Tag: Femininity

Fictions of Gender Women, Femininity, and the Zionist Imagination


Free Download Fictions of Gender: Women, Femininity, and the Zionist Imagination (McGill-Queen’s Azrieli Institute of Israel Studies) by Orian Zakai
English | June 15, 2023 | ISBN: 022801705X, 0228017068 | True EPUB | 208 pages | 3 MB
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, gender scholars and activists have asked whether a reconcilliation between Zionism and feminism is possible in the current political landscape. Fictions of Gender explores the contemporary controversies surrounding both Zionism and feminism, and how they are prefigured in the experiences and legacies of early Zionist women.

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Pentecostal Charismatic Women Constructions of Femininity in Alexandra Township


Free Download Tumi Mampane, "Pentecostal Charismatic Women: Constructions of Femininity in Alexandra Township"
English | ISBN: 0796926395 | 2023 | 145 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Drawing on her own experiences, Tumi Mampane provides deep insights into the daily lives of women in a South African Pentecostal community. Equally, she relates those insights to Black/African feminist and womanist theory. Her autoethnographic study exposes the complexities and contestations that exist not only in Charismatic discourses, but also in the relationships that the community’s women have with one another.

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