Introducing Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Practice

By Victoria Robinson

Book Overview

This new edition of the bestselling Introducing Women's Studies provides the reader with an up- to-date beginner text that covers major debates in women's studies in a comprehensive and accessible way. Fully revised and expanded, with new chapters on social policy, science and technology, and feminist research methodologies, this book explores the major subject areas of women's studies. Each chapter, written by an expert in the particular subject area, provides a clear overview of the main issues and debates, as well as suggestions for further reading. Chapters focus on the following subjects: turning the tide in women's studies; feminist theory; sexuality, power, and feminism; women, violence, and male power; representations of women in contemporary popular culture; women, writing, and language; women, marriage, and family relationships; motherhood and women's lives; women and reproduction; women and health; women at work; women, history, and protest; women and education; feminist research methodology; feminism and social policy; and women's studies, science, and technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814774938
• ISBN13: 9780814774939
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: NYU Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

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Introducing Women's Studies : Feminist Theory and Practice, edited by Victoria Robinson and Diane Richardson is the enlarged and revised version of an earlier (1993) publication, also produced with an alternative title in the US.This book should be considered a resource for undergraduates students and the general reader interested in contemporary feminist thinking about a range of social issues including theories of inequality, writing and language, the representation of women, sexuality, violence and male power, science and technology, work, social policy, health, education, marriage and family relationships, reproduction and mothering. Its contributors write consistently well informed articles at an evenly pitched level. Although this revised edition pays more attention to issues beyond the UK and US, it has a northern hemisphere bias that limits its usefulness for gender research more globally.