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

• Autore: Hamilton Roberta
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (117 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.4; 305.42
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory; Women; Women and socialism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The liberation of women
• ISBN: 1-136-19426-6; 0-203-08483-7; 1-283-84166-5; 1-136-19427-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815399103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge library editions. . -Feminist theory ; ; v. 29.