Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism

By: Eisenstein, Zillah R.

Book Overview

Fourteen provocative papers on the oppression of women in capitalist countries, along with three articles on the subordinate position of women in two communist countries, Cuba and China. These important, often path-breaking articles are arranged in five basic sections, the titles of which indicate the broad range of issues being considered: Introduction; motherhood, reproduction, and male supremacy; socialist feminist historical analysis; patriarchy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853454760
• ISBN13: 9780853454762
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Monthly Review Press
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"