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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, men and women seem to have baffled each other. Are boys really better at math and spatial skills? Are girls better at empathy? What makes us have different strengths and weaknesses? And are these innate or are they shaped by cultural influences? Dr. Alice Roberts and Dr. Michael Mosley investigate the latest neuroimaging techniques and behavioral studies to determine whether men and women are wired differently. If they are, could this...
Pub. Date
[2013], c1992
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winner Alice Walker has been a standard bearer for the civil rights and women's movements since the early 1960s. In this classic interview, the womanist writer discusses her novel Possessing the Secret of Joy, in which protagonist Tashi attempts to preserve her tribal heritage by undergoing traditional female genital mutilation-still a common practice in Africa today. Archival footage, dramatized scenes from the book, and additional...
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