Ann Oakley
Auteur de The Men's Room
A propos de l'auteur
Ann Oakley is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education. A social researcher for more than 50 years, and author of many academic publications, she is also well known for her biography, autobiography and fiction. She founded both the Social Science Research Unit and afficher plus the EPPI-Centre at the UCL Institute of Education, and has a long-term interest in gender, welfare, and the shaping of public policy. afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Ann Oakley 1944- is a sociologist who also writes novels.
Œuvres de Ann Oakley
The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy (1970) — Directeur de publication — 66 exemplaires
Who's Afraid of Feminism? Seeing Through the Backlash (1997) — Directeur de publication — 39 exemplaires
Welfare and Wellbeing: Richard Titmuss's Contribution to Social Policy (2001) — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
A Critical Woman: Barbara Wootton, Social Science and Public Policy in the Twentieth Century (2011) 2 exemplaires
Woman's Work. the Housewife, Past and Present 2 exemplaires
Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard Titmuss on the National Health Service (2004) — Directeur de publication — 2 exemplaires
Death In The Egg 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1944
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieu de naissance
- London, England, UK
- Études
- University of Oxford (Somerville College)
University of London (Bedford College) - Professions
- sociologist
writer
professor - Relations
- Titmuss, Kay (parent)
Titmuss, Richard (parent) - Organisations
- University of London (Founder-Director, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education)
- Notice de désambigüisation
- Ann Oakley 1944- is a sociologist who also writes novels.
Membres
Critiques
The Man's Room par Ann Oakley
Slightly dated novel of a woman during the birth of feminism in the early 80's. It tells of women trying to have it all: children, marriage, a career and then deciding that marriage is too constricting and deciding that they have no need for a covenant of a marriage. Like I said, it is a dated novel I had picked up in North Caronlina at a used book store. Interesting to see how far we have come.
½
I found this collection unsatisfactory. The characters all seemed very boring and the writing was full of pretentiousness.
Don't buy this book. If you really want to read it, borrow it from the library. This book is boring with a capital B. It is written like a thesis, with lots of long sentences and industry jargon. I struggled to reach page 33. Normally I don't put a book down before page 50 as I want to give it a fair go, but in this case I have made an exception. The subject matter is an interesting one and The Captured Womb would probably be of interest to med students or professors, but the rest of us should give it a miss.… (plus d'informations)
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seldombites | Dec 13, 2008 |
seldombites | Dec 13, 2008 | Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 39
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 828
- Popularité
- #30,825
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 155
- Langues
- 6