French Feminisms: Gender And Violence In Contemporary Theory

by Gill Allwood

In this text, Gill Allwood explores theories of masculinity emerging from French feminist theories of gender and from French feminist practice concerning violence towards women, highlighting both the commonalities and the specificities of the French case. She discusses the particular concern of French theorists with seduction, their rejection of the term "gender" and the centrality of the difference debate.; In the first part of the book, Allwood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857288033
• ISBN13: 9781857288032
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.2" x 6.1"