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The sexual metaphor /
By: Weinreich-Haste, Helen
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Publisher: New York ; London : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993Description: vii, 302 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0710802463 (cased); 9780710802460:; 071080282X (pbk).Subject(s): Sex role | Sex differences (Psychology) | Sex rolesDDC classification: 305.3 Summary: Argues that polarity is a major metaphor of western thought, so that as long as masculinity is defined by one pole, femininity is defined by its negation. To challenge traditional conceptions of gender is to challenge the deeply-rooted metaphors and models of control that underlie western culture.
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 305.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0032051 |
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Includes index.
Argues that polarity is a major metaphor of western thought, so that as long as masculinity is defined by one pole, femininity is defined by its negation. To challenge traditional conceptions of gender is to challenge the deeply-rooted metaphors and models of control that underlie western culture.