Gender and Culture by Anne Phillips (2010, Trade Paperback)

Polity Press

0745648002

9780745648002

77836924

Anne Phillips

Gender and Culture

Trade Paperback

English

2010

Textbook

192 Pages

9in

0.6in

6in

9.6 Oz

Hq1237

"[Phillips] draws attention to a whole new set of questions about the relationship between gender and culture and provides directions for future research in this area." Political Studies Review "Anne Phillips's work demonstrates the exhilaration and importance of sustained critique. This insightful work is the latest contribution in her deft and decisive critiques of multiculturalism. It lays out the moral, philosophical and practical grounds at stake in tackling the intractable Gordian knot of gender and culture. It raises all our hopes and forces us to rethink the most settled of positions." Henrietta Moore, London School of Economics

Acknowledgements vi 1 Introduction 1 2 Multiculturalism, universalism and the claims of democracy 16 3 Dilemmas of gender and culture: the judge, the democrat and the political activist 38 4 What is 'culture'? 57 5 What's wrong with essentialism? 69 6 When culture means gender: issues of cultural defence in the English courts 83 7 Free to decide for oneself 107 8 Consent, autonomy and coercion: forced marriage, public policy and the courts 124 Notes 142 Bibliography 157 Index 165

2010

Gender Studies

305.42

Scholarly & Professional

22

Social Science