The Woman Question in France, 1400-1870
The Woman Question in France, 1400-1870

Author: Karen Offen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1107188083

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A revolutionary reinterpretation of the French past, focused on contesting and defending masculine hierarchy in relations between women and men.

The Woman Question
The Woman Question

Author: Mary Evans

Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited

Published: 1994-06-24

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13:

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This new edition of The Woman Question brings together the most influential analyses of women's position in society to have emerged in the past decade. The discussion encompasses both theoretical issues of identity and the economic and political status of women. It demonstrates the impact of gender not only on how the social world is organized but on how we understand and interpret that world. Recognizing the diversity of women's experiences, it pays particular attention to the interactions of race, class, gender and sexuality. Leading feminists explore the concept of gender difference, its impact on women and its representation in culture. They discuss the material realities of women's lives and how these ar

Contemporary China
Contemporary China

Author: Tamara Jacka

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-09-30

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1107292298

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China's rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. Contemporary China provides a fascinating portrayal of society and social change in the contemporary People's Republic of China. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society. It explores topics such as family life, citizenship, gender, ethnicity, labour, religion, education, class and rural/urban inequalities. It considers China's imperial past, the social and institutional legacies of the Maoist era, and the momentous forces shaping it in the present. It also emphasises diversity and multiplicity, encouraging readers to consider new perspectives and rethink Western stereotypes about China and its people. Real-life case studies illustrate the key features of social relations and change in China. Definitions of key terms, discussion questions and lists of further reading help consolidate learning. Including full-colour maps and photographs, this book offers remarkable insight into Chinese society and social change.

Dostoevsky in Context
Dostoevsky in Context

Author: Deborah A. Martinsen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2016-01-05

Total Pages: 589

ISBN-13: 1316462447

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This volume explores the Russia where the great writer, Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–81), was born and lived. It focuses not only on the Russia depicted in Dostoevsky's works, but also on the Russian life that he and his contemporaries experienced: on social practices and historical developments, political and cultural institutions, religious beliefs, ideological trends, artistic conventions and literary genres. Chapters by leading scholars illuminate this broad context, offer insights into Dostoevsky's reflections on his age, and examine the expression of those reflections in his writing. Each chapter investigates a specific context and suggests how we might understand Dostoevsky in relation to it. Since Russia took so much from Western Europe throughout the imperial period, the volume also locates the Russian experience within the context of Western thought and practices, thereby offering a multidimensional view of the unfolding drama of Russia versus the West in the nineteenth century.

The Woman Question in Plato's Republic
The Woman Question in Plato's Republic

Author: Mary Townsend

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2017-08-07

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1498542700

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In this book, Mary Townsend proposes that, contrary to the current scholarship on Plato's Republic, Socrates does not in fact set out to prove the weakness of women. Rather, she argues that close attention to the drama of the Republic reveals that Plato dramatizes the reluctance of men to allow women into the public sphere and offers a deeply aporetic vision of women’s nature and political position—a vision full of concern not only for the human community, but for the desires of women themselves.

Women and Gender in Iraq
Women and Gender in Iraq

Author: Zahra Ali

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-09-13

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1107191092

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Highlighting Iraqi women's voices, this is an examination of women, gender and feminisms in Iraq in the wake of the 2003 US-led invasion.

The Science Question in Feminism
The Science Question in Feminism

Author: Sandra G. Harding

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780801493638

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Can science, steeped in Western, masculine, bourgeois endeavors, nevertheless be used for emancipatory ends? In this major contribution to the debate over the role gender plays in the scientific enterprise, Sandra Harding pursues that question, challenging the intellectual and social foundations of scientific thought.Harding provides the first comprehensive and critical survey of the feminist science critiques, and examines inquiries into the androcentricism that has endured since the birth of modern science. Harding critiques three epistemological approaches: feminist empiricism, which identifies only bad science as the problem; the feminist standpoint, which holds that women's social experience provides a unique starting point for discovering masculine bias in science; and feminist postmodernism, which disputes the most basic scientific assumptions. She points out the tensions among these stances and the inadequate concepts that inform their analyses, yet maintains that the critical discourse they foster is vital to the quest for a science informed by emancipatory morals and politics.