Theorizing Patriarchy

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By Sylvia Walby

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Theorizing Patriarchy by Sylvia Walby explores major theoretical debates including Marxism, feminism in its various forms, post-structuralism, and dual systems theory. Walby applies these theories to topics such as paid work, housework, state power, culture, sexuality, and violence, informed by contemporary empirical research. She argues that patriarchy has evolved alongside changes in women's social positions, sometimes turning progress into new constraints. Combining class analysis with radical feminist theory, Walby offers a nuanced explanation of gender relations shaped by both patriarchal and capitalist systems.
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This book is suited for students, scholars, and readers interested in gender studies, sociology, feminist theory, and social structure analysis.

Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates -- Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post--structuralism and dual systems theory. She shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics from paid work, housework and the state, to culture, sexuality and violence, relying on the most up--to--date empirical findings.

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Theorizing Patriarchy by Sylvia Walby provides an overview of recent theoretical debates, including Marxism, radical and liberal feminism, post-structuralism, and dual systems theory. Walby shows how each can be applied to a range of substantive topics such as paid work, housework, and the state, as well as culture, sexuality, and violence. She relies on the most up-to-date empirical findings to support her analysis.

Arguing that patriarchy has been vigorously adaptable to the changes in women's position, and that some of women's hard-won social gains have been transformed into new traps, Walby proposes a combination of class analysis with radical feminist theory. This blend aims to explain gender relations in terms of both patriarchal and capitalist structures.

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Praised for its depth, Theorizing Patriarchy has been described as a "powerful and stimulating demonstration of the centrality of patriarchy to social structure and historical analysis" by Gillian Rose of Queen Mary College, London. Mary Maynard of the University of York recognises Walby's work as having "undoubtedly broken the stalemate in theorizing about patriarchy."

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ISBN: 9780631147695

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 January 1990

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 369g

Pages: 240

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About the Author

Sylvia Walby has been involved in developing Women's Studies courses nationally and in Europe, and is founding Director of Women's Studies Research Centre at Lancaster. She is the author of several books.

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