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Women and Persona Performance
by Kim BarbourThis book works to unpack and explicate women’s personas. Drawing on global gender studies and feminist research, the author examines how ‘woman’ has been constructed socially, culturally, and politically throughout different historical periods and feminist movements. Case studies look at how women in different personal and professional settings construct, enact, and navigate their personas against a backdrop of shifting discourses on gender relations, continued patriarchal dominance, and western neoliberal capitalism. Chapters also delve into how women’s personas are constructed online through activism and community building. The author examines the diversity, flexibility, and slipperiness of the ways being a woman is experienced and strategically performed.This book will be useful for scholars and students in Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, and Media Studies.
Women, Food and Desire: Embrace Your Cravings, Make Peace with Food, Reclaim Your Body
by Alexandra JamiesonTransformational health expert Alexandra Jamieson is a woman on a mission. Having overcome her own food addictions and the weight and health problems these habits caused, she learned something life-altering: when we listen to our cravings, they will lead us onto the path of deep healing. Since her own personal breakthrough more than a decade ago, Alexandra has dedicated her life to helping other women learn to listen to the wisdom of their cravings and make food their greatest ally as they step into their lives with authentic passion.In this powerfully feminine manifesto, Alexandra dares us to face our cravings head-on, to make the self-commitment to no longer hide out behind food, self-loathing or the limiting expectations of others. With love, deep compassion and fearless honesty, she calls upon all of us to boldly use food as a tool to cleanse ourselves of the nutritional, emotional, physical and mental blocks that limit our ability to live full, meaningful and joyful lives.In this book she'll show us how:· Our cravings are the gatekeepers of our deepest longings and desires· Transforming habits sets us free· Detoxing unclutters our bodies and minds so we may engage in our lives with more power and authenticity· Embracing our sexual selves makes us more powerful· Trusting ourselves and surrounding ourselves with a nurturing community is essential for a vital, healthy, hot lifeAlexandra Jamieson burst on to the scene when she co-starred in Super Size Me, the award-winning documentary by Morgan Spurlock. When the film wrapped, she wrote her first book, The Great American Detox Diet, which outlined the plan that first restored her, then Morgan Spurlock, back to health, and which revolutionised our thinking around using nutritional detox as a foundation for finding more balance in all areas of our lives.
Women, Food and Hormones: A 4-Week Plan to Achieve Hormonal Balance, Lose Weight and Feel Like Yourself Again
by Sara GottfriedTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author Dr Sara Gottfried shares a new, female-friendly Keto diet that addresses women's unique hormonal needs, so readers can shed pounds and maintain the loss more easily.Most diet plans were created by men for men, but women's bodies don't work the same way. Popular programs can actually make it harder for women to lose weight, because they can wreak havoc on a woman's complex and delicate hormonal system. Dr Sara Gottfried has spent her career demystifying hormones and helping patients improve their health more broadly with personalised medicine.In Women, Food, and Hormones, Dr Gottfried presents a groundbreaking new plan that helps women balance their hormones so they can lose excess weight and feel better. Featuring hormonal detoxification combined with a ketogenic diet that is tailor-made for women, coupled with an intermittent fasting protocol and over 50 delicious and filling recipes, this book shares a fat-burning solution that gets results.
Women, Health, and Healing: Toward A New Perspective (Routledge Revivals)
by Ellen Lewin Virginia OlesenOriginally published in 1985, this collection of essays expands the understanding of both health itself and the ways in which women may experience their roles as consumers and providers of health care. The authors represent a number of disciplines – anthropology, sociology and political science – and examine issues of public concern on both sides of the Atlantic. Many important health questions are discussed, including the increasing use of high technology methods on obstetrical care, HRT, the treatment of frail elderly women, occupational health, health issues of sport and fitness, and health care systems of the UK, US and Canada as they relate to women in various social circumstances.
Women, Health, and Healing: Toward A New Perspective (Routledge Revivals)
by Ellen Lewin Virginia OlesenOriginally published in 1985, this collection of essays expands the understanding of both health itself and the ways in which women may experience their roles as consumers and providers of health care. The authors represent a number of disciplines – anthropology, sociology and political science – and examine issues of public concern on both sides of the Atlantic. Many important health questions are discussed, including the increasing use of high technology methods on obstetrical care, HRT, the treatment of frail elderly women, occupational health, health issues of sport and fitness, and health care systems of the UK, US and Canada as they relate to women in various social circumstances.
Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia
by Laura WindsorThe definitive compilation of the inspiring and educational stories of women in medicine through the ages and around the world.Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia tells the hidden history of healing practitioners. Since ancient times, and in every human society, women have played a critical, if unheralded, role in the practice and progress of the medical arts and sciences. From the 11th century German nun Hildegarde of Bingen to early 20th century radiology pioneer Marie Curie to controversial Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders, Women in Medicine portrays the struggles, the skills, the science, and the inspiring stories of more than 200 of history's great women physicians and medical researchers.Not just a biographical compendium, Women in Medicine also includes entries on the key universities, institutes, and foundations of this illustrious history. Chock full of unique illustrations and complete with extensive bibliography and index, this one volume encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and accessible reference work on the history of women in medicine. A must buy for any library looking to round out its women's history or history of science reference shelf.
Women, Madness And Medicine
by Denise RussellThis book looks at the roots of modern psychiatry, its theoretical approach to women, and what shifting trends in diagnosis tell us about its social underpinning. Arguing at both an epistemological and empirical level, Russell challenges the biological base of conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, premenstrual syndrome, anorexia, bulimia and female criminality.
Women of Tarot: An Illustrated History of Divinators, Card Readers, and Mystics
by Cat WillettDiscover the hidden stories of tarot and divination—traced through the lives and contributions of Lady Frieda Harris, Marie Anne Lenormand, Pamela Colman Smith, and Rachel Pollack—in this vividly illustrated popular history of the cards. Tarot's storied history takes us from the highest circles of Italian Renaissance society through to present day card creators. And throughout that time, women have been the primary drivers of both artistic and magical innovation in the form, though they haven't always been given adequate credit for doing so. Now, for the first time, readers can explore the lives and work of some of the women who have brought us the word's most popular divinatory art. In Women of Tarot celebrated artist and author Cat Willett traces the lives of four women who have pioneered work in tarot and divination. There is Lady Frieda Harris, the nineteenth century British artist and mystic who created the Thoth Tarot with the occultist Aleister Crowley, and Marie Anne Lenormand, the most celebrated fortune teller of eighteenth century France, who brought card reading to the masses. Then readers will meet Pamela Colman Smith, the iconic cross-continental artist whose illustrations adorn the world's most popular tarot deck—the Rider-Waite-Smith Deck—and finally Rachel Pollack, the trans woman responsible for creating scores of decks in her lifetime, as she strove to make tarot an art that was inclusive of all practitioners, especially the LGBTQIA+ community. Woven throughout is a timeline of the development of tarot, as well as miniature profiles of women from cultures around the world whose work has impacted divination and fortune telling, including Nefertiti, Voodoo Queen of New Orleans Marie Laveau, author Zora Neale Hurston, and contemporary artist Nanse Kawashima.
Women, Power, and Childbirth: A Case Study of a Free-Standing Birth Center (Non-ser.)
by Kathleen D. TurkelBased on her 12 year study of a free-standing birth center, Turkel analyzes the medical model of childbirth in contrast to the midwifery model. In the medical model of birth, women are defined as patients and birth takes place in hospitals where women have little, if any, control over their experience. The midwifery model views birth as a healthy process where midwives act as teachers and guides for women during pregnancy and birth, helping women and their families to shape and define their experience to meet their needs and expectations. Under existing legal and cultural circumstances, free-standing birth centers face a dilemma. They must continually accomodate the medical model while trying to maintain the midwifery model and give women an option to home birth or to hospital birth.
Women Rowing North: Navigating Life’s Currents and Flourishing As We Age
by Mary PipherFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, a guide to wisdom, authenticity, and bliss for women as they age. <P><P>Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be. <P><P>In Women Rowing North, Pipher offers a timely examination of the cultural and developmental issues women face as they age. Drawing on her own experience as daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, caregiver, clinical psychologist, and cultural anthropologist, she explores ways women can cultivate resilient responses to the challenges they face. <P><P>"If we can keep our wits about us, think clearly, and manage our emotions skillfully," Pipher writes, "we will experience a joyous time of our lives. If we have planned carefully and packed properly, if we have good maps and guides, the journey can be transcendent." <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Women Who Think Too Much: How to break free of overthinking and reclaim your life
by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema'Groundbreaking research . . . Women Who Think Too Much tells why overthinking occurs, why it hurts people, and how to stop' USA TodayIt's no surprise that our fast-paced, overly self-analytical culture is pushing many people - especially women - to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this overthinking, and her groundbreaking research shows that an increasing number of women - more than half of those in her extensive study - are doing it too much and too often, leading to sadness, anxiety, and depression. In Women Who Think Too Much, Nolen-Hoeksema shows us what causes so many women to be overthinkers and provides concrete strategies that can be used to escape these negative thoughts, move to higher ground, and live more productively. Women Who Think Too Much will change lives, and is destined to become a self-help classic.
