What Is Feminism?: An Introduction to Feminist Theory

by Chris Beasley

Book Overview

So what is feminism anyway? Is it possible to make sense of the complex and often contradictory debates?

In this concise and accessible introduction to feminist theory, Chris Beasley provides clear explanations of the many types of feminism. She outlines the development of liberal, radical and Marxist//socialist feminism, and reviews the more contemporary influences of psychoanalysis, postmodernism, theories of the body, queer theory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761963359
• ISBN13: 9780761963356
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.1" x 7.2"