{"product_id":"the-creation-of-patriarchy-gerda-lerner-9780195051858","title":"The Creation of Patriarchy","description":"A major new work by a leading historian and pioneer in women's studies, \u003cem\u003eThe Creation of Patriarchy\u003c\/em\u003e is a radical reconceptualization of Western civilization that makes gender central to its analysis. Gerda Lerner argues that male dominance over women is not \"natural\" or biological, but the product of an historical development begun in the second millennium B.C. in the Ancient Near East. As patriarchy as a system of organizing society was established historically, she contends, it can also be ended by the historical process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFocusing on the contradiction between women's central role in creating society and their marginality in the meaning-giving process of definition and interpretation, Lerner explores such fascinating questions as: What can account for women's exclusion from the historical process? What could explain the long delay--more than 3,500 years--in women's coming to consciousness of their own subordinate position? She goes back to the cultures of the earliest known civilizations--those of the ancient Near East--to discover the origins of the major gender metaphors of Western civilization. Using historical, literary, archaeological, and artistic evidence, she then traces the development of these ideas, symbols, and metaphors and their incorporation into Western civilization as the basis of patriarchal gender relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerda Lerner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195051858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195051858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Gerda Lerner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049549263103,"sku":"9780195051858","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e222ed1-4d13-445c-8f33-19f6debb56ba.jpg?v=1685002143","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-creation-of-patriarchy-gerda-lerner-9780195051858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}