The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory, Volume 1Linda J. Nicholson Psychology Press, 1997 - 414 pages The Second Wave collects many of the major essays of feminist theory of the past forty years, essays by the figures who have made key contributions to feminist theory during this period and have generated extensive discussion. Organized historically, these essays provide a sense of the major turning points in feminist theory. Contributors include: Norma Alarcon, Linda Alcoff, Michele Barrett, Elsa Barkley Brown, Judith Butler, Nancy Chodorow, Patricia Hill Collins, Simone de Beauvoir, Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Carol Gilligan, Heidi Hartmann, Nancy C. M. Hartsock, Luce Irigaray, Catharine MacKinnon, Uma Narayan, Linda Nicholson, Ellen Rooney, Gayle Rubin, Gayatri Spivak, Wendy W. Williams and Monique Wittig. |
Contents
SHULAMITH FIRESTONE | 19 |
THE COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE | 63 |
With and Against Marx | 93 |
MICHÈLE BARRETT | 123 |
LINDA NICHOLSON | 131 |
Gynocentrism | 147 |
RADICALESBIANS | 153 |
NANCY CHODOROW | 181 |
PATRICIA HILL COLLINS | 241 |
Theorizing Difference | 261 |
ELSA BARKLEY BROWN | 272 |
NORMA ALARCÓN | 288 |
The Question of Essentialism | 317 |
LINDA ALCoff | 330 |
GAYATRI SPIVAK WITH ELLEN ROONEY | 356 |
NANCY FRASER | 379 |
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