Subordination
Clare Burton(Author)
Allen & Unwin (Publisher)
Published on 1. July 1985
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-86861-710-7 (ISBN)
Description
This presents a survey of some of the most important ideas that have been developed within feminism, drawing together strands of thought and debate that have often been kept separate. Burton discusses the origins of women's subordination, the public/private split, the nature and role of domestic labour, the impact of psychoanalysis on feminist theory and the relationship between the state and women's subordination. The major theoretical developments in Britain, the United States and Australia are reviewed in a comparative perspective, and the focus of attention is consistently on how, and how far, theorists in these countries have been able to point to ways of explaining the changing but enduring nature of sexual inequalities.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-86861-710-7 (9780868617107)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Engels, the search for origins and feminist theory; Engels, class and women; public and private worlds; domestic labour and the political economy of women; psychoanalysis, masculinity/femininity and the family; an extended theory of social reproduction.