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Beteilige Person: Weisser, Susan Ostrov (VerfasserIn, HerausgeberIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Fleischner, Jennifer (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York New York University Press [2020]
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784945.001.0001
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814784945
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814784945.001.0001
Abstract:Though all women are women, no woman is only a woman, wrote Elizabeth Spelman in The Inessential Woman. Gone are the days when feminism translated simply into the advocacy of equality for women. Women's interests are not always aligned; race, class, and sexuality complicate the equation. In recent years, feminist ideologies have become increasingly diverse. Today, one feminist's most ardent political opponent may well be another feminist. As feminism grows increasingly diverse, the time has come to ask a painful and frequently avoided question: what does it mean for women to oppress women? This pathbreaking, provocative anthology addresses this troublesome dilemma from various feminist perspectives, offering an interdisciplinary collection of writings that widens our understanding of oppression to take into account women who are at odds. The book examines the social, political, and psychological ramifications of this phenomenon, as evidenced in a range of texts, from women's antislavery writing to women's anti-abortion writing, from mother-daughter incest stories to maternal surrogacy narratives, from the Bible to the popular romance nove, from Jane Austen to Alice Walker. The value of the volume is perhaps best summed up by an early response to the idea-This is a book that should never be written; feminists should concentrate on how men oppress women. Ironically, it is precisely because the subject triggers such responses, the authors argue, that a volume such as Feminist Nightmares has become a necessity
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (X, 405 Seiten)
ISBN:9780814784945
DOI:10.18574/nyu/9780814784945.001.0001