1st Edition
Femininity and Domination Studies in the Phenomenology of Oppression
By Sandra Lee Bartky
Copyright 1990
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
156 Pages
by
Routledge
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Bartky draws on the experience of daily life to unmask the many disguises by which intimations of inferiority are visited upon women. She critiques both the male bias of current theory and the debilitating dominion held by notions of "proper femininity" over women and their bodies in patriarchal culture.
Introduction 1. Toward a Phenomenology of Feminist Consciousness 2. On Psychological Oppression 3. Narcissism, Femininity, and Alienation 4. Feminine Masochism and the Politics of Personal Transformation 5. Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power 6. Shame and Gender 7. Feeding Egos and Tending Wounds: Deference and Disaffection in Women's Emotional Labor
Biography
Sandra Lee Bartky is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
