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UNINA9910814042303321 |
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Titolo |
Tearing the veil : essays on femininity / / edited by Susan Lipshitz |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-19433-9 |
0-203-08484-5 |
1-283-84607-1 |
1-136-19434-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 147 pages) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions. Feminist theory |
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Soggetti |
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Feminist theory |
Femininity |
Women - Psychology |
Women - Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1978 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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