"... a fascinating collection of political commentaries which constitute a clear, and deep, anti-nationalist voice ... The book offers those readers prepared to listen an opportunity of hearing how Zionism can be empowering, particularly for those who experienced the Shoah, not eschewing a sharp critique of Israeli state and society. On the other hand, the book allows us to hear the national suffering voice, infused by collective rage, of Palestinian women, who are well known as courageous fighters against their own societal patriarchal violence."  �  Israeli Society: Journal for the Studies of Israeli Society

UNSAFE MOTHERHOOD

Mayan Maternal Mortality and Subjectivity in Post-War Guatemala

Nicole S. Berry

Volume 21, Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality

"This book will be of interest to anthropologists working in the South American area, but also to those scholars with an interest in medical anthropology and reproduction more broadly. In exploring the relationship between policy, practice and everyday experience, it makes compelling reading for policy-makers and practitioners, providing a critical perspective on why initiatives around maternal and infant heath succeed - or fail."  �  Anthropology in Action

CARING FOR THE 'HOLY LAND'

Filipina Domestic Workers in Israel

Claudia Liebelt

Volume 17, EASA Studies

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the 'Holy Land' for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. In the literature, migrant domestic workers are often described as being subject to racial discrimination, labour exploitation and exclusion from mainstream society. Here, the author provides a more nuanced account and shows how Filipina caregivers in Israel have succeeded in creating their own collective spaces, as well as negotiating rights and belonging. While maintaining transnational ties and engaging in border-crossing journeys, these women seek to fulfill their dreams of a better life. During this process, new socialities and subjectivities emerge that point to a form of global citizenship in the making, consisting of greater social, economic and political rights within a highly gendered and racialized global economy.

WOMEN OF TWO COUNTRIES

German-American Women, Women's Rights and Nativism, 1848-1890

Michaela Bank

Volume 2, Transatlantic Perspectives

German-American women played many roles in the US women's rights movement from 1848 to 1890. This book focuses on three figures-Mathilde Wendt, Mathilde Franziska Anneke, and Clara Neymann-who were simultaneously included and excluded from the nativist women's rights movement. Accordingly, their roles and arguments differed from those of their American colleagues, such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, or Lucy Stone. Moreover, German-American feminists were confronted with the opposition to the women's rights movement in their ethnic community of German-Americans. As outsiders in the women's rights movement they became critics; as "women of two countries" they became translators of feminist and ethnic concerns between German- Americans and the US women's rights movement; and as messengers they could bridge the gap between American and German women in a transatlantic space. This book explores the relationship between ethnicity and gender and deepens our understanding of nineteenth-century transatlantic relationships.

THE SURPLUS WOMAN

Unmarried in Imperial Germany, 1871-1918

Catherine L. Dollard

Volume 20, Monographs in German History

"Dollard's work makes important contributions to German cultural history, social history, and gender history, focusing attention on the construction of the stereotype of single women as abnormal, a problem to be solved, in Imperial Germany, and the way that the German women's movement co-opted this icon for its own purposes of reform. She also brings to attention several lesser-known German female activists who have often been overlooked."  �  German Studies Review

"This important book utilizes temporary feminist discourse on women's cinema with debates specific for the Polish cinematic, cultural, and socio-political context...Carefully researched and lucidly written, the book offers a new perspective on Polish cinema and will no doubt be the primary source for any scholar interested in gender issues in the Polish context." � Marek Haltof in Canadian Slavonic Papers