Theorizing patriarchy /
"Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates -- Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post-structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the state, to culture, sexuality and violence,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, UK ; Cambridge, MA, USA :
B. Blackwell,
1990
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents |
| Summary: | "Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates -- Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post-structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the state, to culture, sexuality and violence, relying on the most up-to-date empirical findings. Arguing that patriarchy has been vigorously adaptable to the changes in women's position, and that some of women's hard-won social gains have been transformed into new traps, Walby proposes a combination of class analysis with radical feminist theory to explain gender relations in terms of both patriarchal and capitalist structure."--Publisher description |
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| Physical Description: | 229 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-222) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0631147691 9780631147695 0631147683 9780631147688 |