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In Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics, Fourth Edition, internationally renowned feminist Judith Lorber examines various, evolving theories of gender inequality. Tightly structured around Lorber's own paradigm of "reform, resistance, rebellion," this combination text/reader acknowledges feminism's significant contributions to redressing gender inequality and celebrates its enormous accomplishments over the last forty years. It also documents feminism's ongoing political activism, and, with an awareness of postmodern and third-wave trends, points toward its future.
Significantly rewritten, reorganized, and updated, the fourth edition features seventeen new readings and new sections on feminism in China, India, South Korea, and Japan. In addition, the bulleted lists that introduce each type of feminism now include a critique as well as that particular feminism's theories on the sources of gender inequality, its politics, and its contributions.
An accessible, engaging classic written by one of sociology's first feminists, Gender Inequality: Feminist Theories and Politics, Fourth Edition, is an ideal undergraduate and graduate text for courses in introductory feminism, feminist theory, and women's studies.
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In order to address the latest debates over nature vs. nurture, Lorber (City U. of New York, Brooklyn) has expanded the first edition of her reader on feminism to include readings under a new section titled "feminist theories of the body". All of the readings are chosen and arranged for the undergraduate student; each section includes a bullet-listed overview, Lorber's often lengthy summary of the topic, the readings themselves (all reprinted from other sources; none longer than eight pages); and a bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Product Details
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Meet the Author
Judith Lorber is an international scholar in gender studies and Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. She is the author of Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change (2005), Paradoxes of Gender (1994), numerous articles on gender and on women in healthcare, and coauthor of Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives (OUP, 2006) and Gender and the Social Construction of Illness (2002).
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Feminisms and Their Contributions to Gender Equality 1
Part I Gender Reform Feminisms 21
1 Liberal Feminism 25
A Theory of Female Subordination Cynthia Fuchs Epstein 27
Integrating Family and Work in the 21st Century Jerry A. Jacobs Kathleen Gerson 36
2 Marxist Feminism 46
Theorizing Racial and Gendered Class Joan Acker 48
Gender, Race, and Citizenship Evelyn Nakano Glenn 56
3 Socialist Feminism 70
Gender and Complex Inequality Leslie McCall 72
The Invisible Heart Nancy Folbre 77
4 Postcolonial and Asian Feminism 86
Under Western Eyes at the Turn of the Century Chandra Talpada Mohanty 90
Climbing the Pyramids of Power Rae Lesser Blumberg 98
Part II Gender Resistance Feminisms 117
5 Radical Feminism 121
Redstockings Manifesto Redstockings 123
Goodbye to All That (#2) Robin Morgan 127
6 Lesbian Feminism 142
Decentering Lesbian Feminism Arlene Stein 145
Lipstick or Timberlands? Gender Presentation in Black Lesbian Communities Mignon R. Moore 149
7 Psychoanalytic Feminism 159
Freud and Feminism Nancy J. Chodorow 161
The Laugh of the Medusa Hélène Cixous 166
8 Standpoint Feminism 173
Women's Standpoint: Embodied Knowledge versus the Ruling Relations Dorothy E. Smith 175
Gendered Standpoints on Nature Sandra Harding 182
Part III Gender Rebellion Feminisms 193
9 Multiracial/Multiethnic Feminism 197
Black Feminism, Knowledge, and Power Patricia Hill Collins 200
Nego-Feminism Obioma Nnaemeka 206
10 Feminist Studies of Men 215
Hegemonic Masculinity R.W. Connell James W. Messerschmidt 218
Gender, Class, and Terrorism Michael S. Kimmel 229
11 Social Construction Feminism 243
Gender as a SocialStructure Barbara J. Risman 252
Imagining a World without Gender Judith Lorber 258
12 Postmodern Feminism and Queer Theory 267
Gender, Sex, and Sexual Performativity Judith Butler 270
Thinking about Drag as Social Protest Leila J. Rupp Verta Taylor 273
13 Third-Wave Feminism 282
Sisters vs. Daughters Astrid Henry 284
Third-Wave Black Feminism? Kimberly Springer 293
Do We Have a New Feminism? 303
Glossary 315
Index 319