Contemporary Western European Feminism

ISBN-13: 9780415636810 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012

Gisela Kaplan

Opis

This text offers a ground-breaking history of feminism, inviting a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. This is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles.

Spis treści

Figures, tables and maps.  Abbreviations.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Introduction. Part 1: Western European Women: An Overview  1. The postwar movements: Their character.  Their significance.  Why call it the second wave?  Why the new wave movements developed.  Mass protest.  The diversity of second-wave feminism  2. Women’s status and employment: Women in the labour force.  Women and technology. Women and domestic work.  Women in politics.  Women and civil liberty.  Some hypotheses.  Part 2: Some Characteristics of Individual Countries  3. Progressiveness in Scandinavia: Sweden.  Norway.  Denmark.  Finland.  Iceland.  The model examined  4. Conservatism in Germanic countries: West Germany.  Austria.  Switzerland.  The model examined  5. Fringe upheavals and creative traditionalism in France and the Netherlands: The Netherlands.  France.  The model examined  6. Revolutions and radicalism in Southern Europe: Portugal.  Spain.  Greece.  Italy.  The model examined  Part 3: The Outlook  7. Into the 1990s: The coming Europe.  Appendix: Feminist research addresses.  References: Alphabetical.  Cross reference by country.  Index: Names and places index.  Subject index.

O autorze

Gisela Kaplan