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Sexual politics Sexual politics Kate Millet Praised and denounced when it was first published in 1970, Sexual Politics not only explored history but also became part of it. Kate Millett's groundbreaking book fueled feminism's second wave, … OL13845976W
The girl with the dragon tattoo and philosophy The girl with the dragon tattoo and philosophy Eric Bronson "The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation. Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The… OL16126669W
New femininities New femininities Rosalind Gill "This volume brings together twenty original essays on the changes and continuities in gender relations and intersecting politics of sexuality, race, class and location. The book is located in debate… OL16134263W
Womanizing Nietzsche Womanizing Nietzsche Kelly Oliver In **Womanizing Nietzsche**, Kelly Oliver uses an analysis of the position of woman in Nietzsche's texts to open onto the larger question of philosophy's relation to the feminine and the maternal. Of… OL1633855W
Becoming-woman Becoming-woman Camilla Griggers A powerful and provocative mapping out of the machinations involved in becoming-woman. Camilla Griggers winds a deft path through Vogue fashion spreads, lesbian serial killers, Prozac, and the theori… OL16466607W
Woman Hating Woman Hating Andrea Dworkin Dworkin examines the place and depiction of women in fairy tales and pornography, focusing on the French erotic novels Story of O and The Image, and the magazine Suck. She then looks at the historica… OL1650377W
Up against a wall Up against a wall Rose Corrigan "Rape law reform has long been hailed as one of the most successful projects of second-wave feminism. Yet forty years after the anti-rape movement emerged, legal and medical institutions continue to … OL16715134W
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Receiving a letter from a friend asking her how to raise her baby girl to be a feminist, Adichie responded with fifteen suggestions for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman… OL17640883W
Feminists Read Habermas Feminists Read Habermas Johanna Meehan This important new collection considers Jürgen Habermas’s discourse theory from a variety of feminist vantage points. Habermas’s theory represents one of the most persuasive current formulations of m… OL18295287W
The great feminist denial The great feminist denial Monica Dux,Zora Simic "Feminism, if not dead, is at least seriously ill. It is now common to hear women declare themselves 'Not Feminists', whereas in the 1970s it was taken as given that any thinking woman would be proud… OL18565446W
Der Streit um Differenz Der Streit um Differenz Drucilla Cornell,Seyla Benhabib,Judith Butler,Nancy Fraser This unique volume presents a debate between four of the top feminist theorists in the United States today. Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell and Nancy Fraser discuss some of the key qu… OL18982263W
Lesbian philosophies and cultures Lesbian philosophies and cultures Jeffner Allen The lesbians who have contributed to this book are theorists and activists who write as members of diverse lesbian cultures. Each lesbian has her ways of knowing, her voices, approaches, methodologie… OL19128091W
Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Suryia Nayak "Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual trans-d… OL19662496W
Tainted witness Tainted witness Leigh Gilmore in 1991, Anita Hill's testimony during Clarence Thomas's Senate confirmation hearing brought the problem of sexual harassment to a public audience. Although widely believed by women, Hill was defamed… OL19664250W
Unfinished business Unfinished business Anne-Marie Slaughter "When Anne-Marie Slaughter accepted her dream job as the first female director of policy planning at the U.S. State Department in 2009, she was confident she could juggle the demands of her position … OL19666461W
Perspectives on feminist political thought in European history Perspectives on feminist political thought in European history Siep Stuurman,Tjitske Akkerman Spanning six centuries of political thought in European history, this book puts the ideas of thinkers from Christine de Pizan to Simone de Beauvoir in the broader contexts of their time. Conventional… OL19894152W
Narrative theory unbound Narrative theory unbound Robyn R. Warhol,Susan Sniader Lanser "Under the bold banner of Narrative Theory Unbound: Queer and Feminist Interventions, editors Robyn Warhol and Susan S. Lanser gather a diverse spectrum of queer and feminist challenges to the theory… OL20030618W
A multitude of women A multitude of women Stefania Lucamante "A Multitude of Women looks at the ways in which both Italian literary tradition and external factors have influenced Italian women writers in rethinking the theoretical and aesthetic ties between au… OL2228379W
Feminist thought Feminist thought Rosemarie Tong "Feminist Thought is a clear, comprehensive, and incisive introduction to the major traditions of feminist theory, from liberal feminism, radical feminism, and Marxist and socialist feminism to care-… OL2742541W
Living Across and Through Skins Living Across and Through Skins Shannon Sullivan "What if we lived across and through our skins as much as we do within them? According to Shannon Sullivan, the notion of bodies in transaction with their social, political, cultural, and physical su… OL5833782W
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