Author: 
Kirsten Sword
Reviewer: 
Megan Jeffreys

Jeffreys on Sword, 'Wives Not Slaves: Patriarchy and Modernity in the Age of Revolutions'

Kirsten Sword. Wives Not Slaves: Patriarchy and Modernity in the Age of Revolutions. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 408 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-75748-3.

Reviewed by Megan Jeffreys (Cornell University) Published on H-Slavery (November, 2021) Commissioned by Andrew J. Kettler (University of California, Los Angeles)

Author: 
John Mayfield
Reviewer: 
Silas Kaine Ezell

Ezell on Mayfield, 'Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South'

John Mayfield. Counterfeit Gentlemen: Manhood and Humor in the Old South. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2009. xxviii + 173 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8130-3337-2.

Reviewed by Silas Kaine Ezell (University of Arkansas) Published on H-Southern-Lit (August, 2012) Commissioned by Grant Bain

Talk Like a Gentleman

Author: 
Louise Pubols
Reviewer: 
Cheryl E. Martin

Martin on Pubols, 'The Father of All: The de la Guerra Family, Power, and Patriarchy in Mexican California'

Louise Pubols. The Father of All: The de la Guerra Family, Power, and Patriarchy in Mexican California. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. xi + 435 pp. $44.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87328-240-6.

Reviewed by Cheryl E. Martin Published on H-Borderlands (February, 2012) Commissioned by Benjamin H. Johnson

Power and Patriarchy in Mexican California

Author: 
Juliana Schiesari
Reviewer: 
Daniel Donatacci

Donatacci on Schiesari, 'Beasts and Beauties: Animals, Gender, and Domestication in the Italian Renaissance'

Juliana Schiesari. Beasts and Beauties: Animals, Gender, and Domestication in the Italian Renaissance. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010. xii + 157 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8020-9922-8.

Reviewed by Daniel Donatacci (Department of Womens' and Gender Studies, Brandeis University) Published on H-Italy (August, 2011) Commissioned by Monica Calabritto

Author: 
John Borneman
Reviewer: 
Faedah Totah

Totah on Borneman, 'Syrian Episodes: Sons, Fathers, and an Anthropologist in Aleppo'

John Borneman. Syrian Episodes: Sons, Fathers, and an Anthropologist in Aleppo. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. xxviii + 236 pp. $27.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-12887-0.

Reviewed by Faedah Totah (School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University) Published on H-Levant (November, 2007)

Seeking Sons of the Souk

Author: 
Eliza W. Y. Lee, ed.
Reviewer: 
Kanghu Hsu

Hsu on Lee, 'Gender and Change in Hong Kong: Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy'

Eliza W. Y. Lee, ed. Gender and Change in Hong Kong: Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2003. viii + 216 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8248-2790-8.

Reviewed by Kanghu Hsu (Department of Sociology, California State University at Dominguez Hills) Published on H-Urban (April, 2005)

Chinese Women's Struggle for Equity in Postcolonial Hong Kong

Author: 
Lawrence H. Fuchs
Reviewer: 
Sol Gittleman

Gittleman on Fuchs, 'Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families'

Lawrence H. Fuchs. Beyond Patriarchy: Jewish Fathers and Families. Hanover, New Hampshire and London: University Press of New England, 2000. xi + 216 pp. $24.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-87451-941-9.

Reviewed by Sol Gittleman (Department of German, Russian and Asian Languages and Literatures, Tufts University) Published on H-Ethnic (May, 2001)

Jewish Fathers and Fathering

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