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Tearing the Veil (RLE Feminist Theory): Essays on Femininity book cover

1st Edition

Tearing the Veil (RLE Feminist Theory) Essays on Femininity

Edited By Susan Lipschitz Copyright 1978
144 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge
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This 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. The patriarchal culture is taken by us to be a system of meanings, as well as power relations, which pervades our view of women at both a... Read more

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.

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Susan Lipschitz

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