The Female Face in Patriarchy: Oppression as Culture Contributor(s): O'Connor, Frances (Author), Drury, Becky S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0870134949 ISBN-13: 9780870134944 Publisher: Michigan State University Press OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1998 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Religion | Christianity - Catholic |
Dewey: 282.082 |
LCCN: 98-41217 |
Lexile Measure: 1250 |
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.04" W x 9.06" (0.58 lbs) 144 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Female Face in Patriarchy discusses women's complicity in patriarchal dominance and their role in fostering their own oppression. This work, the result of a two-year study by Frances O'Connor and Becky Drury focusing on Brazil and the United States, examines how and why women are participants and promoters of their own oppression in the Roman Catholic Church. Using the Church as a model for society in general, The Female Face in Patriarchy demonstrates how women, through centuries of conditioning, have become both victims and perpetrators of their own oppression and how their cooperation with, and submission to, patriarchal dominance has been both conscious and unconscious. |