Of Homunculus Born - A Short History of Invisible Women

Informationen zum Autor Barbara Bonnekessen earned her doctorate in cultural anthropology from the University of Kansas. She is currently on the faculty at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, where she teaches courses in cultural anthropology and women's and gender studies and directs the Women's Resource Center. Klappentext This book examines the history of male opinion about women's participation in procreation and explores the status of women in classical Europe, the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, and today's American procreative policies. Zusammenfassung This book examines the history of male opinion about women's participation in procreation and explores the status of women in classical Europe! the Middle Ages! the Enlightenment! and today's American procreative policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Of Seeds and Food: DWEM Power Chapter Two: Zygote Power Chapter Three: The Rise of the Good Woman Chapter Four: An Interlude for a Revolutionary Make-Over - 30 Days to Biblical Womanhood Chapter Five: God's Sociobiology and Uncommon Good Chapter Six: Can Woman Be Saved? Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Bonnekessen, Bonnekessen Barbara
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.02.2012
• EAN: 9780761857587
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-5758-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Abortion & Birth Control, Feminism & feminist theory, Ethical issues & debates, Gender studies: women, Central / national / federal government policies, Gender studies: women & girls, Central government policies