Defining Women: Social Institutions and Gender Divisions
McDowell
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Description for Defining Women: Social Institutions and Gender Divisions
Paperback. Defining Women is a major in--depth analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. It explores the ways in which social institutions, practices and discourse define women and their position in present--day societies. Editor(s): Pringle, Rosemary. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 0. Weight in Grams: 558.
Defining Women is a major in-depth analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. It explores the ways in which social institutions, practices and discourse define women and their position in present-day societies.
Defining Women is a major in-depth analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. It explores the ways in which social institutions, practices and discourse define women and their position in present-day societies.
The book examines the essential debates about the social construction of gender divisions in and by the key institutions of the labour market and the state. Focussing on notions of power, dependence and equality, it addresses questions of the differences between women and men, and between women themselves, in the economy and civil society. Women's political struggles to challenge their subordinate ... Read more
This book will be widely used as a text book in feminism and women's studies and will have a broad interdisciplinary appeal.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745609805
SKU
V9780745609805
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-17
About McDowell
This book was edited by Linda McDowell, who is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the Open University and Rosemary Pringle, who is Reader in Sociology at Macquarie University, Australia. The book includes contributions from Aveen Maguire, Beverly Thiele, Linda J. Nicholson, Nancy Mairs, Diana Gittins, Ann Phoenix, Ntozake Shange, Anne Phillips, Floya Anthias, Nira Yuval-Davis, Ray E. Pahl, Ann ... Read more
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