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

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

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.
Country USA
Manufacturer Harvard University Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2014-04-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780674284302

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