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Commonly portrayed in the media as holding women in strict subordination and deference to men, Islam is nonetheless attracting numerous converts among African American women. Are these women "reproducing their oppression," as it might seem? Or does their adherence to the religion suggest unsuspected subtleties and complexities in the relation of women, especially black women, to Islam? Carolyn Rouse sought answers to these questions among the women of Sunni Muslim mosques in Los Angeles. Her richly textured study provides rare insight into the meaning of Islam for African American women; in particular, Rouse shows how the teachings of Islam give these women a sense of power and control over interpretations of gender, family, authority, and obligations. In Engaged Surrender, Islam becomes a unique prism for clarifying the role of faith in contemporary black women's experience. Through these women's stories, Rouse reveals how commitment to Islam refracts complex processes-urbanization, political and social radicalization, and deindustrialization-that shape black lives generally, and black women's lives in particular. Rather than focusing on traditional (and deeply male) ideas of autonomy and supremacy, the book-and the community of women it depicts-emphasizes more holistic notions of collective obligation, personal humility, and commitment to overarching codes of conduct and belief. A much-needed corrective to media portraits of Islam and the misconceptions they engender, this engaged and engaging work offers an intimate, in-depth look into the vexed and interlocking issues of Islam, gender, and race.

Women in Islam. --- Muslim women --- African American women --- Afro-American women --- Women, African American --- Women, Negro --- Women --- Islamic women --- Women, Muslim --- Islam --- Social conditions. --- Religion. --- Muslimahs --- african american women. --- america. --- black women. --- comparative religion. --- contemporary muslims. --- deindustrialization. --- ethnographers. --- ethnography. --- faith and religion. --- gender issues. --- gender norms. --- islam. --- los angeles. --- mosques. --- muslim converts. --- muslim women. --- nonfiction study. --- obligation. --- political radicals. --- power and control. --- race and gender. --- social radicalization. --- sunni muslims. --- teachings of islam. --- true stories. --- urbanization. --- women and family. --- women in religion.

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In this fresh and innovative study, Judith A. Peraino investigates how music has been used throughout history to call into question norms of gender and sexuality. Beginning with a close examination of the mythology surrounding the sirens-whose music seduced Ulysses into a state of mind in which he would gladly sacrifice everything for the illicit pleasures promised in their song-Peraino goes on to consider the musical creatures, musical gods and demigods, musical humans, and music-addled listeners who have been associated with behavior that breaches social conventions. She deftly employs a sophisticated reading of Foucault as an organizational principle as well as a philosophical focus to survey seductive and transgressive queerness in music from the Greeks through the Middle Ages and to the contemporary period. Listening to the Sirens analyzes the musical ways in which queer individuals express and discipline their desire, represent themselves, build communities, and subvert heterosexual expectations. It covers a wide range of music including medieval songs, works by Handel, Tchaikovsky and Britten, women's music and disco, performers such as Judy Garland, Melissa Etheridge, Madonna, and Marilyn Manson, and the movies The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Music --- Music and literature. --- Homosexuality and music. --- Gender identity in music. --- Criticism --- Literature and music --- Literature --- Music and homosexuality --- History and criticism. --- britten. --- broadway. --- classical music. --- cultural studies. --- desire. --- disco. --- gender norms. --- gender roles. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- handel. --- hedwig and the angry inch. --- homosexuality. --- judy garland. --- lgbt music. --- lgbt. --- madonna. --- marilyn manson. --- medieval songs. --- melissa etheridge. --- music studies. --- music. --- musical creatures. --- musical gods. --- musical theater. --- mythology. --- nonfiction. --- pop music. --- popular culture. --- queer theory. --- queer. --- rocky horror. --- seduction. --- sexuality. --- sirens. --- subversion. --- tchaikovsky. --- ulysses.

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Are girls taking over the world? It would appear so, based on magazine covers, news headlines, and popular books touting girls' academic success. Girls are said to outperform boys in high school exams, university entrance and graduation rates, and professional certification. As a result, many in Western society assume that girls no longer need support. But in spite of the messages of post-feminism and neoliberal individualism that tell girls they can have it all, the reality is far more complicated. Smart Girls investigates how academically successful girls deal with stress, the "supergirl" drive for perfection, race and class issues, and the sexism that is still present in schools. Describing girls' varied everyday experiences, including negotiations of traditional gender norms, Shauna Pomerantz and Rebecca Raby show how teachers, administrators, parents, and media commentators can help smart girls thrive while working toward straight As and a bright future.

