1st Edition

Contemporary Western European Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

By Gisela Kaplan Copyright 1992
376 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

376 Pages
by Routledge

Contemporary Western European Feminism is a ground-breaking history of feminism. Gisela Kaplan invites a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. Written confidently and with compassion, this is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles. By outlining the postwar... Read more

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.

Biography

Gisela Kaplan