| Description |
x, 614 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Pt I. Concepts and collage. 1. Premise and apologia -- 2. Conceptualizing the female world -- 3. A collage. Pt II. Stations and spheres. 4. Stations and spheres -- 5. Inside women's sphere. Pt III. Social structure of the female world. 6. Age and the subworlds of children and girls -- 7. Marital status structure of the female world -- 8. Status dimension of social class -- 9. Socioeconomic status in the female world -- 10. Social class structure of the female world -- 11. Social class in the female world : cases in point -- Pt IV. Group structure of the female world. 12. Kinship, network, and friendship groups -- 13. Groups, associations, collective behavior in the female world -- 14. Structural faultlines -- 15. Issue-related faultlines. Pt V. Culture of the female world. 16. Language : words and deeds -- 17. Household technologies -- 18. "Culture" in the female world : the literary and fine arts -- 19. Popular and folk culture -- 20. Ethos of the female world : eros -- 21. Ethos of the female world : agape -- 22. Ethos of the female world : challenge and change. Pt VI. The economy, the polity, and the female world. 23. The female world and the economy -- 24. The female world and the polity -- 25. Relating the two worlds |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 557-594. |
| Subject |
Women -- Psychology.
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Women -- Social conditions.
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| ISBN |
0029030005 |
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