Damned Whores and God's PoliceFeminist perspective first published in 1975 of how Australia's history and culture have limited women's roles in society. A new introduction discusses changes relevant to each original chapter and comments on issues still requiring change. The final chapter of the first edition, an attempt to look into the future, is replaced with an analysis of the women's movement from 1975-93. Summers is a former consultant to Prime Minister Paul Keating's Office for the Status of Women and currently editor of 'Good Weekend' magazine. |
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... Australian society or the position of women therein . Accordingly , I want to explain in some detail what I have attempted to do , and what some of my major premises are . Since most books about Australia totally ignore women , or at ...
... Australian society or the position of women therein . Accordingly , I want to explain in some detail what I have attempted to do , and what some of my major premises are . Since most books about Australia totally ignore women , or at ...
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... Australian society or the position of women therein . Accordingly , I want to explain in some detail what I have attempted to do , and what some of my major premises are . Since most books about Australia totally ignore women , or at ...
... Australian society or the position of women therein . Accordingly , I want to explain in some detail what I have attempted to do , and what some of my major premises are . Since most books about Australia totally ignore women , or at ...
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... society . The third method - the token fragment is by no means common in this country . A search of the indexes of book after book of Australian ... Australian Legend ( Mel- bourne , 1958 ) is one , and any book concerned with Australia prior ...
... society . The third method - the token fragment is by no means common in this country . A search of the indexes of book after book of Australian ... Australian Legend ( Mel- bourne , 1958 ) is one , and any book concerned with Australia prior ...
Contents
Introduction to the New Edition | 1 |
Introduction | 59 |
PART ONE THE NEXUS OF OPPRESSION | 75 |
Copyright | |
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