Woman Herself: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Women's Identity

by Robyn Rowland

This introductory women's studies text synthesizes ideas from a variety of disciplines to explore the simultaneously political, social, and personal topic of how patriarchal society has imposed an inferior identity upon women. Rowland argues that this negative identity reinforces differences between the sexes and relegates women to a position of "other," where they function as a service class for men. Coinciding with the most recent threats to women's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195544757
• ISBN13: 9780195544756
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.5"