864, "Moods" was the first book produced by Louisa May Alcott under her real name and pre-dated her hugely popular novel "Little Women". Written for a noticeably more mature audience then her most famous works, "Moods" revolves around the intersecting lives of an abolitionist spinster and a fallen Cuban beauty. Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888) was an American short story writer, novelist, and poet most famous for writing the...

La sacerdotisa griega Casandra está harta, hasta los mismos ovarios, de que los troyanos no crean en sus profecías. En una aldea medieval de Gales, una niñita escucha a su mamá contarle el típico cuento del dragón y la virgen sacrificada, y ese es en verdad el principio de un cuento de brujas. En un campus universitario cualquiera, el fantasma de un predicador puritano insulta y acosa (con bastante ternura, todo sea dicho), a una joven madre...

Not yours, Truly is a collection of ten short stories that tell the story of ten different women. Each woman tells her story, whether it has a happy ending or not. She struggles to survive her circumstances and the demons that come with it and tells her tale through uncensored yet poignant prose. Not yours, Truly sends the reader into ten different battles, and recounts the tale of ten different women's struggle to survive.

A través de las protagonistas de cada historia de Las que somos, Rosalí León-Ciliotta nos muestra las diferentes aristas del ser mujer en un tiempo tan remoto como el Perú de la independencia, un país machista y misógino latinoamericano o un lugar tan lejano como el confín del mundo. Cada uno de los tres cuentos de este libro pone a sus protagonistas en lugares insólitos y situaciones límite de las cuales emergerán: Ventura hará lo que...

Tres novelas ejemplares en las que Zweig profundizó como nadie hasta entonces en la psicología femenina: Veinticuatro horas de la vida de una mujer, Miedo y Carta de una desconocida. Antes de que la teoría feminista evolucionase, ola a ola, escritores como Stefan Zweig hacían tentativas para expresar una feminidad cercenada. En el arte y en la literatura existen dibujos estereotipados, reduccionistas, estigmatizadores de las mujeres, pero también...

Tinker Street, the prequel to Anna Magdalena (2022), has arrived from Emperor Books! Struck by love for a boy as beautiful as a Michelangelo, fifteen year old Maggie digs her heels in. She's got what Willa Cather called "luck-making power of desire." She's a rebel in the best sense of the world. Growing up in Woodstock of the 1990s, the daring performance artist Anna Magdalena is called Maggie. Raised as a "love child" in a communal household...

Written while she was still a teenager, My Brilliant Career catapulted young Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin (writing as Miles Franklin) into worldwide fame. In fact, the sudden popularity of the book in Australia (and the perceived closeness of the plot to her own family history) caused Franklin to withdraw the book from publication until after her death. The story centers on Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong girl growing up in rural Australia...