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Nancy J. Hirschmann on the Social Construction of Women's Freedom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Marilyn Friedman
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Abstract

Nancy J. Hirschmann presents a feminist, social constructionist account of women's freedom. Friedman's discussion of Hirschmanns account deals with (1) some conceptual problems facing a thoroughgoing social constructionism; (2) three ways to modify social constructionism to avoid those problems; and (3) an assessment of Hirschmann's version of social constructionism in light of the previous discussion.

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Research Article
Information
Hypatia , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , Fall 2006 , pp. 182 - 191
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Copyright © 2006 by Hypatia, Inc.

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