Feminist thought : a more comprehensive introduction / Rosemarie Tong.
2009
305.4201 T665f 2009
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Title
Feminist thought : a more comprehensive introduction / Rosemarie Tong.
Author
Edition
3rd ed.
ISBN
0813343755
9780813343754
9780813343754
Imprint
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2009.
Language
English
Description
xi, 417 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
305.4201 T665f 2009
System Control No.
(OCoLC)156811918
(OCoLC)156811918
(OCoLC)156811918
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-399) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction : the diversity of feminist thinking
1. Liberal feminism
Conceptual roots of liberal feminist thought and action
Eighteenth-century thought : equal education
Nineteenth-century thought : equal liberty
Nineteenth-century action : the suffrage
Twentieth-century action : equal rights
Twentieth-century thought : sameness versus difference
Contemporary directions in liberal feminism
Critiques of liberal feminism
Conclusion
2. Radical feminism : libertarian and cultural perspectives
Libertarian and cultural views on the sex/gender system
Some libertarian views on gender
Some cultural views on gender
Sexuality, male domination, and female subordination
The pornography debate
The lesbianism controversy
Reproduction, men, and women
Libertarian and cultural views on mothering
Critiques of radical-libertarian and radical-cultural feminism
3. Marxist and socialist feminism : classical and contemporary
Some Marxist concepts and theories
Classical Marxist feminism : general reflections
Contemporary socialist feminism : general reflections
Women's labor issues
Critiques of Marxist and socialist feminism
Conclusion
4. Psychoanalytic feminism
Sigmund Freud
Feminist critiques of Freud
Early feminist appropriations of Freud
Later feminist appropriations of Freud
Psychoanalytic feminism : general reflections
Conclusion
5. Care-focused feminism
The roots of care-focused feminism
Maternal ethics and the ethics of care
Conclusion
6. Multicultural, global, and postcolonial feminism
Multicultural feminism : general reflections
Roots of multicultural feminism in the United States
Interlocking sources of women's oppression
Conceptual challenges for multicultural feminism
Global and postcolonial feminism : general reflections
Diversity and commonality
Sexual/reproductive issues versus economic issues
Knowing when to respect women's culture
Conclusion
7. Ecofeminism
Some roots of ecofeminism
Ecofeminism : new philosophy or ancient wisdom?
Tensions in nature : ecofeminist thought
Spiritual ecofeminism
Transformative ecofeminism
Global ecofeminism
Critiques of ecofeminism
Conclusion
8. Postmodern and third-wave feminism
Postmodernism/postmodern feminism : keynotes
Critique of postmodern feminism
Third-wave feminism
Critique of third-wave feminism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Acknowledgments
Introduction : the diversity of feminist thinking
1. Liberal feminism
Conceptual roots of liberal feminist thought and action
Eighteenth-century thought : equal education
Nineteenth-century thought : equal liberty
Nineteenth-century action : the suffrage
Twentieth-century action : equal rights
Twentieth-century thought : sameness versus difference
Contemporary directions in liberal feminism
Critiques of liberal feminism
Conclusion
2. Radical feminism : libertarian and cultural perspectives
Libertarian and cultural views on the sex/gender system
Some libertarian views on gender
Some cultural views on gender
Sexuality, male domination, and female subordination
The pornography debate
The lesbianism controversy
Reproduction, men, and women
Libertarian and cultural views on mothering
Critiques of radical-libertarian and radical-cultural feminism
3. Marxist and socialist feminism : classical and contemporary
Some Marxist concepts and theories
Classical Marxist feminism : general reflections
Contemporary socialist feminism : general reflections
Women's labor issues
Critiques of Marxist and socialist feminism
Conclusion
4. Psychoanalytic feminism
Sigmund Freud
Feminist critiques of Freud
Early feminist appropriations of Freud
Later feminist appropriations of Freud
Psychoanalytic feminism : general reflections
Conclusion
5. Care-focused feminism
The roots of care-focused feminism
Maternal ethics and the ethics of care
Conclusion
6. Multicultural, global, and postcolonial feminism
Multicultural feminism : general reflections
Roots of multicultural feminism in the United States
Interlocking sources of women's oppression
Conceptual challenges for multicultural feminism
Global and postcolonial feminism : general reflections
Diversity and commonality
Sexual/reproductive issues versus economic issues
Knowing when to respect women's culture
Conclusion
7. Ecofeminism
Some roots of ecofeminism
Ecofeminism : new philosophy or ancient wisdom?
Tensions in nature : ecofeminist thought
Spiritual ecofeminism
Transformative ecofeminism
Global ecofeminism
Critiques of ecofeminism
Conclusion
8. Postmodern and third-wave feminism
Postmodernism/postmodern feminism : keynotes
Critique of postmodern feminism
Third-wave feminism
Critique of third-wave feminism
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Tong, Rosemarie. Feminist thought. 3rd ed. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2009
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