Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory): Feminism and Social Theory Contributor(s): Burton, Clare (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415637023 ISBN-13: 9780415637022 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Reference - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 305.42 |
Series: Routledge Library Editions |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.99 lbs) 192 pages |
Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Subordination presents a survey of some of the most important ideas developed within feminism since the 1970s. Among the central themes addressed are: the origins of women's subordination; the private/public split; the nature and the role of domestic labour; the impact of psychoanalysis on feminist theory; the relationship between the State and women's subordination. One of the book's purposes is to draw together strands of thought and debate often kept separate. Throughout, the major theoretical developments in Britain, the United States and Australia are reviewed within a comparative perspective. Consistently, the focus of attention is on how, and how far, theorists in these countries have been able to point to ways of explaining the changing but enduring nature of sexual inequalities. |