Books for Feminist Theory Courses

Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies

Edited by Catherine M. Orr, Ann Braithwaite, Diane Lichtenstein

Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies re-examines the field’s foundational assumptions by identifying and critically analyzing eighteen of its key terms. Each essay investigates a single term (e.g., feminism, interdisciplinarity, intersectionality) by asking how it has come to be understood and...

Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge

The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader

Intellectual and Political Controversies

Edited by Sandra Harding

Leading feminist scholar and one of the founders of Standpoint Theory, Sandra Harding brings together the biggest names in the field--Dorothy Smith, Donna Haraway, Patricia Hill Collins, Nancy Hartsock and Hilary Rose--to not only showcase the most influential essays on the topic but to also...

Published October 27th 2003 by Routledge