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- Bringing back memories
- GREAT PHOTOS and useful information!
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Historical Paradors: A Journey Through Spanish Hotels
Juan Eslara Galan
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Customer Reviews:
Bringing back memories.......2002-11-15
Having stayed in 38 paradors in Spain, I found this book to be most interesting and illustrated with beautiful photographs; I only wish it had included a few more of the paradors. Many of our friends know that we are devoted to the Paradores, and now plan our yearly trips to Spain around them, so I consider this book to be an appropriate Christmas gift.
GREAT PHOTOS and useful information!.......2000-08-06
About 80% beautiful photos and 20% useful information, Historical Paradors : A Journey Through Spanish Hotels shows a side of beautiful Spain that most tourists never see. The photos of these stunning architectural wonders stir the imagination of the Old World and makes me twitch towards planning my next trip to Spain. This book is DEFINITELY coffee-table caliber!!! And if MadridMan of MadridMan.com likes it, it's GOT to be gooooood!
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In a major update of the book that helped to launch the women's health movement, Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century updates the classic with chapters on such issues as online health resources, AIDS, and managed care. At the same time, it expands its appeal by addressing the concerns of an increasingly diverse readership, from lesbians to women of color, from women with disabilities to women of all age groups.
Yet the book, by the nonprofit Boston Women's Health Book Collective, remains true to the spirit of those empowering discussions women were first having in the 1960s and 1970s about their bodies: "As the millennium approaches, our original goals for this book remain as important as ever: to fit as much information about women's health between the covers of this book as we can, providing women with tools to enable all of us to take charge of our health and lives; to support women and men who work for progressive change; and to work to create a just society in which good health is not a luxury or a privilege but a human right."
By updating and continuing to tackle such topics as body image, sexuality, contraception, childbearing, breast cancer, and the politics of women's health, this edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves keeps giving women the power and the knowledge to take charge of their own health. It remains a valuable resource for women of all ages and backgrounds.
Book Description
The essential resource on women's health and sexuality comes of age in this newly revised and updated edition of a long-loved classic.
Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century reflects the vital health concerns of women of diverse ages, ethnic and racial backgrounds, and sexual orientations. In these pages, women will find new information, resources (including web sites!), and personal support for the decisions that will shape their health -- and their lives -- from living a healthy life, to relationships and sexuality, to child-bearing, growing older, dealing with the medical system, and organizing for change. This is a book for women of all generations to use, to rely on, and to share with others.
Customer Reviews:
A Must Have book.......2007-02-17
The 1984 and 1998 editions are lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs (including an iconic one by Tee A. Corinne of a disabled person making love in a wheel chair). This is the kind of book you can flip thorough and start reading on any page and find something of interest.
They even have their own internet site containing information about this book and related books. Truly a wealth of information and a treasure to have found. I just got this book and wished I'd had it in my teens, twenties, thirties, but thankfully now in my 40's I do.
Now after reading the reviews for the 2005 edition I am going to get that new. The 2005 edition is the 8th edition and in 35 years has never gone out of print. The subjects in the 2005 edition cover every issue that a woman can encounter -
Taking Care of Ourselves
Relationships and Sexuality
Sexual Health
Reproductive Choices
Child-Bearing
Growing Older
Medical Problems and Procedures
Knowledge is Power
From the publisher's website - 1969 Twelve women meet during a women's liberation conference in Boston. At a workshop on "women and their bodies," they talk about their own experiences with doctors and share their knowledge about their bodies. The discussions at the conference are so provocative and fulfilling that the following summer, each woman researches a health topic close to her heart. They decide to put their knowledge into an accessible form that can be shared with others and that can serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
1970 A 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled Women and Their Bodies is published by New England Free Press.
1971 The authors change the name of the book to Our Bodies, Ourselves, to emphasize women taking full ownership of our bodies. Republished by New England Free Press, the book puts women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. It sells 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth.
1973 Simon & Schuster publishes the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
1976 A revised and updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published. A national bestseller, it is recognized by the American Library Association's Young Adult Service Division as one of the best books of the decade.
1979 An update of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published and becomes a bestseller.
1984 A revised version of the original classic, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, is published.
1992 The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90s is published.
1998 Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century is published.
If you liked this book. . ........2004-12-03
When You Think You're Falling Apart, by Dr. Kathleen Wilson was loaded with current information I could use about myself. I think it will be as important as Our Body Ourselves in teaching women how their bodies work, how to keep themselves healthy, how to reduce stress, and how to manage in the medical system.
Great introduction to women's health.......2004-10-22
I stumbled across a copy of this book at my local book swap today, and I must admit I can't put it down. Over the years, through various acquaintances and media, I've heard the wonders preached about Our Bodies, Ourselves, and so I thought I'd give it a go.
