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The Essential Feminist Reader

Author : Estelle Freedman
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 0812974603
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Feminist Reader written by Estelle Freedman and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including: Susan B. Anthony Simone de Beauvoir W.E.B. Du Bois Hélène Cixous Betty Friedan Charlotte Perkins Gilman Emma Goldman Guerrilla Girls Ding Ling • Audre Lorde John Stuart Mill Christine de Pizan Adrienne Rich Margaret Sanger Huda Shaarawi • Sojourner Truth Mary Wollstonecraft Virginia Woolf The Essential Feminist Reader is the first anthology to present the full scope of feminist history. Prizewinning historian Estelle B. Freedman brings decades of teaching experience and scholarship to her selections, which span more than five centuries. Moving beyond standard texts by English and American thinkers, this collection features primary source material from around the globe, including short works of fiction and drama, political manifestos, and the work of less well-known writers. Freedman’s cogent Introduction assesses the challenges facing feminism, while her accessible, lively commentary contextualizes each piece. The Essential Feminist Reader is a vital addition to feminist scholarship, and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of women.

Feminist Theory Reader

Author : Carole Ruth McCann
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415931526
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Theory Reader written by Carole Ruth McCann and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist Theory Reader is an anthology of classic and contemporary works of feminist theory, organized around the goal of providing both local and global perspectives.

No Turning Back

Author : Estelle Freedman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307416240
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book No Turning Back written by Estelle Freedman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repeatedly declared dead by the media, the women’s movement has never been as vibrant as it is today. Indeed as Stanford professor and award-winning author Estelle B. Freedman argues in her compelling new book, feminism has reached a critical momentum from which there is no turning back. A truly global movement, as vital and dynamic in the developing world as it is in the West, feminism has helped women achieve authority in politics, sports, and business, and has mobilized public concern for once-taboo issues like rape, domestic violence, and breast cancer. And yet much work remains before women attain real equality. In this fascinating book, Freedman examines the historical forces that have fueled the feminist movement over the past two hundred years–and explores how women today are looking to feminism for new approaches to issues of work, family, sexuality, and creativity. Freedman begins with an incisive analysis of what feminism means and why it took root in western Europe and the United States at the end of the eighteenth century. The rationalist, humanistic philosophy of the Enlightenment, which ignited the American Revolution, also sparked feminist politics, inspiring such pioneers as Mary Wollstonecraft and Susan B. Anthony. Race has always been as important as gender in defining feminism, and Freedman traces the intricate ties between women’s rights and abolitionism in the United States in the years before the Civil War and the long tradition of radical women of color, stretching back to the impassioned rhetoric of Sojourner Truth. As industrialism and democratic politics spread after World War II, feminist politics gained momentum and sophistication throughout the world. Their impact began to be felt in every aspect of society–from the workplace to the chambers of government to relations between the sexes. Because of feminism, Freedman points out, the line between the personal and the political has blurred, or disappeared, and issues once considered “merely” private–abortion, sexual violence, homosexuality, reproductive health, beauty and body image–have entered the public arena as subjects of fierce, ongoing debate. Freedman combines a scholar’s meticulous research with a social critic’s keen eye. Sweeping in scope, searching in its analysis, global in its perspective, No Turning Back will stand as a defining text in one of the most important social movements of all time.

The Verso Book of Feminism

Author : Jessie Kindig
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788739264
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book The Verso Book of Feminism written by Jessie Kindig and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented collection of feminist voices from four millennia of global history Throughout written history and across the world, women have protested the restrictions of gender and the limitations placed on women's bodies and women's lives. People–of any and no gender–have protested and theorized, penned manifestos and written poetry and songs, testified and lobbied, gone on strike and fomented revolution, quietly demanded that there is an "I" and loudly proclaimed that there is a "we." The Book of Feminism chronicles this history of defiance and tracks it around the world as it develops into a multivocal and unabashed force. Global in scope, The Book of Feminism shows the breadth of feminist protest and of feminist thinking, moving through the female poets of China's Tang Dynasty and accounts of indigenous women in the Caribbean resisting Columbus's expedition, British suffragists militating for the vote and the revolutionary petroleuses of the 1848 Paris Commune, the first century Trung sisters who fought for the independence of Nam Viet to women in 1980s Botswana fighting for equal protection under the law, from the erotica of the 6th century and the 19th century to radical queer politics in the 20th and 21st. The Book of Feminism is a weapon, a force, a lyrical cry, and an ongoing threat to misogyny everywhere.

