Women's Studies - Interest | Women's Studies - Interest
Feb.13.2008
As the Western world struggles to comprehend the paradoxes of modern Turkey, a country both European and Asian, forward-looking yet rooted in ancient empire, a new nonfiction anthology promises to reveal its most personal nuances.
Introducing TALES FROM THE EXPAT HAREM: Foreign Women in Modern...
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Dec.17.2007
Through literary works and public appearances, Edith Bruck, born 1932 in Hungary, has devoted her life to bearing witness to what she experienced in the Nazi concentration camps. In 1954 she settled in Rome and is today the most prolific writer of Holocaust narrative in Italian. The book is...
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Dec.13.2007
The notion of the other woman is nothing new. It’s easy to call her names – jezebel, home wrecker, and bitch. Yet she’s actually our mother, daughter, sister, best friend, grandmother or aunt. In THE OTHER WOMAN: Twenty-one Wives, Lovers, and Others Talk Openly About Sex, Deception, Love, and...
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Dec.07.2007
“I behave badly to set myself apart. To test myself. To push myself. To prove something. To shock someone. ... I behave badly because I can.” That’s how Ellen Sussman describes her deviant endeavors. To better understand them, she’s invited twenty-five other bad girls to share their stories. Ann...
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