Social Science : Feminism & Feminist Theory

Interrogating lesbian, gay, and feminist theories, this book considers instances of unnecessarily divisive turf-battling. Moving beyond the opposition that pits the sex-positive leftist academy against abstract 'sexism' and 'homophobia', it considers homophobic feminist theories, sexist gay theories, and other factors in the field. more...

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Meet the Female Chauvinist Pig--the new brand of "empowered woman" who wears the Playboy bunny as a talisman, bares all for Girls Gone Wild, pursues casual sex as if it were a sport, and embraces "raunch culture" wherever she finds it. If male chauvinist pigs of years past thought of women as pieces of meat, Female Chauvinist Pigs of today are doing them one better, making sex objects of other women--and of themselves. They think they're being brave, they think they're being funny, but in Female Chauvinist Pigs, New York magazine writer Ariel Levy asks if the joke is on them. more...

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Confronting the difficulties that white Western feminism has in balancing issues of gender with other forms of difference, such as race, ethnicity and nation, this study argues that feminist thought can begin to work "against purity" in order to develop more complex models of power, identity and the self. more...

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Heather Merrill investigates how migrants and Northern Italians struggle over meanings and negotiate social and cultural identities. Using rich ethnographic material, Merrill traces the emergence of Alma MaterÑan anti-racist organization formed to address problems encountered by migrant women. Through this analysis, she reveals the dynamics of an alliance consisting of women from many countries of origin and religious and class backgrounds. more...

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Drawing from theories by Donna Haraway and Sherry Turkle, and using tools of feminist epistemology, Adam provides a sustained critique of AI. more...

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