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The Gender of Power

By Kathy Davis (Editor), Monique Leijenaar (Editor), Jantine Oldersma (Editor)
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By Kathy Davis (Editor), Monique Leijenaar (Editor), Jantine Oldersma (Editor)
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Drawing on feminist theories of women's oppression and on social theories of power, this book offers original analyses of the relationship between gender and power.

The Gender of Power presents a critique of feminist theories of power as simply top-down models of the oppression of women. The authors argue that this notion presents women as passive victims and ignores the diversity and complexity of women's experiences. The ideas on power of Bourdieu, Giddens, Lukes and Foucault are also eval...

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Social SciencesSocial Sciences - General & MiscellaneousWomen's StudiesFeminismPower - Social SciencesFeminism & Feminist Theory