National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women Day Reading List
Domestic violence by Call Number: PR6052.O43 D66 2007aISBN: 9781857548594Publication Date: Manchester : Carcanet Press, 2007.Domestic Violence' is an eagerly anticipated collection by one of the most important voices in contemporary Irish poetry.
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Forever Loved: Exposing the Hidden Crisis of Missing And by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65 F64 2016ISBN: 9781772580204Publication Date: 2016-05-01The hidden crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada is both a national tragedy and a national shame. In this ground-breaking new volume, as part of their larger efforts to draw attention to the shockingly high rates of violence against our sisters, Jennifer Brant and D. Memee Lavell-Harvard have pulled together a variety of voices from the academic realms to the grassroots and front-lines to speak on what has been identified by both the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations as a grave violation of the basic human rights of Aboriginal women and girls. Linking colonial practices with genocide, through their exploration of the current statistics, root causes and structural components of the issue, including conversations on policing, media and education, the contributing authors illustrate the resilience, strength, courage, and spirit of Indigenous women and girls as they struggle to survive in a society shaped by racism and sexism, patriarchy and misogyny. This book was created to honour our missing sisters, their families, their lives and their stories, with the hope that it will offer lessons to non-Indigenous allies and supporters so that we can all work together towards a nation that supports and promotes the safety and well-being of all First Nation, Métis and Inuit women and girls.
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Gender and Race Matter by Call Number: HQ1206 .G46 2016ISBN: 9781786350381Publication Date: 2016-08-31The drive for gender equality is not a recent phenomenon with the UN cited as occupying a central role for legislative change globally. Gender inequality persists in most countries and although it appears that we have a long way to go, this collection contributes to a feminist scholarship that highlights a destabilising of established patterns of behaviour and gender relations. It acknowledges the multiplicity of discrimination but locates women at the centre of a dialogue and presents key interventions in gender and race matters. For the contributors, gender serves as an analytical framework and covers the experiences of women in different global settings related to education, political activism, corporeal violence, identity, sexuality, and poverty. The use of poetry and literature provides a powerful voice for women against exclusion and recognises their contribution to society. This collection is innovative in not only relating experiential evidence but also putting forward how women are able to challenge oppression through circumventing rules, roles, obligations and prejudice through a powerful agency.
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No Safe Place by Call Number: HM281 .N632 1985ISBN: 0889610983Publication Date: 1990-05-01Rape, abuse and sexual assault are facts of everyday life. In No Safe Place, women expose a frightening picture of violence against women and children and force us to question the values and attitudes that form the our society.
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Taught by Women by Call Number: PS3563.A3397 T38 2020ISBN: 9780883783580Publication Date: 2020-09-29Taught By Women, Poems as Resistance Language, New and Selected by Haki R. Madhubuti, marks a return to his roots. It is his first single-authored book of poetry in over nine years. In it, he pays homage to the many women who have influenced him and contributed to his unique worldview. Readers are urged not to forget various women who have nurtured, encouraged, challenged and strengthened us despite our sometimes dismal circumstances. Madhubuti asks that we remember these women, long distance runners, who give hope, optimism and courage to the next generation of children who need their strength, perseverance and quiet power. In these new and selected poems Madhubuti, formerly Don L. Lee, poet, publisher, editor, and activist, places us in lyrical proximity to a legacy of women whose lives he honors with heart warm verses and timeless reverence. Each poem is a vivid portraiture of the "magnificent energy" emanating from a rainbow of Black women. In this mosaic collection of poetry, Madhubuti celebrates the luminous spirits of women whose visible 'greatness' has left an indelible mark on his life's work. In Taught By Women, Madhubuti sings their struggles and praises with pitch perfect precision, every note-- an empowering song and unforgettable melody.
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Violence Against Indigenous Women by Call Number: PR9185.6.I5ISBN: 9781771122498Publication Date: 2017-08-24Violence against Indigenous women in Canada is an ongoing crisis, with roots deep in the nation's colonial history. Despite numerous policies and programs developed to address the issue, Indigenous women continue to be targeted for violence at disproportionate rates. What insights can literature contribute where dominant anti-violence initiatives have failed? Centring the voices of contemporary Indigenous women writers, this book argues for the important role that literature and storytelling can play in response to gendered colonial violence. Indigenous communities have been organizing against violence since newcomers first arrived, but the cases of missing and murdered women have only recently garnered broad public attention. Violence Against Indigenous Women joins the conversation by analyzing the socially interventionist work of Indigenous women poets, playwrights, filmmakers, and fiction-writers. Organized as a series of case studies that pair literary interventions with recent sites of activism and policy-critique, the book puts literature in dialogue with anti-violence debate to illuminate new pathways toward action. With the advent of provincial and national inquiries into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, a larger public conversation is now underway. Indigenous women's literature is a critical site of knowledge-making and critique. Violence Against Indigenous Women provides a foundation for reading this literature in the context of Indigenous feminist scholarship and activism and the ongoing intellectual history of Indigenous women's resistance.
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Walk Myself Home by Call Number: PS8235.W7 W25 2010ISBN: 9781894759519Publication Date: 2010-09-01There is an epidemic of violence against women in Canada and the world. For many women physical and sexual assault, or the threat of such violence, is a daily reality. Walk Myself Home is an anthology of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and oral interviews on the subject of violence against women including contributions by Kate Braid, Yasuko Thanh and Susan Musgrave. Walk Myself Home began as a small idea: to create a chapbook and sell it at the next LoudSpeaker Festival. The response was overwhelming. This small idea found a chorus of voices, and its sound was too big for a chapbook.
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Women, Violence and Social Control by Call Number: HQ1593 .W85 1987ISBN: 9780391035157Publication Date: 1987-05-01Location: Koerner Library
Women, Violence and Strategies for Action by Call Number: HV6626 .V564 1991ISBN: 9780335203697Publication Date: 2000-01-01This collection gives important insight into the new issues and questions that have become central to understandings of women, violence and resistance. It focuses on the connections between research and the development of strategies for change by providing excellent examples of policy-relevant feminist research, rooted in both academe and activism. The emphasis throughout is on the link between research and strategies for action at the local, national and international level. The book gathers together the many exciting ideas, discussions and developments arising from the work of the researchers and activists who are part of the British Sociological Association Violence Against Women Study Group. The contributing authors share a commitment to research that centres on the material reality of women's lives and assists the generation of strategies for action. It complements the earlier volume, Women, Violence and Male Power, extending the latter's coverage in important ways by addressing differences as well as commonalities between women, and the complexities of feminist analysis and activism in a changing context. Women, Violence and Strategies for Action is of direct relevance to practitioners working in the professions of probation, social work and law, as well as students and researchers in the fields of women's studies, sociology, social policy, social work, criminology and socio-legal studies. It will also be of interest to women's organizations, including local inter-agency forums.
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Women and Violence by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65 W65 1989ISBN: 9780706943405Publication Date: 1989-04-01Study with reference to Bihar.
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Resistance by ISBN: 9780889778078Publication Date: 2021-02-01Writers across the globe speak out against sexual assault and abuse in this powerful new poetry anthology, edited by Sue Goyette. These collected poems from writers across the globe declare one common theme: resistance. By exploring sexual assault and violence in their work, each writer resists the patriarchal systems of power that continue to support a misogynist justice system that supports abusers. In doing so, they reclaim their power and their voice. Created as a response to the Jian Ghomeshi case, writers including Joan Crate, Ashley-Elizabeth Best, and Beth Goobie are, as editor Sue Goyette explains, a "multitude, resisting." The collection could not be more timely. The work adds a new layer to the ever-growing #MeToo movement. Resistance underscores the validity of all women's experiences, and the importance of dignifying such experiences in voice, however that may sound. Because once survivors speak out and disrupt their pain, there is no telling what else they can do.
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Violence in the Lives of Black Women by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65ISBN: 0789019949Publication Date: 2003-02-13Break the silence surrounding Black women's experiences of violence! Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors, Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue sheds new light on an understudied field. For too long, Black women have been suffering the effects of violence in painful silence. This book--winner of the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award for its contribution to the understanding of the role of gender in the lives of Black women--provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you how living at the intersection of many kinds of oppression shapes the lives of Black women. With moving case studies, in-depth discussions of activism and resistance, and helpful suggestions for treatment and intervention, this book will help you understand the impact of violence on the lives of Black women. Topics you'll find in Violence in the Lives of Black Women include: using the arts to deal with sexual aggression in the Black community racial aspects of sexual harassment the consequences of head and brain injuries stemming from abuse domestic violence in African-American lesbian relationships strategies Black women use to escape violent living situations lifelong effects of childhood sexual abuse on Black women's mental health references and resources to help you learn more!
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Black Women Against the Land Grab by Call Number: HQ1236.5.B6ISBN: 9780816683239Publication Date: 2013-10-16In Brazil and throughout the African diaspora, black women, especially poor black women, are rarely considered leaders of social movements let alone political theorists. But in the northeastern city of Salvador, Brazil, it is these very women who determine how urban policies are established. Focusing on the Gamboa de Baixo neighborhood in Salvador's city center, Black Women against the Land Grab explores how black women's views on development have radicalized local communities to demand justice and social change. In Black Women against the Land Grab, Keisha-Khan Y. Perry describes the key role of local women activists in the citywide movement for land and housing rights. She reveals the importance of geographic location for understanding the gendered aspects of urban renewal and the formation of black women-led social movements. How have black women shaped the politics of urban redevelopment, Perry asks, and what does this kind of political intervention tell us about black women's agency? Her work uncovers the ways in which political labor at the neighborhood level is central to the mass mobilization of black people against institutional racism and for citizenship rights and resources in Brazil. Highlighting the political life of black communities, specifically those in urban contexts often represented as socially pathological and politically bankrupt, Black Women against the Land Grab offers a valuable corrective to how we think about politics and about black women, particularly poor black women, as a political force.
