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Zusatztext The publication of Josephine Donovan’s revised and expanded fourth edition of Feminist Theory: The Intellectual Traditions seems as timely today as it did when it first appeared in 1985. Indeed, the debates over women’s rights, the struggle for gender equality, and even the definition of feminism itself have continued unabated in the course of the past thirty years, despite the repeated claims of the movement’s untimely demise in the popular press. [...] One of the volume’s many strengths is its lucid presentation of the trajectory of American feminism at a level readily accessible to undergraduates. [...] [T]his readable introduction to feminist theory manages to cover a remarkable amount of material in 200 pages with insight, verve, and intelligence. This fine resource belongs in the collection of the next generation of feminists as an invaluable primer on the history of the intellectual roots of the movement. Informationen zum Autor Josephine Donovan is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Maine, USA. She is the author or editor of twelve books, including the groundbreaking Feminist Theory (Continuum, 3rd ed, 2000), Women and the Rise of the Novel, 1405-1726 (St. Martin's Press, 1999), and After the Fall (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1989). Vorwort This first major study of feminist theory, which is revised and completely reset, now takes the reader into the twenty-first century. Zusammenfassung What is feminism? What does it mean? This title provides answers to the questions, outlining the various strands of feminist theory: liberal, cultural, Marxist-socialist, Freudian, and radical. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the Fourth Edition (2012)Preface to the First Edition (1985)1. Enlightenment Liberal Feminism2. Nineteenth-Century Cultural Feminism3. Feminism and Marxism4. Feminism and Freudianism5. Feminism and Existentialism6. Radical Feminism7. The Moral Vision of Twentith-Century Cultural Feminism8. Into the Twenty-First CenturyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex...
