ABSTRACT

Approachable for general readers as well as for students in women's studies related courses at all levels, this invaluable guide follows the unique Companion format in combining over a dozen in-depth background chapters with more than 400 A-Z dictionary entries. The background chapters are written by major figures in the field of feminist studies, and include thorough coverage of the history of feminism, as well as extensive discussions of topics such as Postfeminism, Men in Feminism, Feminism and New Technologies and Feminism and Philosophy. The dictionary entries cover the major individuals and issues essential to an understanding both of feminism's roots and of the trends that are shaping its future. Readers will find entries on people such as Aphra Behn, Simone de Beauvoir, Princess Diana, Courtney Love and Robert Bly, and on subjects such as Afro-American feminism, cosmetic surgery, the 'new man', prostitution, reproductive technologies and 'slasher' films.

part I|143 pages

Feminism: Its History and Cultural Context

chapter 3|11 pages

Second Wave Feminism

chapter 4|10 pages

Postfeminism

chapter 8|9 pages

Feminism and Film

part II|186 pages

A–Z of Key Themes and Major Figures

letter A|11 pages

entry |1 pages

Abjection

entry |2 pages

Abortion

entry |1 pages

Acker, Kathy: Prose Writer and Essayist

entry |1 pages

Activism

entry |1 pages

Advertising

entry |1 pages

African-American Feminism

entry |1 pages

Alterity

entry |1 pages

Althusser, Louis: Cultural and Literary Theorist

entry |1 pages

Anarchist Feminism

entry |1 pages

Androcentrism

entry |2 pages

Androgyny

entry |1 pages

Angel in the House

entry |2 pages

Anglo-American Feminist Criticism

entry |1 pages

Anthony, Susan B.: American Suffrage Campaigner

entry |1 pages

Arc, Joan of: Patron Saint of France

entry |1 pages

Arzner, Dorothy: Film Director and Editor

entry |2 pages

Atkinson, Ti-Grace: Activist Feminist

entry |1 pages

Autobiography

letter B|10 pages

entry |1 pages

Backlash

entry |2 pages

Barrett, Michele: Academic and Author

entry |1 pages

Barthes, Roland: Cultural Critic

entry |2 pages

Beauty Contests

entry |1 pages

Beauty Myth

entry |2 pages

Beauvoir, Simone De: Philosopher

entry |1 pages

Biological Determinism

entry |1 pages

Bisexuality

entry |2 pages

Björk Gudmundsdottir: Musician

entry |1 pages

Bly, Robert: Writer and Poet

entry |2 pages

Bodichon, Barbara Leigh-Smith: Educationalist and Social Campaigner

entry |1 pages

Bodybuilding

entry |1 pages

Bourgeois, Louise: Sculptor and Artist

entry |1 pages

Braidotti, Rosi: Feminist Philosopher and Cultural Theorist

entry |2 pages

Brittain, Vera: Writer and Political Campaigner

entry |1 pages

Brownmiller, Susan: Feminist Writer

entry |2 pages

Burchill, Julie: Journalist and Novelist

entry |1 pages

Butler, Josephine: Social Campaigner

entry |2 pages

Butler, Judith: Feminist Sociologist and Philosopher

letter C|14 pages

entry |1 pages

Campbell, Beatrix: Journalist

entry |1 pages

Campion, Jane: Film Director

entry |2 pages

Capitalist Patriarchy

entry |1 pages

Carter, Angela: Author, Reviewer and Journalist

entry |2 pages

Chesler, Phyllis: Psychologist and Writer

entry |1 pages

Chicago, Judy: Artist and Writer

entry |1 pages

Chodorow, Nancy: Sociologist

entry |1 pages

Chora

entry |2 pages

Christian Feminism

entry |2 pages

Civil Rights Feminism

entry |1 pages

Cixous, HéLène: Writer and Philosopher

entry |2 pages

Class

entry |1 pages

Clitoridectomy

entry |2 pages

Collective

entry |1 pages

Comedy

entry |2 pages

Compulsory Heterosexualtty

entry |1 pages

Consciousness-Raising

entry |1 pages

Contraception

entry |1 pages

Cornell, Drucilla: Philosopher

entry |1 pages

Cosmetic Surgery

entry |2 pages

Cross-Dressing

entry |1 pages

Cultural Studies

entry |1 pages

Culture

entry |2 pages

Cyberfeminism

entry |1 pages

Cyberpunk

entry |2 pages

Cyberspace

entry |1 pages

Cyborg

letter D|9 pages

