A stunning re-issue of one of the most outstanding and enduring classics of science fiction.

Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her fate is merely hinted at in a brief and violent detour within the verses of the Book of Genesis that recount the life of Jacob and his infamous dozen sons. This book features an extraordinary tale of ancient womanhood and family honour.

Reflecting on our diet and body-obsessed society, this work provides an introduction that explains how generations of women and girls are growing up absorbing the eating anxieties around them. Exploring our love/hate relationship with food, it describes how fat is about so much more than food.

In Intercourse , Andrea Dworkin argues that in a male supremacist society, sex between men and women constitutes a central part of women's subordination to men. Here, the author discusses the circumstances of Dworkin's untimely death in the spring of 200, and the enormous impact of her life and work.

This edition contains a new preface by the author in which she reflects on the impact and implications of her findings since its publication in 1990.

This book examines the strengths and limitations of the two main strands in feminist criticism, the Anglo-American and the French, paying particular attention to the works of Cixous, Irigaray and Kristeva.

Christine de Pisan was a pioneer among female authors of the Middle Ages. This text is her first and foremost attempt to defend women from literary misogyny prevalent at the time.

Analyzes issues connected to the body - weight and weight loss, exercise, media images, movies, advertising, anorexia and bulimia, and much more.

A selection of essays from the feminist author of Revolution from Within . The topics featured include economic empowerment, the advance of women in politics, the terrorism of anti-abortion activists, the joy of diversity, and the new ceremonies for everyday life.

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood , Bluebeard , Puss in Boots , Beauty and the Beast , vampires and werewolves - the author has created a collection of stories.

Develops the theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. This work offers a reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender. It argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start.

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition. Exploring the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals, this book provides an interpretive framework for the work of prominent Black feminist thinkers, such as Bell Hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde.

Convinced that the subordination of women is an irrational and outmoded social custom with no grounds for continuation, this book sets about arguing for equality between the sexes.

First published in 1979, Marge Piercy's novel is both a drama of survival and a Utopian epic. Connie Ramos, 37, Mexican-American and unfairly incarcerated in a mental hospital, is the enduring central character in a book about differing visions of the future.

* An exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize

Picks up where Faludi's previous book Backlash left off. It seeks to understand male behaviour in order to close the chasm between the sexes, and asks why men are so fearful and aggressive in the face of women's independence

A radical new direction for a world-renowned writer challenging all our assumptions about love. Serial in The Guardian, interview in The Independent.