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Less noble sex : scientific, religious, and philosophical conceptions of woman's nature

Author:Nancy Tuana

Summary:Provides a framework for understanding the persistence of the Western view of woman as inferior.

Print Book, English, 1993

Edition:Pap View all formats and editions

Publisher: Press, 1993

Genre:History

ISBN:

9780253208309, 0253208300

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:1020223980

Subjects:

Feminist theory

Femme (Philosophie) Histoire

Sexism in science

Sexism in science History

Sexisme dans les sciences Histoire

Théorie féministe

Woman (Philosophy)

Woman (Philosophy) History

Contents:

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsI. Between Man and Animal1. In the Beginning2. The Misbegotten ManII. The Weaker Vessel3. Not in God's Image4. The Less Noble Sex5. The Hysteria of WomanIII. Creativity's Soil6. Children of the Gods7. The Weaker SeedIV. The Beautiful Evil8. In Man's ControlPostscriptNotesBibliographyIndex

Notes:

Indiana University Press, 1993