The categories of public and private have been at the centre of feminist theory for the past three decades. Focusing on the gendered relations of sexuality and the body, family life and democratic citizenship, feminists have redirected public debate on questions of privacy and publicity. They have challenged leading theories of the public sphere, adding immeasurably to the historical and cross-cultural understanding of public and private life, from the rise of liberal and democratic institutions in the 18th and 19th centuries to today's media-saturated public sphere. This volume presents the results of this multi-disciplinary feminist exploration. Contributors demonstrate the significance of the public/private distinction in feminist theory, its articulation in the modern and late modern public sphere, and its impact on identity politics within feminism in recent years.
- ISBN10 0198752024
- ISBN13 9780198752028
- Publish Date March 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 August 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 500
- Language English