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Violence Against Women by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65ISBN: 9780857003300Publication Date: 2012-12-15Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today. This volume seeks to address issues surrounding violence against women at all levels, from its root causes to the specific needs arising in victims of gendered abuse from a particular social or ethnic group. Drawing on the expertise of a range of 'front line' service providers and practitioners as well as academic researchers, it seeks to provide those working in social work and related professions with up-to-date coverage of the major issues pertaining to violence against women, and suggest ways to tackle the rise in violence against women by translating knowledge into effective training and practice. This important book will be essential reading for practising social workers and allied professions, as well as academics and students.
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Wounds of the Spirit by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65ISBN: 0814793347Publication Date: 1999-03-01In Wounds of the Spirit, Traci West employs first person accounts-from slave narratives to contemporary interviews to Tina Turner's autobiography-to document a historical legacy of violence against black women in the United States. West, a black feminist Christian ethicist, situates spiritual matters within a discussion of the psycho-social impact of intimate assault against African American women. Distinctive for its treatment of the role of the church in response to violence against African American women, the book identifies specific social mechanisms which contribute to the reproduction of intimate violence. West insists that cultural beliefs as well as institutional practices must be altered if we are to combat the reproduction of violence, and suggests methods of resistance which can be utilized by victim-survivors, those in the helping professions, and the church. Interrogating the dynamics of black women's experiences of emotional and spiritual trauma through the diverse disciplines of psychology, sociology, and theology, this important work will be of interest and practical use to those in women's studies, African American studies, Christian ethics, feminist and womanist theology, women's health, family counseling, and pastoral care.
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Rethinking the Victim by Call Number: PR9608ISBN: 9781138092594Publication Date: 2019-03-14This book is the first to examine gender and violence in Australian literature. It argues that literary texts by Australian women writers offer unique ways of understanding the social problem of gendered violence, bringing this often private and suppressed issue into the public sphere. It draws on the international field of violence studies to investigate how Australian women writers challenge the victim paradigm and figure women's agencies. In doing so, it provides a theoretical context for the increasing number of contemporary literary works by Australian women writers that directly address gendered violence, an issue that has taken on urgent social and political currency. By analysing Australian women's literary representations of gendered violence, this book rethinks victimhood and agency, particularly from a feminist perspective. One of its major innovations is that it examines mainstream Australian women's writing alongside that of Indigenous and minoritised women. In doing so it provides insights into the interconnectedness of Australia's diverse settler, Indigenous and diasporic histories in chapters that examine intimate partner violence, violence against Indigenous women and girls, family violence and violence against children, and the war and political violence. tised women. In doing so it provides insights into the interconnectedness of Australia's diverse settler, Indigenous and diasporic histories in chapters that examine intimate partner violence, violence against Indigenous women and girls, family violence and violence against children, and the war and political violence.
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Color of Violence by Call Number: HV6250.4.W65 C595 2006ISBN: 9780896087620Publication Date: 2006-08-01What would it take to end violence against women of color?How does the mainstream antiviolence movement help? How does it hinder?When will we admit that repositioning women of color at the center of the movement--women more often harmed by the police, prisons, and border patrols than aided by them--means that we must address state violence? In Color of Violence, INCITE! demands that we * reconsider a reliance on the criminal justice system for solving women's struggles with domestic violence; * acknowledge how militarism subjects women to extreme levels of violence perpetrated from within, and without, their communities; * recognize how the medical establishment inflicts violence--such as involuntary sterilization and inadequate health care--on women of color; * devise new strategies for cross-cultural dialogue, theorizing, and alliance building; * and much, much more. INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence was born in 2000, when more than two thousand dedicated activists from diverse communities came together to end the war being waged on women of color in the US and around the world. Now the largest multiracial, grassroots, feminist organization in the United States, INCITE! boasts chapters in more than 20 cities. Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology presents the fierce and vital writing of 32 of these visionaries, who not only shift the focus from domestic violence and sexual assault, but also map innovative strategies of movement building and resistance used by women of color around the world. At a time of heightened state surveillance and repression of people of color, Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology is an essential intervention.
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Bodhi Day Reading List
Buddhisms by Call Number: BQ4022 .S77 2015ISBN: 9781780745053Publication Date: 2015-07-02Buddhism or Buddhisms? By the time they move on to Buddhism in Japan, many students who have studied its origins in India ask whether this is in fact the same religion, so different can they appear. In Buddhisms: An Introduction, Professor John S. Strong provides an overview of the Buddhist tradition in all its different forms around the world. Beginning at the modern day temples of Lumbini, where the Buddha was born, Strong takes us through the life of the Buddha and a study of Buddhist Doctrine, revealing how Buddhism has changed just as it has stayed the same. Finally, Strong examines the nature of Buddhist community life and its development today in the very different environments of Thailand, Japan, and Tibet. Enriched by the author's own insights gathered over forty years, Buddhisms never loses sight of the personal experience amidst the wide-scope of its subject. Clear in its explanations, replete with tables and suggestions for further reading, this is an essential new work that makes original contributions to the study of this 2,500 year-old religion.
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Murmured Conversations by Call Number: PL732.R4 S52813 2008ISBN: 9780804748636Publication Date: 2008-04-16Murmured Conversations is the first complete and rigorously annotated translation of Sasamegoto (1463-1464), considered the most important and representative poetic treatise of the medieval period in Japan because of its thoroughgoing construction of poetry as a way to attain, and signify through language, the mental liberation (satori) that is the goal of Buddhist practice. It is a fascinating document revealing the central place of Buddhist philosophy in medieval Japanese artistic practices. Shinkei (1406-1475), the author of the treatise, is himself a major poet, regarded as the most brilliant among the practitioners of linked poetry (renga) in the Muromachi Period. Along with the extensive annotations, Ramirez-Christensen's commentaries illuminate the significance of each section of the treatise within the context of waka and renga poetics, of the history of classical Japanese aesthetic principles in general and of Shinkei's thought in particular, and the role of Buddhism in the contemporary understanding of cultural practices like poetry. This is the most comprehensive presentation available in English of a major classical Japanese critical text.
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Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism by Call Number: BQ372ISBN: 9780199935789Publication Date: 2013-02-18Stephen C. Berkwitz's Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism examines five works by a single poet to demonstrate how Buddhism in Sri Lanka was shaped and transformed by encounters with Portuguese colonizers and missionaries in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. By following the written works ofAlagiyavanna Mukaveti (1552-1625?) from the court of a powerful Sinhala king through the cultural upheavals of warfare and Christian missions and finally to his eventual conversion to Catholicism and employment under the Portuguese Crown, this book uses the poetry of a single author to reflect uponhow Sinhala verse fashioned new visions of power and religious identity when many of the traditional Buddhist institutions were in retreat.Berkwitz traces the development of Alagiyavanna's poetry as a medium for celebrating the fame of rulers, devotion to the Buddha and his Dharma, morality and truth in the Buddha's religion, and the glories of Portuguese rule in Sri Lanka. Employing an interdisciplinary approach that combines BuddhistStudies, History, Literary Criticism, and Postcolonial Studies, the author constructs a picture of the effects of colonialism on Buddhist literature and culture at an early juncture in the history of the encounter between Asia and Europe.
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Beneath a Single Moon by Call Number: PS310.B83 B46 1991ISBN: 0877735352Publication Date: 1991-11-12An anthology showing the widespread influence of Buddhism on American poetry, with over 200 poems and essays by 45 prominent American poets. It examines the work of, amongst others, Ezra Pound, Gary Snyder, Lucien Stryk and Jackson MacLow, with contributions from John Cage and Allen Ginsberg.
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The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation - Being the Life and Teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and Founder of Buddism by Call Number: PR4012 .L3 1976ISBN: 1444600109Publication Date: 2009-03-01This antiquarian volume contains 'The Light of Asia or the Great Renunciation', being an account of the life and teaching of Gautama, Prince of India and founder of Buddhism. This book is written in the style of a narrative poem, and describes the life and time of Prince Gautama Siddhartha, who, after attaining enlightenment, became The Buddha. It furnishes insights into his life, personality, and ideas - all in a series of verses, and was first published in London in July 1879. This text will appeal to anyone with an interest in Buddhism and its origins, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection of important and influential literature. This vintage text is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
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Faith and Knowledge in Early Buddhism by Call Number: BQ4289 .E73 1977ISBN: 9004048413Publication Date: 1977-06-01Location: MAA LIBRARY (IKB)
Buddhism by Call Number: BQ266 .C66 1959ISBN: 9780486430959Publication Date: 2003-08-27"He has opened the stately grounds of scholarship to the public so that nothing of value and interest shall be missed. His readers are given an opportunity to understand something that has hitherto been only a mystery." -- The Times (London) Literary Supplement "It would be hard to find a study of any religion which is at once so correct, scholarly, short, lucid, and readable." -- The Manchester Guardian Based on a series of Oxford lectures delivered by a leading Buddhist scholar, this classic guide covers the entire range of Buddhist thought, including spirituality, doctrine, and basic assumptions. An expert on the subject who converted to Buddhism in the course of his studies. Dr. Conze introduces Buddhism as both religion and philosophy, and discusses its common ground with other faiths throughout the world. He contrasts monastic and popular Buddhism and defines old and new schools of thought, discussing sects and their practices, moral wisdom, and literary history. Other subjects include the Yogacarins; the Tantra, or magical Buddhism; and developments in the faith beyond India. The first comprehensive English-language book on Buddhism, this volume offers a concise approach to the complexities of Buddhist thought. A preface by a distinguished scholar of Oriental literature, Arthur Waley, appears in this edition.
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Buddhism in America by Call Number: BQ8712.9.U6 K37 1977ISBN: 0837195349Publication Date: 1977-08-23Location: KOERNER LIBRARY
Buddhism by Call Number: BQ4022 .R67 1980ISBN: 0394492862Publication Date: 1980-11-01As well as telling about the teachings of Buddha, this account gives details on the several divisions in Buddhism such as Zen in Japan.
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Understanding Buddhism by Call Number: BQ4150 .J33 1986ISBN: 0809312255Publication Date: 1986-01-01Jacobson presents Buddhism unencumbered by Western categories and concepts, free from the cognitive bias, from the concept-oriented, definition-minded preoccupations inherited from the ancient Greeks. It is an interpretation of the central ideas that have characterized all forms of Buddhism for 25 centuries.Kenneth K. Inada notes that Jacobson has explored a field with authority and force. . . . He is at the cutting edge where others must now listen and follow. According to Herbert Guenther, This book is undoubtedly a major contribution to the field of sociophilosophical and sociocultural studies and to an understanding of the impact Buddhist thinking has on the contemporary Western mind. "
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Buddhism by Call Number: BQ4012 .L33 1988ISBN: 0130847240Publication Date: 1988-03-02This book begins with Buddhism's involvement in the culture and thought of India, and observes its moves into other, very different contexts: China, Southeast Asia, Tibet, Japan, and even the West, to a limited extent. The book accepts the diversity within Buddhism, giving roughly equal treatment to its two major traditions -- the Theravada and the Mahayana. KEY TOPICS: Probes the philosophy and religion of Buddhism and how they relate to cultural traditions.
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Ascetic Figures before and in Early Buddhism by Call Number: BQ894 .W55 1990ISBN: 0899254675Publication Date: 1990-01-01Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Lancaster. Includes bibliographical references (pages [314]-323) and index.
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The Art of Buddhism by Call Number: N8193.A5 L45 2008ISBN: 9781590305942Publication Date: 2008-10-14From the earliest period through the 19th century, from every country in Asia where Buddhism has flourished, this book is a survey of the world of Buddhist art which features both its images and the philosophy behind them.
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Buddhism Plain and Simple by Call Number: BQ4022 .H334 1997ISBN: 0804830967Publication Date: 1997-10-01This text provides a comprehensive introduction to general Buddhism. It focuses particularly on awareness - about being awake and in touch with what is going on in the here and now.
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Buddhism in Mathura by Call Number: BQ349.M38 G87 2009ISBN: 9788180902413Publication Date: 2009-01-01This book is a humble attempt by the author to present the holistic view of Buddhist Mathura. This book explores all the literary references available about Mathura and the nearby region in the ancient Buddhist literature. An attempt has been made by the author to identify those sites mentioned in the literature with the archaeological sites found during explorations. The author has also delved in the accounts of Chinese pilgrims Fa-hian and Hiuen-Tsang related with Mathura and has tried to verify those accounts. A new light has been thrown on the visits of the Buddha to the land of Braj and the probable routes which the Master would have followed. Discovery of more than 30 new Buddhist sites in the region of Mathura is a totally new contribution of this book along with a detailed discussion of more than 45 find-spots of Buddhist sculptures in the region. A detailed survey of the Buddhist Art of Mathura has also been made, in which some new information would be of help to the students as well as scholars dealing with the Buddhist art and archaeology of Mathura.
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Buddhism illuminated : manuscript art from Southeast Asia by Call Number: N8193.A2 C35 2018ISBN: 9780295743783Publication Date: 2018"Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. This stunning new book includes over 100 examples of Buddhist art from the Library's collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed"
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Buddhist Manuscript Cultures by Call Number: BQ1113ISBN: 9780415776165Publication Date: 2009-02-26Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic traditions as well as by Buddhist material culture. This study of Buddhist texts focuses on the significance of their material forms rather than their doctrinal contents, and examines how and why they were made. Collectively, the book offers cross-cultural and comparative insights into the transmission of Buddhist knowledge and the use of texts and images as ritual objects in the artistic and aesthetic traditions of Buddhist cultures. Drawing on case studies from India, Gandhara, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, China and Nepal, the chapters included investigate the range of interests and values associated with producing and using written texts, and the roles manuscripts and images play in the transmission of Buddhist texts and in fostering devotion among Buddhist communities. Contributions are by reputed scholars in Buddhist Studies and represent diverse disciplinary approaches from religious studies, art history, anthropology, and history. This book will be of interest to scholars and students working in these fields.
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science Booklist
Scientific-Technological Change and the Role of Women in Development by Call Number: HQ1154 .S33 1979ISBN: 9781000275001Publication Date: 2019-07-11This critique by women of male-generated and male-dominated technologies grows out of a consciousness of women as essential, yet unsalaried, participants in production processes. The authors document the ways in which women suffer from technological development in industrialized and developing countries and assess how technological developments perpetuate inequalities between nations, regions, classes, and sexes. They discuss the implementation of modern technology in agriculture and its effects on rural women, look at the position of women in the basic and applied sciences and in science policymaking, and analyze the place of women in selected technology-based industries.
