Feminism Feminist Theory category: 1647 books
Social Reproduction Theory
Remapping Class, Recentering Oppression
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book focuses on issues such as child care, health care, education, family life and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
The idea of a free gift economy has become important in the movement for alternative economics, however the connection with women and especially with mothers has not been widely understood. The conference “The Maternal Roots of the Gift Economy,” held in Rome in 2015, brought together women and...
Screwnomics
How Our Economy Works Against Women and Real Ways to Make Lasting Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The personal is not only political, it’s also economic and sexual: as a society, we’re encouraged to view economics as objective science far removed from us—when in reality it has concrete and far-reaching effects on our everyday lives.
In Screwnomics, Rickey Gard Diamond shares personal stories,...
Bridging
How Gloria Anzaldúa's Life and Work Transformed Our Own
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The inspirational writings of cultural theorist and social justice activist Gloria Anzaldúa have empowered generations of women and men throughout the world. Charting the multiplicity of Anzaldúa's impact within and beyond academic disciplines, community trenches, and international borders, Bridging...
by Seyla Benhabib
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Interpreting the work of one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, The Reluctant Modernism of Hannah Arendt rereads Arendt's political philosophy in light of newly gained insights into the historico-cultural background of her work. Arguing against the standard interpretation of Hannah...
by Ann E. Cudd
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
Analyzing Oppression presents a new, integrated theory of social oppression, which tackles the fundamental question that no theory of oppression has satisfactorily answered: if there is no natural hierarchy among humans, why are some cases of oppression so persistent? Cudd argues that the explanation...
Gaze Regimes
Film And Feminisms In Africa
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking...
Foucault/Derrida Fifty Years Later
The Futures of Genealogy, Deconstruction, and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Early in their careers, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida argued over madness, reason, and history in an exchange that profoundly influenced continental philosophy and critical theory. In this collection, Amy Allen, Geoffrey Bennington, Lynne Huffer, Colin Koopman, Pierre Macherey, Michael Naas,...
Visualizing Difference
Performative Audiencing in the Intersectional Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
In the wealth of literature on intersectionality as a concept, theory, political option and methodology, little has been written on how it might be taught. Proceeding from theory to practice, Visualizing Difference fills in this lacuna and offers an original approach to a visual pedagogy that recognizes...
Opposition and Intimidation
The Abortion Wars and Strategies of Political Harassment
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The abortion fight has long been a crucible of political tactics, with both sides employing strategies ranging from litigation to civil disobedience to outright violence. Anti-abortion activists have arguably been more tactically innovative than their pro-choice peers. Opposition and Intimidation...
by Christien Garcia
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
In this book, Sedgwick examines texts from Europe and America such as Wilde, Nietzsche and Proust and considers the historical moment when sexual orientation came to be as important a signifier of personhood as gender had been for centuries. In doing this, Sedgwick provides a history of sexuality...
Sylvia Wynter
On Being Human as Praxis
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
The Jamaican writer and cultural theorist Sylvia Wynter is best known for her diverse writings that pull together insights from theories in history, literature, science, and black studies, to explore race, the legacy of colonialism, and representations of humanness. Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as...
Theorizing Women & Leadership
New Insights & Contributions from Multiple Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Theorizing Women and Leadership: New Insights and Contributions from Multiple Perspectives is the fifth volume in the Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice series. This cross?disciplinary series, from the International Leadership Association, enhances leadership knowledge and improves...
by Senior Lecturer Emma L. E. Rees
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
From South Park to Kathy Acker, and from Lars Von Trier to Sex and the City, women's sexual organs are demonized. Rees traces the fascinating evolution of this demonization, considering how calling the 'c-word' obscene both legitimates and perpetuates the fractured identities of women globally. Rees...