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THE ZUNI MAN-WOMAN.
Edition: First printing.
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A book which "focuses on the life of We'wha (1849-1896), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history. Through We'wha's exceptional life, this creates a vivid picture of an alternative gender role whose history has been hidden and almost forgotten." Illustrated with photographs. Map. Notes, bibliography, index. xxi,302 pp. ISBN: 0-826312535.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dust jacket.
Book ID: 92903More details Price: $18.50 -
FEMININITY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second nonfiction work by this influential feminist author and activist, "a critical history of the cultural construction of 'femininity' and associated beauty standards. In a moment when expectations of femininity were becoming retrenched amidst anti-feminist backlash, Brownmiller asserted that these demands imposed limitations on womens lives." (Jewish Women's Archive) Notes on sources, index. 270 pp. ISBN: 0-671246925.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 92309More details Price: $27.50 -
DAUGHTERS OF CHANGE: Growing Up Female in America.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Based on interviews with young women and their mothers, this is a examination of growing up as a female in America and the balancing act of being superwoman in the boardroom, classroom and bedroom. In addition young women now have to navigate through sex, drugs, pregnancy, suicide and anorexia nervosa. Bibliography, 232 pp. ISBN: 0-316-138207.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85962More details Price: $18.50