Tearing the veil essays on femininity
This a collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society. The essays show that characteristics generally considered to be 'feminine' are in fact cultural constructions within a patriarchal order. The patriarchal culture is t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ;
v. 27. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798262306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Tearing The Veil Essays on femininity; Copyright; Tearing the VeilEssays on femininity; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part One Sexuality and the Body; Chapter 1The Mother and the Hospital: An unfortunate fit between the woman's internal world and some hospital practices; Chapter 2The Witch and Her Devils: An exploration of the relationship between femininity and illness; Chapter 3The Whore in Peru: The splitting of women into good and bad and the isolation of the prostitute; Part TwoRepresentations of Women; Chapter 4Tess: the Making of a Pure Woman
- Chapter 5The City's Achievements: The patriotic Amazonomachy and ancient AthensChapter 6The Woman-Power: Religious heresy and feminism in early English socialism; Index
