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Chris Beasley, University of Adelaide

WHAT IS FEMINISM?

An Introduction to Feminist Theory

Published May 1999, 176 pages

So what is feminism anyway? Is it possible to make sense of the complex and often contradictory debates?

In this concise and accessible introduction to feminist theory, Chris Beasley provides clear explanations of the many types of feminism. She outlines the development of liberal, radical and Marxist/socialist feminism, and reviews the more contemporary influences of psychoanalysis, postmodernism, theories of the body, queer theory and the ongoing significance of race and ethnicity.

What is Feminism? is a clear and up-to-date guide to Western feminist theory for students, their teachers, researchers and anyone else who wants to understand and engage in current feminist debates.

CONTENTS

• Introduction / PART ONE:
  DEPARTING FROM TRADITIONAL FARE / Feminisim's Critique of Traditional Social and Political Thought / Feminism's Difference from Traditional Social and Political Thought

• PART TWO:
  ACTIVE INGREDIENTS / Debates 'Within' Feminism about Feminism / Overviews of Feminist Thought

• PART THREE:
  WHAT'S ON THE MENU? / Starters on the Feminist Menu: Liberal, Radical and Marxist/Socialist Feminisms / 'Other' Possibilities: Feminism and the Influence of Psychoanalysis / More on the Menu: Postmodernist/Poststructuralist Influences / Reassessments and Potentialities: Feminists Concerned with Race/Ethnicity

• CONCLUSION

Published May 1999, 176 pages

Cloth(0-7619-6334-0) Price à US $ 45.00

Paper (0-7619-6335-9) Price à US $ 14.99

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