Matricentric feminism;theory, activism, practice.

Matricentric feminism;theory, activism, practice.

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Imprint:BRADFORD : DEMETER Press, 2016.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Subject:Feminist theory.
Feminism.
Mothers.
Motherhood.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Feminism.
Feminist theory.
Motherhood.
Mothers.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11833742
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ISBN:1772580929
9781772580921
9781772580907
1772580902
Summary:The book argues that the category of mother is distinct from the category of woman, and that many of the problems mothers face--social, economic, political, cultural, psychological, and so forth--are specific to women's role and identity as mothers. Indeed, mothers are oppressed under patriarchy as women and as mothers. Consequently, mothers need a feminism of their own, one that positions mothers' concerns as the starting point for a theory and politic of empowerment. O'Reilly terms this new mode of feminism matricentic feminism and the book explores how it is represented and experienced in t.

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