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Index
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Diversity of Feminist Thinking
1 Liberal Feminism
Conceptual Roots
Before the “First Wave”: Equal Education
“First Wave” Liberal Feminism: Equal Liberty and the Suffrage
“Second Wave” Liberal Feminism: Equal Rights
Toward “Third-Wave” Liberal Feminism: Sameness Versus Difference and Egalitarianism
“Third-Wave” Liberal Feminism: Intersectionality
Critiques of Liberal Feminism
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
2 Radical Feminism
Radical-Libertarian Feminism in General
Radical-Cultural Feminism in General
Controversies Between Radical-Libertarian and Radical-Cultural Feminists
Critiques of Radical Feminism
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
3 Marxist and Socialist Feminisms
Some Traditional Marxist Concepts and Theories
Classical Marxist Feminism: General Reflections
Contemporary Socialist Feminism: General Reflections
Contemporary Women’s Labor Issues
Critiques of Marxist and Socialist Feminisms
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
4 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States
Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the “First Wave”
Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the “Second Wave”
Women-of-Color Feminism(s) and the “Third Wave”
Distinct Women-of-Color Feminism(s)
Critiques of Women-of-Color Feminism(s) in the United States
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
5 Women-of-Color Feminism(s) on the World Stage: Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms
Global Feminism in General
Postcolonial Feminism in General
Transnational Feminism in General
Critiques of Global, Postcolonial, and Transnational Feminisms
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
6 Psychoanalytic Feminism
Classical Psychoanalytic Thought: Focus on Sigmund Freud
Anglo-American Critiques and Appropriations of Freud: Focus on Dorothy Dinnerstein, Nancy Chodorow, and Juliet Mitchell
Contemporary Psychoanalytic Thought: Focus on Jacques Lacan
Critique of Jacques Lacan
“French” Psychoanalytic Feminism: Focus on Luce Irigaray and Julia Kristeva
Critiques of Freudian, Lacanian, and Psychoanalytic Feminist Thought
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
7 Care-Focused Feminism
The Roots of Care-Focused Feminism
Critiques of Care-Focused Feminism
The Roots of Maternal Ethics
Critiques of Maternal Ethics
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
8 Ecofeminism
Some Roots of Ecofeminism
Early Conceptions of Ecofeminism
Women, Nature, and Culture: Some Tensions
Nature Ecofeminism
Spiritual Ecofeminism
Transformative Ecofeminism
Global Ecofeminism
Vegetarian Ecofeminism
Environmental Ecofeminism
Critiques of Ecofeminism
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
9 Existentialist, Poststructural, and Postmodern Feminisms
Existentialism: Focus on Jean-Paul Sartre
Existentialist Feminism: Focus on Simone de Beauvoir
Critiques of Existentialist Feminism
Poststructuralism: Focus on Michel Foucault
Poststructural Feminism: Focus on Judith Butler
Critiques of Poststructural Feminism
Postmodernism: Focus on Jacques Derrida
Postmodern Feminism: Focus on Hélène Cixous
Critiques of Postmodern Feminism
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
10 Third-Wave and Queer Feminisms
Third-Wave Feminism
Critiques of Third-Wave Feminism
Feminist Queer Theory
Critiques of Feminist Queer Theory
Conclusion
Questions for Discussion
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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