"This compilation is a pioneering study of the 'borderlands' of the body. The diverse chapters speak to activists and scholars, as well as those less familiar with the issues of disability studies and gender studies. It will serve the academic and activist communities well, encouraging new insights into the ways we define ourselves and others."-Susan Burch, author of Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 1900 to World War II "Gendering Disability is among the most intellectually stimulating books I have read in years. The stunning breadth of the discussion evokes personal...

This splendid book, "Pots, Plants and Design" touches on culture, psychology, horticulture, humanities and the arts. The Cultural Center of Lexington and Richland County in South Carolina kindly provided funding to help with the creation of this book. This book provides easy to follow instructions in order to create decorative pots, as well as, with horticulture instructions to add a plant or plants, plus more. An additional bonus is it reaches to encourage individuality in creativity; by providing technique, knowledge and inspiration. It encourages interaction with friends and neighbors....

Bonnie Smith here tells Madame Lucie's colorful life history, first by skillfully recording the concierge's reminiscences and then by describing her own observations as a participant in Madame Lucie's world. The overall effect is an unusual, richly textured image of modern France as it was experienced by a figure of the working class. Madame Lucie's life and her memories--moving, engrossing, entertaining--are a valuable source of insight into French culture and society. As she herself says early in the book, "What I'm telling is the history of France."

Bonnie Smith examines the changing role of women throughout the twentieth century--in the workplace, poltically, economically, and culturally through the lens of world history.