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by Sue Thomas, March, 2004
Hello World is for anyone who has ever sent an email, entered a chat room, browsed the web or designed their own homepage - and for some who haven't. What is the power of the internet? Why does it have such a hold over our lives, offering us such pleasure, frustration and possibility?
by Helen Graham, Ann Kaloski, Ali Neilson, Emma Robertson (eds), 2003
The Feminist Seventies is an innovative linked publication: a free-to-access web book and a companion print book. The two volumes provoke feminist thinking not only about 'the seventies' but also about the relationship of this almost mythical time to contemporary feminism in the UK. The web book also offers a link to the larger Feminist Seventies Web Site which includes archives of the Conference held in April 2002 at the University of York, England.
by Zoë Fairbairns, 2002.
This pamphlet is based on the thought-provoking talk given by Zoë Fairbairns at the Feminist Seventies Conference in York, in April 2002. In the key central article, Zoë looks back at the seven demands created by the Women's Liberation Movement at national conferences held throughout the 1970s, and this is framed by a Preface and Postscript written by Ali Neilson and Helen Graham, two young feminists who look back to the Seventies in order to look forward. This is an accessible, inspiring, and cheap booklet that we hope will encourage women to think about their own dreams and political demands, and to email these to the Women Demand website on demands@feminist-seventies.net.
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This exciting collection is the first to take an interdisciplinary approach to women and whiteness in Britain. The book came out of the conference of the same name hosted by the Centre for Women's Studies and held at the University of York in April 1999. It contains new material based on original research, and is designed to be accessible to undergraduates as well as being of interest to postgraduates and researchers in the areas of women’s studies, feminist theory, cultural and film studies, sociology, history, and literature.
OUT OF PRINT. UK readers are able to borrow a copy from the national Library system, and you are welcome to visit the Centre for Women's Studies University of York to read the book in situ.
IMPORTANT: Please contact CWS before visting to ensure the book is available.Why does friendship matter to women?
In this book, feminists from a range of disciplines assess current thinking about friendship and question how understandings of friendship relate to our everyday experiences. Though the book as a whole unashamedly celebrates female friendships, this is not a simple celebration. What expectations do we have of friendship? What happens when friendships fail? How has feminism affected women's friendships?
This book will act as an exciting introduction to women's studies, as the writers examine ideas of women's friendships in relation to key concepts in feminist theory. It includes original research that will be of interest to both students and academics. But, importantly, the book is also accessible to women who want to buy it for what it ultimately is - a statement on the importance and vitality of friendships between women, and a reminder that for many, their inspirations, achievements, pleasures and successes are the result of the support, stimulation and strategies for survival that friendship can provide.
by Helen Kennedy, Flis Henwood, Nod Miller (eds), 2001.
Cyborg Lives? is a groundbreaking collection of women’s autobiographical accounts of everyday relationships with technology. The ‘technobiographies’ presented here describe a encounters with technology ranging from CDROMS and web pages to science laboratories, ante-natal screening, nuclear power and applicances in the home. These very personal stories offer insight into lived experience where gender intersects with class, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, generation, and subcultural identity in shaping technological encounters.Cyborg Lives? uses Donna Haraway's now well-known cyborg metaphor to examine the centrality of technology in daily life. The result is a series of fascinating life-stories that will stimulate thinking about the ways that technology intersects with everyday lives. The volume asserts that, in the twenty-first century, technology is an intrinsic part of our subjectivity - whether we like it or not.
Cyborg Lives? is written in an accessible way, while at the same time reflecting a range of sophisticated theoretical perspectives. The book will be of interest both to new students and experienced researchers, and will become an invaluable resource in the fields of women's and gender studies, auto/biography, sociology, literature, and cultural, technology and communication studies.