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A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)

A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory By Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)

A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory by Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)


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This volume introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years. Comprising 12 original chapters, written by authors with extensive experience of both the theory and practice of feminism, it treats feminism at once as a political project and as an intellectual discourse.

A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory Summary

A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory by Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)

The Concise Companion to Feminist Theory introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years.

  • Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years.
  • Guides students along the cutting edge of current feminist theory.
  • Suitable for students and scholars of all fields touched by feminist thought.
  • Covers an exceptionally broad range of disciplines, discourses and feminist positions.
  • Organised around concepts rather than schools of feminism.

A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory Reviews

A Consise Companion to Feminist Theory is essential reading for researchers engaged in the diverse fields of feminist studies ... Even non-specialist readers with a view to getting started in feminist theory and practice will find the book quite interesting and thought provoking. A book with such a wide sweep of readership is no mean achievement.
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About Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)

Mary Eagleton is Reader in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University. She is the author of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (Blackwell Publishing, Second Edition, 1996), and its accompanying Working with Feminist Criticism (Blackwell Publishing, 1996).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors vii

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction 1
Mary Eagleton

1 Place and Space 11
Linda McDowell

2 Time 32
Krista Cowman and Louise A. Jackson

3 Class 53
Rosemary Hennessy

4 'Race' 73
Kum-Kum Bhavnani and Meg Coulson

5 Sexuality 93
Rey Chow

6 Subjects 111
Chris Weedon

7 Language 133
Sara Mills

8 Literature 153
Mary Eagleton

9 The Visual 173
Griselda Pollock

10 Feminist Philosophies 195
Rosi Braidotti

11 Cyberculture 215
Jenny Wolmark

12 Feminist Futures 236
Sara Ahmed

Select Bibliography 255

Index 257

Additional information

NLS9780631224037
9780631224037
0631224033
A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory by Mary Eagleton (Leeds Metropolitan University)
New
Paperback
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
2003-06-09
288
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