Oba Minako (1930- ) began her writing career as an ordinary homemaker in a tiny Alaskan fishing town.

Discusses a Female System that is fluid and encompassing, enabling women to liberate themselves from societal myths and express themselves freely. -- Introduction.

... male or female . One thing , however , is clearly evident : the wide range of defini- tions and categories reflects a phenomenon of female serial killers far more extensive and diverse than we customarily thought existed . GENERAL ...

A masterful examination of the myths and socio-political causes of discord between Black men and women.

... MALE and FE- proper , 1 - leafed , entire ; FEMALE , MALE , one- calyx , double the petalled , trifid . exterior one , two- leaved , the interi- or one 3 - parted . MALE and FE - MALE and FE- MALE , three- MALE , three- toothed . parted .

... male roles in indigenous Nnobi society ( see Chapter 1 ) were as ' male daughters ' and ' female husbands ' ; in either role , women acted as family head . The Igbo word for family head is the genderless expression di - bu - no . The ...

In this brilliantly witty, caustic yet compassionate novel, Fay Weldon explores the lives of three friends: Marjorie, Grace and Chloe, who met as children during the evacuation of wartime London.