Faces of Feminism - An Activist''s Reflections on the Women''s Movement

Sheila Tobias discusses the relation between feminist theory and feminist politics, as well as the scope and influence of feminist scholarship on the academy and larger culture. She provides an overview of the 1960s civil rights, antiwar, countercultural revolution through to the contemporary era.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

To the people whose feminism shaped mine: -- Preface -- Gender and Politics Redefined -- The Emergence of Women's Rights as a Political Issue -- Feminism in the Postsuffrage Era -- Women at Work -- Betty Friedan and the Feminine Mystique -- The Origins of the Second Wave of Feminism -- The Women's Movement Goes to Work -- Second-Generation Issues -- Antifeminist Women on the Right -- Feminism and Sexual Preference -- Third-Generation Issues -- New Theory, New Scholarship -- Fissures into Fractures -- Surviving the 1980s -- The End of a Movement -- Chronology

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Shelia Tobias

Zusammenfassung

Sheila Tobias discusses the relation between feminist theory and feminist politics, as well as the scope and influence of feminist scholarship on the academy and larger culture. She provides an overview of the 1960s civil rights, antiwar, countercultural revolution through to the contemporary era.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sheila Tobias, Tobias Sheila
• Verlag: Perseus Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 23.01.1998
• EAN: 9780813328430
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2843-0
• Seiten: 352
• Serie: Foundations of Social Inquiry
• Themen: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Politik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory