Introducing Women's Studies
Feminist Theory and Practice
2nd Edition
Published on 25. June 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-333-68470-2 (ISBN)
Description
This enlarged and fully updated new edition of the best-selling Introduction to Women's Studies provides a wide-ranging and accessible overview of the main themes, issues and substantive areas in this popular and expanding field. Truly interdisciplinary in its approach, it introduces the student to key ideas and debates, offering an up-to-date summary of research and a critique of important arguments. Three new chapters have been added to extend further the book's broad scope and all the chapters have been revised to take account of the latest developments in the field.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 155 mm
Weight
756 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-68470-2 (9780333684702)
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Other editions
New editions
Diane Richardson | Victoria Robinson
Introducing Gender and Womens Studies
Book
11/2007
3rd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€38.43
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Previous edition
Book
01/1993
Palgrave Macmillan
€16.11
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Content
Introducing Women's Studies; V. Robinson - Turning the Tide in Women's Studies; K.K. Bhavnani - Feminist Theory; J. Stacey - Sexuality, Power and Feminism; D. Richardson - Women, Violence and Male Power; M. Maynard & J. Winn - The Picture is Political: Representation of Women in Contemporary Popular Culture; M. Marshment - Women, Writing and Language; G. Frith - Women, Marriage and Family Relationships; S. Jackson - Motherhood and Women's Lives; P. Nicolson - Women and Reproduction; J. Hanmer - Women and Health; J. Hockey - Women at Work; A. Witz - Women, History and Protest; J. Hannam - Women and Education; C. Skelton - Feminist Research Methodology; L. Stanley - Feminism and Social Policy; F. Williams - Women's Studies, Science and Technology; L. Birke and Marsha Henry