The Dictionary of Feminist Theory
The Dictionary of Feminist Theory
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The most comprehensive guide to the terminology and history of feminist theory available, this established and much admired dictionary provides succinct definitions of more than 600 terms, topics, movements and approaches as well as influential feminist thinkers, activists and critics within feminist theory.
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The Dictionary of Feminist Theory by Maggie Humm
The most comprehensive guide to the terminology and history of feminist theory available.This established and much admired dictionary provides succinct definitions of more than 600 terms, topics, movements and approaches as well as influential feminist thinkers, activists and critics within feminist theory. Entries cover a wide range of cross-cultural issues relating to family, work, sexuality, gender, race, imperialism and representation. There are also explanations of terms within Anglo-American and French feminist literary theory that have come into common usage, including 'Backlash', 'Postcolonialism', 'Postmodernism' and 'Queer Theory'. From 'Autobiography' to 'Writing the Body', from 'Abortion' to 'Work' and from 'Anzaldua' to 'Zimmerman', the Dictionary is a valuable source for anyone interested in the ideas behind feminism or those approaching contemporary feminist thought for the first time.
Maggie Humm is an Emeritus Professor whose work on Woolf includes Feminism and Film; Modernist Women and Visual Cultures: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Photography and Cinema; Snapshots of Bloomsbury: The Private Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell; The Edinburgh Companion to Virginia Woolf and the Arts and The Bloomsbury Photographs. Her novel Talland House takes Lily Briscoe from To the Lighthouse, telling her life outside Woolf’s novel, and Lily solves the mystery of Mrs Ramsay’s sudden death. Among other prizes, the novel won ‘Women’s Fiction’ International Impact Awards. Radical Woman: Gwen John & Rodin, about the artist Gwen John’s affair with Rodin, was a finalist in the American Writing Awards and won the Bookfest Awards for Women’s Historical Fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780748619085 |
| ISBN 10 | 0748619089 |
| Title | The Dictionary of Feminist Theory |
| Author | Maggie Humm |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Edinburgh University Press |
| Year published | 2003-11-07 |
| Number of pages | 360 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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