Reasoning From Race - Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution

In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women's rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri's Reasoning from Race is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law.

About the author

Serena Mayeri is Professor of Law and History at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Summary

In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women’s rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri’s Reasoning from Race is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law.

Product details

• Authors: Serena Mayeri, Mayeri Serena
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.04.2014
• EAN: 9780674284302
• ISBN: 978-0-674-28430-2
• No. of pages: 382
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, History, LAW / Legal History, Human rights & civil liberties law, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Gender & the Law, Feminism & feminist theory, Legal History, Feminism and feminist theory, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Law and society, gender issues