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John Ruskin is a writer who has been criticised by feminists for the way he has stereotyped the woman's role. He has argued that men are the people who 'do' and that women are the people who only l...ook after flowers and tend the weak and fallen. Since Kate Millett's Sexual Politics (1969) he has been cast as the villain of the piece - an author that no self-respecting feminist would read for pleasure and support but only to gather further depressing proof of the iniquity of Victorian values of Datriarchy. Dinah Birch argues in this programme that we should read Ruskin - that, in fact, we all need Ruskin - whether we are men or women.
John Ruskin is a writer who has been criticised by feminists for the way he has stereotyped the woman's role. He has argued that men are the people who 'do' and that women are the people who only l...ook after flowers and tend the weak and fallen. Since Kate Millett's Sexual Politics (1969) he has been cast as the villain of the piece - an author that no self-respecting feminist would read for pleasure and support but only to gather further depressing proof of the iniquity of Victorian values of Datriarchy. Dinah Birch argues in this programme that we should read Ruskin - that, in fact, we all need Ruskin - whether we are men or women.
| Series: | Arts Review |
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| Episode | 8 (1989) |
| First transmission date: | 1989-06-27 |
| Published: | 1989 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:19:00 |
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| Producer: | Betty Talks |
| Contributors: | Dinah Birch; Jenny Lecoat |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | "Of Queens' Gardens"; "Sesame and Lilies"; "Sexual Politics"; John Ruskin; Kate Millett |
| Master spool number: | 89YA0416 |
| Production number: | 89YA0416 |
| Available to public: | no |