entry |1 pages

Daly, Mary: Radical Feminist Philosopher and Theologian

entry |2 pages

Dance

entry |1 pages

Davis, Angela Y.: Activist and Academic

entry |2 pages

Delphy, Christine: Marxist-Feminist Sociologist

entry |1 pages

Denfeld, Rene: Writer

entry |2 pages

Derrida, Jacques: Philosopher

entry |1 pages

Desire

entry |2 pages

Diana, Princess Of Wales: Aristocrat

entry |1 pages

Différance

entry |1 pages

Difference

entry |1 pages

Dinnerstein, Dorothy: Psychoanalyst

entry |1 pages

Discourse

entry |1 pages

Discrimination

entry |1 pages

Domesticity

entry |2 pages

Double Standards

entry |1 pages

Douglas, Mary: Social Anthropologist

entry |2 pages

Dual Systems Theory

entry |1 pages

Dworkin, Andrea: Anti-Pornography Activist and Writer

letter E|6 pages

entry |1 pages

Eating Disorders

entry |2 pages

Ecofeminism

entry |1 pages

Écriture Féminine

entry |2 pages

Education

entry |2 pages

Emancipation

entry |1 pages

Enlightenment

entry |2 pages

Epistemology

entry |1 pages

Equal Rights

entry |2 pages

Essentialism

entry |1 pages

Ethnocentricity

entry |1 pages

Ethnography

letter F|13 pages

entry |1 pages

Faludi, Susan: Journalist

entry |2 pages

Family

entry |1 pages

Fantasy

entry |2 pages

Fashion

entry |1 pages

Fawcett, Millicent Garrett: Women's Suffrage Campaigner

entry |1 pages

Female

entry |1 pages

Feminine Mystique

entry |1 pages

Femininity

entry |2 pages

Feminist

entry |1 pages

Feminist Critique

entry |1 pages

Figes, Eva: Novelist and Critic

entry |1 pages

Film Noir

entry |1 pages

Film Theory

entry |1 pages

Firestone, Shulamith: Radical Feminist

entry |2 pages

First Wave Feminism

entry |1 pages

Foucault, Michel: Philosopher, Historian and Cultural Critic

entry |1 pages

Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth: Historian

entry |2 pages

French Feminism

entry |1 pages

French, Marilyn: American Novelist and Critic

entry |1 pages

Freud, Anna: Psychoanalyst

entry |1 pages

Freud, Sigmund: Neurologist and Psychoanalyst

entry |2 pages

Friday, Nancy: Writer

entry |1 pages

Friedan, Betty: American Feminist

letter G|9 pages

entry |1 pages

Gatens, Moira: Philosopher

entry |1 pages

Gay Liberation Movement

entry |1 pages

Gaze

entry |1 pages

Gender

entry |2 pages

Gender Studies

entry |1 pages

Genre

entry |1 pages

Gilbert, Sandra M.: Poet and Literary Critic

entry |2 pages

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: Writer

entry |1 pages

Girl Power

entry |1 pages

Goddess

entry |1 pages

Goldman, Emma: Anarchist Feminist

entry |1 pages

Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

entry |1 pages

Greer, Germaine: Academic, Journalist and Broadcaster

entry |2 pages

Griffin, Susan: Poet and Theorist

entry |1 pages

Grotesque

entry |1 pages

Gubar, Susan: Literary Critic

entry |1 pages

Gyn/Ecology

entry |1 pages

Gynocrtticism

letter H|7 pages

entry |1 pages

Haldane, Charlotte: Journalist and Author

entry |2 pages

Hall, Radclyffe: Author

entry |1 pages

Haraway, Donna: Cultural Scientist and Philosopher

entry |1 pages

Harding, Sandra: Philosopher

entry |2 pages

Heilbrun, Carolyn: Author and Critic

entry |1 pages

Heroinism

entry |2 pages

Heterosexism

entry |1 pages

Hite, Shere: Cultural Historian

entry |2 pages

Holtby, Winifred: Author, Journalist and Political Campaigner

entry |1 pages

Hooks, Bell: Critic

entry |2 pages

Hutcheon, Linda: Postmodern Theorist

entry |1 pages

Hysteria

letter I|4 pages

entry |1 pages

Identity

entry |2 pages

Ideology

entry |1 pages

Imaginary

entry |1 pages

Interpellation

entry |1 pages

Intertextuality

entry |1 pages

Intuition

entry |2 pages

Irigaray, Luce: Philosopher and Psychoanalyst

letter J|3 pages

entry |1 pages

Jardine, Alice: Critic

entry |2 pages

Jeffreys, Sheila: Sociologist

entry |1 pages

Jewish Feminism

entry |2 pages

Jouissance

letter K|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Kahlo, Frida: Artist

