Close to Home - A Materialist Analysis of Women's Oppression

Zusatztext “France’s most exciting feminist writer.” —Simone de Beauvoir “Christine Delphy’s writing is accessible! powerful and funny.” —Sylvie Tissot “She writes with an extraordinarily clear-eyed passion … Delphy’s words are persuasive.” — Daily Telegraph Informationen zum Autor Christine Delphy is a French writer, sociologist, and theorist. She cofounded Nouvelles questions féministes and is the author of Separate and Dominate and Close to Home . Described by Simone de Beauvoir as France's most exciting feminist writer, Delphy is a central figure in French feminism and one of the first to focus on the structural importance of the family in understanding women's oppression. Klappentext Classic analysis of gender relations and patriarchy under capitalism. New edition in Verso's "Feminist Classics" series. Zusammenfassung Classic analysis of gender relations and patriarchy under capitalism

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France's most exciting feminist writer. Simone de Beauvoir

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• Authors: Christine Delphy, Delphy Christine, Rachel Hills, Diana Leonard
• Assisted by: Hills Rachel (Foreword), Diana Leonard (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9781784782504
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-250-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Feminist Classics; Feminist Classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory