Feminism Enchanted

The feminist movement has long been guided by the promise of progress for women: politically, economically, and in personal life. But we live in a time when history appears to be moving backward into a more reactionary past. How might feminist thought make sense of this plight without returning to the liberal, Western framework of progressive reason?

Yanbing Er argues that the key to this predicament lies in the capacity of the literary imagination to invigorate feminist critical practice. S...