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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462691503321

Autore

Hamilton Roberta

Titolo

The liberation of women : a study of patriarchy and capitalism / / Roberta Hamilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-08483-7

1-283-84166-5

1-136-19427-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (121 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions : Feminist theory

Disciplina

305.4

305.42

Soggetti

Women - History

Feminism - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1978 by George Allen & Unwin.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE LIBERATION OF WOMEN A study of Patriarchy and Capitalism; THE LIBERATION OF WOMEN A study of Patriarchy and Capitalism; Copyright; Copyright; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Changing Role of Women in the Seventeenth Century; 2 The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: A Marxist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women; The feudal family; The transition to capitalism; A Marxist analysis: two classes;  two classes of women; 3 The Transition from Catholicism to Protestantism, a Transformation in Patriarchal Ideology: A Feminist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women

Catholicism, women and the familyThe Protestant world-view; The 'little church'; The implications for women: a win, a loss or a draw?; The feminist analysis: a proper marriage;  a proper wife; 4 An Examination of the Marxist and Feminist Theories; The debate; The historical test; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In The Liberation of Women, Roberta Hamilton explores two of the key questions that have been systematically raised by the Women's Liberation Movement: why have women occupied a subordinate



position in society and how can the variation in the forms and intensity of their exploitation and oppression be explained? Within the Women's Liberation Movement there have been seen to be two different and opposed answers to these questions: a feminist answer and a Marxist one. The feminist analysis has addressed itself to a patriarchal ideology, locating the source of male domination and female