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"[This book] explains the intricacies of feminist thought to the initiated and uninitiated alike... [it is a] significant resource for understanding the intellectual state of contemporary feminism."
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Approachable for general readers as well as for students in women's studies related courses at all levels, this invaluable guide follows the unique Companion format in combining over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary entries. The background chapters are written by major figures in the field of feminist studies, and include thorough coverage of the history of feminism, as well as extensive discussions of topics such as Postfeminism, Men in Feminism, Feminism and New Technologies and Feminism and Philosophy. The dictionary entries cover the major individuals and issues essential to an understanding both of feminism's roots and of the trends that are shaping its future. Readers will find entries on people such as Aphra Behn, Simone de Beauvoir, Princess Diana, Courtney Love and Robert Bly, and on subjects such as Afro-American feminism, cosmetic surgery, the 'new man', prostitution, reproductive technologies and 'slasher' films.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is awesome if your on any kind of course which touches on feminist issues. It also a valuable resource as it's front section contains valuable essays on the different waves of feminism. Whilst the body of the book is laid out like a dictionary specific to feminism. This is very useful even if you just want to learn more about feminism, it is a good place to start.
I would recommend this book to all.
I would recommend this book to all.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book. If feels and looks great, this is backed up by its excellent content. I would describe this as a guide to feminist theory, it contains essays on the different waves of feminism. It also contains a dictionary layout of feminist terms and figures. Giving valuable detailed and accurate descriptions of terms and figures.
I would recommend this book to anyone studying a course which touches on women's issues. I would also recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about how women have truly progressed through the years. It is a valuable one stop resource.
I would recommend this book to anyone studying a course which touches on women's issues. I would also recommend it to anyone who is interested in learning a bit more about how women have truly progressed through the years. It is a valuable one stop resource.
Format:Kindle Edition
An excellent introductory insight into the world of feminist thought and discourse. The first half of the book consists of fifteen essays by various writers, starting with a birds-eye historical overview of the three major waves of feminism. Each subsequent chapter deals with many subjects pertinent to feminist thought including: gender, the developing world, film, popular culture, literature, philosophy and more. The remaining half of the book consists of an exhaustive A-Z glossary, handily cross-referenced, expounding on the key proponents and terms of feminism.
I found especially interesting the passages describing Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity. Having had, from a early age, a strong intuition, that what is deemed 'appropriate' mentation, emotional responses and behaviour for a particular individual of any gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity is, to a large extent, socially constructed, made me resonate with Butler's idea very strongly. Which implies we should, each of us, perform the operation of self-deconstruction to realize that we are each utterly singular beings among a plethora of 7 billion such uniquely diverse sentience's of equal validity. This illustrates how this book is a good overarching jumping off point to explore the concept's presented herein in greater depth. The only slightly weak point of the book was the chapter on religion which I found to be too accommodating to religious myths and praxis which are, after all, incredibly misogynistic and contemptuous of half the human race just because they happened to be born with female genitalia. I expect it would raise the eyebrows of atheist feminists, like Greta Christina, who are active nowadays.
In the decade or so since this work was published things have progressed apace. So, with luck, the blood-soaked patriarchies day's are numbered. Overall a very enlightening text for those new to feminist intellectual thought.
I found especially interesting the passages describing Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity. Having had, from a early age, a strong intuition, that what is deemed 'appropriate' mentation, emotional responses and behaviour for a particular individual of any gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity is, to a large extent, socially constructed, made me resonate with Butler's idea very strongly. Which implies we should, each of us, perform the operation of self-deconstruction to realize that we are each utterly singular beings among a plethora of 7 billion such uniquely diverse sentience's of equal validity. This illustrates how this book is a good overarching jumping off point to explore the concept's presented herein in greater depth. The only slightly weak point of the book was the chapter on religion which I found to be too accommodating to religious myths and praxis which are, after all, incredibly misogynistic and contemptuous of half the human race just because they happened to be born with female genitalia. I expect it would raise the eyebrows of atheist feminists, like Greta Christina, who are active nowadays.
In the decade or so since this work was published things have progressed apace. So, with luck, the blood-soaked patriarchies day's are numbered. Overall a very enlightening text for those new to feminist intellectual thought.
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