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Our Androcentric Culture

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""Our Androcentric Culture"" is a thought-provoking book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In this book, Gilman examines the ways in which our society is centered around men and masculinity, and how this affects women and their place in the world. Gilman argues that our culture has been shaped by a male-dominated perspective, which has resulted in women being marginalized and undervalued. She explores various aspects of our culture, including language, literature, education, and religion, and shows how they reflect and reinforce the androcentric bias. Gilman also offers suggestions for how we can work to create a more equal and inclusive society, one that values and respects women and their contributions. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in gender studies, feminism, and social justice.In the many books about women it is, naturally, their femaleness that has been studied and enlarged upon. And though women, after thousands of years of such discussion, have become a little restive under the constant use of the word female: men, as rational beings, should not object to an analogous study--at least not for some time--a few centuries or so.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781162678139
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 120
  • Udgivet:
  • 10. september 2010
  • Størrelse:
  • 191x235x6 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 218 g.
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 20. december 2024
Forlænget returret til d. 31. januar 2025

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""Our Androcentric Culture"" is a thought-provoking book written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In this book, Gilman examines the ways in which our society is centered around men and masculinity, and how this affects women and their place in the world. Gilman argues that our culture has been shaped by a male-dominated perspective, which has resulted in women being marginalized and undervalued. She explores various aspects of our culture, including language, literature, education, and religion, and shows how they reflect and reinforce the androcentric bias. Gilman also offers suggestions for how we can work to create a more equal and inclusive society, one that values and respects women and their contributions. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in gender studies, feminism, and social justice.In the many books about women it is, naturally, their femaleness that has been studied and enlarged upon. And though women, after thousands of years of such discussion, have become a little restive under the constant use of the word female: men, as rational beings, should not object to an analogous study--at least not for some time--a few centuries or so.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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