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Women and Minorities in Science by Call Number: Q130 .W65 1980ISBN: 0865313172Publication Date: 1982-02-23Location: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery)
Fair Science by Call Number: Q130 .C64 1979ISBN: 0029063604Publication Date: 1979-10-01Location: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery)
Women in Science by Call Number: Q130 .G67 1983ISBN: 9781705296141Publication Date: 1985-01-01Location: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery)
Nobel Prize Women in Science by Call Number: Q141 .B42 1993ISBN: 1559721464Publication Date: 1992-10-01Locations: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery) and OKANAGAN LIBRARY
Bibliography on Women by Call Number: ZQ130 .D395 1974ISBN: 0882020145Publication Date: 1974-01-01Location: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery)
Lost Talent by Call Number: Q130 .H365 1996ISBN: 1566394465Publication Date: 1996-06-07This work tackles questions about women's experiences in science and mathematics. It asks what compels so many talented young women to leave these professions. It further asks, why do so many equally-qualified girls and boys have such different experiences with science education.
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My Remarkable Journey by Call Number: QA29.J64 A3 2021ISBN: 9780062897664Publication Date: 2021-05-25The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change. In 2015, at the age of 97, Katherine Johnson became a global celebrity. President Barack Obama awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor--for her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA's first flights into space. Her contributions to America's space program were celebrated in a blockbuster and Academy-award nominated movie. In this memoir, Katherine shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer. In her life after retirement, she served as a beacon of light for her family and community alike. Her story is centered around the basic tenets of her life--no one is better than you, education is paramount, and asking questions can break barriers. The memoir captures the many facets of this unique woman: the curious "daddy's girl," pioneering professional, and sage elder. This multidimensional portrait is also the record of a century of racial history that reveals the influential role educators at segregated schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities played in nurturing the dreams of trailblazers like Katherine. The author pays homage to her mentor--the African American professor who inspired her to become a research mathematician despite having his own dream crushed by racism. Infused with the uplifting wisdom of a woman who handled great fame with genuine humility and great tragedy with enduring hope, My Remarkable Journey ultimately brings into focus a determined woman who navigated tough racial terrain with soft-spoken grace--and the unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations.
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Women in Tech by ISBN: 9781780175638Publication Date: 2021-07-26This guide to tackling the gender imbalance in technology professions offers expertise, initiatives and true stories to support those wishing to bring greater gender diversity into the workplace. It aims to inform regarding background, theory and policy; advise on concrete actions that can be undertaken, and to be an exemplar for companies, organisations, establishments and campaigns in the form of real-world case studies.
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Women in Science by Call Number: Q130 .W659 1991ISBN: 0854967427Publication Date: 1991-10-01The work is the result of a recent cross-national study, conducted by the European Co-ordination Centre for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences. It offers a survey of the situation of women in science in 12 European countries, with special emphasis on the obstacles and opportunities of access to positions of responsibility Countries from all parts of Europe are represented, including some of the smaller European countries.
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Women in Science by ISBN: 9781607749769Publication Date: 2016-07-26NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * This "wittily illustrated [and] accessible volume" (The Wall Street Journal) highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world. "The must-read, girl-power STEM book."--InStyle It's a scientific fact: Women rock! This fascinating, educational collection features 50 illustrated portraits of trailblazing women in STEM throughout history. Full of striking, singular art, Women in Science also contains infographics about relevant topics such as lab equipment, rates of women currently working in STEM fields, and an illustrated scientific glossary. The trailblazing women profiled include such pioneers as primatologist Jane Goodall and mathematician Katherine Johnson, who calculated the trajectory of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission to the moon. Women in Science celebrates the achievements of the intrepid women who have paved the way for the next generation of female engineers, biologists, mathematicians, doctors, astronauts, physicists, and more!
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Marie Curie by Call Number: QD22.C8 Z56 1995ISBN: 0671675427Publication Date: 1995-03-09"In this stunning and richly textured new biography, Susan Quinn presents us with a far more complicated picture of the woman we thought we knew. Drawing on family documents, Quinn sheds new light on the tragic losses and patriotic passion that infused Marie Sklodowska Curie's early years in Poland. And through access to Marie Curie's journal, closed to researchers until 1990, we hear in her own words of the intimacy and joy of her marriage to Pierre Curie and the depth of her despair at his premature death." "The image of Marie Curie as the grieving widow, attired always in black, is familiar to many of us. Much less well known is the affair with a married colleague that helped her recover from her loss. The testimonials of friends, hitherto unavailable, lend this love story a sometimes painful immediacy." "Marie Curie's public triumphs are well known: she was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and one of the few people, to date, to receive a second. Unknown or barely known are the defeats she suffered: her rejection by the French Academy and her public humiliation at the hands of the French press over her love affair." "As a scientist, Marie Curie has always been associated with the discovery of radium and polonium. But in fact more important than her work in isolating new elements was her idea that radioactivity was "an atomic process." Susan Quinn's biography provides a closer look at Marie Curie's work, and at the discoveries that led up to it and flowed from it. We come away understanding that Marie Curie was important but not singular: one of a small group of brilliant scientists whose combined efforts brought us to our current understanding of the material universe."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? by Call Number: Q147 .H35 2007ISBN: 9781580052115Publication Date: 2007-11-30In 2005, Larry Summers, former president of Harvard, sparked an outcry when he suggested that women might not be as innately gifted in scientific and mathematical ability as men. Since then, issues related to the lack of women in science and engineering have appeared in the news, but these sound bites tell only part of the story. Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? weaves together research and women's personal stories, presenting both the challenges and triumphs women experience in the sciences. Author Linley Erin Hall has interviewed more than one hundred women, including students of all ages, to uncover what sparked their interest in science, what they've experienced in their careers, and, in some cases, why they decided to leave their field. Her findings are that change is happening, but some women are being left behind while others shoot ahead. Written in accessible language rather than scholarly jargon,Who's Afraid of Marie Curie? explores the complexity behind the sound bites to present a real picture of women in science and technology.