Our Bodies, Ourselves is a bare bones, easy to read guide to all facets of women's health, including reproduction, fitness, mental health, fertility, sexuality - even holistic medicine. It also features selections on overcoming abuse and how to tell your family about your sexual orientation - advice that is absolutely essential to many women today dealing with these issues.
One of my favorite features of this book was the personal commentaries. Every page features a small selection, about a paragraph long, written by a woman who has experienced the topic you're reading about. By reading these women's individual struggles and experiences, it helps one to feel that women's struggles and issues are universal, and that no woman is isolated.
This book has been so successful with women throughout the past thirty years because of the indispensible information it provides. A copy of this book should be on every woman's shelf.
A great woman's health book for any age of women!.......2004-07-31
A great woman's health book for any age of women! (And men too!) - I have to say this is one of the best woman's health books that I've read and it's a must read for all women out there. I got this as a gift from my sister and was a little intimidate, yet enthused by the length. I am an avid reader but having so much school work seems to keep me from reading as much "pleaser reading" as I would like. After finishing this book I have found that I've came back to it again and again for questions and facts. This is one of the best books of it genre out there in my opinion, not only for women but for men also. I think that it should be required reading or at least reference in junior high, highschool, and any health class for that matter. If you've been thinking of picking this one up, I encourage you!
Bravo! a classic women's health book.......2004-04-26
"Our Bodies, Ourselves" is a classic in its own right -rather ironic for a book that's on the cutting edge of health politics. Sister, if you can't buy this, find a decent library and in any case having read it, you'll be better informed about both your body and your society.
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Three decades ago, information about women's health was hoarded by physicians and doled out sparingly to their female patients. Our Bodies, Ourselves, first published in 1969, helped change that situation. The latest edition runs 752 pages and covers a stunning range of territory about women's physical beings: fitness (this section includes a reminder that overweight women have a right to not exercise), reproductive health, aging, sexuality, and childbirth. It also includes thick chapters on relationships and information about mental-health issues, including psychotherapy. The New Our Bodies, Ourselves is the straightest-talking, most comprehensive book about women's health on the market.
Customer Reviews:
Non Fiction.......2007-09-03
A guide to the body and life for the female of the species. This is quite well done and informative, giving useful information and suggestions on health and reproductive life as well as other physiological and/or medical issues that are appropriate to women. This is definitely worth a read and worth having around.
Still A Must Have book.......2007-02-18
This 1998/1999 edition is lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs (including an iconic one by Tee A. Corinne of a disabled person making love in a wheel chair). This is the kind of book you can flip thorough and start reading on any page and find something of interest.
They even have their own internet site containing information about this book and related books. Truly a wealth of information and a treasure to have found. I just got this book and wished I'd had it in my teens, twenties, thirties, but thankfully now in my 40's I do.
Now after reading the reviews for the 2005 edition I am going to get that new. The 2005 edition is the 8th edition and in 35 years has never gone out of print. The subjects in the 2005 edition cover every issue that a woman can encounter -
Taking Care of Ourselves
Relationships and Sexuality
Sexual Health
Reproductive Choices
Child-Bearing
Growing Older
Medical Problems and Procedures
Knowledge is Power
From the publisher's website - 1969 Twelve women meet during a women's liberation conference in Boston. At a workshop on "women and their bodies," they talk about their own experiences with doctors and share their knowledge about their bodies. The discussions at the conference are so provocative and fulfilling that the following summer, each woman researches a health topic close to her heart. They decide to put their knowledge into an accessible form that can be shared with others and that can serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
1970 A 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled Women and Their Bodies is published by New England Free Press.
1971 The authors change the name of the book to Our Bodies, Ourselves, to emphasize women taking full ownership of our bodies. Republished by New England Free Press, the book puts women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. It sells 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth.
1973 Simon & Schuster publishes the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
1976 A revised and updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published. A national bestseller, it is recognized by the American Library Association's Young Adult Service Division as one of the best books of the decade.
1979 An update of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published and becomes a bestseller.
1984 A revised version of the original classic, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, is published.
1992 The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90s is published.
1998 Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century is published.
The Revision isn't an improvement if you're under 30.......2004-08-02
When this book came out in the 70's it was incredible. I loved it. It taught me so much about my own body!
Now that I'm looking to give that same resource to my children, I went straight for this book -- only to find that the revision has changed its focus toward menopause and politics and away from some of the basic stuff that I needed a good resource for when _I_ was 13, and my daughter needs now. I had hoped to use it as a backup/supplement to our "big talk", but am looking for a better alternative.
The new stuff would be fine, if it were ADDED to, instead of replacing some of the old stuff.
