Books tagged: gender studies

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Why They Do It: Beliefs & Emotional Gratification Lead to Violence    by Jane Gilgun
Price: $1.39 USD. 3600 words. Published on May 1, 2010. .

Beliefs and emotional gratification are core issues in violent acts. Other explanations such as mental illness and being victims themselves take second place to belief systems. Through case studies, the author shows how beliefs and gratification are central to understanding and preventing violence
Daughters are Diamonds: Honour, Shame & Seclusion - A South African Perspective    by Shafinaaz Hassim
Price: Free! 41790 words. Published on March 26, 2011. .

'Daughters are Diamonds' is a groundbreaking study on the objectification of women in honour-bound, traditionalist societies. The study asks questions about the failures of democracy in protecting minority rights, especially those with regard to women. It looks in particular at the case study of Indian Muslim women in South Africa.
For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child    by Jean Sasson
Price: $3.99 USD. 95280 words. Published on June 8, 2011. .

From the New York Times bestselling author of PRINCESS: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, comes the heartbreaking story of one woman's quest for her stolen child. When Maryam tries to escape her brutal marriage, her husband steals their son away and takes him back to the war-torn land of Afghanistan. What follows is the stirring true story of a mother's struggle for justice.
Modern Manhood    by David Wallace Fleming
Price: $1.99 USD. 14260 words. Published on April 8, 2012. .

Modern Manhood—it’s a subject that needs to be addressed in earnest by someone, I suppose, eventually...