Hewitson, Gillian J., 1961-

Feminist economics : interrogating the masculinity of rational economic man / Gillian J. Hewitson. - vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-269) and index.

Preface -- Feminist Economics/Feminist Poststructuralism -- Introduction -- Women and Knowledge I: Adding Women to Neoclassical Economics -- Women and Knowledge II: Theorizing Neoclassical Economics -- Women and Knowledge III: Feminist Poststructuralism -- Deconstructing Rational Economic Man -- Robinson Crusoe: the Paradigmatic 'Rational Economic Man' -- The Economics of Surrogate Motherhood -- Surrogate Motherhood and the Work of a Metaphor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. Pt. 2. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Feminist economics
Neoclassical school of economics
Economic man
Poststructuralism

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