Theorizing Feminism: Parallel Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences

by Anne Herrmann, Abigail J. Stewart

In the past three decades, feminist scholars have produced an extraordinary rich body of theoretical writing in humanities and social science disciplines. This revised and updated second edition of Theorizing Parallel Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences, is a genuinely interdisciplinary anthology of significant contributions to feminist theory.This timely reader is creatively edited, and contains insightful introductory material. It illuminates the historical development of feminist theory as well as the current state of the field. Emphasizing common themes and interests in the humanities and social sciences, the editors have chosen topics that remain relevant to current debates, reflect the interests of a diverse community of thinkers, and have been central to feminist theory in many disciplines.The contributors include leading figures from the fields of psychology, literary criticism, sociology, philosophy, anthropology, art history, law, and economics. This is the ideal text for any advanced course on interdisciplinary feminist theory, one that fills a long-standing gap in feminist pedagogy.

Genres: Feminism, Gender, Womens Studies

504 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 1994

About the author

Anne C. Herrmann is a professor of English and Women's Studies at Yale University (Ann Arbor, MI).

Reviews

[Valerie Brett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is difficult to review because it's old, and it's a compilation of so many different writers' ideas and work. It took me 2.5 years to read, and some chapters were of course much stronger or weaker than others, but overall I'm glad I read it, and will keep it for future reference. I bought this book because my Feminist Theory professor assigned us a few chapters, but I decided to read them all.