Womankind: Beyond the Stereotypes by Reeves, Nancy - 12/15/1982 12:00:01

UsedVeryGood. Cover has minor wear. Clean pages.

Routledge, 1982-12-15. Paperback. Like New. 0.5315 9.2205 6.0394. Brand New! Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Never opened! No signs of wear.

Aldine Transaction, 1982-12-31. Paperback. Good.

Aldine Publishing Company, 1982. Trade Paperback. 188 pages. First published in 1971. This edition with a new preface and introduction by the author, and a new chapter. Outdated content has been omitted. Minor edge wear else a fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Inscribed by the author on the half-title: 'To Stephen Jay Gould / with respect / Nancy Reeves.' From the Harvard office library of the paleontologist and leading advocate for evolution, Stephen Jay Gould. A stereotype can be defined as a rendering by consensus. Since WOMANKIND: BEYOND THE STEREOTYPES first appeared in 1971, a turbulent decade has passed. In launching a new edition after such an interval, it seems appropriate to ask how far society has moved: be-yond the stereotypes. Such motion is a critical gauge of the status of women, for the power to define can also be the power to destroy; as long as the second sex is culturally prepackaged, its biographical destiny will be preprogrammed and perilous. Looking backward then to 1971, it… Read More

New. A stereotype can be defined as a rendering by consensus. Since WOMANKIND: BEYOND THE STEREOTYPES first appeared in 1971, a turbulent decade has passed. In launching a new edition after such an interval, it seems appropriate to ask how far society has moved: be-yond the stereotypes. Such motion is a critical gauge of the status of women, for the power to define can also be the power to destroy; as long as the second sex is culturally prepackaged, its biographical destiny will be preprogrammed and perilous. Looking backward then to 1971, it is clear that the liberation movement has affected consciousness; it has even subverted received doctrine. On the other hand, the stereotypes have not disappeared; they have simply gone underground. At the explicit level, one can point to new patterns; at the implicit level, traditional definitions persist, and continue to be both determinative and destructive. Actualizing the architecture of this book, I set out to examine fixed positions related to a)… Read More

Aldine De Gruyter, 1983. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 188 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.50 inches.

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Aldine De Gruyter, 1983. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 188 pages. 9.50x6.00x0.50 inches.

Routledge. Paperback. New. 9x6x0. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing