Femininity and Domination (Thinking Gender)

Author: Bartky, Sandra Lee Lee

Brand: Routledge

Number Of Pages: 156

EAN: 9780415901864

Release Date: 22-11-1990

Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches

Languages: English

Binding: paperback

Part Number: black & white illustrations

model number: black & white illustrations

Details: 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.