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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hamilton, Roberta, author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Feminist theory ; v. 29.

Routledge library editions : Feminist theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Women.

Women and socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published in 1978 by George Allen & Unwin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9781136194269

1136194266

9780203084830

0203084837

9781283841665

1283841665

9781136194276

1136194274

OCLC:

823738177