Women's Studies - Essential Readings (Paperback, New)

.,."No mere collection, but a wonderful synthesis of some of the best and most representative works of modern feminist scholarship, reflecting the richness and diversity of contemporary women's studies. It provides an informative and empowering perspective on feminist scholarly achievements of the last decades."
--Dale Spender, Founding member of WITS (Women, Information, Technology, and Scholarship), is author of more than 30 books, including "Feminist Theorists: Three Centuries of Key Women Thinkers" and "For The Record: the Making and Meaning of Feminist Knowledge."

"A stimulating introduction to women's studies and a really useful teaching tool."
--Mary Ellen Brown, Television and Women's Culture

"Women's Studies: Essential Readings" provides a wide range of readers with an entirely comprehensive selection of ever 140 readings on women's studies, representing the entire diversity of current feminist thinking. The book is a divided into fourteen sections that reflect primary topics within women's studies, covering theory and perspectives, including: feminist social theory; psychological and psychoanalytic theory; cross-cultural perspectives and historical perspectives, as well as themes such as: education and work; marriage and motherhood; sexuality; the law; crime and deviance; politics and the state; science, medicine and reproductive technology; language and gender; feminist literary criticism; and the media tool

Features: Introductions to each section provide an overview of the main issues and debates. Commentaries on each extract locate the work of individual authors within wider debates and identify the perspective from which they are writing. Each sectioncontains a guide to further reading.

General

Imprint:	New York University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1993
First published:	May 1993
Authors:	Stevi Jackson • Karen Atkinson • Deirdre Beddoe
Editors:	Stevi Jackson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	525
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8147-4215-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-8147-4215-7
Barcode:	9780814742150

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