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The Creation of Patriarchy
Gerda Lerner
The Creation of Patriarchy
The Creation of Patriarchy
Gerda Lerner
Descripción
A major new work by a leading historian and pioneer in women's studies, The Creation of Patriarchy is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not "natural" or biological, but the product of an historical development begun in the second millennium B.C. in the Ancient Near East. As patriarchy as a system of organizing society was established historically, she contends, it can also be ended by the historical process. Focusing on the contradiction between women's central role in creating society and their marginality in the meaning-giving process of definition and interpretation, Lerner explores such fascinating questions as: What can account for women's exclusion from the historical process? What could explain the long delay--more than 3,500 years--in women's coming to consciousness of their own subordinate position? She goes back to the cultures of the earliest known civilizations--those of the ancient Near East--to discover the origins of the major gender metaphors of Western civilization. Using historical, literary, archaeological, and artistic evidence, she then traces the development of these ideas, symbols, and metaphors and their incorporation into Western civilization as the basis of patriarchal gender relations.
Women's history is indispensable and essential to the emancipation of women. The practical argument rests on observations of the profound changes in consciousness which students of Women's History experience.
Detalles
| Formato | Tapa suave |
| Número de Páginas | 368 |
| Lenguaje | Inglés |
| Editorial | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Fecha de Publicación | 1987-10-22 |
| Dimensiones | 8.4" x 5.5" x 0.9" pulgadas |
| Serie | Women and History; V. 1 |
| Descripción de Edición | Revised |
| Letra Grande | No |
| Con Ilustraciones | Si |
| Temas | Femenino, Femenino, Femenino |
Acerca del Autor
Gerda Lerner, Robinson-Edwards Professor of History and Senior Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is the author of eight books, including Black Women in White America and The Majority Finds Its Past: Placing Women in History. She is the recipient of the AAUW Achievement Award for 1986 and was past president of the Organization of American Historians.
Garantía & Otros
| Garantía: | 30 dias por defectos de fabrica |
| Peso: | 0.454 kg |
| SKU: | 9780195051858 |
| Publicado en Unimart.com: | 07/11/24 |
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