ISBN:
9780789004826
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (269 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Women, Families, and Feminist Politics : A Global Exploration
DDC:
305.42
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Women and their roles within families must be understood within the context of ethnic traditions, religion, and culture. Women, Families, and Feminist Politics: A Global Exploration combines all of these aspects to evaluate the similarities and differences of women around the world. Readers will learn about diverse theories relating to women and their familial roles, the different categories of feminism, and how cultures and ethnic traditions shape and sometimes restrict a woman's identity. Using feminist and sociocultural theories to critically examine the role of adult women within their fam
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Introduction; Women, Cultural Change, and Cultural Debate; Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and the Feminist Perspective; The Promise of Global Feminism; Challenges to Global Feminism; The Realities of Women Connecting to Women; Overview of Chapters; Key Words; Chapter 1. Marriage and Family Formation; Do ""Masculine"" and ""Feminine"" Roles Create Inequality Within Marriage Relationships?; The Impact of Age on Marital Patterns; How Are Bride-Prices/Wealth and Dowries Related to Women's Marital Experience?
Description / Table of Contents:
Meeting Mr. RightMarriage Rites and Ceremonies; What Does Love Have to Do with It?; Marital Dissolution: Has Liberal Divorce Legislation Helped or Harmed Women?; Remarriage; Summary; Key Words; Chapter 2. Diversity Within Family Formation; Defining Families; Simple Households; Intercultural, Interracial, and Interreligous Coupling; Multiple-Family Households; Vertical and Horizontal Complexity Within Family Life; Summary; Key Words; Chapter 3. Population, Reproduction, Sexuality and Women's Status; How Are Women's Lives Connected to the Population Explosion?
Description / Table of Contents:
What Are the Consequences of Unchecked Population?Cultural Norms, Gender Roles, and Fertility; What Is the Relationship Between Women's Status and Fertility?; The Diversity and Controversy of Sexual Norms; Sexual Scripts Cross-Culturally; Are Private Choices About Sexuality and Fertility Affected by Religious Ideals?; Islam: A Case Study; Sexuality, Feminism, and Reproductive Technology: Historical Roots; The Evolution of International Population Conferences; The 1994 Conference; National Population Policies and Women's Lives; Providing Effective Family Planning Programs
Description / Table of Contents:
Successful Programs Designed for and by WomenSummary; Key Words; Chapter 4. Women and Work Worldwide; Women's Work; Real Work and Perceptions of Work; Including Women in International Economic Activity; The Global Assembly Line; Women's Official Labor Force Participation; Balancing Work and Family; Educational and Training Inequities; Higher Education; Role Models in Education; Gender Segregation of the Labor Force; Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination; Encouraging Trends; Future Challenges; Summary; Key Words; Chapter 5. Women and Health Care; Introduction; Case Studies
Description / Table of Contents:
Health Care for Zimbabwean WomenHealth Care in Norway; Women and Health Care in Cuba; Responding to Women's Health Needs; Summary; Key Words; Chapter 6. Women and Violence; What Is the Relationship Between Ideology, Gender, and Violence?; Do the Roles Women Assume During War Lead to Liberation?; How Do the Economics of War Affect Women?; Women's Lives Destroyed by War; What Conditions Face Women Refugees?; Why Do Men Rape During Wartime?; How Does Prostitution Contribute to Gender Violence During Wartime?; Female Sexual Slavery: Prostitution and Sex Tourism
Description / Table of Contents:
How Has Global Economic Inequality Contributed to Sex Tourism and Trafficking in Women?
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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