Radical Voices: A Decade of Feminist Resistance from Women's Studies International Forum

by Renate Klein, Deborah Lynn Steinberg (Editor)

Radical Voices is a collection of writings that explore the origins and development of both feminist scholarship and the women's liberation movement.

Prefaced by Dale Spender, the essays in the book are divided into three sections: (1) the cultural definition of "woman" and how women see themselves, (2) the meaning and operation of the agencies and ideologies that disenfranchise and inflict violence upon women, and (3) feminist ethics and politics. The anthology covers a broad range of subjects, including female friendship, a feminist worldview, feminist education, lesbian feminism, black feminism and feminism and aging.

Contributors include Dorothy E. Smith, Orland W. Wooley, Nellie McKay, Robyn Rowland, Pauline B. Bart, Sarah Lucia Hoagland, Sue Rodmell, Sheila Ruth, Renate D. Klein, Genoveffa Corea, Scarlet Pollock, Jo Sutton, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Janice Raymond, Berit Ås, Betsy Ettorre, Barbara T. Christian, and Shulamit Reinharz.

Genres: Feminism

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Renate Klein was born in Zurich, Switzerland and has degrees from universities of Zurich, London and the University of California (Berkeley). She is known internationally for her work on reproductive technologies and information technologies. She has spoken to parliamentary committees and on TV, radio and print media about ethical issues in reproductive medicines. Her books include the international bestseller Test Tube Women (1984, co-editor). Her other books include: Theories of Women's Studies (1983, co-editor with Gloria Bowles); Man Made Women (1986, co-author); The Exploitation of a Desire (1989, Deakin University Press); Infertility (1989); Radical Voices (1990, co-editor with Debbie Steinberg); Angels of Power (1991);
RU 486: Misconceptions, Myth and Morals (1991, co-author); Australia for Women: Travel and Culture (1994, co-editor with Susan Hawthorne). She is co-editor with Diane Bell of Radically Speaking: Feminism Reclaimed (1996) and with Susan Hawthorne of CyberFeminism (1999).

Renate Klein admits that the joys of dog companionship came to her after establishing herself as a writer and academic. With Jan Fook, she co-edited A Girl's Best Friend: The Meaning of Dogs in Women's Lives (2002), with Jan Fook and Susan Hawthorne Cat Tales: The Meaning of Cats in Women's Lives (2003) and HorseDreams: The Meaning of Horses in Women's Lives (2004).

She has been Associate Professor of Women's Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. She says of herself that she still cares passionately about social justice for women, particularly in the area of reproductive and cyber technologies, but her dog, River, made her laugh, cry and experience pure joie de vivre.