This book explores representations of girlhood and young womanhood in recent English language children's fantasy by focusing on two fantastic body transformatio

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A jargon-free, non-technical, and easily accessible introduction to women's studies! All too many students enter academia with the hazy idea that the field of w

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A volume of essays by Japan’s leading female scholars and activists exploring their country’s recent progressive cultural shift. When the feminist movement