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7 avril 2022
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Everest Media LLC
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Women And Economics (Unabridged)
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, most famous for her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," wrote Women and Economics in 1898, at a time when the roles of women in society were already undergoing radical change: women were entering the work force in large numbers, the suffrage movement was agitating for the vote, and young women were looking for a new definition of their place other than as a wife or mother.
The book takes the position that humans are the only species in which the female depends on the male for her survival, and that this arrangement must change for the human race to continue to be successful. Gilman argues for the evolution of marriage, family, home life, and what she calls the sexuoeconomic relationship between men and women.
Although she was in demand as a lecturer and writer, Women and Economics was the first booklength work to consolidate her views. As a feminist text, it's significant not necessarily for its profundity or for its appeal for women's rights, but rather for its application of social Darwinism, espousing the theory that the roles played by women inevitably evolve and that the gendered division of labor produces warped human beings of both sexes. Its popularity was also helped by its accessibility-as one of her critics stated, "it stirs no deep reverberations of the soul ... but you can quote it, and remember its points."
As suffragism progressed and first wave feminism began to fade, Gilman's ideas were somewhat forgotten. But as feminism resurged in the 1960s, her work was rediscovered and interest rebounded in this groundbreaking feminist who played an important role in shaping public opinion, disseminating radical ideas, and encouraging women (and men) to change their thinking about gender roles.
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman, most famous for her short story "The Yellow Wallpaper," wrote Women and Economics in 1898, at a time when the roles of women in society were already undergoing radical change: women were entering the work force in large numbers, the suffrage movement was agitating for the vote, and young women were looking for a new definition of their place other than as a wife or mother.
The book takes the position that humans are the only species in which the female depends on the male for her survival, and that this arrangement must change for the human race to continue to be successful. Gilman argues for the evolution of marriage, family, home life, and what she calls the sexuoeconomic relationship between men and women.
Although she was in demand as a lecturer and writer, Women and Economics was the first booklength work to consolidate her views. As a feminist text, it's significant not necessarily for its profundity or for its appeal for women's rights, but rather for its application of social Darwinism, espousing the theory that the roles played by women inevitably evolve and that the gendered division of labor produces warped human beings of both sexes. Its popularity was also helped by its accessibility-as one of her critics stated, "it stirs no deep reverberations of the soul ... but you can quote it, and remember its points."
As suffragism progressed and first wave feminism began to fade, Gilman's ideas were somewhat forgotten. But as feminism resurged in the 1960s, her work was rediscovered and interest rebounded in this groundbreaking feminist who played an important role in shaping public opinion, disseminating radical ideas, and encouraging women (and men) to change their thinking about gender roles.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935) fut une figure majeure du féminisme américain, écrivaine, sociologue et militante pour les droits des femmes. Son œuvre, marquée par son engagement, explore les inégalités de genre et les normes sociales oppressives. *The Yellow Wallpaper*, inspiré de sa propre expérience de la « cure de repos », reste son texte le plus célèbre et un pilier de la littérature féministe. Gilman a aussi écrit des essais, des poèmes, et des utopies, comme *Herland*, où elle imagine une société entièrement féminine.
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Date de parution
7 avril 2022
Éditeur
Everest Media LLC
Caractéristiques techniques
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Anglais
Duration
07:27:55
Taille du fichier
660.5 MB
ISBN 13
9781669371120
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