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Die Fraueninternationale des Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbundes (IGB) war in der Zeit zwischen den beiden Weltkriegen aktiv. Sozialistische Gewerkschafterinnen hatten in der Arbeiterbewegung mit der Randständigkeit der Frauenfrage und in der Frauenbewegung mit der Randständigkeit der Klassenfrage zu kämpfen. Dieses Buch rückt die IGB-Gewerkschafterinnen und ihren weitgehend unerforschten Beitrag zur internationalen Frauen- und Geschlechterpol...

Gewerkschaftlich engagierte Frauen, die sich der Arbeiterbewegung und den Frauenrechten verpflichtet fühlten, saßen historisch zwischen vielen Stühlen, und verkörpern geradezu paradigmatisch die, , alte' Arbeiterbewegung. Dieser Beitrag der Buchreihe "re:work. Arbeit Global - Historische Rundgänge" schreibt die Geschichte der Fraueninternationale des Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbundes (Amsterdam International) in die neue Globalgeschichte der...

Shakespeare's tragedies--the plays which represent human experience in its starkest and most terrifying dimensions--are crucial to the postmodern study of early modern subjectivity. In this collection of ground-breaking essays, eminent Shakespearean scholars examine ten of these tragedies through a variety of postmodern frameworks: historical, linguistic and psychoanalytical. Although each essay presents an original perspective on one of Shake...

Susan Zimmermann talked with forty women about perhaps one of the most sensitive issues of body image and health-their breasts, the chief attribute of femininity. In the aftermath of the early 1990s controversy over the use of silicone breast implants, how do women decide to undergo surgery to enhance or reconstruct their bodies? How does surgery alter a woman's selfimage? How did they face the possibility of debilitating autoimmune disease fr...

Sind internationale Aktivitäten für die Menschenrechte oder der weltweite Kampf gegen die Sklaverei problematisch, weil sie sich über Kulturen oder nationale Souveränitäten anderer Länder hinwegsetzen, weil mächtige Staaten oder Gruppen die entsprechenden humanistischen Werte schwächeren Gruppen immer wieder aufzwingen? Wie legitim sind internationalistische Ansätze und wie sehr sind sie doch einer eurozentristischen Weltsicht verhaftet? Susan...

Susan Zimmermann experienced a devastating loss when her first child, Katherine, developed a neurological disorder that left her unable to walk or talk. Faced with her daughter's disability, Susan struggled with fear, denial, guilt, bitterness, and despair. She began to heal only through writing. Working through conflicting emotions with paper and pen enabled her to transform her sadness into acceptance and even joy. Writing to Heal the Soul i...

Katherine was a beautiful, perfect baby for the first year of her life. Then, without warning, she changed forever. She started crossing her eyes. She cried at night for hours at a time and could not be soothed. She stopped saying words, stopped crawling, and began what would become a lifelong habit of wringing her hands. Hospital visits and consultations with doctors offered no answers to the mystery. Soon Katherine slipped away to a place he...

It's simple: If children don't understand what they read, they will never embrace reading. And that limits what they can learn while in school. This fact frightens parents, worries teachers, and ultimately hurts children.7 Keys to Comprehension is the result of cutting-edge research. It gives parents and teachers—those who aren't already using this valuable program—practical, thoughtful advice about the seven simple thinking strategies that pr...