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Women's agency: Is it a matter of an individual's capacity for autonomy? Or of the social conditions that facilitate freedom? Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, Carisa R. Showden investigates what exactly makes an agent and how that agency influences the ways women make inhe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Showden, Carisa Renae
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Women > Identity.
Autonomy (Psychology)
Feminist theory.
Family violence.
Reproductive technology.
Prostitution.
Women's rights.
Reproductive health.
Women's Rights
Personal Autonomy
Reproductive Medicine
Domestic Violence
Sex Work
Reproductive Techniques
Femmes > Identité.
Théorie féministe.
Violence familiale.
Reproduction > Innovations.
Femmes > Droits.
Santé de la reproduction.
prostitution.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Women's rights
Reproductive health
Family violence
Feminist theory
Prostitution
Reproductive technology
Women > Identity
Kvinnor.
Autonomi.
Feministisk teori.
Våld i familjen.
Äggdonationer.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Women's agency: Is it a matter of an individual's capacity for autonomy? Or of the social conditions that facilitate freedom? Combining theoretical and empirical perspectives, Carisa R. Showden investigates what exactly makes an agent and how that agency influences the ways women make inherently sensitive and difficult choices--specifically in instances of domestic violence, assisted reproduction, and sex work. In Showden's analysis, women's agency emerges as an individual and social construct, rooted in concrete experience, complex and changing over time. She traces the development and deploy.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816676569
0816676569

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