Women's studies: essential readings

"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."--BOOK JACKET.

Feminist social theory / Stevi Jackson -- Women's minds: Psychological and psychoanalytic theory / Jane Prince -- Cross-cultural perspectives on women's lives / Teri Brewer -- Historical perspectives on women's lives / Deirdre Beddoe -- Women, education and work / Jane Prince -- Marriage and motherhood / Sue Faulkner and Stevi Jackson -- Sexuality / Stevi Jackson -- Women and the law / Helen Power -- Women, crime and deviance / Anthea Hucklesby -- Public/private: Women, politics and the state / Rose Pearson -- Science, medicine and reproductive technology / Stevi Jackson, Jane Prince and Pauline Young -- Language and gender / Karen Atkinson -- Feminist literary criticism / Pauline Young -- Representations of women in the media / Michele Ryan.