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American Women Scientists by Call Number: Q141 .R44 1999ISBN: 0786406496Publication Date: 1999-05-01For most of the 20th century, American women had little encouragement to become scientists. In 1906, there were only 75 female scientists employed by academic institutions in the entire country. Despite considerable barriers, determined women have, however, decidedly distinguished themselves. Three examples of this are: astronomer Annie Jump Cannon, who discovered five novas and over 300 variable stars; mathematician and computer scientist Grace Hopper, who helped to invent the COBOL language; and anaesthesiologist Virginia Apgar who devised the universally used Apgar score to make a rapid evaluation of a newborn's condition just after delivery.
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Beyond Bias and Barriers by Call Number: Q130 .B49 2007ISBN: 9780309100427Publication Date: 2007-06-04The United States economy relies on the productivity, entrepreneurship, and creativity of its people. To maintain its scientific and engineering leadership amid increasing economic and educational globalization, the United States must aggressively pursue the innovative capacity of all its people—women and men. However, women face barriers to success in every field of science and engineering; obstacles that deprive the country of an important source of talent. Without a transformation of academic institutions to tackle such barriers, the future vitality of the U.S. research base and economy are in jeopardy. Beyond Bias and Barriers explains that eliminating gender bias in academia requires immediate overarching reform, including decisive action by university administrators, professional societies, federal funding agencies and foundations, government agencies, and Congress. If implemented and coordinated across public, private, and government sectors, the recommended actions will help to improve workplace environments for all employees while strengthening the foundations of America's competitiveness.
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Women of Color in STEM by Call Number: Q130 .W667 2021ISBN: 9781648023699Publication Date: 2021-03-01Though there has been a rapid increase of women's representation in law and business, their representation in STEM fields has not been matched. Researchers have revealed that there are several environmental and social barriers including stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of science and engineering departments in colleges and universities that continue to block women's progress in STEM. In this book, the authors address the issues that encounter women of color in STEM in higher education.
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Holi by Call Number: BL1239.82.H65 K75 2003ISBN: 0516228633Publication Date: 2003-03-01The popular Rookie Books expand their horizons - to all corners of the globe! With this series all about geography, emergent readers will take off on adventures to cities, nations, waterways, and habitats around the world...and right in their own backyards.
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The Life of Hinduism by Call Number: BL1226.13 .L55 2006ISBN: 9780520249134Publication Date: 2006-12-04The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays--many recognized as classics in the field--that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly "lived" religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the "new India" of Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub shoulders daily. Readers are then offered a glimpse into the multifaceted world of Hindu worship, life-cycle rites, festivals, performances, gurus, and castes. The book's final sections deal with the Hinduism that is emerging in diasporic North America and with issues of identity that face Hindus in India and around the world: militancy versus tolerance and the struggle between owning one's own religion and sharing it with others. Contributors: Andrew Abbott, Michael Burawoy, Patricia Hill Collins, Barbara Ehrenreich, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, Sharon Hays, Douglas Massey, Joya Misra, Orlando Patterson, Frances Fox Piven, Lynn Smith-Lovin, Judith Stacey, Arthur Stinchcombe, Alain Touraine, Immanuel Wallerstein, William Julius Wilson, Robert Zussman
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The Origins and Development of Classical Hinduism by Call Number: BL1152.3 .B37 1989ISBN: 0807073008Publication Date: 1989-06-02Location: KOERNER LIBRARY
Hinduism by Call Number: BL1202 .P36 1980ISBN: 9780940500259Publication Date: 1980-01-01Location: Koerner Library
Hinduism by Call Number: BL1202 .S56 1979ISBN: 0706908341Publication Date: 1980-02-01Location: Koerner Library
Popular Hinduism and Hindu Mythology by Call Number: ZBL1202 .H644 1979ISBN: 0313213585Publication Date: 1979-08-01Location: ASRS STORAGE (IKB) (Order via Document Delivery)
Hinduism by Call Number: BL1202 .C477 1979ISBN: 0195201124Publication Date: 1979-01-01This book provides a description and interpretation of the religion of the Hindus, focusing on their religious psychology and behaviour. Rejecting familiar assumptions about early Hinduism, Nirad C. Chaudhuri makes a reassessment of its formative influences.
