LEADER 03255oam 2200673I 450 001 9910462673103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-08484-5 010 $a1-283-84607-1 010 $a1-136-19434-7 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203084847 035 $a(CKB)2670000000298798 035 $a(EBL)1074919 035 $a(OCoLC)821173653 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000811937 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429911 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000811937 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10859585 035 $a(PQKB)10582421 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074919 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074919 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10630767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415857 035 $a(OCoLC)823737843 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298798 100 $a20180706e20131978 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aTearing the veil $eessays on femininity /$fedited by Susan Lipshitz 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge library editions. Feminist theory 300 $aFirst published in 1978 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. 311 $a0-415-75425-9 311 $a0-415-63704-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTearing 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 327 $aChapter 5The City's Achievements: The patriotic Amazonomachy and ancient AthensChapter 6The Woman-Power: Religious heresy and feminism in early English socialism; Index 330 $aThis a collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society. The essays show that characteristics generally considered to be 'feminine' are in fact cultural constructions within a patriarchal order. The patriarchal culture is taken by us to be a system of meanings, as well as power relations, which pervades our view of women at both a conscious and an unconscious level.The symbolism of the rituals, myths, art works and polemics examined in the essays is related to the ways women are psychically constructed and constrained 410 0$aRoutledge library editions.$pFeminist theory. 606 $aWomen$xPsychology 606 $aWomen$xSocial conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen$xPsychology. 615 0$aWomen$xSocial conditions. 676 $a301.41/2 676 $a301.412 676 $a305.42 701 $aLipshitz$b Susan$0978023 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462673103321 996 $aTearing the veil$92228024 997 $aUNINA