Seeing Female

by Brehm, Sharon S.

• ISBN13: 9780313255892
• ISBN10: 031325589X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1988-01-01
• Publisher: Praeger Pub Text

Summary

This important scholarly collection explores new perspectives on the tension and conflict between external, social pressures brought to bear on women and their own internal personal inclinations. Designed with the general reader as well as the specialist in mind, the book features an easily accessible format, clear, jargon-free language, and up-to-date scholarship. Topics range from personal identity and the effects upon it of gender, socialization, culture, and ethnic background to women's relationships and the role of professional women in occupations defined and dominated by a male perspective. Historical and contemporary themes as well as possible future trends are examined.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Women's Development and Identity

Part Two: Women in Relationship to Others

Part Three: Women in Professional Roles

Part Four: Women's Perspectives

Index