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Source Book Modern Hinduism by Call Number: BL1150 .S687 1985ISBN: 0700701737Publication Date: 2004-11-11First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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A New Face of Hinduism by Call Number: BL1289.24 .W55 1984ISBN: 0521274737Publication Date: 1984-03-15Location:Koerner Library
A Brief Introduction to Hinduism by Call Number: BL1212.72 .H47 1991ISBN: 0813381096Publication Date: 1991-05-12In this lucid and incisive account of Hinduism, A. L. Herman introduces the reader to one of the great belief systems of our time. Professor Herman identifies three distinct Hindu traditions and treats both their historical roots--as far back as 2500.
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Historical Dictionary of Hinduism by Call Number: BL1105 .S85 1997ISBN: 0810833271Publication Date: 1997-07-23Presents the Hindu religious tradition's major events, individuals, texts, sects, and concepts in the context of its historical development through various periods.
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How to Understand Hinduism by Call Number: BL1202 .D44 1995ISBN: 0334026229Publication Date: 1995-12-01In response to the interest aroused in the west by eastern religions, this book offers readers with little knowledge of Hinduism the essential keys for understanding it.
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The Hinduism? by Call Number: BL1202 .G38 1995ISBN: 0872263851Publication Date: 2002-03-23What do Hindus believe? Where do they pray and what are the major Hindu festivals? Where and when did Hinduism begin?This series takes an exciting look at religion, history, and culture through the everyday lives of people from all over the world. Using color photographs and detailed illustrations, each book helps young people ask questions and leads them toward a better understanding of a particular historical era, religion, or culture.Anita Ganeri was born in Calcutta, India. She graduated from Cambridge University and earned an M.A. in Indian studies. She is the author of many information books for young people.
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Themes and Issues in Hinduism by Call Number: BL1210 .T49 1997ISBN: 0304338508Publication Date: 1998-01-01This book, part of the World Religions series, is written for students of comparative religion and the general reader. After a brief introduction, each book in the series addresses the same issues, and concludes with a list of recommended further reading.
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Hinduism by Call Number: BL1202 .M5313 2004ISBN: 0691089523Publication Date: 2003-12-28Hinduism is currently followed by one-fifth of humankind. Far from a monolithic theistic tradition, the religion comprises thousands of gods, a complex caste system, and hundreds of languages and dialects. Such internal plurality inspires vastly ranging rites and practices amongst Hinduism's hundreds of millions of adherents. It is therefore not surprising that scholars have been hesitant to define universal Hindu beliefs and practices. In this book, Axel Michaels breaks this trend. He examines the traditions, beliefs, and rituals Hindus hold in common through the lens of what he deems its "identificatory habitus," a cohesive force that binds Hindu religions together and fortifies them against foreign influences. Thus, in his analysis, Michaels not only locates Hinduism's profoundly differentiating qualities, but also provides the framework for an analysis of its social and religious coherence. Michaels blends his insightful arguments and probing questions with introductions to major historical epochs, ample textual sources as well as detailed analyses of major life-cycle rituals, the caste system, forms of spiritualism, devotionalism, ritualism, and heroism. Along the way he points out that Hinduism has endured and repeatedly resisted the missionary zeal and universalist claims of Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists. He also contrasts traditional Hinduism with the religions of the West, "where the self is preferred to the not-self, and where freedom in the world is more important than liberation from the world." Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to laypersons and scholars alike as the most comprehensive introduction to Hinduism yet published. Not only is Hinduism refreshingly new in its methodological approach, but it also presents a broad range of meticulous scholarship in a clear, readable style, integrating Indology, religious studies, philosophy, anthropological theory and fieldwork, and sweeping analyses of Hindu texts.
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The Study of Hinduism by Call Number: BL1205 .S82 2003ISBN: 1570034494Publication Date: 2003-07-30In this text, leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of international intellectual investment in Hinduism. Since the early 19th century, when the scholarly investigation of Hinduism began to take shape as a modern academic discipline, Hindu studies has evolved from its concentration on description and analysis to an emphasis on understanding Hindu traditions in the context of the religion's own values, concepts and history. Offering an assessment of the current state of Hindu studies, the contributors to this volume identify past achievements and chart the course for what remains to be accomplished in the field. Casting a tripartite net, the contributors collaborate to achieve an analytical, historical and topical perspective upon Hindu studies. Among other topics, they evaluate the continuing debates surrounding the meaning of the word Hinduism and the different methods that have been employed in studying the religion. Arvind Sharma, as editor, lays the groundwork for the volume by defining both Hinduism and the role of methods - including historical, anthropological, sociological and psychological - in its study. Eric J. Sharpe adds to the opening analysis with his consideration of the importance of setting in Hindu studies.
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