Women's Estate
Author(s): Juliet Mitchell
Classic statement of socialist feminism, from one of its leading thinkers
Combining the energy of the early seventies feminist movement with the perceptive analyses of the trained theorist, Woman’s Estate is one of the most influential socialist feminist statements of its time. Scrutinizing the political background of the movement, its sources and its common ground with other radical manifestations of the sixties, Woman’s Estate describes the organization of women’s liberation in Western Europe and America. In this foundational text, Mitchell locates the areas of women’s oppression in four key areas: work, reproduction, sexuality and the socialization of children. Through a close study of the modern family and a re-evaluation of Freud’s work in this field, Mitchell paints a detailed picture of patriarchy in action.
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"The quality of Mitchell's thinking is revealed by her ability both to be critical of certain aspects of the women's movement, and yet keep herself free of the bitterness and disillusion of radicals of an older generation." --Richard Sennett, New York Review of Books
Juliet Mitchell is Professor of Psychoanalysis and Gender Studies at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of "Psychoanalysis and Feminism"; "Siblings: Sex and Violence"; and "Mad Men and Medusas."
General Fields
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- : Verso Books
- : Verso Books
- : 0.367
- : November 2014
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : January 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Juliet Mitchell
- : Paperback
- : 305.42
- : 192