Going Public - Feminism and the Shifting Boundaries of the Private Sphere (Paperback, New)

In Going Public, a collection of international thinkers convene to reconsider the public/private distinction, an issue long central to feminists in their academic and political work. The feminist critique of rights has been fundamental to changes in Western liberal democracy and global human rights campaigns. These essays, in geographically and theoretically diverse case studies, test the currency of the categories of public and private as they determine social practices including protections and invasions of privacy by states, employers and other institutions. They ask what counts as 'the private' in different cultural contexts and, in their unique discussion with one another, reconsider the history and direction of social change. The unexpectedness of the approaches in these essays will unsettle received opinion, provoke new discussion, and challenge readers to think more seriously about the importance of figurative language, the power of common and uncommon usage, and the meaning of rights.

General

Imprint:	University of Illinois Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Joan W. Scott • Debra Keates
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	424
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-252-07209-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-252-07209-X
Barcode:	9780252072093

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