Theorizing Feminism: Parallel Trends In The Humanities And Social Sciences [Aug 18, 1994] Stewart, Abby J

by Anne Herrmann, Abigail J. Stewart

In the past two decades, feminist scholars have produced an abundance of theoretical writing in humanities and social science disciplines. The result is a body of work that is extraordinarily rich, hard to keep up with, and extremely difficult to teach.With the appearance of Theorizing Parallel Trends in the Humanities and Social Sciences, the first genuinely interdisciplinary anthology of significant contributions to feminist theory, teachers will finally have a volume that does justice to their topic. Creatively edited, with insightful introductory material, this timely reader 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 those topics that have been central to feminist theory in many disciplines, that remain relevant to current debates, and that reflect the interests of a diverse community of thinkers.The co

Genres: Feminism, Gender, Womens Studies

500 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.