Ser mujer, el fin de una imagen tradicional

Synopsis of Ser mujer, el fin de una imagen tradicional

«Ser mujer, el fin de una imagen tradicional» is Victoria Sau's essay, published by Icaria editorial in paperback (122 pages, in Spanish).

Essay analyzing how femininity is constructed and transmitted to girls through symbols, messages and inherited language. It covers the learning of being a woman, kinship networks, the sexosocial division of labor, prostitution and women's place in the system of representations, and closes with the feminist movement.

The work falls within the categories of essay, feminism and sociology, and the edition includes a bibliography at the end.

For people interested in feminism, gender studies and the sociology of women.