Women are people? Huh?.......2002-06-29
The authors write as if women are people, as if women are not all the same but in fact have a wide range of biological and behavioral variability, as if each woman is unique and, not only that, is entitled to living as she very well pleases. It's a disgrace. They show women naked who don't look like fashion models but could be just you or me. They write as if it's a good idea for women to be healthy in mind as well as in body. As if this wasn't enough, they go on to suggest that the quality of health care has anything to do with the medical establishment, that women should actually be informed correctly of the risks of medical procedures and alternatives available and, lo and behold, make the choice themselves, that the medical establishment is often not a wonderful haven for women who are poor or outside the cultural mainstream, as in for example when they are members of minority groups, that a woman's sex life and relationships may be influenced by power structures in the society she lives in, and other such far-fetched stuff. In reality, we all know that all women have 28-day periods, get menopausal at 48, are all heterossexual, are all white (most other books agree at least on this one point), are all fairly pretty, all get married, all want children, and that health has nothing to do with anything else in the world out there. No wonder one reader complained that this book, supposed to be about health, is also political. A disgrace indeed.
THE one book I would recommend to my colleagues and clients.......1999-05-13
If I could only recommend one book on women's health to my colleagues and clients, this would be it. Unlike other women's health books, this one recognizes that health and well-being is more than simply the presence or absence of illness or physical conditions. It's time that women learn about their bodies and health in the context of their lives and not just out of a medical textbook. I applaud the authors for their appreciation of women's diversity, both in bodies and lifestyles, and the personal uniqueness that each of us can learn to cherish. Every woman should have this book.
Customer Reviews:
Essential resource on Women's Health and Sexuality.......2007-02-18
This 1998 edition is lavishly illustrated with drawings and photographs (including an iconic one by Tee A. Corinne of a disabled person making love in a wheel chair). This is the kind of book you can flip thorough and start reading on any page and find something of interest.
They even have their own internet site containing information about this book and related books. Truly a wealth of information and a treasure to have found. I just got this book and wished I'd had it in my teens, twenties, thirties, but thankfully now in my 40's I do.
Now after reading the reviews for the 2005 edition I am going to get that new. The 2005 edition is the 8th edition and in 35 years has never gone out of print. The subjects in the 2005 edition cover every issue that a woman can encounter -
Taking Care of Ourselves
Relationships and Sexuality
Sexual Health
Reproductive Choices
Child-Bearing
Growing Older
Medical Problems and Procedures
Knowledge is Power
From the publisher's website - 1969 Twelve women meet during a women's liberation conference in Boston. At a workshop on "women and their bodies," they talk about their own experiences with doctors and share their knowledge about their bodies. The discussions at the conference are so provocative and fulfilling that the following summer, each woman researches a health topic close to her heart. They decide to put their knowledge into an accessible form that can be shared with others and that can serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
1970 A 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled Women and Their Bodies is published by New England Free Press.
1971 The authors change the name of the book to Our Bodies, Ourselves, to emphasize women taking full ownership of our bodies. Republished by New England Free Press, the book puts women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. It sells 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth.
1973 Simon & Schuster publishes the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
1976 A revised and updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published. A national bestseller, it is recognized by the American Library Association's Young Adult Service Division as one of the best books of the decade.
1979 An update of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published and becomes a bestseller.
1984 A revised version of the original classic, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, is published.
1992 The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90s is published.
1998 Our Bodies, Ourselves for the New Century is published.
Book Description
The book Our Bodies, Ourselves is a feminist success story. Selling more than four million copies since its debut in 1970, it has challenged medical dogmas about women’s bodies and sexuality, shaped health care policies, energized the reproductive rights movement, and stimulated medical research on women’s health. The book has influenced how generations of U.S. women feel about their bodies and health. Our Bodies, Ourselves has also had a whole life outside the United States. It has been taken up, translated, and adapted by women across the globe, inspiring more than thirty foreign language editions.
Kathy Davis tells the story of this remarkable book’s global circulation. Based on interviews with members of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, the group of women who created Our Bodies, Ourselves, as well as responses to the book from readers, and discussions with translators from Latin America, Egypt, Thailand, China, Eastern Europe, Francophone Africa, and many other countries and regions, Davis shows why Our Bodies, Ourselves could never have been so influential if it had been just a popular manual on women’s health. It was precisely the book’s distinctive epistemology, inviting women to use their own experiences as resources for producing situated, critical knowledge about their bodies and health, that allowed the book to speak to so many women within and outside the United States. Davis provides a grounded analysis of how feminist knowledge and political practice actually travel, and she shows how the process of transforming Our Bodies, Ourselves offers a glimpse of a truly transnational feminism, one that joins the acknowledgment of difference and diversity among women in different locations with critical reflexivity and political empowerment.
