Although many feminist authors have pointed out the ways in which
women have "been "property, they have been less successful in
suggesting how women might become the subjects rather than the
objects of property-holding. "Property, Women and Politics:
Subjects or Objects?" considers the relationship between women and
property from a novel viewpoint, synthesizing political theory from
liberal and non-liberal traditions, feminist critiques, history and
social policy. The volume ranges across a series of historical and
anthropological studies which include the property position of
women in classical Greece, the Anglo-American doctrine of
coverture, nineteenth-century prostitution, and structural
adjustment programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. It includes a
comprehensive critique of the treatment of property by both
mainstream political theorists and such important second-wave
feminists as Irigaray, MacKinnon and Pateman.
"Property, Women and Politics "deconstructs and contests the
concept of property. But it also uses important insights in recent
feminist thought to suggest productive directions for a
"reconstructed "theory of property, one in which women's work
counts. The reconstructed model is applied to such pressing areas
of medical ethics as egg and sperm donation, contract motherhood,
abortion, and the sale of foetal tissue. In addition, it shows how
we can revise our assumptions about the 'marriage contract'.
This book is intended for a wide readership in women's studies,
political theory, medical ethics, law and social policy, and for
both academic and a lay reader, combining as it does current topics
of public policy with a sound theoretical discussion.
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