Modern Feminist Thought
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: June 27, 1995
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780748606214
Subjects: Feminism; Political ideologies; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; c 1990 to c 2000; Sociology
First sentence: The term 'second wave', applied as a prefix to feminism, implies that it describes a specific moment in history, and signifies a discernible transformation in this body of knowledge - specifically a shifting of boundaries towards a new wave of radicalism.
Table of contents: title: Liberal Feminism: The Origins of the Second Wave; title: Marxist/Socialist Feminism: Reconstructing Male Radicalism; title: Radical Feminism: Redefining Politics; title: Lesbian Feminism: Exploding 'Heteroreality'; title: Black Feminism: Reimagining 'Equality'; title: Crisis in Feminism?: Feminist Debates in the '80s and '90s; title: Sites of Fissure: Putting the Politics of the Personal to the Test; title: Men in Feminism; title: Feminism, Postmodernism and Theoretical Developments; title: Identity Crisis?: 'Post-feminism', the Media and 'Feminist Superstars'