A Passion for Friends: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection

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Spinifex Press, 2001 - 275 pages
Janice Raymond offers a vision of female friendship that is as exhilarating as it is controversial. In this feminist classic, she explores the many manifestations of friendship between women including the Greek hetairai, the sisterhood of medieval nuns and the marriage resisters of China. Thousands of women have created their own communities and destinies through friendship. She also examines the contemporary women's movement and its networks and friendships - as well as the forces operating against friendship between women. A tough and clear-sighted analysis, and a book to read again and again.

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70
III
115
IV
144
V
203
Notes
243
Index
267
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Janice G. Raymond is a long-time feminist scholar-activist on violence against women and sexual exploitation. She is the former co-director of the international Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW). She is the author of many books and articles, most recently the book Not a Choice, Not a Job: Exposing the Myths about Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade (Potomac Press, US; Spinifex Press, Australia). Dr Raymond is professor emerita of womens studies and medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA) where she taught for 28 years. In 2007, Dr Raymond was awarded the International Woman Award from the Zero Tolerance Trust in Scotland.

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