Modern Feminisms: Political, Literary, CulturalMaggie Humm Columbia University Press, 1992 - 420 pages This is the first comprehensive collection of feminist politics and writings by the most influential feminists of the twentieth century, with a full glossary of key terms, section introductions, and entries on individual writers. Contributors include Simone de Beauvoir, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Betty Friedan, Gayle Rubin, Laura Mulvey, Elaine Showalter, and Julia Kristeva. Modern Feminisms covers key feminist ideas and perspectives on the family, sexuality, work, education, patriarchy, race, language, culture, and representation, and provides a persepective on the variety of modern feminisms that have emerged in the twentieth century. |
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... ASIAN , BLACK , AND WOMEN OF COLOUR LESBIANISMS / FEMINISMS 122 Introduction 122 Joyce Ladner 124 Tomorrow's Tomorrow : The Black Woman 125 Angela Davis 128 Women , Race and Class 129 Combahee River Collective ' A Black Feminist ...
... ASIAN , BLACK , AND WOMEN OF COLOUR LESBIANISMS / FEMINISMS 122 Introduction 122 Joyce Ladner 124 Tomorrow's Tomorrow : The Black Woman 125 Angela Davis 128 Women , Race and Class 129 Combahee River Collective ' A Black Feminist ...
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... Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism ' 148 Amina Mama 150 ' Black Women , the Economic Crisis and the British State ' ' Violence Against Black Women : Gender , Race and State Responses ' 151 156 6 LESBIAN FEMINISM 163 Introduction ...
... Asian Pacific American Women and Feminism ' 148 Amina Mama 150 ' Black Women , the Economic Crisis and the British State ' ' Violence Against Black Women : Gender , Race and State Responses ' 151 156 6 LESBIAN FEMINISM 163 Introduction ...
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Contents
History of feminism in Britain and America | 1 |
FROM OLIVE SCHREINER TO | 7 |
3 SECOND WAVE FEMINISM | 53 |
4 SOCIALISTMARXIST FEMINISM | 87 |
ASIAN BLACK AND WOMEN OF COLOUR | 122 |
Angela Davis | 128 |
LESBIAN FEMINISM | 163 |
LIBERAL FEMINISM | 181 |
11 SEXUALITY AND REPRODUCTION | 260 |
PEACE | 296 |
PHILOSOPHY AND THE SCIENCES | 304 |
HISTORY | 323 |
CULTURE | 346 |
LANGUAGE AND WRITING | 367 |
17 FEMINISM AND EDUCATION | 389 |
In conclusion | 402 |
Common terms and phrases
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