Introduction to feminist legal theory /
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| Author / Creator: | Chamallas, Martha. |
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| Imprint: | Gaithersburg [Md] : Aspen Law & Business, c1999. |
| Description: | xvii, 326 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3664955 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Thinking Like a Feminist
- A.. Five Opening Moves
- 1.. Women's Experience
- 2.. Implicit Male Bias
- 3.. Double Binds and Dilemmas of Difference
- 4.. Reproducing Patterns of Male Domination
- 5.. Unpacking Women's Choices
- B.. Summary
- Chapter 2. Three Stages of Feminist Legal Theory
- Chapter 3. The Equality Stage (1970s)
- A.. The Elimination of Sex-Based Classifications
- B.. Equal Access to Jobs and Education
- C.. Equality in the Family
- D.. Privacy and the Legal Regulation of Sexual Conduct
- E.. Feminist Scholarship During the Equality Stage
- F.. The Impact of Liberal Feminism on Law
- Chapter 4. The Difference Stage (1980s)
- A.. The Debate Over Equal Versus Special Treatment
- B.. The Emergence of Dominance Feminism
- C.. Cultural Feminism Meets the Law
- D.. Confronting the Dangers of Cultural Feminism
- E.. Beyond Formal Equity: The Special Case of Title IX
- F.. Feminism and Critical Legal Studies
- G.. Combining Theory and Practice: Gender Bias in the Courts
- Chapter 5. The Diversity Stage (1990s and Beyond)
- A.. Critiques of Gender Essentialism
- B.. Feminist Theories of Multiple Oppression and Multiple Perspectives
- C.. Postmodern Feminist Theories and Personal Identity
- D.. Breaking the False Dichotomy Between Agency and Victimization
- E.. Investigating White Privilege
- F.. The "Turn" to Performance
- G.. Global Feminism: Women's Rights as Human Rights
- H.. Backlash: Proliferation of Critics of Feminist Legal Theory
- 1.. Evolutionary Biology
- 2.. Victim Feminism
- 3.. The New Right-Wing Attack
- Chapter 6. Allied Intellectual Movements
- A.. Critical Race Theory
- 1.. The Theme of Cultural Domination
- 2.. Unconscious Racism and the Critique of Color-Blindness
- 3.. Perspectivity and Hate Speech
- 4.. Race as a Social Construction
- B.. Gay and Lesbian Studies
- 1.. Connecting Heterosexism to Sexism
- 2.. Analyzing the Constructs of Sex, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
- 3.. Gay Narratives and Pre-Understandings
- 4.. Construction of Group and Personal Identity
- 5.. Queer Theory and the Law
- Chapter 7. Applied Feminist Legal Scholarship--Economic Subordination of Women
- A.. The Components of Women's Economic Subordination
- B.. Tokenism, Gender Stereotyping, and Male-Dominated Work
- C.. Devaluation, Comparable Worth, and Women's Work
- D.. Household Labor and the Work/Family Conflict
- E.. Reinforcing Economic Subordination Through Tort Law
- F.. Implicit Gender Bias in the Tax Code
- Chapter 8. Applied Feminist Scholarship--Sexual Subordination of Women
- A.. Prototypes of Rape
- 1.. Strangers and Racism
- 2.. Causal Attribution, Victim Responsibility, and Rape Justification
- 3.. Commodification, Devaluation, and New Feminist Discourses
- B.. Sexual Harassment
- 1.. A Feminist Cause of Action
- 2.. Feminist Doctrinal Critiques
- 3.. Intersectionality: The Legacy of the Hill/Thomas Hearings
- 4.. Feminist Responses to Same-Sex Harassment
- C.. Domestic Violence
- 1.. Feminist Terms and Descriptions
- 2.. Prototypes of the Battered Woman: Syndromes and Self-Defense
- 3.. The Rhetoric of Privacy and Relationships: Historical Insights
- D.. Prostitution
- 1.. Two Competing Visions of Prostitution
- 2.. The Analogy to Work
- E.. Legal Prohibitions on Same-Sex Marriage
- 1.. Legal Climate for Same-Sex Marriage
- 2.. Feminist Responses to Same-Sex Marriage
- Chapter 9. Applied Feminist Scholarship--Motherhood and Reproduction
- A.. Motherhood as an Ideological Construct
- B.. Constructing Deviancy: Race, Patriarchy, and Single Motherhood
- C.. Exploring the Relationship between "Dependency" and "Privilege"
- D.. Forced Motherhood: Gender Equality and Abortion Rights
- E.. Limitations on the Right to Choose Motherhood
- Chapter 10. Conclusion
- Index