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Half The Sky: An Introduction to Women's Studies
'Women hold up half the sky' - Chinese proverb
HALF THE SKY introduces over two hundred extracts spanning more than three centuries of feminist thought and action. Drawn from an enormously wide range of sources, some famous, some little known and difficult to find, the selections include material from history, sociology, fiction, literary criticism, poetry, anthropology, psychology, art history, articles from newspapers, journals and government reports. The reader will find here writings from Simone de Beauvoir, Mrs Beeton, Anna Coote, Leonore Davidoff, Margaret Llewelyn Davies, Christine Delphy, Emily Dickinson, Leslie Fiedler, Shulamith Firestone, Germaine Greer, Karl Marx, Margaret Mead, Juliet Mitchell, Anne Oakley, Ivy Pinchbeck, Sylvia Plath, Sheila Rowbotham, Dora Russell, John Ruskin, Marie Stopes, Jill Tweedie, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Yonge - but this is only a small selection. These, and hundreds more, together comprise an interdisciplinary anthology, the first of its kind, invaluable for students, teachers and the general reader.
Nine women who have been teaching women's studies for some years have produced this collection of materials for teaching and reading together with a discussion of the delights and problems of running courses and practical suggestions for those who want to start them. Each chapter develops a theme on a central area of women's lives - childhood; education; sexuality, physical and mental health; marriage and motherhood; work; creativity, with linking passages and extensive suggestions for further reading. The issues raised in each chapter are related to the changing social and political position of women. With a comprehensive bibliography and resources section, Half the Sky is a vital source book for use in schools, further and adult education classes, polytechnics and universities.
HALF THE SKY introduces over two hundred extracts spanning more than three centuries of feminist thought and action. Drawn from an enormously wide range of sources, some famous, some little known and difficult to find, the selections include material from history, sociology, fiction, literary criticism, poetry, anthropology, psychology, art history, articles from newspapers, journals and government reports. The reader will find here writings from Simone de Beauvoir, Mrs Beeton, Anna Coote, Leonore Davidoff, Margaret Llewelyn Davies, Christine Delphy, Emily Dickinson, Leslie Fiedler, Shulamith Firestone, Germaine Greer, Karl Marx, Margaret Mead, Juliet Mitchell, Anne Oakley, Ivy Pinchbeck, Sylvia Plath, Sheila Rowbotham, Dora Russell, John Ruskin, Marie Stopes, Jill Tweedie, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Yonge - but this is only a small selection. These, and hundreds more, together comprise an interdisciplinary anthology, the first of its kind, invaluable for students, teachers and the general reader.
Nine women who have been teaching women's studies for some years have produced this collection of materials for teaching and reading together with a discussion of the delights and problems of running courses and practical suggestions for those who want to start them. Each chapter develops a theme on a central area of women's lives - childhood; education; sexuality, physical and mental health; marriage and motherhood; work; creativity, with linking passages and extensive suggestions for further reading. The issues raised in each chapter are related to the changing social and political position of women. With a comprehensive bibliography and resources section, Half the Sky is a vital source book for use in schools, further and adult education classes, polytechnics and universities.
306 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1979
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September 29, 2010
THis is a study of the dire conditions of women throughout the world. It does contain inspiring stories of women who have overcome the obstacles and started projects to enable other women to do so as well.
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