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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[The writing] is a real strength. . . . Mann teaches well in the book. She offers an impressive, wide-ranging overview of the history of feminist theory."--Deirdre M. Condit, Virginia Commonwealth "Mann does an excellent job of mapping the thematic development of the theories shaping U.S. feminism. The author's ability to 'connect the dots' is impressive and instructive."--Hawley Fogg-Davis, Temple University
Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; USING THIS TEXT TO NAVIGATE FEMINIST THOUGHT; CHAPTER 1: DOING FEMINIST THEORY; INTRODUCTION: DECONSTRUCTING THE "F-WORD": WHAT IS FEMINISM?; BOXED INSERTS; BOX 1.1 WHAT IS FEMINISM?; BOX 1.3 THE UNFORGIVEABLE TRANSGRESSION OF BEING CASTER SEMENYA; BOX 1.4 POETRY IS NOT A LUXURY; SECTION I: MODERN FEMINIST THOUGHT; CHAPTER 2: LIBERAL FEMINISMS; INTRODUCTION; BOX 2.1 THE ADAMS' LETTERS; BOX 2.2 THE MUNICIPAL HOUSEKEEPING MOVEMENT; CHAPTER 3: RADICAL FEMINISMS; INTRODUCTION; BOX 3.2 "REDSTOCKINGS MANIFESTO"; CHAPTER 4: MARXIST, SOCIALIST & ANARCHIST FEMINISMS; INTRODUCTION; MARXIST, SOCIALIST & ANARCHIST FEMINISMS IN EARLY MODERNITY; WOMEN'S WORK IN THE HOME; LOVE, MARRIAGE & SEXUAL PRACTICES; PRECURSORS TO ECOFEMINISM IN EARLY MODERNITY; EXISTENTIAL SOCIALIST FEMINISM; WOMEN'S WORK IN LATE MODERNITY; NEW DIRECTIONS IN FEMINIST THOUGHT INSPIRED BY THE OLD & NEW LEFT; QUEER ANTI-CAPITALISM; SOCIALIST FEMINIST STANDPOINT APPROACHES; BOXED INSERTS; BOX 4.2 LENIN ON "SEX-LOVE"; BOX 4.3 A COMPARISON OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY POLICIES IN THE U.S. & SCANDINAVIA; BOX 4.4. "TO MY WHITE WORKING-CLASS SISTERS"; CHAPTER 5: INTERSECTIONALITY THEORIES; INTRODUCTION; PRECURSORS TO INTERSECTIONAL ANALYSES IN EARLY MODERNITY; SECTION II: FEMINIST THOUGHT AFTER TAKING THE POSTMODERN TURN; CHAPTER 6: POSTMODERNISM, POSTSTRUCTURALISM, QUEER & TRANSGENDER THEORIES; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICALLY GROUNDING POSTMODERNISM & POSTSTRUCTURALISM; MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS OF FEMINIST POSTMODERNISMS & POSTSTRUCTURALISMS; EPISTEMOLOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS; QUEER ECOFEMINISMS; CHAPTER 7: THIRD WAVE FEMINISMS; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION: THE "UNHAPPY MARRIAGE" OF THE MODERN & POSTMODERN; SECTION III: THEORY APPLICATIONS; BRIDGING THE LOCAL & THE GLOBAL: FEMINIST DISCOURSES ON COLONIALISM, IMPERIALISM & GLOBALIZATION; INTRODUCTION; CONCEPTUALIZING IMPERIALISM & COLONIALISM; CHAPTER 8: FEMINISM & IMPERIALISM IN EARLY MODERNITY; INTRODUCTION; ROSA LUXEMBURG ON IMPERIALISM; BOXED INSERTS; CHAPTER 9: FEMINISM & IMPERIALISM IN LATE MODERNITY; INTRODUCTION; MODERNIZATION THEORY & DEPENDENCY THEORY; SOCIALIST FEMINIST WORLD-SYSTEMS THEORIES; RADICAL FEMINIST GLOBAL ANALYSES; GLOBAL FEMINIST ANALYSES INSPIRED BY LUXEMBURG'S WORK; CHAPTER 10: FEMINISM & IMPERIALISM IN POSTMODERNITY; INTRODUCTION; POSTCOLONIAL & TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS; CAN THE SUBALTERN SPEAK?; THE CULTURAL LOGICS OF TRANSNATIONALITY; BOXED INSERTS; CONCLUSION: PARADIGM SHIFTS IN FEMINIST THOUGHT; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY/REFERENCES; CREDITS/PERMISSIONS; NAME INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX
