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In Other Words (RLE Feminist Theory)

Gail Chester,Sigrid Nielsen
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Author : Gail Chester,Sigrid Nielsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136189524

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In Other Words (RLE Feminist Theory) by Gail Chester,Sigrid Nielsen Pdf

This is a book for all women writers, professional, amateur or aspiring, in which forty women talk about writing and the part it plays in their lives. Self-discovery, work, personal liberation, communication, hope for change – all these motives inspire these short and direct personal statements. The contributors come from very different backgrounds: some, like Sara Maitland, Rosemary Manning, Anna Livia, Suniti Namjoshi, are well known. Others are unpublished. In Other Words will provide practical support and encouragement for any woman who writes.

Contemporary Western European Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

Gisela Kaplan
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Author : Gisela Kaplan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136195037

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Contemporary Western European Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory) by Gisela Kaplan Pdf

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 predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles. By outlining the postwar histories of individual countries Kaplan contextualises women’s movements and documents a significant chapter of European social history. She poses questions about the interrelationship between the new movements and the parliamentary democracies in which they occurred, while analysing the contradictions of living in modern capitalist countries. Contemporary Western European Feminism also tackles important contradictions, such as those between the welfare state and the free market economy; industrialisation and religious value systems; social engineering and the production of wealth; and dissent and patrimonial systems of democracy. For those wanting to know more about Europe without the intimidating barriers of language and for those already experts in its social history, Contemporary Western European Feminism is essential reading.

Coming to Terms (RLE Feminist Theory)

Elizabeth Weed
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Author : Elizabeth Weed
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136203800

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Coming to Terms (RLE Feminist Theory) by Elizabeth Weed Pdf

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, truth and presence – and of the massive challenge to Western metaphysics and humanism. Along with race and ethnic studies, feminist enquiry has moved beyond the fiction of a unitary feminism to address the differences within the study of difference. The essays in this volume all address feminism’s relationships to theory and politics at the level of the criticism and production of knowledge. Readers and students of politics, history, literature, philosophy, sociology and the sciences – anyone with a stake in theory and politics – will benefit from this powerful book.

Feminist Knowledge (RLE Feminist Theory)

Sneja Gunew
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Author : Sneja Gunew
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204432

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Feminist Knowledge (RLE Feminist Theory) by Sneja Gunew Pdf

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, it certainly does not mean that all women are required to submerge their specific differences and assimilate to a universal model. Consequently, the collection includes essays by leaders in the field of post-structuralist enquiry as well as by those immersed in the new spirituality, and the social consequences of recent biological research. Other essays reflect the political struggles which continue to be waged with different strategies by socialist and radical feminists, and the self-searching analyses undertaken by feminists uneasy about their inclusion within educational institutions and the radical new interpretations of sexuality within the cultural domain. The collection begins with a critique of white mainstream feminism emanating from Aboriginal women in Australia. The implications of the critique indicate that there is a pervasive racism within the feminist movement.

Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse (RLE Feminist Theory)

Rosemary Hennessy
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Author : Rosemary Hennessy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136201370

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Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse (RLE Feminist Theory) by Rosemary Hennessy Pdf

Materialist Feminism and the Politics of Discourse confronts the impasses in materialist feminist work on rethinking ‘woman’ as a discursively constructed subject. The book looks at the problem of examining critically the social dimensions on which theories of discourse are premised: how such theories understand ‘materiality’; the relation between ‘women’s experience’ and feminist politics, and that between history and discourse. Rosemary Hennessy considers the work of Kristeva, Foucault, Laclau and Mouffe, and argues for a materialist feminist re-articulation of discourse as ideology. Concerns over identity and difference are incorporated into a rewriting of materialist feminism's analysis of women's oppression across capitalist and patriarchal structures. In adapting postmodernist theories in this way, Hennessy develops a project of social change, where feminism, while maintaining its specificity, is necessarily aligned with other emancipatory movements.

Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory)

Clare Burton
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Author : Clare Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136194405

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Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory) by Clare Burton Pdf

Subordination presents a survey of some of the most important ideas developed within feminism since the 1970s. Among the central themes addressed are: the origins of women’s subordination; the private/public split; the nature and the role of domestic labour; the impact of psychoanalysis on feminist theory; the relationship between the State and women’s subordination. One of the book’s purposes is to draw together strands of thought and debate often kept separate. Throughout, the major theoretical developments in Britain, the United States and Australia are reviewed within a comparative perspective. Consistently, the focus of attention is on how, and how far, theorists in these countries have been able to point to ways of explaining the changing but enduring nature of sexual inequalities.

Between Men and Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

David Porter
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Author : David Porter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204562

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Between Men and Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory) by David Porter Pdf

Between Men and Feminism had its origins in a lively colloquium at St John’s College, Cambridge in 1990. It discusses how two decades of feminism have affected the ways men define their own masculinities, and how they have responded in their own social, sexual and political lives to the challenges posed by the evolving feminist critiques of patriarchy and maleness itself. The collection contains a great diversity of approaches from Britain and North America. It includes viewpoints from academics, a poet, an educational researcher and the members of an active men’s group. Gay issues feature prominently, as do psychoanalytical views, and a number of the pieces provide a refreshingly personal and practical outlook. Between Men and Feminism shows men finding their own way within the spaces feminism has opened to them, rediscovering their own gendered voices and participating in the transformation of controllong ideologies in their daily lives. These very readable accounts will appeal not only to students in the social sciences and gender studies, but to all men who find themselves responding to the feminist challenge.

Men in Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

Alice Jardine,Paul Smith
Men in Feminism RLE Feminist Theory Book PDF

Author : Alice Jardine,Paul Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204074

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Men in Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory) by Alice Jardine,Paul Smith Pdf

What are men doing in feminist discourse? Although many feminists have commented on the relation, actual or possible, of men to feminist thinking and practice, and although some male academics have written about feminism, there has so far been little shared discussion. Men in Feminism is the first substantial attempt to produce a dialogue between feminists and their male allies. This lively book, comprised of essays by both men and women, is a controversial sally in the current debate over the future of feminist theory. Its focus is one seemingly direct and yet surprisingly prickly question: the actual and potential relationship of men to the now impressive and widely recognized body of feminist writing. Each essay attempts to assess the benefits or damage of male participation in feminism; several of the contributions stand in direct dialogue with others. The editors present, mediate and reflect upon the agreements and arguments in the book, as well as between themselves as editors. Their dialogue-afterword draws together the questions at the heart of the volume. Offering few comfortable answers, Men in Feminism will open up discussion of this theoretical and thoroughly political issue.

Gendered Subjects (RLE Feminist Theory)

Catherine Portuges,Margo Culley
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Author : Catherine Portuges,Margo Culley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204210

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Gendered Subjects (RLE Feminist Theory) by Catherine Portuges,Margo Culley Pdf

The phrase ‘feminist pedagogy’ couples the contemporary and the traditional, joining current political movements with a concern for the transmission of knowledge more ancient than the Greek word for teaching. Now, two decades after the first Women’s Studies courses appeared on campuses, their place in higher education happily needs little demonstration. Gendered Subjects combines a number of classic statements on feminist pedagogy from the 1970s with recent original essays making significant and original contributions to the field. As the new scholarship on women has changed the content and structure of knowledge in every field, so this collection aims to mirror this impact on feminist pedagogy, with articles ranging from broad theoretical perspectives on the realities of the classroom to international explorations on how race, gender and class, and political orientation inform feminist enquiry.

Nostalgia and Sexual Difference (RLE Feminist Theory)

Janice Doane,DEVON HODGES
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Author : Janice Doane,DEVON HODGES
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204012

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Nostalgia and Sexual Difference (RLE Feminist Theory) by Janice Doane,DEVON HODGES Pdf

Dissatisfaction with the present can cause people to gaze nostalgically back to an idealized past; that nostalgia pervades contemporary rhetoric. In lamenting the ‘degeneracy’ of present-day America, social and literary critics as well as contemporary novelists often choose as their scapegoat the women’s movement and its increasing influence. Doane and Hodges show us how these social observers seek to ‘reinstate’ America and American values in ways that, overtly or covertly, do battle with the feminist movement for control of rhetoric, the power of language.

Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory)

Liz Stanley
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Author : Liz Stanley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204364

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Feminist Praxis (RLE Feminist Theory) by Liz Stanley Pdf

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 epistemology can translate into concrete feminist research practices. The contributors, all experts in their field, give practical examples of feminist research practices, covering colonialism, child-minding, gay men, feminist social work, cancer, working with young girls using drama, Marilyn Monroe, statistics – even the writing and reading of research accounts. These detailed accounts are located in relation to the position of feminism and of women generally in the academic world, and looked at in the light of discussions, debates, and controversies about feminist methodology across several disciplines. Feminist Praxis is unique in combining theoretical discussion of feminist methodology with detailed accounts of practical research processes. This blend of the practical and the theoretical will make it an invaluable text for feminists carrying out research at all levels, and it will also appeal to those interested in the relationship between theory, method and feminist epistemology.

Feminism in France (RLE Feminist Theory)

Claire Duchen
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Author : Claire Duchen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136191497

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Feminism in France (RLE Feminist Theory) by Claire Duchen Pdf

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 informs them. The remarkably clear introduction to French feminist theory, notably of Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous, places it in its wider intellectual and political context and illuminates the complex connection of feminist thinking to other strands of contemporary French thought, represented by philosophers such as Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. The author’s role as ‘participant observer’ and her inclusion of interviews with French activists enhance her discussion, complementing the analytical with the immediacy of lived experience. ‘Claire Duchen’s lucid and succinct account is both timely and valuable.’ – Harriet Gilbert, New Statesman ‘Lucid, sympathetic and very helpful book on the French women’s movement ... will help us to understand the French feminist world much better.’ – Sian Reynolds, Women’s Review ‘An excellent introduction to French feminist theory which clarifies feminism in contemporary French thought, and includes illuminating interviews with activists.’ - SHE

Feminism and Materialism (RLE Feminist Theory)

Annette Kuhn,AnnMarie Wolpe
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Author : Annette Kuhn,AnnMarie Wolpe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136204647

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Feminism and Materialism (RLE Feminist Theory) by Annette Kuhn,AnnMarie Wolpe Pdf

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 framework. The essays, each with a brief editorial introduction, deal with issues and perspectives brought increasingly to the fore in recent years, not only in the women’s movement but in the social sciences generally. The articles are wide-ranging, covering such issues as patriarchy, paid and unpaid labour and the state. The centrality of two of the major themes – the family and the labour process – suggests that an understanding of women’s situation is necessarily based on an analysis of the structures of production and reproduction. The authors’ aim in producing Feminism and Materialism is to confront systematically theoretical issues current in the developing area of women’s studies, while recognising that this must constitute a critique of existing theoretical frameworks. The book will be of interest to teachers and students in the social sciences and in women’s studies, as well as to all those who wish to develop an understanding of what a materialist approach to feminism might be.

Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory)

Clare Burton
Subordination RLE Feminist Theory Book PDF

Author : Clare Burton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136194412

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Subordination (RLE Feminist Theory) by Clare Burton Pdf

Subordination presents a survey of some of the most important ideas developed within feminism since the 1970s. Among the central themes addressed are: the origins of women’s subordination; the private/public split; the nature and the role of domestic labour; the impact of psychoanalysis on feminist theory; the relationship between the State and women’s subordination. One of the book’s purposes is to draw together strands of thought and debate often kept separate. Throughout, the major theoretical developments in Britain, the United States and Australia are reviewed within a comparative perspective. Consistently, the focus of attention is on how, and how far, theorists in these countries have been able to point to ways of explaining the changing but enduring nature of sexual inequalities.

Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory)

JENNIFER DALE,PEGGY FOSTER
Feminists and State Welfare RLE Feminist Theory Book PDF

Author : JENNIFER DALE,PEGGY FOSTER
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136201448

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Feminists and State Welfare (RLE Feminist Theory) by JENNIFER DALE,PEGGY FOSTER Pdf

Designed for students of social policy and women’s studies, this text gives a readable account of the wide range of feminist ideas about women and welfare. The authors draw on feminist theory, research and analysis to explore women’s experiences of welfare, and the debates within feminism on how and why the welfare state oppresses women. In an original contribution they discuss women’s impact on the development of the welfare state both as feminist campaigners and as pioneers of new welfare professions. The book concludes by reviewing contemporary feminist strategies to transform the welfare state to meet women’s needs. Whilst the authors put forward their own evaluation of these different feminist approaches, they aim to leave readers with plenty of scope to make up their own minds on the issues.