Beyond the Public/Domestic Dichotomy: Contemporary Perspectives on Women's Public Lives

by Janet Sharistanian

Overview

The eight essays in this volume explore the public, or extra-domestic, lives of women, examining the connections between their activities in the public and private domains. The purpose underlying this theme is twofold: first, to counteract the common tendency to ignore the influence of women outside of the home, and second, to test some generalizations about women's status and social roles which have developed from feminist scholarship. Taking as a starting point the model of cultural anthropologist Michelle Z. Rosaldo, which suggests that asymmetry between the roles of men and women stems not from biology but from social custom, the contributors go on to discuss and question various aspects of this theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313257681
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/21/1987
Series:	Contributions in Women's Studies , #78
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

JANET SHARISTANIAN is Associate Professor of English and former Director of the Research Institute on Women at the University of Kansas.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Women's Lives in the Domestic and Public Spheres by Janet Sharistanian
Women, Organizations and Power by Carlton Cann
Early Employment Patterns of Chicago Area Women: Initial Patterns of Labor Force Entry and Exit by Cheryl Allyn Miller
Adaptive Strategies of Recent Korean Immigrant Women in Hawaii by Alice Yun Chai
Understanding Re-entry Women: A Developmental Approach by Eileen Brennan
The Re-entry Graduate Woman: Interactive Perspectives on Her Transistion Into Public Life by Nancy Bramley Hiebert
Women's Social and Sexual Devaluation of Women by Jeanne F. Neath
Conclusion: The Public/Domestic Model and the Study of Contemporary Women's Lives by Janet Sharistanian
Bibliographical Essay by Janet Sharistanian
Index
Contributors