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This volume chronicles a quarter-century of feminist theorizations on equality and liberty. The essays demonstrate a continuing commitment to feminist method (a democratic notion that all people have a right to participate in the production of knowledge of the world, including legal knowledge) and manifest feminism's continuing critical tradition (namely, theorists' willingness to see multiple... Read more
Contents: Theory: Method: Feminism, Marxism, method and the state: an agenda for theory, Catharine A. MacKinnon; Foreword: justice engendered, Martha Minow; Critique: Race and essentialism in feminist legal theory, Angela P. Harris. Applications: Sex and Sexuality: Reconceptualizing sexual harassment, Vicki Schulz; Theorizing yes; an essay on feminism, law and desire, Katherine M. Franke. Multicultural Rights in Liberal Democracies: Feminism v. multiculturalism: women's rights in the developing world, Leti Volpp; In defense of universal values, Martha C. Nussbaum; Piercing the veil, Madhavi Sunder; Take a break from feminism?, Janet Halley; Index.
Biography
Madhavi Sunder, University of California, Davis, USA.
