Women Imagine Change: A Global Anthology of Women's Resistance from 600 B.C.E. to Present
Delamotte (English, Arizona State Univ.), Jean O'Barr (director of women's studies, Duke Univ.), and Natania Meeker, a Duke graduate student, have compiled an impressive collection of women's writings through the ages. The book is organized into six sections: Sexuality, Spirituality, and Power; Work and Education; Representing Women; Writing the Body Politic; Identifying Sources of Resistance; and Vision and Transformation. The collection presents writings ranging from Sumangalamata, a Buddhist nun (sixth century B.C.E.) to a section from the "Platform for Action" of the Beijing Conference in 1995. Also very useful are indexes by geographical location and chronology, since women from 40 countries are included. This will make an excellent reader for survey classes on world history as well as women's history and studies. Highly recommended for high school and academic libraries.?Sharon Firestone, Ross-Blakley Law Lib., Arizona State Univ., TempeCopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.