Feminism Books

New and Published Books

1. Plato's Dialectic on Woman

   Equal, Therefore Inferior

   By Elena Blair

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   With the birth of the feminist movement classicists, philosophers, educational experts, and psychologists, all challenged by the question of whether or not Plato was a feminist, began to examine Plato’s dialogues in search of his conception of woman. The possibility arose of a new focus affecting...

   Published May 20th 2012 by Routledge
2. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

   The Quest for Independence

   By Sue Hawkins

   This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

   Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
3. Victims, Gender and Jouissance

   By Victoria Grace

   Series: Routledge Research in Gender and Society

   Victims, Gender and Jouissance presents an in-depth exploration of the concept of the victim. Victoria Grace considers how feminist authors have appropriated this concept in the history of feminist theorising of gender in the West. She offers critical readings of major theorists of victimisation –...

   Published April 2nd 2012 by Routledge
4. Routledge Handbook of Body Studies

   Edited by Bryan Turner

   Series: Routledge International Handbooks

   In the last three decades, the human body has gained increasing prominence in contemporary political debates, and it has become a central topic of modern social sciences and humanities. Modern technologies – such as organ transplants, stem-cell research, nanotechnology, cosmetic surgery and...

   Published March 21st 2012 by Routledge
5. Human Animal Studies

   An Introduction

   By Fiona Probyn-Rapsey

   Human relationships to animals (both ‘real’ animals and the ideas attached to animality) have shifted over the last century. Pet ownership is on the increase, wildlife has gone from being a threat to being threatened, and animal science ruptures traditional ideas about animal capabilities and human...

   Published January 29th 2012 by Routledge
6. Feminism, Psychoanalysis, and Maternal Subjectivity

   By Alison Stone

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this book, Alison Stone develops a feminist approach to maternal subjectivity. Stone argues that in the West the self has often been understood in opposition to the maternal body, so that one must separate oneself from the mother and maternal care-givers on whom one depended in childhood to...

   Published September 22nd 2011 by Routledge
7. Feminism at the Movies

   Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema

   Edited by Hilary Radner, Rebecca Stringer

   Feminism at the Movies: Understanding Gender in Contemporary Popular Cinema examines the way that contemporary film reflects today’s changing gender roles. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the central issues in feminist film criticism with analyses of over twenty popular contemporary...

   Published September 19th 2011 by Routledge
8. Feminism, Domesticity and Popular Culture

   Edited by Stacy Gillis, Joanne Hollows

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   The relationship between feminism and domesticity has recently come in for renewed interest in popular culture. This collection makes an intervention into the debates surrounding feminism’s contentious relationship with domesticity and domestic femininities in popular culture. It offers an...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
9. AIDS, Gender and Economic Development

   Edited by Cecilia Conrad, Cheryl Doss

   This collection of essays, authored by experts across a wide range of disciplines, provides a gendered analysis of the economic choices and structures that contribute to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the impact of the epidemic on economic and social outcomes. Topics covered include: gender norms,...

   Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge
10. Women's Movements

    Flourishing or in abeyance?

    Edited by Sandra Grey, Marian Sawer

    Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

    Written by leading women's movement scholars, this book is the first to systematically apply the idea of social movement abeyance to differing national and international contexts. Its starting point is the idea that the women's movement is over, an idea promoted in the media and encouraged by...

    Published February 1st 2011 by Routledge