Women, power and resistance : an introduction to women's studies

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Women, power and resistance : an introduction to women's studies

edited by Tess Cosslett, Alison Easton and Penny Summerfield

Open University Press, 1996

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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: pbk ISBN 9780335193905

内容説明

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

目次

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.
巻冊次

: hbk ISBN 9780335193912

内容説明

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.

目次

  • 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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