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Women's Studies-Essential Readings
Women's Studies: Essential Readings provides a wide range of readers with an entirely comprehensive selection of ever 140 readings on women's studies, representing the entire diversity of current feminist thinking. The book is a divided into fourteen sections that reflect primary topics within women's studies, covering theory and perspectives, including: feminist social theory; psychological and psychoanalytic theory; cross-cultural perspectives and historical perspectives, as well as themes such as: education and work; marriage and motherhood; sexuality; the law; crime and deviance; politics and the state; science, medicine and reproductive technology; language and gender; feminist literary criticism; and the media tool. Features: Introductions to each section provide an overview of the main issues and debates. Commentaries on each extract locate the work of individual authors within wider debates and identify the perspective from which they are writing. Each section contains a guide to further reading. Women's Studies: Essential Readings provides a comprehensive selection of over 140 readings in women's studies, representing the diversity of current feminist thinking. The collection introduces readers to the work of many influential thinkers in women's studies, and allows them to experience the richness and the depth of work being done in the field. The book has been designed to foster and facilitate further exploration of feminist issues. The book's fourteen sections reflect such primary topics within women's studies as feminist social theory; psychological and psychoanalytic theory; cross-cultural perspectives and historical perspectives. They explore such themes as education and work; marriage and motherhood; sexuality; the law; crime and deviance; politics and the state; science, medicine and reproductive technology; language and gender; feminist literary criticism; and the media
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