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Uniform Title Introducing women's studies
Title Introducing women's studies : feminist theory and practice / edited by Victoria Robinson and Diane Richardson
Edition Second edition
Published Hampshire, Engl. : Macmillan, 1997

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 MELB  305.407 Ric/Iws 1997  AVAILABLE
Description xv, 492 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introducing women's studies / Victoria Robinson -- Women's studies and its interconnction with "race", ethnicity and sexuality / Kum-Kum Bhavnani -- Feminist theory: capital F and capital T / Jackie Stacey -- Women, history and protest / June Hannam -- Women, writing and language: making the silences speak / Gill Frith -- The picture is political: representation of women in contemporary popular culture / Margaret Marshment -- Sexuality and feminism / Diane Richardson -- Women, violence and male power / Mary Maynard and Jan Winn -- Methodology matters! / Liz Stanley -- The black hole: women's studies, science and technology / Lynda Birke and Marsha Henry
Women and work / Anne Witz -- Feminism and social policy / Fiona Williams -- Women and health / Jenny Hockey -- Women and education / Christine Skelton -- Women, marriage and family relationships / Stevi Jackson -- Women and reproduction / Jalna Hanmer -- Motherhood and women's lives / Paula Nicolson
Notes Includes indices
Bibliography Bibliograpy: pages 400-465
Subject Women -- Social conditions.
Feminist theory.
Women's studies.
Feminism.
Feminist theory -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Women's studies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Einführung
Author Richardson, Diane, 1953-
Robinson, Victoria, 1959-
ISBN 0333684699 hardback
0333684702 paperback
Other Titles Women's studies