"One of the less discussed achievements of the women's movement is the option to reject the patronymic naming system, i.e. the convention of women replacing their own family names by their husbands' names when they get married. This book offers an analysis of Israeli women's nam…
Home/Front examines the gendered exploitation of labor in the household from a postmodern Marxian perspective. The authors of this volume use the anti-foundationalist Marxian economic theories first formulated by Stephen Resnick and Richard Wolff to explore power, domination, an…
Issues of visibility and invisibility are becoming increasingly apparent in gender research in organizations. This book will not only further develop current theoretical ideas around being seen and unseen within organizations, but will also provide us with the opportunity to pro…
"Issues of visibility and invisibility are becoming increasingly apparent in gender research in organizations. This book will not only further develop current theoretical ideas around being seen and unseen within organizations, but will also provide us with the opportunity to pr…
Film and Female Consciousness explores the representation of female consciousness on-screen and demonstrates the ways in which the thought of Luce Irigaray can be used to address the traditional problems of the objectification of women in cinema as outlined by feminist theory si…
Film and Female Consciousness analyses three contemporary films that offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and individuality: In the Cut (2003), Lost in Translation (2003) and Morvern Callar (2002). Lucy Bolton compares these recent works with well…
Film and Female Consciousness analyses three contemporary films that offer complex and original representations of women's thoughtfulness and individuality: In the Cut (2003), Lost in Translation (2003) and Morvern Callar (2002). Lucy Bolton compares these recent works with well…
The issues that feminism raises are central to how human society is organised and by the way we see the world. This book provides a wide-ranging history of western feminist thought and a lucid analysis of contemporary debates. It argues that feminism is still relevant today, and…
The issues that feminism raises are central to how human society is organised and by the way we see the world. This book provides a wide-ranging history of western feminist thought and a lucid analysis of contemporary debates. It argues that feminism is still relevant today, and…
"This book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism for the twenty first century. Written by a mother and daughter, the book presents a dialogue across generations and instates a politics of difference and the importance of the category wo…
"This book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism for the twenty first century. Written by a mother and daughter, the book presents a dialogue across generations and instates a politics of difference and the importance of the category wo…
"This book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism for the twenty first century. Written by a mother and daughter, the book presents a dialogue across generations and instates a politics of difference and the importance of the category wo…
With a companion website that includes short online film episodes, this book proposes expansive ways of deconstructing and re-constituting sexuality and gender and thus more embodied and ethical ways of 'doing' life, and offers an understanding and critique of embodiment through…