Books in the Feminist Crosscurrents series

In 1973, three women and two men were held hostage in a bank in Stockholm by two ex-convicts. This book describes how the hostages and their captors formed a bond (now known as the "Stockholm Syndrome"); and how survival mechanisms for the women could be seen to mirror those employed in daily life.

Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships.

This study strives to illustrate the lingering second-class status of women under the current legal system in the United States, and questions whether a "one-size-fits-all" vision of individual rights will ever improve the situation.

Assessing existing traditions of autobiography and biography, this study seeks a method capable of conveying the distinctive content of women's lives while retaining the tenor of feminine subjectivity. The author draws on recent feminist research methodologies as well as anthropology and sociology.