Gender and History : The Limits of Social Theory in the Age of the Family / Linda J. Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Linda J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Free enterprise.

Liberalism.

Marxian historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the dynamics between the public and private spheres and argues that these dynamics shaped the major political theories of liberalism and Marxism in Western society. It also claims that feminism is a manifestation of the changing dynamic between the private and public spheres in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Feminist Practice: The Personal Is Political

Chapter One. The Contemporary Women's Movement

Chapter Two. From Suffrage to Sexuality

Part Two. Feminist Theory

Chapter Three. Toward a Method for Understanding Gender

Chapter Four. Gender and Modernity: Reinterpreting the Family, the State, and the Economy

Part Three. Political Theory

Chapter Five. John Locke: The Theoretical Separation of the Family and the State

Chapter Six. Karl Marx: The Theoretical Separation of the Domestic and the Economic

Chapter Seven. Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780231882873

0231882874

OCLC:

1033656168