Contemporary Australian Feminism (2e)

Kate Hughes, Victoria University
Title Contemporary Australian Feminism
Edition 2nd
ISBN 9780582808713
ISBN 10 0582808715
Published 30/12/1996
Published by Pearson Australia
Pages
Format Paperback
Available on demand
 
Total Price $69.95 Add to Cart
Description
This is the new version of Contemporary Australian Feminism, a leading introductory textbook for students of women's studies. This will be the most up to date textbook available on Australian feminism.
Table of contents
  1. Recreating the Wheel? 'Third Wave Feminisms and young women. Kate Pritchard Hughes
  2. Who is an Australian Women? Sevgi Kilic
  3. The Body Politic. Annette Corrigan and Denise Meredyth
  4. Sex and Sexualities. Wei Leng Kwok
  5. Feminity and Culture: Some Notes on the Gendering of Women in Australia. Barbara Brook
  6. Women and the Environment. Lesley Instone
  7. The Ideology of the Family: Women, Family and Ideology in Three Australian Contexts. Lyn Richards
  8. Gender Roles in Contemporary Australia. Michael Gilding
  9. Feminism and the Health Movement. Deborah Saltman
  10. Technology and Progress - the Feminine Drive. Carmel Shute
  11. International and Sustainable Development. Jeannie Rea
  12. Women's Working Lives. Belinda Probert
  13. Law, The Legal System and Social Justice. Padma Ragman
New to this edition

 Due to market demand the book includes new chapters on:

  • Third Wave Feminism
  • Sex and Sexualities
  • Women and the Environment
  • Feminism and the Health Movement
  • Technology and Progress
  •  International and Sustainable Development
  • Law, the Legal System and Social Justice.

This is be the most up to date textbook available on Australian feminism.

 

Author biography
  • Kate Pritchard Hughes is Lecturer in the Department of Social and Cultural Studies at the Victoria University of Technology.