The Liberation of Women : A Study of Patriarchy and Capitalism

ISBN-13: 9780415637053 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 120 str.

Roberta Hamilton

Opis

This volume explores two of the key questions that have been systematically raised by the Women's Liberation Movement: why have women occupied a subordinate position in society and how can the variation in the forms and intensity of their exploitation and oppression be explained?

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Introduction.  1. The Changing Role of Women in the Seventeenth Century  2. The Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism: a Marxist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women.  The feudal family.  The transition to capitalism.  A Marxist analysis: two classes.  Two classes of women  3. The Transition from Catholicism to Protestantism, a Transformation in Patriarchal Ideology.  A Feminist Perspective on the Changing Role of Women: Catholicism, women and the family.  The Protestant world-view.  The ‘little church’.  The implications for women: a win, a loss, or a draw?  The feminist analysis: a proper marriage.  A proper wife  4. An Examination of the Marxist and Feminist Theories.  The debate.  The historical test.  Bibliography.  Index.

O autorze

Roberta Hamilton