Australian feminism
Subtitle: a companion
By: general editor, Barbara Caine ; editors, Moira Gatens ... [et al.].
Contributors: Caine, Barbara.; Gatens, Moira.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Melbourne; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 607
Subjects: Feminism -- Australia.; Feminist theory -- Australia.; Women -- Australia -- Social conditions.; Feminism -- Political aspects -- Australia.
Description: "Australian Feminism: A Companion covers feminist theory, politics, and scholarship, feminist involvement in many facets of government and welfare, and feminist approaches to culture and to daily life. It provides both general and specialist readers with information concerning every aspect of the development of feminism in Australia. The distinctive features of Australian feminism, including its diversity, its engagement with the state, its openness to new ideas, and its connections with ideas and developments overseas, are fully explored."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.