{"title":"Lillian Faderman","description":"\u003cp\u003eLillian Faderman’s work offers profound insights into the lives and histories of LGBTQ+ individuals, blending meticulous research with compelling narrative. Her books, such as \u003cem\u003eHarvey Milk\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOdd Girls and Twilight Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e, explore themes of identity, love, and activism within a historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed biographies and historical studies that illuminate overlooked stories with sensitivity and depth. Faderman’s writing is both educational and deeply human, making her contribution invaluable for those interested in social history, memoir, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"harvey-milk-by-lillian-faderman-9780300248555","title":"Harvey Milk","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lively and engaging biography of the first openly gay man elected to public office in the United States, a man fiercely committed to protecting all minorities.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHarvey Milk\u003c\/em\u003e—eloquent, charismatic, and a smart-aleck—was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, but he had not even served a full year in office when he was shot by a homophobic fellow supervisor. Milk’s assassination at the age of forty-eight made him the most famous gay man in modern history; twenty years later, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine included him on its list of the hundred most influential individuals of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore finding his calling as a politician, however, Harvey variously tried being a schoolteacher, a securities analyst on Wall Street, a supporter of Barry Goldwater, a Broadway theatre assistant, a bead-wearing hippie, the operator of a camera store and organiser of the local business community in San Francisco. He rejected Judaism as a religion, but he was deeply influenced by the cultural values of his Jewish upbringing and his understanding of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis early influences and his many personal and professional experiences finally came together when he decided to run for elective office as the forceful champion of gays, racial minorities, women, working people, the disabled, and senior citizens. In his last five years, he focused all of his tremendous energy on becoming a successful public figure with a distinct political voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855783121132,"sku":"9780300248555","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24483293482294.jpg?v=1759276970"},{"product_id":"woman-by-lillian-faderman-9780300271140","title":"Woman","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA comprehensive history of the struggle to define womanhood in America, from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Exhaustively researched and finely written.”—Alexandra Jacobs, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“An intelligently provocative, vital reading experience. . . . This highly readable, inclusive, and deeply researched book will appeal to scholars of women and gender studies as well as anyone seeking to understand the historical patterns that misogyny has etched across every era of American culture.”—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e, starred review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be a \u003cem\u003ewoman\u003c\/em\u003e in America? Award-winning gender and sexuality scholar Lillian Faderman traces the evolution of the meaning from Puritan ideas of God’s plan for women to the sexual revolution of the 1960s and its reversals, to the impact of such recent events as #metoo, the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, the election of Kamala Harris as vice president, and the transgender movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging 400-year history chronicles conflicts, retreats, defeats, and hard-won victories in both the private and the public sectors and shines a light on the often-overlooked battles of enslaved women and women leaders in tribal nations. Noting that every attempt to cement a particular definition of \u003cem\u003ewoman\u003c\/em\u003e has been met with resistance, Faderman also shows that successful challenges to the status quo are often short-lived. As she underlines, the idea of womanhood in America continues to be contested.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000850628844,"sku":"9780300271140","price":62.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24709143482294.jpg?v=1763309798"},{"product_id":"odd-girls-and-twilight-lovers-by-lillian-faderman-9780231074896","title":"Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Lillian Faderman writes, there are \u003cem\u003eno constants with regard to lesbianism\u003c\/em\u003e, except that lesbians prefer women. 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