Beasley, Chris,

What is feminism anyway? : understanding contemporary feminist thought / Chris Beasley. - xvii, 171 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-165) and index.

Part I. Departing from traditional fare -- Part II. Active ingredients -- Part III. What's on the menu? -- -- Introduction -- -- Departing from traditional fare -- Feminism'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: post-modernist/ post-structuralist influences -- Reassessments and potentialities: feminists concerned with race/ ethnicity -- Conclusion. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. Part III. 5. 6. 7. 8.

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Feminist theory.

HQ1190 / .B393 1999

305.4201