Changing Cultures - Feminism, Youth and Consumerism

These challenging essays have their roots in the fertile convergence of feminism, sociology and cultural studies. Themes include the assessment of feminist theory, its transformations and ability to illuminate issues and practices. The complex relationship between objects of study, their political implications and their historical context is a recurring theme.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Intellectual Work in Context and Process
From Utopian to Scientific Feminism? Critical Analyses of the Family
A Girls¿ Project and Some Responses to Lesbianism Youth Service Provision, Social Order and the Question of Girls
The Urban, the Domestic and Education for Girls
Drawing the Line
A Feminist Response to Adult-Child Sexual Relations
Outrage and Anxiety in the Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse
Cleveland and the Press
Consumerism and its Contradictions
Discriminating or Duped? Young People as Consumers of Advertising/Art - with Orson Nava
Consumerism Reconsidered
Buying and Power

Zusammenfassung

These challenging essays have their roots in the fertile convergence of feminism, sociology and cultural studies. Themes include the assessment of feminist theory, its transformations and ability to illuminate issues and practices. The complex relationship between objects of study, their political implications and their historical context is a recurring theme.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mica Nava, Nava Mica
• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 07.04.1992
• EAN: 9780803986077
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-8607-7
• Seiten: 256
• Serie: Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Gender studies, gender groups, Feminism and feminist theory, Popular Culture;Social Theory