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The Creation of Patriarchy is a non-fiction book written by Gerda Lerner in 1986 as an explanation for the origins of misogyny in ancient Mesopotamia and the following Western societies. She traces the "images, metaphors, [and] myths" that lead to patriarchal concepts' existence in Western society (Lerner 10).
First edition. Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America is a book published in 2011 through Yale University Press written by the American MSNBC television host, feminist, and professor of Politics and African American Studies at Tulane University, Melissa Harris-Perry. [1]
The Gender Knot: Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy is a 1997 book by Allan G. Johnson. [1] Johnson explains and addresses the concept of patriarchy and how it deeply affects the lives of both men and women.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong is a 1995 book by James W. Loewen that critically examines twelve popular American high school history textbooks. [1] In the book, Loewen concludes that the textbook authors propagate false, Eurocentric , and mythologized views of American history .
EXTRACT: In her first book, Maya Oppenheim explores scandalous statistics and distressing anecdotes to educate and embolden readers to challenge injustice
Nevertheless, his review was generally positive: " [Hook's] recollections of her own family experiences and growing up black in America reflect extraordinary insight into both our cultural frailties and our potential. Readers interested in black cultural issues from a feminist perspective will enjoy this book." [15]
As a result of the men's dependence on women's labour, concessions are made in the form of wages and land. "Classic patriarchy" is contrasted as the opposite end of the continuum. In classic patriarchy the women's conventional navigation of patriarchy follows a cyclical pattern of patriarchal bargaining; a woman enters her husband's domain ...
Specializing in political and feminist theory; class, sex, and race politics; and construction of gender, [1] Eisenstein is the author of twelve books and editor of the 1978 collection Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism, which published the Combahee River Collective statement. [2]