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Double jeopardy, Anne Else
Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Janus Women’s Convention 2005 Dale Williams (ed) The Janus Trust, price not available, ISBN 095826452X Hands up all those who immediately switch off as soon as they see those tedious, ever-so-70s words “w—n” or “f—–sm”? …
Tagged with: Anne Else, Dale Williams, Issue 80, Summer 2007, The Janus Trust
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Disputed territory, W K Hastings
Sexuality Down Under: Social and Historical Perspectives Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney (eds) Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372102 Books of essays presenting breadth without sacrificing depth are rare, and their editors must be prepared for bracing confrontations with would-be…
Tagged with: Allison Kirkman, Issue 76, Pat Moloney, Summer 2006, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Puppy-dogs’ tails, Anne Else
He’ll Be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men Celia Lashlie HarperCollins, $35.00, ISBN 156950528X Like cooped-up teenage boys, three stories jostle and elbow each other inside this book. Though the biggest wins, it gets badly knocked about in the…
Tagged with: Anne Else, Autumn 2006, Celia Lashlie, HarperCollins, Issue 73
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Gender, Non-fiction, Review
What meets the eye, Ian Robertson
My Place ed Glenn Busch, Bruce Connew with Uiga Bashford, Maria Buhrkuhl, Hanne Johnsen, Dean Kozanic, Tim Veling Canterbury University Press, $29.95, ISBN 187725729X Assume Nothing Rebecca Swan Boy Tiger Press, $69.95, ISBN 0476004934 My Place is part of an…
Tagged with: Boy Tiger Press, Bruce Connew, Canterbury University Press, Dean Kozanic, Glenn Busch, Hanne Johnsen, Ian Robertson, Issue 71, Maria Buhrkuhl, Rebecca Swan, Spring 2005, Tim Veling, Uiga Bashford
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Photography, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Photography, Review, Sociology
Men (mostly) behaving well, W K Hastings
Gay Men, Sex and HIV Heather Worth Dunmore Press, $39.95, ISBN 864694342 As chief censor, I recently classified The Gift, a documentary directed by Louise Hogarth about gay men’s relationships with a virus. It interviews men who “bareback”, who choose…
Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Heather Worth, Issue 62, W K (Bill) Hastings, Winter 2003
Posted in Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Queering the Kiwi bloke’s pitch, Gavin McLean
The Life of Brian: Masculinities, Sexualities and Health in New Zealand ed Heather Worth, Anna Paris and Louisa Allen University of Otago Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276251 Worlds in Collision: The Gay Debate in New Zealand 1960-1986 Laurie Guy Victoria University…
Tagged with: Anna Paris, Gavin McLean, Heather Worth, Issue 59, Laurie Guy, Louisa Allen, Otago University Press, Spring 2002, Victoria University of Wellington
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Adventures in the waiting room, Garth Baker
Going the Distance – Women Outdoors in New Zealand Tess Redgrave Tandem Press, $34.95, ISBN 1877298018 Seduced by the Sea ed Tessa Duder HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1869504461 Te Araroa: The New Zealand Trail Geoff Chapple Random House, $34.95, ISBN 186941537X…
Tagged with: Geoff Chapple, HarperCollins, Issue 59, Random House, Spring 2002, Tandem Press, Tess Redgrave, Tessa Duder
Posted in Awards, Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Awards, Gender, Health, Non-fiction, Review
Silenced voices, Malcolm Campbell
Shifting Centres: Women and Migration in New Zealand History ed Lyndon Fraser and Katie Pickles University of Otago Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877276324 It is a truism that migration history steps into the limelight when immigration is at its most contentious…
Tagged with: Issue 58, Katie Pickles, Lyndon Fraser, Malcolm Campbell, Winter 2002
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review
They also serve, Katie Pickles
Doing Our Bit: New Zealand Women Tell Their Stories of World War Two ed Jim Sullivan HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 186950416X High Flyers: Celebrating the Extraordinary Women of the RNZAF 1977-2002 Bee Dawson Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018221 Being in the military…
Tagged with: Bee Dawson, HarperCollins, Issue 56, Jim Sullivan, Katie Pickles, Penguin, Summer 2001
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, War