Introducing Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Practice

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TextPublication details: Hampshire : Macmillan Press, 1997Edition: 2ndDescription: xv, 492 pISBN:

9780333684702
0333684702

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305.42 INT

Contents:

Introducing women's studies / Victoria Robinson -- Women's studies and its interconnction with "race", ethnicity and sexuality / Kum-Kum Bhavnani -- Feminist theory: capital F and capital T / Jackie Stacey -- Women, history and protest / June Hannam -- Women, writing and language: making the silences speak / Gill Frith -- The picture is political: representation of women in contemporary popular culture / Margaret Marshment -- Sexuality and feminism / Diane Richardson -- Women, violence and male power / Mary Maynard and Jan Winn -- Methodology matters! / Liz Stanley -- The black hole: women's studies, science and technology / Lynda Birke and Marsha Henry. Women and work / Anne Witz -- Feminism and social policy / Fiona Williams -- Women and health / Jenny Hockey -- Women and education / Christine Skelton -- Women, marriage and family relationships / Stevi Jackson -- Women and reproduction / Jalna Hanmer -- Motherhood and women's lives / Paula Nicolson.

Summary: This updated edition provides an overview of the main themes, issues and substantive areas in the field of women's studies. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it introduces the student to key ideas and debates, offering a summary of research and a critique of important arguments

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Introducing women's studies / Victoria Robinson --
Women's studies and its interconnction with "race", ethnicity and sexuality / Kum-Kum Bhavnani --
Feminist theory: capital F and capital T / Jackie Stacey --
Women, history and protest / June Hannam --
Women, writing and language: making the silences speak / Gill Frith --
The picture is political: representation of women in contemporary popular culture / Margaret Marshment --
Sexuality and feminism / Diane Richardson --
Women, violence and male power / Mary Maynard and Jan Winn --
Methodology matters! / Liz Stanley --
The black hole: women's studies, science and technology / Lynda Birke and Marsha Henry. Women and work / Anne Witz --
Feminism and social policy / Fiona Williams --
Women and health / Jenny Hockey --
Women and education / Christine Skelton --
Women, marriage and family relationships / Stevi Jackson --
Women and reproduction / Jalna Hanmer --
Motherhood and women's lives / Paula Nicolson.

This updated edition provides an overview of the main themes, issues and substantive areas in the field of women's studies. Interdisciplinary in its approach, it introduces the student to key ideas and debates, offering a summary of research and a critique of important arguments

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