The Illusions of Post-Feminism: New Women, Old Myths

ISBN-13: 9780748402373 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 224 str.

Vicki Coppock; Deena Haydon; Ingrid Richter

Opis

As feminists reflect on the impact of the second wave of feminism and assess the gains of the last 30 years, invariably they have questioned whether claims that women have achieved equality in education, work and in the home are justified. In the late 1980s, there was a proliferation of the popular imagery of new men and post-feminist women, with the concept of post-feminism reinforcing and emphasising the differences between independent, upwardly-mobile, career-orientated women and those women who choose the more natural role of wife and mother.

Spis treści

Part 1; Chapter 1 Introduction: Locating ‘Post-Feminism’, Exploring the Myths; Chapter 2 Theorising Power in Women’s Oppression; Part 2; Chapter 3 Patronising Rita: The Myth of Equal Opportunities in Education; Chapter 4 More Work, Low Pay: The Myth of Equal Opportunities in the Workplace; Chapter 5 Fatal Abstraction: The Myth of the Positive Image; Chapter 6 Behind Closed Doors: The Myth of Personal Liberation; Chapter 7; Conclusion: Beyond the Illusions;

O autorze

Vicki Coppock is a senior lecturer in social policy and social work at Edge Hill College of Higher Education. Deena Haydon is a lecturer in primary education at Edge Hill College of Higher Education. Ingrid Richter is a lecturer in sociology and social policy at Bradford and Ilkley Community College. The authors are research associates of the Centre for Studies in Crime and Social Justice at Edge Hill College.