Reasoning from Race : Feminism, Law, and the Civil Rights Revolution.

By:

Mayeri, Serena

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780674061101

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Reasoning from RaceDDC classification:

342.7308/78

LOC classification:

KF4758

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations Used in Text -- Introduction -- 1. The Rebirth of Race-Sex Analogies -- 2. "Women and Minorities -- 3. Recession, Reaction, Retrenchment -- 4. Reasoning from Sex -- 5. Lost Intersections -- 6. The Late Civil Rights Era -- Conclusion -- Postscript -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary: In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women's rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri's Reasoning from Race is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law.

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In the 1960s and 1970s, analogies between sex discrimination and racial injustice became potent weapons in the battle for women's rights, as feminists borrowed rhetoric and legal arguments from the civil rights movement. Serena Mayeri's Reasoning from Race is the first history of this key strategy and its consequences for American law.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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