Defining females
Subtitle: the nature of women in society
By: edited by Shirley Ardener
Contributors: Ardener, Shirley.; University of Oxford. Women's Studies Committee.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1978
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Women -- Physiology -- Addresses, essays, lectures.; Women -- Social conditions -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Notes: CONTENTS: Hastrup, K. The semantics of biology: virginity. -- Hirschon, R. Open body/closed space: the transformation of female sexuality. -- Humphrey, C. Women, taboo, and the suppression of attention. -- Okely, J. Privileged schooled, and finished: boarding education for girls. -- James, W. Matrifocus on African women. -- Callaway, H. The most essentially female function of all: giving birth. -- Newcombe, F. and Ratcliffe, G. The female brain. -- Callan. H. Harems and overlords. *** Includes bibliographies and indexes.

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