Contemporary feminist thought / Hester Eisenstein
1985, Third Edition. London : Unwin Paperbacks. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #430522
ISBN: 0868614246
Physical description; xx, 196 p. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p. 170-185. Contents; Patriarchy and the rediscovery of sex roles -- The public/domestic dichotomy and the universal oppression of women -- Rape and the male protection racket -- Consciousness-raising: the personal as political -- Lesbianism and the woman-identified woman -- Androgyny and the psychology of women -- The cultural meaning of mothering: I. As experience and institution -- The cultural meaning of mothering: II. The mermaid and the megamachine -- The cultural meaning of mothering: III. The construction of gender identity -- The critique of masculinity -- Spinning, sparking, and the innocence of women -- Sexual politics revisited: pornography and sadomasochism -- Changes and continuities: the roots of metaphysical feminism -- Conclusion: restoring the radical to radical feminism. Subjects; Feminism United States History. Feminism United States. Feminism. Women's movement. United States. USA. Political theory. Women. Feminist theory. feminism American theories. Women's Liberation Movement.
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