Women, Power and Resistance

Introduction

Part one: The social organization of gender relations

Women, "the family" and families
Romantic love and power
Paid work in women's lives
continuity and change
The gendering of educational organizations
The church
egality or patriarchy?
Women in Buddhism revisited

Part two: The cultural representation of women

Fairytales
revising the tradition
Reframing resistance
the representation of women in the visual arts
Autobiography, gender and race
Maya Angelou's 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
Women in film
Scarlett O'Hara and Orlando
"This is Your Life!"
Religious representations of women
Constructions of women and/in the Orient

Part three: Gender and social identity

Motherhood and identity
Gender values and identity
Carol Gilligan's work on women's moral development
Sexual constructions and lesbian identity
Femininity, sexuality and identity in law
Racism and feminism
white women, power and resistance
Community and resistance
Muslim women in contemporary societies

Part four: Women and political change

The women's movement in Britain from the 1860s to the 1980s
Feminist activism
continuity and change
They do not dance alone
the women's movement in Latin America
Women and political power in Britain in the 1990s
Ecofeminism and the invaluable tool of despair-and-empowerment work
Notes on Contributors
Index.

Women, Power and Resistance is an accessible introductory book on Women's Studies. It is divided into interdisciplinary sections covering key aspects and major debates, centering on four main areas:

The Social Organization of Gender Relations

The Cultural Representation of Women

Gender and Social Identity