Women and social class
Subtitle: international feminist perspectives
By: edited by Christine Zmroczek and Pat Mahony
Contributors: Mahony, Pat; Zmroczek, Christine
Series: Women & social class; Women & social class
Publisher: UCL Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Women -- Social conditions; Social classes; Feminist theory
Description: This volume presents debates on class within an international context. Its particular focus is on women's theorized experience of social class from a variety of feminist perspectives, contextualized in relation to the countries and regions in which they live. Using personal experience as a basis, contributors cover Australia, Bangladesh, Botswana, Britain, Canada, Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, India, Israel, Korea, New Zealand, Poland, and the USA - iluminating the differences and similarities between regions.; Challenging the view that "class is dead" as well as the idea that it is a British phenomenon, the book argues that class needs to be regarded as a key concept in any attempt to understand women's lives. It also reflects on personal and political experiences of class around the world in order to understand the mechanisms through which class discrimination operates and is mediated by gender, sexuality, ethnicity and racism.--