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Lewd women and wicked witches : a study of the dynamics of male domination

Title
Lewd women and wicked witches : a study of the dynamics of male domination / Marianne Hester.
Author
Hester, Marianne, 1955-
Publication
London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Description
239 pages; 23 cm
Summary
This book focuses on the development of revolutionary feminist theory of male sexual violence in the present day, and the witch hunts of early modern Europe, in an analysis of male power over women.
Subject
  • Börngen, ..
  • Manfred Mann
  • Men > Sexual behavior
  • Dominance (Psychology)
  • Sex discrimination against women
  • Power (Social sciences)
  • Social control
  • Witchcraft > England > History
  • Social Control, Formal
  • 15.70 history of Europe
  • Witchcraft
  • Hexenverfolgung
  • Sexualverhalten
  • Soziale Kontrolle
  • Unterdrückung
  • Gewalt
  • Vrouwendiscriminatie
  • Vrouwenonderdrukking
  • Mulher e feminismo
  • Comportamento social
  • Poder
  • Feminism
  • Feminist theory
  • Sex
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Witchcraft > Great Britain > History
  • England
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. The introduction: the dynamics of male domination -- 2. From men partially to men primarily responsible for women's oppression -- 3. Men as primarily responsible for women's oppression -- 4. Towards a revolutionary feminist approach: male sexual violence against women -- 5. A revolutionary feminist approach: male sexuality as social control of women -- 6. The early modern witch-hunts I -- 7. The early modern witch-hunts II -- 8. The accused and the accusations against them -- 9. The conclusion.
ISBN
  • 0415070716
  • 9780415070713
  • 0415052092
  • 9780415052092
LCCN
  • 91015068
  • 9780415070713
OCLC
  • ocm23462822
  • 23462822
  • SCSB-1959254
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library