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Feminist theory and literary practice / Deborah L. Madsen
- Author
- Madsen, Deborah L.
- Published
- London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2000.
- Copyright Date
- ©2000
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 253 pages)
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- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Feminism in America -- 1. Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and Mary Rowlandson -- Survey of Liberal Feminist Theory: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Betty Friedan -- Liberal Feminism in Praxis: Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God -- 2. Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Survey of Marxist Feminist Theory: Emma Goldman, Michele Barrett, Lillian Robinson -- Marxist Feminism in Praxis: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Stories -- 3. Gender and Consciousness: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Kate Chopin -- Survey of Psychoanalytic Feminist Theory: Carol Gilligan, Jane Flax, Jane Gallop -- Psychoanalytic Feminism in Praxis: Kate Chopin's The Awakening -- 4. Gender and Nature: Eco-feminism and Willa Cather -- Survey of Eco-feminist Theory: Carol Adams, Carol Bigwood, Carolyn Merchant -- Eco-feminism in Praxis: Willa Cather's Plains Fiction -- 5. Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism and Adrienne Rich -- Survey of Radical Feminist Theory:: Shulamith Firestone, Andrea Dworkin, Mary Daly, Audre Lorde -- Radical Feminism in Praxis: Adrienne Rich's Poetry -- 6. Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and Ann Beatte -- Survey of Socialist Feminist Theory: Juliet Mitchell, Sheila Rowbotham, Zillah Eisenstein -- Socialist Feminism in Praxis: Ann Beattie's Secrets and Surprises -- 7. Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and Alice Walker, Denise Chavez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston -- Survey of Feminism of Colour: Gloria Anzaldua, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Paula Gunn Allen -- Third-World Feminism in Praxis: Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Denise Chavez's The Last of the Menu Girls, Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller, Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior.
- Summary
- An account of the varieties of feminist thought within the context of the key American texts and authors, including Kate Chopin, Alice Walker and Ann Beattie.
- Subject(s)
- American literature—Women authors—History and criticism—Theory, etc
- American literature—Women authors—History and criticism
- Feminism and literature—United States
- Women and literature—United States
- Feminism—United States
- Feminism in literature
- Écrits de femmes américains—Histoire et critique—Théorie, etc
- Écrits de femmes américains—Histoire et critique
- Femmes et littérature—États-Unis
- Féminisme—États-Unis
- Féminisme dans la littérature
- DRAMA—American
- SOCIAL SCIENCE—Feminism & Feminist Theory
- American literature—Women authors
- Feminism
- Feminism and literature
- Women and literature
- Frauenliteratur
- Feminismus
- Literaturwissenschaft
- Littérature américaine—Femmes écrivains—Histoire et critique
- Féminisme et littérature—États-Unis
- United States
- USA
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 0585425868 (electronic bk.)
9780585425863 (electronic bk.)
9781849645263 (electronic bk.)
1849645264 (electronic bk.)
0745316026
9780745316024
0745316018
9780745316017 - Digital File Characteristics
- data file
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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