Is there more to the social construction of gender than the social sciences have described? This collection of essays explore the art of constructing gender in symbolic media images; in poetry, photography and montage; in dramatic identity politics; and in contemporary feminism.
Published for the first time in paperback, Rosalind Sydie's critically acclaimed study examines the work and thought of Durkheim, Weber, Marx, Engels, focusing on what these influential thinkers had to say about the nature of gender relationships. She brings to light assumptions at the foundation of classical social theory, and the effect that ......
This textual study attempts to subject the works of the Anglo-Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen, to a poststructuralist re-reading from a lesbian feminist perspective. Hoogland's current research is preoccupied with configurations of lesbian sexuality in novels of female development in the 50s.
This textual study attempts to subject the works of the Anglo-Irish writer, Elizabeth Bowen, to a poststructuralist re-reading from a lesbian feminist perspective. Hoogland's current research is preoccupied with configurations of lesbian sexuality in novels of female development in the 50s.
Describes how social and sexual disparities between men and women are the result of economics. This book argues that the position of women as the property of men and their inability to earn in proportion to the amount of work they do, tend to the differences between men as 'providers' and 'competitors' and women as 'helpless' and 'unproductive'.
Examining the work of such feminist theorists as Carol Gilligan, Nancy Chodorow, and, Jessica Benjamin in a new light, this book argues that feminist social theory can be repaired through attention to the pioneering psychoanalytic work of Melanie Klein. It is suitable for those concerned with feminism and questions of identity in social thought.
Rousseau's writings reflect paradoxes and apparent inconsistencies with his principled commitments to freedom and equality. This title addresses the debates concerning Rousseau's understandings of gender, justice, freedom, community, and equality.
This contribution to feminist theory addresses the debates concerning Rousseau's understandings of gender, justice, freedom, community and equality. Weiss also examines how Rousseau's political strategies give rise to a range of important questions regarding families, citizens and communities.
Sigmund Freud was quite arguably one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. Yet, over the last decade, portions of his theories of the mind have suffered remarkably accurate attacks by feminists and even some conservative Freudians. How could this great mind have been so wrong about women? In The Freudian Mystique, analyst ......
