Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives

by Carole R. McCann, Seung-Kyung Kim, Emek Ergun

The Feminist Theory Reader provides a revolutionary new approach to anthologizing the important works in feminist theory by incorporating the voices of women of color and postcolonial scholars throughout. Classic works in feminist theory by scholars such as Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Charlotte Bunch, Adrienne Rich, Donna Haraway and Monique Wittig appear alongside Amrita Basu, Gayatri Gopinath, Ji Yeon Lee, Gloria Anzaldua, and Chandra Mohanty, providing both local and global perspectives and infusing the collection with the vitality needed for contemporary study.

By incorporating global perspectives throughout the anthology, the Reader itself offers a challenge to the hegemony of white, Western feminism, providing an approach to feminist theory for the twenty-first century. This approach includes the conversations among postcolonial women and women of color about issues of gender, race, colonialism, and sexuality as paramount to understanding the concerns of feminism. This important new Reader will soon become the definitive collection of classic and contemporary readings in feminist theory.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Womens Studies, Textbooks, Theory, Academic, Feminist Theory

532 pages, ebook

First published November 15, 2002

About the author

Carole McCann is professor of gender and women's studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She is the author of Birth Control Politics in the United States, 1916-1945, and coeditor of Feminist Theory Reader: Local and Global Perspectives.

Reviews

[Dealulcudor · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected it to place me in a state of enlightenment. It successfully failed to do so. It is more an eclectic collection of essays and chapters on feminism, rather than a solid book of epiphany-giving knowledge.

[Freda Anderson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of all the feminist theory essay collections that I have read, this one has the most diverse authorship. In terms of nationality, in terms of race, in terms of sexual orientation, in terms of gender identity, in terms of class. I was impressed with this collection of authors. Overall, I really think the subject matter itself varied quite a bit too and between all of the essays, it covered a lot of ground. My only serious criticism is a criticism that I have with a lot of academic writing, which is that a lot of these people don't write beautifully. And I know, it's an essay, not a poem Freda. But if we love the pen, and we're choosing the pen as our weapon against the patriarchy, shouldn't we write well? Shouldn't the sentences sound as strong as the stances that we're taking? A lot of the writing was clunky, repetitive, and seemingly unintentionally vague or confusing. That annoyed me.

[Yasmine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly recommended! You can get back into reading this book over and over and yet learn something new every single time.

[tamanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

this reader was a joy to read! no add-and-stir model, firmly rooted in transnational feminisms. made me consider pieces i've read before in new ways and in relationship w other pieces/places/thinkers, and i got to read a LOT of new stuff!

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[Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read parts of this for GWS-249. Interesting.

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[Bekka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book for beginners looking into Feminist Theory, or even someone more advanced looking for a collection of Feminist Theory.

[Moneeza Rafiq · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very comprehensive reader, and a very sufficient one if you are using it for studies.