Women, power and resistance : an introduction to women's studies
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Women, power and resistance : an introduction to women's studies
Open University Press, 1996
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780335193905
Description
Women, Power and Resistance is an accessible introductory book on Women's Studies. It is divided into interdisciplinary sections covering key aspects and major debates, centering on four main areas:
The Social Organization of Gender Relations
The Cultural Representation of Women
Gender and Social Identity
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part one: The social organization of gender relations
Women, "the family" and families
Romantic love and power
Paid work in women's lives
continuity and change
The gendering of educational organizations
The church
egality or patriarchy?
Women in Buddhism revisited
Part two: The cultural representation of women
Fairytales
revising the tradition
Reframing resistance
the representation of women in the visual arts
Autobiography, gender and race
Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
Women in film
Scarlett O'Hara and Orlando
"This is Your Life!"
Religious representations of women
Constructions of women and/in the Orient
Part three: Gender and social identity
Motherhood and identity
Gender values and identity
Carol Gilligan's work on women's moral development
Sexual constructions and lesbian identity
Femininity, sexuality and identity in law
Racism and feminism
white women, power and resistance
Community and resistance
Muslim women in contemporary societies
Part four: Women and political change
The women's movement in Britain from the 1860s to the 1980s
Feminist activism
continuity and change
They do not dance alone
the women's movement in Latin America
Women and political power in Britain in the 1990s
Ecofeminism and the invaluable tool of despair-and-empowerment work
Notes on Contributors
Index.
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9780335193912
Description
Centring on four main areas - the social organization of gender relations; the cultural representation of women; gender and social identity; and women and political change - this book investigates how women have been defined by social structures and how they have resisted such definitions.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The social organization of gender relations: women, "the family" and families
- romantic love and power
- paid work in women's lives - continuity and change
- the gendering of educational organizations
- the church - egality or patriarchy?
- women in Buddhism revisited. Part 2 The cultural representation of women: fairytales - revising the tradition
- reframing resistance -the representation of women in the visual arts
- autobiography, gender and race - Maya Angelou's "I know why the caged bird sings"
- women in film - Scarlett O'Hara and Orlando "This is Your Life!"
- religious representations of women
- constructions of women and/in the Orient. Part 3 Gender and social identity: motherhood and identity
- gender values and identity - Carol Gilligan's work on women's moral development
- sexual constructions and lesbian identity
- femininity, sexuality and identity in law
- racism and feminism - white women, power and resistance
- community and resistance - Muslim women in contemporary societies. Part 4 Women and political change: the women's movement in Britain from the 1860s to the 1980s
- feminist activism - continuity and change
- they do not dance alone - the women's movement in Latin America
- women and political power in Britain in the 1990s
- ecofeminism and the invaluable tool of despair-and-empowerment work.
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