An edition of The creation of patriarchy (1986)

Die Entstehung des Patriarchats.

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An edition of The creation of patriarchy (1986)

Die Entstehung des Patriarchats.

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"A major new work by a leading historian and pioneer in women's studies, The Creation of Patriarchy is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not "natural" or biological, but the product of an historical development begun in the second millennium B.C. in the Ancient Near East. As patriarchy as a system of organizing society was established historically, she contends, it can also be ended by the historical process. Focusing on the contradiction between women's central role in creating society and their marginality in the meaning-giving process of definition and interpretation, Lerner explores such fascinating questions as: What can account for women's exclusion from the historical process? What could explain the long delay--more than 3,500 years--in women's coming to consciousness of their own subordinate position? She goes back to the cultures of the earliest known civilizations--those of the ancient Near East--to discover the origins of the major gender metaphors of Western civilization. Using historical, literary, archaeological, and artistic evidence, she then traces the development of these ideas, symbols, and metaphors and their incorporation into Western civilization as the basis of patriarchal gender relations."--Publisher description.

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Dtv
Language
German
Pages
374

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Cover of: La creación del patriarcado
La creación del patriarcado
Jun 16, 2017, Katakrak
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Cover of: Die Entstehung des Patriarchats.
Die Entstehung des Patriarchats.
February 1, 1997, Dtv
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Cover of: The creation of patriarchy
The creation of patriarchy
1986, Oxford University Press
Cover of: The creation of patriarchy
The creation of patriarchy
1986, Oxford University Press
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The creation of patriarchy
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Paperback
Number of pages
374

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OL12698895M
ISBN 10
3423047100
ISBN 13
9783423047104
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37434

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