Doing Feminist Theory
From Modernity to Postmodernity
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 February 2012
- ISBN 9780199858101
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages480 pages
- Size 235x156 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Doing Feminist Theory critically examines feminist thought from the late 18th century to the present. Organized historically and by theoretical perspectives, it highlights the relationship between feminist theory and practice, as well as the diversity of feminist voices by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and global location. The history of feminist thought is interwoven with the history of the U.S. women's movement to ground theory in its socio-historical context and to
illuminate paradigm shifts over time. Links between the local and global are emphasized in theory applications devoted to global and environmental issues.
Long description:
Doing Feminist Theory critically examines feminist thought from the late 18th century to the present. Organized historically and by theoretical perspectives, it highlights the relationship between feminist theory and practice, as well as the diversity of feminist visions and voices by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and global location. The history of feminist thought is interwoven with the history of the U.S. women's movement to ground theory in its
socio-historical context and to illuminate paradigm shifts toward an increasing focus on difference, deconstruction and decentering in postmodernity. Links between the local and global are emphasized in theory application sections devoted to global and environmental issues. Oriented toward upper-level undergraduate
students and master's-level graduate students, the distinguishing features of this text include:
- a critical approach that highlights how theories can empower or silence
- a diversity approach that focuses on the multiplicity of feminist voices by race, class,
- an historical approach that grounds feminist theories in the social, economic, and
- a dynamic approach that highlights paradigm shifts in feminist thought from
- an interdisciplinary approach that interweaves the social sciences and the
- a praxis-oriented approach with theory applications devoted to global and
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Using this Text to Navigate Feminist Thought
Chapter 1: Doing Feminist Theory
Introduction: Deconstructing the "F-word": What is Feminism?
Boxed Inserts
Box 1.1 What is Feminism?
Box 1.3 The Unforgiveable Transgression of Being Caster Semenya
Box 1.4 Poetry is Not a Luxury
SECTION I: MODERN FEMINIST THOUGHT
Chapter 2: Liberal Feminisms
Introduction
Box 2.1 The Adams' Letters
Box 2.2 The Municipal Housekeeping Movement
Chapter 3: Radical Feminisms
Introduction
Box 3.2 "Redstockings Manifesto"
Chapter 4: Marxist, Socialist & Anarchist Feminisms
Introduction
Marxist, Socialist & Anarchist Feminisms in Early Modernity
Women's Work in the Home
Love, Marriage & Sexual Practices
Precursors to Ecofeminism in Early Modernity
Existential Socialist Feminism
Women's Work in Late Modernity
New Directions in Feminist Thought Inspired by the Old & New Left
Queer Anti-Capitalism
Socialist Feminist Standpoint Approaches
Boxed Inserts:
Box 4.2 Lenin on "Sex-Love"
Box 4.3 A Comparison of Family-Friendly Policies in the U.S. & Scandinavia
Box 4.4. "To My White Working-Class Sisters"
Chapter 5: Intersectionality Theories
Introduction
Precursors to Intersectional Analyses in Early Modernity
SECTION II: FEMINIST THOUGHT AFTER TAKING THE POSTMODERN TURN
Chapter 6: Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Queer & Transgender Theories
Introduction
Historically Grounding Postmodernism & Poststructuralism
Major Assumptions of Feminist Postmodernisms & Poststructuralisms
Epistemological Assumptions
Queer Ecofeminisms
Chapter 7: Third Wave Feminisms
Introduction
Conclusion: The "Unhappy Marriage" of the Modern & Postmodern
SECTION III: THEORY APPLICATIONS
Bridging the Local & the Global: Feminist Discourses on Colonialism, Imperialism & Globalization
Introduction
Conceptualizing Imperialism & Colonialism
Chapter 8: Feminism & Imperialism in Early Modernity
Introduction
Rosa Luxemburg on Imperialism
Boxed Inserts
Chapter 9: Feminism & Imperialism in Late Modernity
Introduction
Modernization Theory & Dependency Theory
Socialist Feminist World-Systems Theories
Radical Feminist Global Analyses
Global Feminist Analyses Inspired by Luxemburg's Work
Chapter 10: Feminism & Imperialism in Postmodernity
Introduction
Postcolonial & Transnational Feminisms
Can the Subaltern Speak?
The Cultural Logics of Transnationality
Boxed Inserts
Conclusion: Paradigm Shifts in Feminist Thought
Glossary
Bibliography/References
Credits/Permissions
Name Index
Subject Index
