Modern Feminist Thought
Subtitle: From the Second Wave to “Post-Feminism”
By: Imelda Whelehan.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1995-05-31
Place of publication: Edinburgh, Scotland
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780748606214
Copyright date: 1995
Subjects: Feminism -- Feminist theory -- History.
Other titles: Modern Feminist Thought: From the Second Wave to Post-Feminism
Description: This introduction provides a critical survey of the dominant trends in Anglo-American feminist thought since 1968. From the historical roots of second-wave feminism to current debates about feminist theory and politics, it sets out the different philosophies and political positions before relating them to feminism in the 1990s. Chapters analyse issues such as sexuality, representation, consciousness-raising and ideology from liberal, socialist, radical, black and lesbian feminist perspectives. Current crises which threaten to divide the women's movement are discussed, such as 'men in feminism', postmodernism, and the notion of a backlash fuelled by detractors like Camille Paglia and Kate Roiphe.

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Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: vii; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; title: PART ONE: GENERATING THE SECOND WAVE; label: 1
title: Liberal Feminism: The Origins of the Second Wave
pagenum: 25; label: 2
title: Marxist/Socialist Feminism: Reconstructing Male Radicalism
pagenum: 44; label: 3
title: Radical Feminism: Redefining Politics
pagenum: 67; label: 4
title: Lesbian Feminism: Exploding ‘Heteroreality’
pagenum: 88; label: 5
title: Black Feminism: Reimagining ‘Equality’
pagenum: 106; title: PART TWO: CRISIS IN FEMINISM?; label: 6
title: Crisis in Feminism?: Feminist Debates in the ’80s and ’90s
pagenum: 125; label: 7
title: Sites of Fissure: Putting the Politics of the Personal to the Test
pagenum: 147; label: 8
title: Men in Feminism
pagenum: 177; label: 9
title: Feminism, Postmodernism and Theoretical Developments
pagenum: 194; label: 10
title: Identity Crisis?: ‘Post-feminism’, the Media and ‘Feminist Superstars’
pagenum: 216; title: Conclusion
pagenum: 238; title: Notes
pagenum: 248; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 261; title: Index
pagenum: 267