Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global PerspectivesCarole Ruth McCann, Seung-Kyung Kim Psychology Press, 2003 - 509 pages Feminist Theory Reader is an anthology of classic and contemporary works of feminist theory, organized around the goal of providing both local and global perspectives. |
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... challenge because our objectives have frequently been at cross - purposes . We wanted to provide a framework for the ... challenge Western hegemonic concepts and categories . Also , we did not merely incorporate the challenges made by ...
... challenge because our objectives have frequently been at cross - purposes . We wanted to provide a framework for the ... challenge Western hegemonic concepts and categories . Also , we did not merely incorporate the challenges made by ...
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... challenge readers , as we challenged ourselves in concep- tualizing the anthology , " to rethink the meanings of ' difference ' in contexts outside of ... Western feminism " ( Rosenfelt 1998 : 6 ) . In so doing , we hope to move closer ...
... challenge readers , as we challenged ourselves in concep- tualizing the anthology , " to rethink the meanings of ' difference ' in contexts outside of ... Western feminism " ( Rosenfelt 1998 : 6 ) . In so doing , we hope to move closer ...
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... challenging sexism . And they have asked whether it is possible to find or con- struct the basis for political common ground among women in the face of their considerable heterogeneity . With respect to standpoint theories , discussions ...
... challenging sexism . And they have asked whether it is possible to find or con- struct the basis for political common ground among women in the face of their considerable heterogeneity . With respect to standpoint theories , discussions ...
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... challenged this universalized view of gender . ' Universal claims of gen- der oppression that define the characteristics of the gender group women in terms of their differences from the gender group men , they argued , wrongly glossed ...
... challenged this universalized view of gender . ' Universal claims of gen- der oppression that define the characteristics of the gender group women in terms of their differences from the gender group men , they argued , wrongly glossed ...
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... challenging conventional cultural wisdom about " women's nature . " Feminist scholars have observed that much of what passes for knowledge of women's ( or men's ) nature has historically been constructed from the point of view of the ...
... challenging conventional cultural wisdom about " women's nature . " Feminist scholars have observed that much of what passes for knowledge of women's ( or men's ) nature has historically been constructed from the point of view of the ...
Contents
VI | 26 |
VII | 32 |
VIII | 41 |
IX | 45 |
X | 50 |
XI | 57 |
XIV | 68 |
XV | 79 |
XLIII | 242 |
XLIV | 249 |
XLV | 255 |
XLVI | 260 |
XLVII | 267 |
XLVIII | 277 |
XLIX | 278 |
L | 291 |
XVI | 80 |
XVII | 83 |
XVIII | 88 |
XIX | 103 |
XX | 113 |
XXI | 126 |
XXIII | 138 |
XXIV | 147 |
XXV | 148 |
XXVI | 163 |
XXVII | 164 |
XXVIII | 172 |
XXX | 174 |
XXXIII | 179 |
XXXIV | 188 |
XXXV | 197 |
XXXVI | 205 |
XXXVII | 206 |
XXXIX | 222 |
XL | 231 |
XLII | 241 |
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Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives Carole Ruth McCann,Seung-Kyung Kim No preview available - 2010 |
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