The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader

Author : Sandra G. Harding
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415945011
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Feminist Standpoint Theory Reader written by Sandra G. Harding and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Just Methods

Author : Alison M. Jaggar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317264746
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Just Methods written by Alison M. Jaggar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The supplemented edition of this important reader includes a substantive new introduction by the author on the changing nature of feminist methodology. It takes into account the implications of a major new study included for this first time in this book on poverty and gender (in)equality, and it includes an article discussing the ways in which this study was conducted using the research methods put forward by the first edition. This article begins by explaining why a new and better poverty metric is needed and why developing such a metric requires an alternative methodological approach inspired by feminism. Feminist research is a growing tradition of inquiry that aims to produce knowledge not biased by inequitable assumptions about gender and related categories such as class, race, religion, sexuality, and nationality."Just Methods" is designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in a range of disciplines. Rather than being concerned with particular techniques of inquiry, the interdisciplinary readings in this book address broad questions of research methodology. They are designed to help researchers think critically and constructively about the epistemological and ethical implications of various approaches to research selection and research design, evidence-gathering techniques, and publication of results.A key theme running through the readings is the complex interrelationship between social power and inequality on the one hand and the production of knowledge on the other. A second and related theme is the inseparability of research projects and methodologies from ethical and political values."

Feminist Legal Theory

Author : Robert R.M. Verchick
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814719120
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Feminist Legal Theory written by Robert R.M. Verchick and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feminist Legal Theory is a groundbreaking collection of feminist work proceeding from the core assumption that the differences among women are essential to feminist analysis. Rather than presenting feminist legal theory sequentially, with “African American feminism” or “critical race feminism” added on at the end, the volume thoroughly integrates key readings from non-white, non-middle class, and non-mainstream writers throughout. The volume explores the intersections of race, class, and gender in such areas as theory, family, work and economic issues, and violence against women. Each section of the book begins with an introduction providing context and insights into how the particular pieces included challenge norms and create new paradigms. This vibrant, challenging collection of work by a broad range of authors represents the cutting edge of feminist theory in concrete applications essential to gender equality. Contributors include: Patricia Hill Collins, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Angela P. Harris, Sylvia A. Law, Mari Matsuda, Martha Minow, Esther Ngan-Ling Chow, john a. powell, Jenny Rivera, and Maxine Baca Zinn.

Ethics

Author : Elizabeth Frazer
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631178293
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book Ethics written by Elizabeth Frazer and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Radical Feminism

Author : Barbara A. Crow
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814715559
Total Pages : 569 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Radical Feminism written by Barbara A. Crow and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crow (women's studies, U. of Calgary) attempts to retrieve the lost history of North American radical feminists (a group to be distinguished from mainstream feminism by their critique of the entire structure of society (in spite of anti-feminist attempts to label all feminists "radical"). She presents a collection of essays, manifestos, position papers, and newsletters drawn mainly from the Lesbian Herstory Archives, the Redstockings Archives, and the Barnard College Special Collections (thus limiting the material to the East Coast), covering the years 1967 to 1975. Most of the documents are organized topically under the headings lesbianism, heterosexuality, children, race, and class. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Feminism

Author : Miriam Schneir
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804152462
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Feminism written by Miriam Schneir and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essential volume brings together more than forty of the most important historical writings on feminism, covering 150 years of the struggle for women’s freedom. Spanning the American Revolution to the first decades of the twentieth century, these works—many long out of print or forgotten—are finally brought out of obscurity and into the light of contemporary analysis and criticism. This richly diverse collection contains excerpts from books, essays, speeches, documents, and letters, as well as poetry, drama, and fiction by major feminist writers, including: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, George Sand, Mary Wollstonecraft, Abigail Adams, Emma Goldman, Friedrich Engels, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, John Stuart Mill, Margaret Sanger, Virginia Woolf, and many others. The pieces in Feminism: The Essential Historical Writings cover the crucial challenges faced by women, including marriage as an instrument of oppression; a woman's desire to control her own body; the economic independence of women; and the search for selfhood, and extensive commentaries by the editor help the reader see the historical context of each selection.

Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective

Author : Hilde Hein
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253114884
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (148 download)

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Download or read book Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective written by Hilde Hein and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993-09-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A first-rate introduction to the field, accessible to scholars working from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Highly recommended... " -- Choice "... offers both broad theoretical considerations and applications to specific art forms, diverse methodological perspectives, and healthy debate among the contributors.... [an] outstanding volume."Â -- Philosophy and Literature "... this volume represents an eloquent and enlightened attempt to reconceptualize the field of aesthetic theory by encouraging its tendencies toward openness, self-reflexivity and plurality." -- Discourse & Society "All of the authors challenge the traditional notion of a pure and disinterested observer that does not allow for questions of race/ethnicity, class, sexual preference, or gender." -- Signs These essays examine the intellectual traditions of the philosophy of art and aesthetics. Containing essays by scholars and by the writer Marilyn French, the collection ranges from the history of aesthetic theory to a philosophical reflection on fashion. The contributions are unified by a sustained scrutiny of the nature of "feminist," "feminine," or "female" art, creativity, and interpretation.

The Essential Nawal El Saadawi

Author : Nawal El Saadawi
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848139020
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Nawal El Saadawi written by Nawal El Saadawi and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of Nawal El Saadawi are essential to anyone wishing to understand the contemporary Arab world. Her dissident voice has stayed as consistent in its critique of neo.imperialist international politics as it has in its denunciation of women's oppression, both in her native Egypt and in the wider world. Saadawi is a figure of international significance, and her work has a central place in Arabic history and culture of the last half century. Featuring work never before translated into English, The Essential Nawal El Saadawi gathers together a wide range of Saadawi's writing. From novellas and short stories to essays on politics, culture, religion and sex; from extensive interviews to her work as a dramatist; from poetry to autobiography, this book is essential for anyone wishing to gain a sense of the breadth of Saadawi's work.

A Little F'd Up

Author : Julie Zeilinger
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 1580053718
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book A Little F'd Up written by Julie Zeilinger and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBomb blog creator Zeilinger debunks myths about modern youth in the first book about feminism for young women in their teens and twenties to actually be written by one of their peers.

On Intersectionality

Author : Kimberle Crenshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781620975510
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book On Intersectionality written by Kimberle Crenshaw and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major publishing event, the collected writings of the groundbreaking scholar who "first coined intersectionality as a political framework" (Salon) For more than twenty years, scholars, activists, educators, and lawyers--inside and outside of the United States--have employed the concept of intersectionality both to describe problems of inequality and to fashion concrete solutions. In particular, as the Washington Post reported recently, "the term has been used by social activists as both a rallying cry for more expansive progressive movements and a chastisement for their limitations." Drawing on black feminist and critical legal theory, Kimberlé Crenshaw developed the concept of intersectionality, a term she coined to speak to the multiple social forces, social identities, and ideological instruments through which power and disadvantage are expressed and legitimized. In this comprehensive and accessible introduction to Crenshaw's work, readers will find key essays and articles that have defined the concept of intersectionality, collected together for the first time. The book includes a sweeping new introduction by Crenshaw as well as prefaces that contextualize each of the chapters. For anyone interested in movement politics and advocacy, or in racial justice and gender equity, On Intersectionality will be compulsory reading from one of the most brilliant theorists of our time.

The Essential Sopranos Reader

Author : David Lavery
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081314017X
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Sopranos Reader written by David Lavery and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-07-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sopranos is recognized as the most successful cable series in the history of television. The Washington Post has called the popular series, winner of twenty-one Emmys and five Golden Globes, "the television landmark that leaves other landmarks in the dust." In every aspect -- narrative structure, visual artistry, writing, intertextuality, ensemble acting, controversial themes, dark humor, and unflinching examinations of American life -- The Sopranos has had few equals. Offering a definitive final assessment of the series, The Essential Sopranos Reader aims to comprehensively examine the show's themes and enduring cultural significance. Gender and ethnicity, the role of dreams, the rebirth of HBO, the series' controversial finale, and other topics come under scrutiny in this highly accessible, engaging collection. The book concludes with an interview with Dominic Chianese, who played Uncle Junior in all six seasons of the show.

The Black Feminist Reader

Author : Joy James
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631210078
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Black Feminist Reader written by Joy James and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-06-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized into two parts, "Literary Theory" and "Social and Political Theory," this Reader explores issues of community, identity, justice, and the marginalization of African American and Caribbean women in literature, society, and political movements.

Here We Are

Author : Kelly Jensen
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616205865
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Here We Are written by Kelly Jensen and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2017-01-24 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LET'S GET THE FEMINIST PARTY STARTED! Have you ever wanted to be a superheroine? Join a fandom? Create the perfect empowering playlist? Understand exactly what it means to be a feminist in the twenty-first century? You’ve come to the right place. Forty-four writers, dancers, actors, and artists contribute essays, lists, poems, comics, and illustrations about everything from body positivity to romance to gender identity to intersectionality to the greatest girl friendships in fiction. Together, they share diverse perspectives on and insights into what feminism means and what it looks like. Come on in, turn the pages, and be inspired to find your own path to feminism by the awesome individuals in Here We Are. Welcome to one of the most life-changing parties around!