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How much has changed? Holly Johnson

Posted on September 1, 2012 by NZ Books

From “Real Rape” to Real Justice: Prosecuting Rape in New Zealand Elisabeth McDonald and Yvette Tinsley (eds) Victoria University Press, $60.00, ISBN 9780864736963 It is a fair bet that many good readers have a shaky understanding of what unfolds…

Tagged with: Elisabeth McDonald, Holly Johnson, Issue 99, Spring 2012, Victoria University Press, Yvette Tinsley
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Volume marred by lack of critical analysis, Ruth Butterworth

Posted on September 1, 1993 by NZ Books

Claiming the Law: Essays by New Zealand Women in Celebration of the 1993 Suffrage Centennial Elisabeth McDonald and Graeme Austin (eds), Victoria University Press, $29.95 I was brought up in a matriarchy, educated at a girls’ school by confident women…

Tagged with: Elisabeth McDonald, Graeme Austin, Issue 10, Ruth Butterworth, Spring 1993, Victoria University Press
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

Conversations on sexuality, Elisabeth McDonald

Posted on March 1, 1993 by NZ Books

The Women’s Studies Journal, Vol 8, No 2, 1992, The Women’s Studies Association of New Zealand, $9.95 Ten years ago Catherine MacKinnon announced in Signs that sexuality is the linchpin of gender inequality. This issue of the Women’s Studies Journal …

Tagged with: Autumn 1993, Elisabeth McDonald, Issue 8, The Women's Studies Association of New Zealand
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology