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The Second Wave: A Reader in Feminist Theory
Contributor(s): Nicholson, Linda (Editor)
ISBN: 0415917611     ISBN-13: 9780415917612
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $66.45  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 1997
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Annotation: This volume collects many of the major essays of feminist theory of the past 40 years. The essays are those which have made key contributions to feminist theory during this period and which have generated extensive discussion. The Second Wave situates particular debates within their historical contexts and provides a sense of why certain questions emerged when they did.
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
Dewey: 305.420
LCCN: 96-25168
Lexile Measure: 1210
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 7.02" W x 10.01" (1.67 lbs) 432 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
The Second Wave collects many of the major essays of feminist theory of the past forty years, essays by the figures who have made key contributions to feminist theory during this period and have generated extensive discussion. Organized historically, these essays provide a sense of the major turning points in feminist theory.

Contributors include: Norma Alarcon, Linda Alcoff, Michele Barrett, Elsa Barkley Brown, Judith Butler, Nancy Chodorow, Patricia Hill Collins, Simone de Beauvoir, Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Carol Gilligan, Heidi Hartmann, Nancy C. M. Hartsock, Luce Irigaray, Catharine MacKinnon, Uma Narayan, Linda Nicholson, Ellen Rooney, Gayle Rubin, Gayatri Spivak, Wendy W. Williams and Monique Wittig.