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Gender in the mirror : cultural imagery and women's agency / Diana Tietjens Meyers.
LIBRA HQ1075 .M494 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyers, Diana T.
- Series:
- Studies in feminist philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex role.
- Self.
- Self (Philosophy).
- Women--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Feminist theory.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Harmful, culturally prevalent imagery of feminine sexuality, beauty, and motherhood constrains women's self-determination. Gender in the Mirror proposes alternative imagery of feminine sexuality, beauty, and motherhood and advances an account of feminist discursive politics that takes on the challenge of neutralizing patriarchal imagery.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-[224]) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0195140400
- 0195140419
- OCLC:
- 47667321
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