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What Is Feminism? An Introduction to Feminist Theory

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ISBN-10: 0761963359

ISBN-13: 9780761963356

Edition: 1999

Authors: Chris Beasley

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In this guide to western feminist theory, Christine Beasley provides clear explanations of the many types of feminism, ranging from liberal feminism to queer theory.
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Book details

List price: $66.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 9/20/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 7.75" wide x 5.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Chris Beasley is Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Adelaide. Her books include Gender and Sexuality (2005) and What is Feminism? (1999) for Sage/Allen & Unwin. She has taught on gender and sexuality for over twenty years.Heather Brook has taught within the women�s studies programme at Flinders University of South Australia for eight years and is a Senior Lecturer. Her book Conjugal Rites: Marriage and Marriage-like Relationships (2007) was published by Palgrave.Mary Holmes is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Flinders University and has taught courses on gender and sexuality there and in the UK over the last decade. She is the author of What is Gender? (Sage,…    

Introduction
Departing From Traditional Fare
Feminisim's Critique of Traditional Social and Political Thought
Feminism's Difference from Traditional Social and Political Thought
Active Ingredients
Debates 'Within' Feminism about Feminism
Overviews of Feminist Thought
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