A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory

by Mary Eagleton

"The Concise Companion to Feminist Theory" introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years. Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35 years. Guides students along the cutting edge of current feminist theory. Suitable for students and scholars of all fields touched by feminist thought. Covers an exceptionally broad range of disciplines, discourses and feminist positions. Organised around concepts rather than schools of feminism.

Genres: Feminism

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Mary Eagleton is Professor of Contemporary Women’s Writing at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. She has published extensively in the field of feminist literary theory and contemporary women’s writing, including Feminist Literary Criticism (1991), Working With Feminist Criticism (Wiley-Blackwell, 1996), A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory (Wiley-Blackwell, 2003) and Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (2005). She is founding Co-editor of the journal, Contemporary Women’s Writing.

Formerly a Professor in the School of Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, Mary Eagleton’s interests lie in contemporary women’s writing and the history of feminist literary criticism. She has developing interests in the work of Pierre Bourdieu and women’s relation to intellectualism. Recent publications include A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory (Blackwell, 2003) and Figuring the Woman Author in Contemporary Fiction (Palgrave, 2005), a study of the continuing fascination of the woman author as a character in contemporary fiction, and the third edition of Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).