Revaluing French Feminism: Critical Essays on Difference, Agency, and Culture

by Nancy Fraser (Editor), Sandra Lee Bartky (Editor)

" . . . Fraser and Bartky have brought the encounter between U.S. and French feminism to a new level of seriousness." ―Ethics

In the last decade, elements of French feminist discourse have permeated and transformed the larger feminist culture in the United States. This volume is the first sustained attempt to revalue French feminism and answer the What has been gained and what has been lost as a result of this intercultural encounter?

Interviews with Simone de Beauvoir open the book; essays by French feminists Sarah Kofman and Luce Irigaray follow; the North American contributors are Judith Butler, Nancy Fraser, Diana J. Fuss, Nancy J. Holland, Eleanor H. Kuykendall, Dorothy Leland, Diana T. Meyers, Andrea Nye, and Margaret A. Simons.

Genres: Feminism, Philosophy

208 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Nancy Fraser is an American critical theorist, currently the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City. Fraser earned her PhD in philosophy from the CUNY Graduate Center and taught in the philosophy department at Northwestern University for many years before moving to the New School.

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See also: Romance author Nancy Fraser