Women, Power and Resistance

by Tess Cosslett; Alison Easton; Penny Summerfield

• ISBN13: 9780335193905
• ISBN10: 0335193900
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1996-10-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill UK

Summary

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 WomenGender and Social Identity

Table of Contents

Introduction

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

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

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

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

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