Defining Women Social Institutions and Gender Divisions

Name: Defining Women Social Institutions and Gender Divisions
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ISBN: 9780745609805

ISBN-10: 0745609805

ISBN-13: 9780745609805

Edition: 1992

Authors: Rosemary Pringle, Rosemary Pringle, Open University Staff

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Defining Women is a major in-depth analysis of the social, economic and political position of women in contemporary societies. It explores the ways in which social institutions, practices and discourse define women and their position in present-day societies. The book examines the essential debates about the social construction of gender divisions in and by the key institutions of the labour market and the state. Focussing on notions of power, dependence and equality, it addresses questions of the differences between women and men, and between women themselves, in the economy and civil society. Women's political struggles to challenge their subordinate position are also assessed. The…

Book details

List price: $41.50
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/8/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.20" wide x 9.30" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.188



Preface



Defining WomenIntroduction: Women as 'Other'



Defining Public and Private Issues



Diversity and DifferenceIntroduction: Recognizing Difference



Personal Experience, Families and Households



Class, Race and Gender



On Work



Defining Work



Gender and Wage Labour



Women and Politics



Women and Citizenship



Women's Struggles: Unity and Diversity


References


Source List of Articles


Acknowledgements


Index