Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law
by MacKinnon, Catharine A
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 067429873X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674298736
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About This Item
Harvard University Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover book with, neither ex-library nor marked as a remainder. Dust jacket has light wear. Binding is strong and all signatures are intact. Pastedowns and endpapers are neat and tidy. Text block is free of markings and highlighting. All leaves are intact; no dog-ears or creased corners. 315 pp. <br /><br />Catharine A. MacKinnon, noted feminist and legal scholar, explores and develops her original theories and practical proposals on sexual politics and law. These discourses, originally delivered as speeches, have been brilliantly woven into a book that retains all the spontaneity and accessibility of a live presentation. MacKinnon offers a unique retrospective on the law of sexual harassment, which she designed and has worked for a decade to establish, and a prospectus on the law of pornography, which she proposes to change in the next ten years. Authentic in voice, sweeping in scope, startling in clarity, urgent, never compromised and often visionary, these discourses advance a new theory of sex inequality and imagine new possibilities for social change. <br /><br />Through these engaged works on issues such as rape, abortion, athletics, sexual harassment, and pornography, MacKinnon seeks feminism on its own terms, unconstrained by the limits of prior traditions. She argues that viewing gender as a matter of sameness and difference--as virtually all existing theory and law have done--covers up the reality of gender, which is a system of social hierarchy, an imposed inequality of power. She reveals a political system of male dominance and female subordination that sexualizes power for men and powerlessness for women. She analyzes the failure of organized feminism, particularly legal feminism, to alter this condition, exposing the way male supremacy gives women a survival stake in the system that destroys them. Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.
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- grinninglion (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 430579
- Title
- Feminism Unmodified: Discourses on Life and Law
- Author
- MacKinnon, Catharine A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 067429873X
- ISBN 13
- 9780674298736
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Ma, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1987
- X weight
- 32 oz
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