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Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Praise
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PREFACE
ONE - THE HISTORICAL CASE FOR FEMINISM
THE HISTORY OF A TERM
DEFINING FEMINISM TODAY
WHY FEAR FEMINISM?
NO TURNING BACK
PART I - BEFORE FEMINISM
TWO - GENDER AND POWER
THE EVIDENCE FOR PATRIARCHY
COMPARATIVE PATRIARCHIES: AGRICULTURAL LIFE IN AFRICA, CHINA, AND EUROPE
TOWNS, TRADE, AND MARKETS: NARROWING AND WIDENING SPHERES
CAPITALISM AND COLONIALISM
PART II - THE HISTORICAL EMERGENCE OF FEMINISMS
THREE - WOMEN’S RIGHTS, WOMEN’S WORK, AND WOMEN’S SPHERE
LIBERAL FEMINISM: EXTENDING THE RIGHTS OF MAN TO THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN
MARXISM AND SOCIALIST FEMINISM: THE ORGANIZATION OF WORKING WOMEN
WOMAN’S SPHERE: MATERNALISM, GENDER DIFFERENCE, AND RADICAL FEMINISM
Maternalism in the Americas
The Legacy of Di ference: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Virginia Woolf
FOUR - RACE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN U.S. FEMINISM
RACE AND FEMINISM, 1830–1930
RACIAL JUSTICE, 1930–1970: SEEDBED FOR SECOND-WAVE FEMINISM
THE LIMITS OF SISTERHOOD AND THE COMPLEXITIES OF IDENTITY, 1970–2000
THE FUTURE OF IDENTITY POLITICS
FIVE - THE GLOBAL STAGE AND THE POLITICS OF LOCATION
HISTORICAL LEGACIES: COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM
THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL FEMINISM
RETHINKING FEMINISM IN THE POSTCOLONIAL WORLD
REDEFINING FEMINISM
PART III - THE POLITICS OF WORK AND FAMILY
SIX - NEVER DONE: WOMEN’S DOMESTIC LABOR
THE FAMILY ECONOMY AND HOUSEHOLD LABOR
INDUSTRIALIZATION AND THE FAMILY ECONOMY
PAID DOMESTIC WORK
WOMEN ON THE STREETS
SEVEN - INDUSTRIALIZATION, WAGE LABOR, AND THE ECONOMIC GENDER GAP
FROM FACTORY GIRLS TO WORKING MOTHERS
THE GLOBAL ASSEMBLY LINE
FEMINIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL WORK
LABOR FORCE SEGREGATION AND THE WAGE GAP
EXPLAINING THE WAGE GAP
EIGHT - WORKERS AND MOTHERS: FEMINIST SOCIAL POLICIES
WOMEN AS WORKERS: LABOR POLICIES
WOMEN AS MOTHERS: FAMILY POLICIES
THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
PART IV - THE POLITICS OF HEALTH AND SEXUALITY
NINE - MEDICINE, MARKETS, AND THE FEMALE BODY
THE MEDICALIZATION OF THE FEMALE BODY
THE BODY BEAUTIFUL IN CONSUMER CULTURE
FEMINISM AND BODY POLITICS
THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION— RESISTING MARKETING
WHERE MEDICINE AND MARKETING MEET: TRIM OR FIT?
TEN - REPRODUCTION: THE POLITICS OF CHOICE
REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGIES AND FERTILITY CONTROL
REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS
COMMUNIST AND POSTCOMMUNIST REPRODUCTIVE POLITICS
WORLD POPULATION POLICY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
NEW REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
ELEVEN - SEXUALITIES, IDENTITIES, AND SELF-DETERMINATION
WORLDS OF DESIRE
THE SEXUALIZATION OF WESTERN CULTURES
THE FEMINIST RESPONSE TO SEXUALIZATION
RESISTING AND EXPANDING WESTERN SEXUALITIES
PERSISTENT DANGERS: FEMINISTS DEBATE PORNOGRAPHY AND SEX WORK
TWELVE - GENDER AND VIOLENCE
RAPE: FROM FORCE TO RIGHTS
EXPANDING THE DEFINITION: SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Domestic Violence
THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN
PART V - FEMINIST VISIONS AND STRATEGIES
THIRTEEN - NEW WORDS AND IMAGES: WOMEN’S CREATIVITY AS FEMINIST PRACTICE
LANGUAGE AND GENDER
RECLAIMING LANGUAGE: TOWARD A FEMINIST VOICE
HAVE THERE BEEN NO GREAT WOMEN ARTISTS?
IN SEARCH OF FEMINIST AESTHETICS
THE POLITICS OF CREATIVITY
FOURTEEN - NO TURNING BACK: WOMEN AND POLITICS
FEMALE CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF MATERNALISM
GENDER CONSCIOUSNESS AND FEMINIST MOVEMENTS
WHEN WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS: INTEGRATING AND CHALLENGING POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POLITICS BEYOND GOVERNMENT
NO TURNING BACK
APPENDIX A: - YEAR WOMEN GRANTED RIGHT TO VOTE, 1890–2001
APPENDIX B: - PERCENTAGE OF ADULT WOMEN IN U.S. PAID LABOR FORCE BY ETHNICITY/RACE, 1900–2000
APPENDIX C: - PERCENTAGE OF ADULT WOMEN IN U.S. PAID LABOR FORCE BY MARITAL STATUS AND PRESENCE OF CHILDREN, 1970–1999
APPENDIX D: - WOMEN IN THE WORLD LABOR FORCE, 1970–1997
APPENDIX E : - FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY AND FERTILITY RATES FOR SELECTED COUNTRIES, 2000
APPENDIX F: - PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS* 1975, 1999
APPENDIX G : - WOMEN IN POLITICAL OFFICE, UNITED STATES, 1980, 2001
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