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Theorizing Patriarchy

By Sylvia Walby

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
1991
ISBN
0631147691, 9780631147695
LCC
HQ1237.5.G7 W35 1991
Open Library ID
OL1941313M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10981792 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
240\121
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates - Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post-structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the state, to culture, sexuality and violence, relying on the most up-to-date empirical findings. Arguing that patriarchy has been vigorously adaptable to the changes in women's position, and that some of women's hard-won social gains have been transformed into new traps, Walby proposes a combination of class analysis with radical feminist theory to explain gender relations in terms of both patriarchal and capitalist structure.

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