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11. Feminism and Materialism (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Women and Modes of Production

    Edited by Annette Kuhn, AnnMarie Wolpe

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    These original essays are planned to provide a coherent basis for an understanding of women’s social and historical situation. This achieved by outlining the foundation of a systematic approach to an analysis of women’s relationship to modes of production and reproduction within a materialist...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
12. Coming to Terms (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Feminism, Theory, Politics

    Edited by Elizabeth Weed

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    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,...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
13. Feminism for Girls (RLE Feminist Theory)

    An Adventure Story

    Edited by Angela McRobbie, Trisha McCabe

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    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,...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
14. Contemporary Western European Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

    By Gisela Kaplan

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    Contemporary Western European Feminism is a ground-breaking history of feminism. Gisela Kaplan invites a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world. Written confidently and with compassion, this is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
15. Disputed Subjects (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Essays on Psychoanalysis, Politics and Philosophy

    By Jane Flax

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    Incorporating autobiography as well as reflections on relations between mothers and daughters, psychoanalysis, feminist theorizing, race, and modernist political theories and philosophies, renowned feminist theorist Jane Flax brings together eight of her most recent essays in Disputed Subjects. ‘...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
16. Feminism in France (RLE Feminist Theory)

    From May '68 to Mitterand

    By Claire Duchen

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    Feminism in France charts the evolution of the women’s liberation in France (MLF) from its emergence in 1968 to the present. Claire Duchen provides a lucid and compelling account of different feminist practices in France, clarifying the divergent political stances and the feminist theory that...

    Published October 11th 2012 by Routledge
17. Feminist Criticism and Social Change (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Sex, class and race in literature and culture

    Edited by Deborah Rosenfelt, Judith Newton

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    This lively and controversial collection of essays sets out to theorize and practice a ‘materialist-feminist’ criticism of literature and culture. Such a criticism is based on the view that the material conditions in which men and women live are central to an understanding of culture and society....

    Published October 10th 2012 by Routledge
18. At the Boundaries of Law (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Feminism and Legal Theory

    Edited by Martha Fineman, Nancy Thomadsen

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    Feminists have recently begun to challenge the powerful influence of the law on the social and cultural construction of women’s roles, identities, and rights. At the Boundaries of Law is a timely and path-breaking work that provides a series of non-technical, interdisciplinary explorations into the...

    Published October 10th 2012 by Routledge
19. Feminist Knowledge (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Critique and Construct

    Edited by Sneja Gunew

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    The ‘minority’ feminist viewpoints have often been submerged in the interests of maintaining a mainstream, universal model of feminism. This anthology takes into account the various differences among women while looking at the important areas of feminist struggle. While sisterhood is indeed global,...

    Published October 10th 2012 by Routledge
20. Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory)

    Research, Theory and Epistemology in Feminist Sociology

    Edited by Liz Stanley

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory

    Feminist social scientists often find that carrying feminism into practice in their research is neither easy nor straightforward. Designed precisely with feminist researchers in mind, Feminist Praxis gives detailed analytic accounts of particular examples of feminist research, showing how feminist...

    Published October 10th 2012 by Routledge