An Introduction to Modern Feminist Theory

An explication of the major contributions to feminist theory in the late Twentieth Century, covering Initial Articulations of the ‘Woman’ Problem (Virginia Woolf; Simone de Beauvoir), Radical Feminism (Kate Millett; Shulamith Firestone; Radicalesbians; Mary Daly), Black Feminism (Audre Lorde; Alice Walker; Patricia Hill Collins), French Feminism (Luce Irigaray; Hélène Cixous; Monique Wittig; Julia Kristeva), Materialist Feminism (Gayle Rubin; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak), Queer Theory (Adrienne Rich; Judith Butler; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick; Wayne Koestenbaum).

Contents

Initial Articulations of the “Woman” Problem
Virginia Woolf; Simone de Beauvoir
Radical Feminism
Kate Millett; Shulamith Firestone; Radicalesbians; Mary Daly
Black Feminism
Audre Lorde; Alice Walker; Patricia Hill Collins
French Feminism
Luce Irigaray; Hélène Cixous; Monique Wittig; Julia Kristeva
Materialist Feminism
Gayle Rubin; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Queer Theory
Adrienne Rich; Judith Butler; Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick; Wayne Koestenbaum

About the author

Jennifer A. Rich was an Assistant Professor of English at Hofstra University. Her published work included essays on film, rhetoric, Shakespeare and composition, and An Introduction to Critical Theory in this Series.