The gender of power

Author(s)

• Davis, Kathy
• Leijenaar, Monique
• Oldersma, Jantine

Bibliographic Information

The gender of power

[edited by] Kathy Davis, Monique Leijenaar, Jantine Oldersma

Sage Publications, 1991

• : pbk

Note

"Edited by Kathy Davis, Monique Leijenaar and Jantine Oldersma"--On cover

Bibliography: p. [180]-194

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Drawing on feminist theories of women's oppression and on social theories of power, this book offers original analyses of the relationship between gender and power. The Gender of Power presents a critique of feminist theories of power as simply top-down models of the oppression of women. The authors argue that this notion presents women as passive victims and ignores the diversity and complexity of women's experiences. The ideas on power of Bourdieu, Giddens, Lukes and Foucault are also evaluated in terms of their usefulness in explaining relations between men and women, which can often be covert, consensual and intimate.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Jantine Oldersma and Kathy Davis RT ONE THREE DIMENSIONS OF POWER Power and Love - Joan Meyer Conflicting Conceptual Schemata Gender, Power and Feminist Theory - Aafke Komter PART TWO: POWER, STRUCTURE AND AGENCY Critical Sociology and Gender Relations - Kathy Davis Gendered Structure - Joan Wolffensperger Giddens and the Conceptualization of Gender PART THREE: SITES OF GENDERED POWER Gender, Property and Power - Annelies Moors Sovereign and Disciplinary Power - Riet Delsing Bourdieu, Power and Resistance - Carla Risseeuw

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Details

• NCID: BA13652835
• ISBN:
  • 9780803985421
  • 9780803985438
• LCCN: 91053088
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; Newbury Park
• Pages/Volumes: x, 198 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 361.64
  • LCC : HQ1190
  • NDC6 : 367.8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Feminist theory
  • LCSH : Power (Social science)