The Gender of Power (Paperback)

Drawing on feminist theories of women's oppression and on social theories of power, this book offers original analyses of the relationship between gender and power.

The Gender of Power presents a critique of feminist theories of power as simply top-down models of the oppression of women. The authors argue that this notion presents women as passive victims and ignores the diversity and complexity of women's experiences. The ideas on power of Bourdieu, Giddens, Lukes and Foucault are also evaluated in terms of their usefulness in explaining relations between men and women, which can often be covert, consensual and intimate.

General

Imprint:	Sage Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 1991
First published:	1991
Editors:	Kathy Davis • Monique Leijenaar • Jantine Oldersma
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8039-8543-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	0-8039-8543-6
Barcode:	9780803985438

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