Average customer rating:
- A not to be missed book for every woman's home
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The New Our Bodies, Ourselves
Manufacturer: Touchstone
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Binding: Paperback
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Customer Reviews:
A not to be missed book for every woman's home.......2007-02-17
This revised 1984 edition would be an excellent purchase for anyone interested in the course women's health has taken from 1984 to today. This is the kind of book you can flip thorough and start reading on any page and find something of interest. They even have their own internet site containing information about this book and related books. Truly a wealth of information and a treasure to have found.
I just got this book and wished I'd had it in my teens, twenties, thirties, but thankfully now in my 40's I do. I bought two copies used, the 1984 edition and the 1998 edition. Now after reading the reviews for the 2005 edition I am going to get that new. The 2005 edition is the 8th edition and in 35 years has never gone out of print. . The 1984 and 1998 editions are lavishly illustrated with photographs (including an iconic one by Tee A. Corinne of a disabled person making love in a wheel chair).
The subjects in the 2005 edition cover every issue that a woman can encounter -
Taking Care of Ourselves
Relationships and Sexuality
Sexual Health
Reproductive Choices
Child-Bearing
Growing Older
Medical Problems and Procedures
Knowledge is Power
From the publisher's website - 1969 Twelve women meet during a women's liberation conference in Boston. At a workshop on "women and their bodies," they talk about their own experiences with doctors and share their knowledge about their bodies. The discussions at the conference are so provocative and fulfilling that the following summer, each woman researches a health topic close to her heart. They decide to put their knowledge into an accessible form that can be shared with others and that can serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
1970 A 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled Women and Their Bodies is published by New England Free Press.
1971 The authors change the name of the book to Our Bodies, Ourselves, to emphasize women taking full ownership of our bodies. Republished by New England Free Press, the book puts women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. It sells 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth.
1973 Simon & Schuster publishes the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
1976 A revised and updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published. A national bestseller, it is recognized by the American Library Association's Young Adult Service Division as one of the best books of the decade.
1979 An update of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published and becomes a bestseller.
1984 A revised version of the original classic, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, is published.
Average customer rating:
- Awesome, answered those awkward questions as a teen
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The New Our Bodies, Ourselves
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Customer Reviews:
Awesome, answered those awkward questions as a teen.......1997-06-03
This book was GREAT. I was given this when I was a teen. I loved it! I read it from cover to cover. It answered all the questions I had about sex, life and other stuff!! I will give this to others as they get to the age when something like this is needed. This book really holds a special place in my heart, not only because it answered those questions, but because it brings back a special time in my life
Customer Reviews:
Information that should be on every woman's bookshelf.......2007-02-17
This updated and expanded 1992 edition would be an excellent purchase for anyone interested in the course women's health has taken from 1992 to today. I bought two copies used, the 1984 edition and the 1998 edition. The 1984 and 1998 editions are lavishly illustrated with photographs (including an iconic one by Tee A. Corinne of a disabled person making love in a wheel chair).
This is the kind of book you can flip thorough and start reading on any page and find something of interest. They even have their own internet site containing information about this book and related books. Truly a wealth of information and a treasure to have found. I just got this book and wished I'd had it in my teens, twenties, thirties, but thankfully now in my 40's I do.
Now after reading the reviews for the 2005 edition I am going to get that new. The 2005 edition is the 8th edition and in 35 years has never gone out of print. The subjects in the 2005 edition cover every issue that a woman can encounter -
Taking Care of Ourselves
Relationships and Sexuality
Sexual Health
Reproductive Choices
Child-Bearing
Growing Older
Medical Problems and Procedures
Knowledge is Power
From the publisher's website - 1969 Twelve women meet during a women's liberation conference in Boston. At a workshop on "women and their bodies," they talk about their own experiences with doctors and share their knowledge about their bodies. The discussions at the conference are so provocative and fulfilling that the following summer, each woman researches a health topic close to her heart. They decide to put their knowledge into an accessible form that can be shared with others and that can serve as a model for women who want to learn about themselves, communicate their findings with doctors, and challenge the medical establishment to change and improve the care that women receive.
1970 A 193-page course booklet on stapled newsprint entitled Women and Their Bodies is published by New England Free Press.
1971 The authors change the name of the book to Our Bodies, Ourselves, to emphasize women taking full ownership of our bodies. Republished by New England Free Press, the book puts women's health in a radically new political and social context and quickly becomes an underground success. It sells 250,000 copies, mainly by word-of-mouth.
1973 Simon & Schuster publishes the first commercial edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves.
1976 A revised and updated version of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published. A national bestseller, it is recognized by the American Library Association's Young Adult Service Division as one of the best books of the decade.
1979 An update of Our Bodies, Ourselves is published and becomes a bestseller.
1984 A revised version of the original classic, The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, is published.
1992 The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: Updated and Expanded for the 90s is published.
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