Introducing Feminism (Introducing...)

This is a brand new illustrated guide to the history, ideas and practice of feminism. The term 'feminism' came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes much further back. This completely new and updated edition of "Introducing Feminism" surveys the major developments that have affected women's lives from the 17th century to the present day. By highlighting the key social, political and literary ideas which have determined our thinking about the status of women across the globe, this book tells the story of remarkable individuals who actively challenged and changed traditions, social customs and laws. "Introducing Feminism" is an invaluable reference book for anyone seeking the story of how feminism reconfigured the world for women and men alike. Cover ......Page 1 Title ......Page 3 Copyright ......Page 4 What is Feminism?......Page 5 What is Patriarchy?......Page 6 Biology is Destiny......Page 7 Logic or Emotion?......Page 8 Early Modern Feminist Activity......Page 10 Reinterpreting the Bible......Page 12 "To the Ladies"......Page 14 Early Perspectives......Page 15 The Age of Reason......Page 16 Social Planners......Page 17 Competing Perspectives......Page 19 The Rise of Individualism......Page 20 First Wave Feminism......Page 22 Remembering the Ladies......Page 24 Mary Wollstonecraft......Page 26 An Unconventional Life......Page 27 Against Rousseau......Page 29 Sense and Sensibility......Page 30 The Divine Right of Husbands......Page 32 The Grimké Sisters......Page 34 The "Cult of Domesticity", 1820-80......Page 37 Rules of Conduct for Men and Women......Page 40 Harriet Taylor Mill......Page 42 Theory and Practice......Page 44 A Panoply of Servants......Page 46 "Man" or "Person"?......Page 47 Caroline Norton......Page 49 Coverture......Page 50 The Infant Custody Act......Page 51 The Matrimonial Causes Act......Page 52 Catherine Helen Spence......Page 54 Seneca Falls Convention, New York 1848......Page 55 A Declaration of Independence......Page 57 The Advent of the Bloomers......Page 58 The 1850s in the USA......Page 59 The International Council of Women......Page 60 The 1850s in Britain......Page 62 Barbara Bodichon......Page 64 Langham Place......Page 66 Emmeline Pankhurst......Page 68 The Woman's Social and Political Union......Page 69 Militant Suffragettes......Page 70 Women's Suffrage in Australia......Page 72 Suffrage Gains Momentum......Page 74 Against Suffrage......Page 75 The First Backlash......Page 76 Feminism = Lesbianism?......Page 77 Educated but Under-employed......Page 78 The Lost Sex......Page 79 Virginia Woolf......Page 80 A Room of One's Own......Page 81 Guineas and Locks......Page 82 "I have no country ..."......Page 83 Simone de Beauvoir......Page 84 Existence Precedes Essence......Page 85 Milestones of Second Wave Feminism......Page 87 Second Wave Feminism......Page 88 The Women's Liberation Movement......Page 89 The Personal is Political......Page 90 The Seven Demands of the WLM......Page 91 Betty Friedan......Page 92 The Feminine Mystique......Page 93 Motherhood Before Career?......Page 94 The Feminist Mystique......Page 96 C-R and Rap......Page 97 Varieties of Feminisms......Page 98 Socialist Feminism......Page 100 Traditional Marxist Feminism......Page 102 Radical Feminism......Page 103 Ecofeminism......Page 106 Psychoanalytic Feminism......Page 108 Postfeminism......Page 109 Protest and Revolt......Page 110 A Black Miss America......Page 113 Germaine Greer......Page 114 Shulamith Firestone......Page 116 Reproduction, not Production......Page 117 Consuming for Capitalism......Page 118 Kate Millet......Page 119 The Sex/Gender Hierarchy......Page 120 Misogyny in Literature......Page 121 Ann Oakley......Page 122 Subject Women......Page 124 Gynocriticism......Page 126 Psychoanalysis and Feminist Thought......Page 128 "The Reproduction of Mothering"......Page 130 Mermaids and Minotaurs......Page 131 Separation from the Mother......Page 133 Adrienne Rich......Page 135 Gyn/Ecology......Page 137 The 1980s......Page 138 Black Women's Experience of Feminism......Page 139 Early Expressions of Black Feminism......Page 141 A'n't I a Woman?......Page 142 Frances Harper......Page 144 The Combahee River Collective......Page 146 bell hooks......Page 149 Alice Walker......Page 150 Popular Fiction in the 1980s......Page 152 The Power of Romance......Page 154 Feminism and Pornography......Page 155 Feminism and the Body......Page 157 The Beauty Myth......Page 160 The Grotesque......Page 162 Feminism and the Question of Gender......Page 164 Deconstructive Feminism......Page 165 Men Back at Centre Stage?......Page 166 Girl Power......Page 167 Feminism and the Developing World......Page 168 The Subaltern......Page 170 Challenging Rituals......Page 171 What is Feminism?......Page 172 Milestones......Page 173 Further Reading......Page 175 Acknowledgements......Page 176 Index......Page 177 Completelist of titles......Page 179 Back Cover ......Page 180 A illustrated guide to the history, ideas and practice of feminism. It surveys the major developments that have affected women's lives since the 17th century. It tells the story of remarkable individuals who actively challenged and changed traditions, social customs and laws. This is a guide to the struggle for women's rights - a stormy history of conservative male opposition from the outside and disagreements within the movement