Women, power, and resistance, an introduction to women's studies, edited by Tess Cosslett, Alison Easton, and Penny Summerfield
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Women, power, and resistance, an introduction to women's studies, edited by Tess Cosslett, Alison Easton, and Penny Summerfield
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Women, power, and resistance
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Tess Cosslett, Alison Easton, and Penny Summerfield
Sub title
an introduction to women's studies
Table Of Contents
What is women's studies? / Alison Easton -- Women, 'the' family and families / Janet Finch -- Romantic love and power / Wendy Langford -- Paid work in women's lives : continuity and change / Carole Truman -- The gendering of educational organizations / Rosemary Deem -- The church : egality of patriarchy? / Deborah Sawyer -- Women in Buddhism revisited / Hiroko Kawanami -- Farytales : revising the tradition / Tess Cosslett -- Reframing resistance : the representation of women in the visual arts / Lynne Pearce -- Autobiography, gender and race : Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / Alison Easton -- Women in film : Scarlett O'Hara and Orlando : "This is your life!" / Gabrielle Russell -- Religious representations of women / Linda Woodhead -- Constructions of women and / in the Orient / Sara Ahmed -- Motherhood and identity / Steph Lawler -- Gender values and identity : Carol Gilligan's work on women's moral development / Carolyn Stone -- Sexual constructions and lesbian identity / Robbie Smith -- Femininity, sexuality and identity in law / Sarah Beresford -- Racism and feminism : white women, power and resistance / Kathleen Cross -- Community and resistance : Muslim women in contemporary societies / Santi Rozario -- The women's movement in Britain from the 1860s to the 1980s / Penny Summerfield -- Feminist activism : continuity and change / Sue Wise -- They do not dance alone : the women's movements in Latin America / Consuela Rivera Fuentes -- Women and political power in Britain in the 1990s / Ruth Henig -- Ecofeminism and the invaluable tool of despair-and-empowerment work / Kathleen Sullivan
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