Women in the Antarctic (Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies)

Whether you know nothing at all about the Antarctic or actually live and work there, you'll enjoy reading Women in the Antarctic. You'll read many fascinating firsthand accounts of the women whose courage and undaunted spirit of adventure made the Antarctic much less remote to the world's social and scientific communities.The only book of its kind, Women in the Antarctic recounts the journeys of over 36 women--Navy personnel, research psychologists, scientists, members of the ASA (Antarctic Support Associates), and the American Women's Trans-Antarctic Expedition team members. You'll hear their voices and stories rise above the chilling howl of the Antarctic wind and come to understand the social and interpersonal impact such nontraditional female behavior had--and still has--on the world. Specifically, you'll read about: 
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<li>women and risk-taking </li>
<li>women and nontraditional roles </li>
<li>the scientific and environmental expeditions of women </li>
<li>the Antarctic's social, environmental, and psychological impact on women </li>
<li>the firsthand accounts of female research scientists, Navy personnel civilian staff, and expedition membersHow much do you know about the Antarctic? Better yet, how much do you know about the female pioneers who braved the blizzards, subzero temperatures, and isolated conditions to bring back crucial geographical and scientific data? For the most part, their stories have remained untold, encased in ice--until now. Don't let the overcrowded conditions and fear of isolation turn you back. Read Women in the Antarctic and trek back in time with the women who chiseled a permanent historical niche in the coldest and most challenging region of the world.</li>
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Politics & Social Sciences

Rothblum, Esther D

Weinstock, Jacqueline

Morris, Jessica

Sociology

Routledge

We have earned a certain place in each other’s lives, and in the best of times we can rest on what we have made together. Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships examines the need for the development of better understanding and more critical analysis of lesbian ex-lover relationships. This eye-opening look into the minds and hearts of women offers personal insight into the possibilities for and potential pitfalls of lesbian ex-lover relations. This book contains personal stories, fictional accounts, poetry, and theoretical analyses of the frequency and significance of ex-lovers at different stages in a relationship. Topics of interest in Lesbian Ex-Lovers include: <ul>
<li> the roles ex-lovers play in our lives </li>
<li> ex-lovers as contexts for change and development </li>
<li> how we continue to be influenced by ex-lovers </li>
<li> letting go and moving on </li>
<li> ex-lovers as current friends and family </li>
<li> themes of betrayal and loss of faith </li>
<li> reconstructing friendships and community </li>
<li> the mystique of the ex-lover </li>
<li> friend/family connections among lesbian ex-lovers </li>
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Rather than totally scrap a relationship, we recycle itfrom lover to ex-lover to friend in a relatively short half-life. Lesbian Ex-Lovers is the only book in print that explores how a lesbian’s ex-lovers impact her subsequent romances and lifestyle. This special collection adds a new dynamic to the current literature for and about the lesbian community. Lesbian Ex-Lovers offers advice, anecdotes, and interpretations from such authors, poetesses, and artists as:<ul>
<li> Michelle Gibson, PhDeducator and editor of Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go who says goodbye to her lover in a sad, passionate elegy </li>
<li> Marny HallPsychotherapist, editor of the anthology Sexualities, and author of several books, including The Lavender Couch: A Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy for Lesbians and Gay Menwho muses on the unique bonding between lesbians and their ex-lovers, lending a mystique that surrounds the lesbian lifestyle </li>
<li> Alison Bechdelcreator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out Forwho presents a humorous comic strip thanking her former lovers for teaching her about herself </li>
<li> Jane Futchernewspaper reporter and author of three novelswho uses a chapter in her novel to illustrate the tensions that can occur when ex-lovers choose to remain friends, especially when those bonds provoke jealousy in both current and ex-lovers </li>
<li> Renny Christophereducator and award-winning poetesswho expresses her love, loss, and regret in three poems about her ex-lover </li>
<li> and much more! </li>
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Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships (Monograph Published Simultaneously as the Journal of Lesbian)

Parenting & Relationships

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