Women's Body Types- Apple (large print)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green apple seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the apple to her left. She has wide shoulders and a largish bust with narrow hips and undefined waist “ wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
Women's Body Types- Apple (UEB contracte)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green apple seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the apple to her left. She has wide shoulders and a largish bust with narrow hips and undefined waist “ wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
Women's Body Types- Apple (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green apple seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the apple to her left. She has wide shoulders and a largish bust with narrow hips and undefined waist “ wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.
Women's body types- Banana (large print)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a yellow banana seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the banana to her left. Her bust, waist and hip measurements are similar “straight all the way down.”
Women's body types- Banana (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a yellow banana seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the banana to her left. Her bust, waist and hip measurements are similar “straight all the way down.”
Women's body types- Banana (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a yellow banana seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the banana to her left. Her bust, waist and hip measurements are similar “straight all the way down.”
Women's Body Types- Hourglass (large print)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a blue hourglass shaped like a print numeral eight. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the hourglass to her left. Her bust and hip measurements are the same and she has a narrow waist.
Women's Body Types- Hourglass (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a blue hourglass shaped like a print numeral eight. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the hourglass to her left. Her bust and hip measurements are the same and she has a narrow waist.
Women's Body Types- Hourglass (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a blue hourglass shaped like a print numeral eight. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the hourglass to her left. Her bust and hip measurements are the same and she has a narrow waist.
Women's Body Types- Pear (large print)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green pear seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the pear to her left. She has narrow shoulders and bust with small waist, wide hips and thighs “ narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.”
Women's Body Types- Pear (UEB contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green pear seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the pear to her left. She has narrow shoulders and bust with small waist, wide hips and thighs “ narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.”
Women's Body Types- Pear (UEB uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a standing woman facing towards you with her arms by her sides. She is on the right of the page wearing a white bra and pants. On the top left of the page is the image of a green pear seen from the side with its stalk at the top. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The woman's shape echoes that of the pear to her left. She has narrow shoulders and bust with small waist, wide hips and thighs “ narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.”
Women's Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality: The Relationship Between Food and Sex
by Ellen Cole Esther D Rothblum Lillie Weiss Rosalyn MeadowWomen’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality explores the strong relationships food and sex have represented to women over the years. No other book has spelled out so clearly the parallels between sex and eating nor integrated the relationship of these to women’s basic need to be loved. Today’s dilemma for women--be fat or go hungry--and the endless variations and unsatisfying solutions to this problem have contributed to the incidence of anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. The pursuit of slimness, the obsession with having the perfect body, excessive aerobicizing, and diet books ad nauseam are all part of this phenomenon. Authors in Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality skillfully discuss the parallel between women’s obsession with sex and romance in the fifties and their obsession with food today. An important book for all women, it sheds light on the complex issues facing women and devotes special attention to the career woman and the additional pressures to be slim and stay slim. The woman who reads this potentially life-changing book can examine, question, and change her behavior, using the specific step-by-step program aid included in the book. This book is for every woman who has ever worried about being too fat or too sexual. Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality will appeal to women of all ages--young women and their mothers will be fascinated by the parallels between sexual obsessions of thirty years ago and the eating obsessions of today. This healing book will particularly attract single career women for whom sex and relationships are fraught with complications. Counselors and therapists will find this book an excellent resource in their work with helping women. It is also a good auxiliary text for courses in Women’s Studies focusing on psychology and history of women and the sociology of women and eating disorders.
Women's Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality: The Relationship Between Food and Sex
by Ellen Cole Esther D Rothblum Lillie Weiss Rosalyn MeadowWomen’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality explores the strong relationships food and sex have represented to women over the years. No other book has spelled out so clearly the parallels between sex and eating nor integrated the relationship of these to women’s basic need to be loved. Today’s dilemma for women--be fat or go hungry--and the endless variations and unsatisfying solutions to this problem have contributed to the incidence of anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. The pursuit of slimness, the obsession with having the perfect body, excessive aerobicizing, and diet books ad nauseam are all part of this phenomenon. Authors in Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality skillfully discuss the parallel between women’s obsession with sex and romance in the fifties and their obsession with food today. An important book for all women, it sheds light on the complex issues facing women and devotes special attention to the career woman and the additional pressures to be slim and stay slim. The woman who reads this potentially life-changing book can examine, question, and change her behavior, using the specific step-by-step program aid included in the book. This book is for every woman who has ever worried about being too fat or too sexual. Women’s Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality will appeal to women of all ages--young women and their mothers will be fascinated by the parallels between sexual obsessions of thirty years ago and the eating obsessions of today. This healing book will particularly attract single career women for whom sex and relationships are fraught with complications. Counselors and therapists will find this book an excellent resource in their work with helping women. It is also a good auxiliary text for courses in Women’s Studies focusing on psychology and history of women and the sociology of women and eating disorders.