Christine Delphy |
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| Author:
| Jackson, Stevi |
| Series title: | Women of Ideas Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8039-8869-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $208.00 |
Book Description:
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Christine Delphy is a major architect of materialist feminism - a radical feminist perspective which she developed in the context of the French women′s movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In this lucid introduction to Delphy′s work, Stevi Jackson explains Delphy′s views on patriarchal exploitation, class, gender, and the institutionalization of feminism. She also recounts the key events in Delphy′s life as a feminist activist, setting her works within...
More DescriptionChristine Delphy is a major architect of materialist feminism - a radical feminist perspective which she developed in the context of the French women′s movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In this lucid introduction to Delphy′s work, Stevi Jackson explains Delphy′s views on patriarchal exploitation, class, gender, and the institutionalization of feminism. She also recounts the key events in Delphy′s life as a feminist activist, setting her works within their social and political context.