Durkheim and women / Jennifer M. Lehmann. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmann, Jennifer M., 1956-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917--Views on women.

Durkheim, Émile.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Sociology--History.

Sociology.

Durkheim, Émile, 1858-1917.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 173 p. )

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first book-length work to present a feminist analysis of the theoretical writings of Emile Durkheim, often viewed as the father of modern sociology.

Contents:

1. Durkheim's Milieu. The Structural Context. The Discursive Context. Text and Context

2. Descriptions of Women. The Structures and Functions of Sexuality. The Structures and Functions of the Family. The Social Functions of the Sexual Division of Labor

3. Prescriptions for Women. The Rejection of Feminism. The Appropriation of Feminism: Separate but Equal. The Appropriation of Feminism: Equal but Different

4. Contradictions: The Problem of Women. The Theory of Organicism. The Theory of Social Determinism. The Theory of Liberalism

5. Theories of Race, Class, and Sex. Race and Racism. Class and Socialism. Sex and Feminism

6. The Contemporary Milieu. The Structural Context. The Discursive Context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-163) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8032-8803-4

0-585-33612-1