Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory
In Other Words (RLE Feminist Theory): Writing as a Feminist
1st Edition
Edited
By Gail Chester, Sigrid Nielsen
July 23, 2015
This is a book for all women writers, professional, amateur or aspiring, in which forty women talk about writing and the part it plays in their lives. Self-discovery, work, personal liberation, communication, hope for change – all these motives inspire these short and direct personal statements. ...
Coming to Terms (RLE Feminist Theory): Feminism, Theory, Politics
1st Edition
Edited
By Elizabeth Weed
July 03, 2014
For over a decade, feminist studies have occupied an extraordinary position in the United States. On the one hand, they have contributed to the development of a strong ‘identity’ politics; on the other, they have been part of the post-structuralist critique of the unified subject – its experience, ...
Ethics and Human Reproduction (RLE Feminist Theory): A Feminist Analysis
1st Edition
By Christine Overall
July 03, 2014
In Ethics and Human Reproduction, Christine Overall blends feminist theory and philosophical expertise to provide a coherent analysis of a range of moral questions and social policy issues pertaining to human reproduction and the new reproductive technologies. Topics covered include: sex ...
Feminism for Girls (RLE Feminist Theory): An Adventure Story
1st Edition
Edited
By Angela McRobbie, Trisha McCabe
July 03, 2014
Feminism for Girls presents feminist perspectives on aspects of adolescence which have been chosen for their special relevance to the lives and experiences of girls and young women today. Illustrated throughout, chapters cover themes and topics which include romance and sexuality, girls’ magazines,...
Feminist Experiences (RLE Feminist Theory): The Women's Movement in Four Cultures
1st Edition
By Susan Bassnett
July 03, 2014
The Women’s Movement is usually referred to as if it were a constant, global phenomenon. There are women’s movements in Europe, North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, India, Japan and Australia, and many women and men assume that they are regional manifestations of the same thing, and ...
Nostalgia and Sexual Difference (RLE Feminist Theory): The Resistance to Contemporary Feminism
1st Edition
Edited
By Janice Doane, DEVON HODGES
April 09, 2014
Dissatisfaction with the present can cause people to gaze nostalgically back to an idealized past; that nostalgia pervades contemporary rhetoric. In lamenting the ‘degeneracy’ of present-day America, social and literary critics as well as contemporary novelists often choose as their scapegoat the ...
Problems for Feminist Criticism (RLE Feminist Theory)
1st Edition
Edited
By Sally Minogue
April 09, 2014
Feminist criticism has come a long way in the last twenty years. Its development has been rapid, its snowball progress picking up elements of structuralism, deconstruction and psychoanalytic criticism; just as rapidly it has been shedding its own early theories and methodologies. Now it is a ...
Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory): Feminism and Social Theory
1st Edition
By Clare Burton
April 09, 2014
Subordination presents a survey of some of the most important ideas developed within feminism since the 1970s. Among the central themes addressed are: the origins of women’s subordination; the private/public split; the nature and the role of domestic labour; the impact of psychoanalysis on feminist...
Tearing the Veil (RLE Feminist Theory): Essays on Femininity
1st Edition
Edited
By Susan Lipschitz
April 09, 2014
This a collection of essays about women, by women, which examine the production of femininity within a patriarchal society. The essays show that characteristics generally considered to be ‘feminine’ are in fact cultural constructions within a patriarchal order. The patriarchal culture is taken by ...
The Horned God (RLE Feminist Theory): Feminism and Men as Wounding and Healing
1st Edition
By John Rowan
April 09, 2014
This original and pioneering study of how men relate to feminism will appeal to all men who are concerned about their response to the women’s movement and to the women in their lives. It will also be helpful for women seeking a constructive response from men. John Rowan, drawing on his personal ...
The Liberation of Women (RLE Feminist Theory): A Study of Patriarchy and Capitalism
1st Edition
Edited
By Roberta Hamilton
April 09, 2014
In The Liberation of Women, Roberta Hamilton explores two of the key questions that have been systematically raised by the Women’s Liberation Movement: why have women occupied a subordinate position in society and how can the variation in the forms and intensity of their exploitation and oppression...
The Oppositional Imagination (RLE Feminist Theory): Feminism, Critique and Political Theory
1st Edition
Edited
By Joan Cocks
April 09, 2014
The Oppositional Imagination draws together elements from Marxism, analytical philosophy, post-structuralism, and post-colonial criticism to analyse the elusive interplay of culture and power. It focuses its attention on cultural domination, opposition and evasion in the realm of sex and gender. ...