The Unedited Diaries of Carolina Maria De Jesus
Carolina Maria de Jesus' book, Quarto de Despejo (The Trash Room), depicted the harsh life of the slums, but it also spoke of the author's pride in her blackness, her high moral standards, and her patriotism. More than a million copies of her diary are believed to have been sold worldwide. Yet many Brazilians refused to believe that someone like de Jesus could have written such a diary, with its complicated words (some of them misused) and often lyrical phrasing as she discussed world events. Doubters prefer to believe the book was either written by Audáulio Dantas, the enterprising newspaper reporter who discovered her, or that Dantas rewrote it so substantially that her book is a fraud. With the cooperation of de Jesus' daughter, recent research shows that although Dantas deleted considerable portions of the diary (as well as a second one), every word was de Jesus'.
Pregnant Women on Drugs
Combating Stereotypes and Stigma
Sociologists Murphy and Rosenbaum interviewed over 120 women who had children while using drugs. Their interviews reveal how the women became addicted, how they may or may not have modified their behavior to protect their children, and how they have dealt with having children and losing them as a result of their addiction. Not all the women interviewed were from abusive or poor families; there is extensive information on how the study population was selected. Also included are suggestions on how to deal with the problem, including women-centered drug treatment and training programs to help women learn trades as well as parenting skills. Though the interviews are enlightening, readers may wish for more answers to the question of how to deal with the root problem and less about the problems drug-addicted mothers face. For academic libraries, especially those with women's studies and sociology collections.?Danna C. Bell-Russel, Natl. Equal Justice Lib., Washington, DC
The Emergence of a Euro-American Radical Right
Shifting The Blame
How Victimization Became a Criminal Defense
Privatizing Health Services in Africa
Camp Notes and Other Writings
Transit Talk
New York's Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories
Pine Barrens
Ecosystem and Landscape
New Jersey's Multiple Municipal Madness
How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America
Heal Your Heart
How You Can Prevent or Reverse Heart Disease
A Geography of New Jersey
The City in the Garden
The Day is Ours!
An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton, November 1776-January 1777
From Midwives to Medicine
The Birth of American Gynecology
From Doctor to Healer
The Transformative Journey
A Patchwork Shawl
Chronicles of South Asian Women in America
A Patchwork Shawl sheds light on the lives of a segment of the U.S. immigrant population that has long been relegated to the margins. It focuses on women's lives that span different worlds: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and the United States. This collection of essays by and about South Asian women in America challenges stereotypes by allowing women to speak in their own words. Together they provide discerning insights into the reconstruction of immigrant patriarchy in a new world, and the development of women's resistance to that reconstruction. Shamita Das DasGupta's introduction also acquaints readers with the psychological topography of the South Asian community.
Lessons from the Intersexed
The Making of the Unborn Patient
A Social Anatomy of Fetal Surgery
Reading the Rabbit
Explorations in Warner Bros. Animation
Gender on Campus
Issues for College Women
Gender on Campus is the first book to combine solid analyses of the broad range of gender issues for women in college with realistic approaches to heighten awareness and alleviate problems. Written for students, the book first clarifies the concept of feminism and then examines gender dynamics in a variety of settings and contexts-from the classroom to the sports field and from language to social life. Sharon Gmelch probes sexism, racism, and homophobia on campus and surveys the special issues facing diverse women students. The book also addresses issues relating to body image and sexuality. Its final chapters analyze the role gender continues to play after college-in the media, workplace, and politics.