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An introduction to sociology : feminist perspectives
- Title
- An introduction to sociology : feminist perspectives / Pamela Abbott and Claire Wallace.
- Author
- Abbott, Pamela.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 1997.
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Text | Request in advance | HM24 .A215 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Wallace, Claire.
- Description
- xv, 334 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- This second edition of the bestselling An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives confirms the centrality of feminist perspectives and research to the sociological enterprise and introduces students and the general reader to the wide range of feminist contributions to key areas of sociological concern. This completely revised edition includes material on new feminist theories and post-modern feminism, as well as incorporating the findings of recent empirical research.
- Written by two experienced teachers and examiners, it gives students of sociology and women's studies an accessible overview of the feminist contribution to all the key areas of sociological concern.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Feminist critique of malestream sociology, and the way forward -- 2. Feminist theory and sociology -- 3. Women and stratification -- 4. Education -- 5. Women and the life course -- 6. The family and the household -- 7. Women, health and caring -- 8. Women's work -- 9. Women, crime and deviance -- 10. Women and politics -- 11. The production of feminist knowledges.
- ISBN
- 0415122929 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 95049777
- OCLC
- 503148292
- ocn503148292
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries