{"product_id":"the-dispossession-of-women-by-pat-brewer","title":"'The Dispossession of Women' by Pat Brewer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full dark markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePat Brewer’s \u003cem\u003eThe Dispossession of Women\u003c\/em\u003e is a short Marxist-feminist pamphlet asking a large, unfashionably concrete question: where did women’s oppression come from?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrewer works through anthropology, evolutionary theory and Engels to argue that women’s subordination emerged historically alongside changes in production, property and the organisation of labour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrewer rejects crude biological accounts of sexual difference, looks at women’s role in early human subsistence, and places considerable weight on the transition from horticulture to plough agriculture, where heavier, increasingly individualised production altered the economic position of women and the family. The argument is schematic and some of the anthropology is now dated, but that is partly what makes it interesting: this is a clear example of materialist feminism trying to locate gender hierarchy in social relations rather than nature, psychology or abstract power alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eResistance Books, Sydney, 2000. Paperback pamphlet. First edition. Light shelf wear and rubbing to covers, with minor creasing at corners and edges. Internally clean and firmly bound.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45947267743827,"sku":null,"price":13.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation_14.png?v=1786356755","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-dispossession-of-women-by-pat-brewer","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}