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2012

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Doing Feminist Theory

From Modernity to Postmodernity

Dr. Susan A. Mann

Doing Feminist Theory critically examines feminist thought from the late 18th century to the present. Organized historically and by theoretical perspectives, it highlights the relationship between feminist theory and practice, as well as the diversity of feminist visions and voices by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and global location. The history of feminist thought is interwoven with the history of the U.S. women's movement to ground theory in its socio-historical context and to illuminate paradigm shifts toward an increasing focus on difference, deconstruction and decentering in postmodernity. Links between the local and global are emphasized in theory application sections devoted to global and environmental issues. Oriented toward upper-level undergraduate students and master's-level graduate students, the distinguishing features of this text include:

* a critical approach that highlights how theories can empower or silence
* a diversity approach that focuses on the multiplicity of feminist voices by race, class
* an historical approach that grounds feminist theories in the social, economic
* a dynamic approach that highlights paradigm shifts in feminist thought from
* an interdisciplinary approach that interweaves the social sciences
* a praxis-oriented approach with theory applications devoted to global

Readership : Upper-level undergraduate students and master's-level graduate students, as well as feminist teachers, scholars and activists.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Using this Text to Navigate Feminist Thought
1. Doing Feminist Theory
Introduction
Deconstructing the "F-word": What is Feminism?
Section I: Modern Feminist Thought
2. Liberal Feminisms
Introduction
3. Radical Feminisms
Introduction
4. Marxist, Socialist & Anarchist Feminisms
Introduction
Marxist, Socialist & Anarchist Feminisms in Early Modernity
Women's Work in the Home
Love, Marriage & Sexual Practices
Precursors to Ecofeminism in Early Modernity
Existential Socialist Feminism
Women's Work in Late Modernity
New Directions in Feminist Thought Inspired by the Old & New Left
Queer Anti-Capitalism
Socialist Feminist Standpoint Approaches
5. Intersectionality Theories
Introduction
Precursors to Intersectional Analyses in Early Modernity
Section II: Feminist Thought After Taking the Postmodern Turn
6. Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, Queer & Transgender Theories
Introduction
Historically Grounding Postmodernism & Poststructuralism
Major Assumptions of Feminist Postmodernisms & Poststructuralisms
Epistemological Assumptions
Queer Ecofeminisms
7. Third Wave Feminisms
Introduction
Conclusion: The "Unhappy Marriage" of the Modern & Postmodern
Section III: Theory Applications
Bridging the Local & the Global: Feminist Discourses on Colonialism, Imperialism & Globalization
Introduction
Conceptualizing Imperialism & Colonialism
8. Feminism & Imperialism in Early Moderni
Introduction
Rosa Luxemburg on Imperialism
9. Feminism & Imperialism in Late Modernity
Introduction
Modernization Theory & Dependency Theory
Socialist Feminist World-Systems Theories
Radical Feminist Global Analyses
Global Feminist Analyses Inspired by Luxemburg's Work
10. Feminism & Imperialism in Postmodernity
Introduction
Postcolonial & Transnational Feminisms
Can the Subaltern Speak?
The Cultural Logics of Transnationality
Conclusion: Paradigm Shifts in Feminist Thought
Introduction
Glossary
Bibliography/References
Credits/Permissions
Name Index
Subject Index

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Susan Archer Mann is a Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA. She received her Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Toronto in 1982. Her areas of specialization are sociological theory and feminist theory. She was awarded her university's highest award for excellence in teaching, as well as the Spark Award for her scholarly and professional contributions at the Race, Gender and Class 4th annual conference. She was a founder and the first Director of the UNO Women and Gender Studies program and a former Chair of the Race, Gender and Class Section of the American Sociological Association. Currently she is working on an anthology to accompany Doing Feminist Theory: Paradigm Shifts from Modernity to Postmodernity for Oxford University Press.

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Special Features

An historical approach that interweaves the history of feminist thought with the history of the U.S women's movement and illuminates paradigm shifts in feminist thought toward an increasing focus on difference, deconstruction and decentering in postmodernity.
Text is written in clear and accessible style even when it covered complex or difficult subject matter.
A comprehensive focus on the multiplicity and diversity of feminist approaches by race, gender, class, sexuality and global location.
A wide-array of ecofeminist approaches are threaded throughout the text to illustrate the application of feminist theories to concrete social problems.
A critical and dynamic approach to theory that is interdisciplinary and inclusive of alternative forms of theory construction that extend beyond the academy, such as poetry, music and zines.
This text not only emphasizes the multiplicity and diversity of feminist approaches, but does so historically by examining this diversity through the first, second and third waves of U.S. feminism.