Feminist Theory Today : An Introduction to Second-Wave Feminism.
Title:
Feminist Theory Today : An Introduction to Second-Wave Feminism.
Author:
Evans, Judy.
ISBN:
9781446264935
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (170 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Equality and Difference in Feminist Thought -- 3 Early Liberalism: Feminism's First Equality -- 4 Essential Tensions? Liberal Feminism's Second Stage -- 5 Radical Equality: the Early Fire -- 6 Cultural Feminism: Feminism's First Difference -- 7 Woman's Kindness: Cultural Feminism's Second Face -- 8 Socialist Feminism: from Androgyny to Gynocentrism, Equality to Difference -- 9 The Postmodernist Challenge -- 10 The Legal Challenge -- 11 Conclusion and Afterthoughts -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This stimulating text presents a concise and accessible introduction to feminist theory today. Covering all the major variants of feminist political thought, it offers a unique examination of the archive of modern feminist theory from the publication of The Feminine Mystique in 1963 to current postmodernist and legal feminist texts. It provides both an intellectual history and a political critique of contemporary feminism in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Judith Evans focuses on the divergence within, as well as between, feminist schools, and on protests from women marginalized by `the movement' - including those who are lesbian and those who are black. Feminist Theory Today contends that the ear.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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