Regulating Womanhood
by Carol Smart
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This collection of original essays looks at a topic of growing interest and debate in feminist and historical circles: the social regulation of women through law during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the resistance which emerged in response. The collection refutes the notion of women oppressed during the 19th century, unable to act in opposition to the law. When issues of motherhood and women's sexuality became areas of public policy, women began to negotiate the law, as case studies from show more Europe and the USA show. This book should be of interest to students of women's studies, sociology of law, and social policy. show lessTags
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Carol Smart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester.
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- Nonfiction, Sexuality and Gender Studies, Politics and Government, History
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- 305.42 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women Social role and status of women
- LCC
- HQ1236 .R43 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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