Tearing the Veil : Essays on Femininity

ISBN-13: 9780415637046 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 168 str.

Susan Lipschitz

Opis

A collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society. The essays show that characteristics generally considered to be 'feminine' are in fact cultural constructions within a patriarchal order.Routledge Library Editions re-issue volumes from the distinguished and extensive backlist of the many imprints associated with Routledge in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Spis treści

Notes on contributors.  Introduction.  Part 1. Sexuality and the Body  1. The Mother and the Hospital: an unfortunate fit between the woman’s internal world and some hospital practices Dana Breen  2. The Witch and her Devils: an exploration of the relationship between femininity and illness Susan Lipschitz  3. The Whore in Peru: the splitting of women into good and bad and the isolation of the prostitute Katherine Arnold  Part 2. Representations of Women  4. Tess: The Making of a Pure Woman Mary Jacobus  5. The City’s Achievements: the patriotic Amazonomachy and ancient Athens Mandy Merck  6. The Woman-Power: religious heresy and feminism in early English socialism Barbara Taylor.  Index.

O autorze

Susan Lipschitz