The Creation of Patriarchy (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Gerda Lerner
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History, Sociology
- Subjects: Power, personal or social, Gender roles, Slavery or slaves, Religion, Manners or customs, Oppression, Christianity, Women, Gods or goddesses, Greek or Roman times, Judaism, Women’s rights
Form and Content
The Creation of Patriarchy, the first book of the two-volume work Women and History, begins with Gerda Lerner’s conviction that patriarchal systems are historical, that they emerge from historical processes and therefore can be ended by historical processes. If one does not understand patriarchy’s historicity, one may be tempted to see it as natural, a product of human biology or psychology and perhaps ordained by God. In fact, these very views of patriarchy have dominated Western culture for more than two thousand years. Lerner’s book...
[The entire page is 2189 words long]
