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Essentialist Challenges to Liberal Feminism, in Social Theory and Practice » Read Now
by Ruth E. Groenhout. 25 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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Rethinking Feminist Identification: The Case for De Facto Feminism (Discussion of liberal feminism begins on p. 36) » Read Now
by Patricia S. Misciagno. 138 pgs.

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Is it possible to be a "de facto" feminist? This question is explored and debated in this book about the phenomenon of people who support feminist positions but do not call themselves feminists. The author examines the implications of de facto feminism on both the level of feminist theory as well as...
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Is it possible to be a "de facto" feminist? This question is explored and debated in this book about the phenomenon of people who support feminist positions but do not call themselves feminists. The author examines the implications of de facto feminism on both the level of feminist theory as well as that of practical politics in the U.S. In a theoretical manner, the author considers how the problem of "abstraction" in many of the behavioral approaches to feminist identity have the unintended consequence of reinforcing elite depictions of social change. At the level of practical politics in the U.S., this has left feminism open to the many polemical attacks that have risen in recent years. The author asks whether the attempt to bring about beneficial policy can be rendered ineffective if women do not identify with the "feminist" organizations working on their behalf.
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Yours in Sisterhood: Ms. Magazine and the Promise of Popular Feminism » Read Now
by Amy Erdman Farrell. 234 pgs.

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The author traces the history of "Ms"., from its pathbreaking origins in 1972 to its final commercial issue in 1989. Drawing on interviews with former editors, archival materials, and the text of "Ms". itself, Farrell examines the magazine's efforts to forge an oppositional politics within the...
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The author traces the history of "Ms"., from its pathbreaking origins in 1972 to its final commercial issue in 1989. Drawing on interviews with former editors, archival materials, and the text of "Ms". itself, Farrell examines the magazine's efforts to forge an oppositional politics within the context of the commercial culture. 17 illustrations.
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Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered » Read Now
by Joan Kennedy Taylor. 271 pgs.

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At a time when some feminist critics are saying that the feminist movement has been too individualistic and too market oriented, Joan Kennedy Taylor contends that feminists should cherish and celebrate their tradition of individualism and equal rights. Reclaiming the Mainstream points out that the...
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At a time when some feminist critics are saying that the feminist movement has been too individualistic and too market oriented, Joan Kennedy Taylor contends that feminists should cherish and celebrate their tradition of individualism and equal rights. Reclaiming the Mainstream points out that the most enduring voices in the women's movement--the voices that each successive generation of feminists rediscovers with a shock of recognition--Mary Wollstonecraft, Margaret Fuller, John Stuart Mill, Charlotte Perkins Gilman--have spoken out against government privileges and special protection for women so that their individual differences might flourish. This book argues that modern feminism grew out of the nineteenth-century Woman Movement, which, like much late nineteenth-century thinking, became a battleground between individualist and collectivist ideas. When individualist ideals predominated in this movement--ideals of independence, social mobility, even sexual freedom--it gained wide adherence. But when the movement supported collectivist ideas of social reform, it became more marginal and sectarian. It was a focus on the individual woman's rights and happiness that reinvented feminist movements twice in our history, in the decades from 1910 to the New Deal, and then again in the late 1960s. The book examines this history, gives an overview of the contemporary scene, and analyzes the campaign to pass and ratify an equal rights amendment--and its failure. Reclaiming the Mainstream also discusses contemporary policy issues that affect women: affirmative action and comparable worth; rape, battering, sexual harassment, and incest; the many facets of sexual and reproductive choice; and theattempts to unify feminist and nonfeminist women against pornography or in support of social feminist issues. On all these topics, Taylor offers a new and surprising individualist feminist analysis that asks feminists to make
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Men Who Believe in Feminism » Read Now
by Amanda Goldrick-Jones. 210 pgs.

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Despite popular misconceptions, some men do believe in feminism and support the feminist movement. Since the 1970s, supportive men in North America, Britain, and Australia have published magazines, formed anti-sexism organizations, and worked on a variety of feminist-inspired projects. This book...
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Despite popular misconceptions, some men do believe in feminism and support the feminist movement. Since the 1970s, supportive men in North America, Britain, and Australia have published magazines, formed anti-sexism organizations, and worked on a variety of feminist-inspired projects. This book examines and recounts the motives and strategies, the successes and failures, and the challenges and triumphs of those men who have worked to support the feminist movement, combat sexism, and convey profeminist messages to different audiences.
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Prime-Time Feminism: Television, Media Culture, and the Women's Movement since 1970 » Read Now
by Bonnie J. Dow. 240 pgs.

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Putting the Feminism into Feminism Scales: Introduction of a Liberal Feminist Attitude and Ideology Scale, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Betsy Levonian Morgan. 32 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library
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Feminism and the Contradictions of Oppression ("Liberal Feminism" begins on p. 10) » Read Now
by Caroline Ramazanoglu. 218 pgs.

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Feminism beyond Modernism (Includes discussion of liberal feminism in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Elizabeth A. Flynn. 215 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

In this study, Flynn defines feminist traditions broadly, situating her discussions within the contexts of literary studies, rhetoric and composition while at the same time exploring the troubled relationship between these fields.
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Degrees of Equality: The American Association of University Women and the Challenge of Twentieth-Century Feminism (Chap. 2 "Testing the Boundaries of Liberal Feminism") » Read Now
by Susan Levine. 227 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is one of the nation's oldest and most influential voices for equality in education, the professions, and public life. Tracing the history of the AAUW, Susan Levine provides a new perspective on the meaning of feminism for women in mainstream...
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The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is one of the nation's oldest and most influential voices for equality in education, the professions, and public life. Tracing the history of the AAUW, Susan Levine provides a new perspective on the meaning of feminism for women in mainstream organizations. In so doing, she explores the problems that women confront and the strategies they have developed to achieve equal rights. By examining the experience of groups like AAUW, Levine suggests that feminism was not so much "reborn" in the 1970s as it was adopted by a rapidly growing constituency of college educated women demanding the realization of their goals.
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Feminism and Politics (Discussion of liberal feminism begins on p. 378) » Read Now
by Anne Phillips. 472 pgs.

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Series Blurb: Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the...
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Series Blurb: Oxford Readings in Feminism provide accessible, one-volume guides to the very best in contemporary feminist thinking, assessing its impact and importance in key areas of study. Collected together by scholars of outstanding reputation in their field, the articles chosen represent the most important work on feminist issues, and concise, lively introductions to each volume crystallize the main line of debate in the field. Is there too much gender in politics, too much stereotyping of female and male? Or is there too little gender, too little attention to differences between women and men? Should feminists be challenging male dominance by opening up politics to women? Or is 'women' a fictitious entity that fails to address differences by class or race? Is equality best served by denying differences between the sexes? Or best promoted by stressing the special needs of women? The essays in Feminism and RPolitics answer these questions in a variety of ways, but all see feminism as transforming the way we think about and act in politics. Spanning issues of citizenship and political representation, the ambiguities of identity politics, and the problems in legislating for sexual equality, the readings provide an exciting overview of recent developments. This outstanding collection will be essential reading for any feminist who has doubted the importance of political studies, and any student of politics who has doubted the relevance of feminism.
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