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A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory

Mary Eagleton (Author)

9780631224037, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 9 June 2003

288 pages
23 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.426 kg

"A Consise Companion to Feminist Theory is essential reading for researchers engaged in the diverse fields of feminist studies ... Even non-specialist readers with a view to getting started in feminist theory and practice will find the book quite interesting and thought provoking. A book with such a wide sweep of readership is no mean achievement."
Discourse & Society

The Concise Companion to Feminist Theory introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years.

  • Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years.
  • Guides students along the cutting edge of current feminist theory.
  • Suitable for students and scholars of all fields touched by feminist thought.
  • Covers an exceptionally broad range of disciplines, discourses and feminist positions.
  • Organised around concepts rather than schools of feminism.

Notes on Contributors vii

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction 1
Mary Eagleton

1 Place and Space 11
Linda McDowell

2 Time 32
Krista Cowman and Louise A. Jackson

3 Class 53
Rosemary Hennessy

4 ‘Race’ 73
Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Meg Coulson

5 Sexuality 93
Rey Chow

6 Subjects 111
Chris Weedon

7 Language 133
Sara Mills

8 Literature 153
Mary Eagleton

9 The Visual 173
Griselda Pollock

10 Feminist Philosophies 195
Rosi Braidotti

11 Cyberculture 215
Jenny Wolmark

12 Feminist Futures 236
Sara Ahmed

Select Bibliography 255

Index 257

Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
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