November 1, 2009 to November 30, 2010
challenge hosted by
Aarti of Booklust
Care of Care's Online Book Club
Eva of A Striped Armchair
This is my acceptance post to be a Suffragette.
Being a Women Studies major, resistance against this challenge is futile.
Participants are encouraged to read nonfiction and fiction books related to the rather broad idea of ‘women’s studies.’
There are three levels you can choose as a reader (you can count books for other challenges as well):
Philogynist: read at least two books, including at least one nonfiction one.
Bluestocking: read at least five books, including at least two nonfiction ones.
Suffragette: read at least eight books, including at least three nonfiction ones.
Below is my tentative book list. It's a mix of YA, Japanese, art history and spirituality.
I will include review links on this page as posts are created. This list will inevitably increase in size. So you'll see extra goodies as time goes on.
As an added challenge to myself, I will also add movie-related review links here.
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YA fiction:
Sliding on the Edge by C. Lee McKenzie
Black and White by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kitredge
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Japanese fiction:
Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
Real World by Natsuo Kirino
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General fiction:
The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland
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My non-fiction list:
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon translated and edited by Ivan Morris
Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The First Buddhist Women by Susan Murcott
The Chalice and the Blade by Riane Eisler
Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi
by Keith Christiansen and Judith W. Mann
with essays by leading scholars
catalogue published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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My movie list:
George Eliot's Daniel Deronda
George Eliot's Silas Marner
George Eliot's Adam Bede
George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot's Middlemarch
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Misc:
WOMEN UNBOUND Start of Challenge Meme - my thoughts
==end result==
with good intentions, however, challenge not completed
Don't forget: we were going to buddy read The Pillow Book! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking about joining Women Unbound but I vowed not to take on more challenges... :-o
gnoe - i hope you do join. you can mix in japanese like i did. btw, i was going to start pillow book after my pemberley ball which would be the week of november 23. hope that works for you.
ReplyDeleteI'll try and otherwise I'll just start a little later. Currently reading In Cold Blood (book group), will need to read The Old Capital before Nov. 30th and part 2 of I am a Cat before Dec. 15th. So I'll have to fit The Pillow Book in somewhere LOL.
ReplyDeleteBTW I'm curious to know what you'll think of Artemisia. I have a copy on the shelf and your review might get me to read it -- or dispose of it ;)
ReplyDeleteWow that's quite a list. I actually have a couple in my TBR list...but I just don't think I could actually get through it so I will follow your participation vicariously!
ReplyDeleteNice list.
ReplyDeletegreat list!
ReplyDeleteI think that you will to love The Chalice and the Blade. I did. But that was years ago.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to your reviews since you list has some books/movies that I have not heard of.