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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462439603321

Autore

LeGates Marlene

Titolo

In their time : a history of feminism in Western society / / Marlene LeGates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

0-429-23792-8

1-283-60798-0

9786613920430

1-136-77904-3

0-203-82439-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/09

Soggetti

Feminism - History

Women - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 2001 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-394) and index.

Nota di contenuto

In Their Time A History of Feminism in Western Society; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One Feminism and Patriarchy: An  Introduction; Chapter Two From Jesus to Joan ofArc; Chapter Three The Impact of the Renaissance: Women, Learning, and the CreativeArts; Chapter Four Religion, Politics, and Literature in Early ModernEurope; Chapter Five Revolutions in Philosophy andPolitics; Chapter Six Radicals andReformers; ChapterSeven The Beginnings of First-Wave Feminism; Chapter Eight Issues in First-WaveFeminism; Chapter Nine Wartime and InterwarFeminism

Chapter Ten The Origins of the SecondWaveConclusion; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marlene LeGates has written a thorough, lively and accessible overview of Western feminist movements from the Middle Ages through the latter twentieth century. With each chapter containing a timeline and brief excerpts from primary source documents, the text serve as an ideal basis for a history of feminism or women's studies course, or as a supplementary text in a broader women's history or western civilization



course.