440 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
This major textbook for women's studies provides an excellent and wide-ranging introduction to feminist ideas and perspectives on issues such as the family, sexuality, work, education, patriarchy, race, language, culture and representation. It brings together over seventy key excerpts.
PREFACE CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS AND TEXTS FROM 1900 TO THE PRESENT 1 HISTORY OF FEMINISM IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA PART I HER STORY: FROM OLIVE SCHREINER TO THE 'SECOND WAVE' 2 FIRST WAVE FEMINISM PART II D THEORIES, POLITICS, DOCUMENTS AND DEBATES 3 SECOND WAVE FEMINISM 4 SOCIALIST/MARXIST FEMINISM 5 ASIAN, BLACK, AND WOMEN OF COLOUR LESBIANISM’S/FEMINISM’S 6 LESBIAN FEMINISM 7 LIBERAL FEMINISM 8 DIFFERENCE 9 PSYCHOANALYTIC FEMINISM 10 NATURE 11 SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION 13 PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES 14 HISTORY 15 CULTURE 16 LANGUAGE AND WRITING 17 FEMINISM AND EDUCATION
Biography
Maggie Humm, Coordinator of Women's Studies, University of East London