Girls --- Children --- Females --- Young women --- Education. --- Conduct of life. --- academic success. --- belonging. --- college. --- education. --- educational philosophy. --- exclusion. --- feminism. --- feminist theory. --- gender and women studies. --- gender expectations. --- gender studies. --- girls. --- high school. --- higher education. --- intersectionality. --- micro resistance. --- neoliberal individualism. --- neoliberalism. --- perfection. --- post feminism. --- race and class. --- sexism. --- social aspects of education. --- stress. --- success. --- supergirl. --- traditional gender norms. --- western society. --- women and girls. --- young adult. --- young girls.

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Melania the Elder and her granddaughter Melania the Younger were major figures in early Christian history, using their wealth, status, and forceful personalities to shape the development of nearly every aspect of the religion we now know as Christianity. This volume examines their influence on late antique Christianity and provides an insightful portrait of their legacies in the modern world. Departing from the traditionally patriarchal view, Melania gives a poignant and sometimes surprising account of how the rise of Christian institutions in the Roman Empire shaped our understanding of women's roles in the larger world.

Christian women saints. --- Women in Christianity --- Women in Christianity. --- History. --- Melania, --- Christian women saints --- History --- Christian saints, Women --- Women Christian saints --- Christian saints --- Women saints --- Women in Christianity - History --- Melania iunior, matrona Romana --- Melania, - the Elder, Saint, - 341?-410 --- Melania, - the Younger, Saint, - 385?-439 --- ancient history. --- ancient world. --- antiquity. --- asceticism. --- augustine. --- bishop. --- catholicism. --- chantbook. --- christian history. --- christianity. --- church history. --- constantinian. --- early christian history. --- feminism. --- gender norms. --- gender studies. --- gender. --- history. --- melania the elder. --- melania the younger. --- nonfiction. --- patriarchal religion. --- patriarchy. --- religion. --- religious women. --- roman empire. --- sexuality. --- spirituality. --- women and religion. --- women. --- womens studies.

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"Japan is arguably the first postindustrial society to embrace the prospect of human-robot coexistence. Over the past decade, Japanese humanoid robots designed for use in homes, hospitals, offices, and schools have become celebrated in the mass media and social media throughout the world. In Robo sapiens japanicus, Jennifer Robertson casts a critical eye on press releases and public relations videos that misrepresent actual robots as being as versatile and agile as their science fiction counterparts. An ethnography and sociocultural history of governmental and academic discourses of human-robot relations in Japan, this book explores how actual robots--humanoids, androids, animaloids--are "imagineered" in ways that reinforce the conventional sex/gender system and political-economic status quo. In addition, Robertson interrogates the notion of human exceptionalism as she considers whether "civil rights" should be granted to robots. Similarly, she juxtaposes how robots and robotic exoskeletons reinforce a conception of the "normal" body with a deconstruction of the much-invoked Theory of the Uncanny Valley"--Provided by publisher.

Human-robot interaction --- HRI (Human-robot interaction) --- Robot-human interaction --- Human engineering --- J4170 --- J4176 --- J7009 --- J7290 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- family --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- gender roles, women, feminism --- Japan: Science and technology -- theory, methodology and philosophy --- Japan: Science and technology -- physics -- applied physical sciences --- androids. --- animaloids. --- civil rights. --- ethnographic research. --- family. --- gender norms. --- gender studies. --- human exceptionalism. --- human robot coexistence. --- humanity. --- humanoid robots. --- japan. --- japanese culture. --- japanese. --- mass media. --- postindustrial society. --- press releases. --- public relations video. --- robot. --- robotic exoskeletons. --- robots in hospitals. --- robots in offices. --- robots in schools. --- robots in the home. --- science fiction. --- scientists. --- social media. --- sociocultural history. --- theory of the uncanny valley.