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Continental Feminism Reader
Author(s): Ann J. Cahill (Editor), Jennifer Hansen (Editor), Judith Butler (Contributor), Rosi Braidotti (Contributor), Teresa Brennan (Contributor), Kelly Oliver (Contributor), Drucilla Cornell (Contributor), Teresa de Laureti (Contributor), Moira Gatens (Contributor), Elizabeth Grosz (Contributor)
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
- Publication Date: 11 Jun. 2003
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 074252308X
- ISBN-13: 9780742523081
Book Description
In an era of backlash and supposed stagnation, feminist philosophers are still providing fresh and challenging perspectives―you just have to know where to look. Continental feminist theory continues to address pressing questions of equality and difference, identity and subjectivity. Modern thinkers like Judith Butler, Kelly Oliver, and Drucilla Cornell give strikingly new perspectives on sex, gender, sexual politics, and the various social reasons for gender inequality. Yet their theories are not always well received. Continental Feminism Reader responds to the marginalization of these thinkers and others like them. In this volume, Ann J. Cahill and Jennifer Hansen collect the most groundbreaking recent work in Continental Feminist Theory, introducing and explaining pieces that are often mystifying to those outside the field and outside academia. With these essays, Continental Feminism Reader begins the process of reanimating feminist politics through the critical tools of its contributors.
Editorial Reviews
Review
This important collection brings together key writings by major feminist theorists of our time. It is a valuable tool for acquainting students with the dominant theoretical approaches to contemporary feminism. — Tina Chanter, DePaul University
Incredibly fascinating and insightful. ―
Altar MagazineCahill and Hansen have produced a useful reader that is also a pleasure to study. Their introductory remarks are extensive, clear, and original, inviting even a skeptic of the analytic/continental divide to rethink and learn. — Sara Ruddick, New School University
About the Author
Rosi Braidotti is Distinguished University Professor and founding Director of the Centre for the Humanities at Utrecht University.Her most recent books are : Posthuman Knowledge (Polity, 2019), The Posthuman Glossary (coedited with M Hlavajova, Bloomsbury 2018), Posthuman Ecologies (coedited with S. Bignall, Rowman &Littlefield 2019) and Conflicting Humanities (coedited with P Gilroy, Bloomsbury 2016). Amy K.S. Chan is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Hong Kong Shue Yan University.