entry |2 pages

Klein, Melanie: Psychoanalyst

entry |1 pages

Kristeva, Julia: Psychoanalyst, Linguist, Theorist, Novelist and Critic

letter L|10 pages

entry |1 pages

Lacan, Jacques: Psychoanalyst

entry |2 pages

Lack

entry |1 pages

Lang, K.D.: Singer-Songwriter

entry |2 pages

Language

entry |1 pages

Laughter

entry |1 pages

Lauretis, Teresa De: Film Theorist

entry |1 pages

Law of the Father

entry |1 pages

Le Doeuff, Michèle: Philosopher

entry |2 pages

Lennox, Annie: Singer, Songwriter and Performer

entry |1 pages

Lesbian Continuum

entry |2 pages

Lesbian Feminism

entry |1 pages

Liberal Feminism

entry |2 pages

Libertarianism

entry |1 pages

Literary Canon

entry |1 pages

Lorde, Audre: Poet and Academic

entry |1 pages

Love, Courtney: Singer, Songwriter and Actress

entry |1 pages

Lovelace, Ada: Mathematician

entry |1 pages

Luxemburg, Rosa: Marxist Revolutionary

letter M|14 pages

entry |1 pages

Mackinnon, Catherine: Lawyer

entry |2 pages

Madonna

entry |1 pages

Marriage

entry |2 pages

Marxist Feminism

entry |1 pages

Masculinity

entry |2 pages

Masculinity Studies

entry |2 pages

Masquerade

entry |1 pages

Matriarchy

entry |2 pages

Media

entry |1 pages

Men's Movements

entry |2 pages

Menstruation

entry |1 pages

Mill, John Stuart: Political Theorist and Economist

entry |2 pages

Millett, Kate: Painter, Sculptor and Writer

entry |1 pages

Minh-Ha, Trinh T.: Film-Maker, Composer, Poet and Theorist

entry |1 pages

Mitchell, Juliet: Writer

entry |1 pages

MLF (Mouvement De LibéRation Des Femmes)

entry |1 pages

Modernism

entry |2 pages

Modleski, Tania: Cultural Critic and Academic

entry |1 pages

Moi, Toril: Academic

entry |1 pages

Monstrous Feminine

entry |1 pages

Morris, Meaghan: Cultural Critic

entry |2 pages

Morrison, Toni: Novelist and Essayist

entry |1 pages

Mother/Daughter Relationship

entry |2 pages

Mulvey, Laura: Film Theorist

entry |1 pages

Myth

letter N|6 pages

entry |1 pages

Naming

entry |2 pages

Narcissism

entry |1 pages

National Organization for Women (Now)

entry |2 pages

Nature

entry |1 pages

New Man

entry |2 pages

New Woman

entry |1 pages

Nightingale, Florence: Founder Of Modern Nursing

entry |2 pages

Nin, Anaïs: Novelist, Short Story Writer and Diarist

entry |1 pages

Novel-Writing

entry |2 pages

Nude

letter O|5 pages

entry |1 pages

Oakley, Ann: Sociologist

entry |1 pages

Object-Relations Theory

entry |2 pages

Objectification

entry |1 pages

Objectivity

entry |2 pages

Olsen, Tillie: Writer And Academic

entry |1 pages

Oppression

entry |2 pages

Orgasm

entry |1 pages

Orlan

entry |2 pages

Other

letter P|13 pages

entry |1 pages

Pacifism

entry |2 pages

Paganism

entry |1 pages

Paglia, Camille: Cultural Theorist and Commentator

entry |2 pages

Pankhurst Family: Suffrage Campaigners: Emmeline

entry |1 pages

Parker, Rozsika: Art Historian and Psychotherapist

entry |1 pages

Parthenogenesis

entry |1 pages

Patriarchy

entry |1 pages

Penis Envy

entry |1 pages

Performance

entry |2 pages

Phallocentrism

entry |1 pages

Phallogocentrism

entry |2 pages

Philosophical Imaginary

entry |1 pages

Plant, Sadie: Feminist Technotheorist

entry |2 pages

Pleasure

entry |1 pages

Political Correctness (PC)

entry |2 pages

Pollock, Griselda: Art Historian

entry |1 pages

Pornography

entry |1 pages

Postcolonialism

entry |2 pages

Postfeminism

entry |1 pages

Postmodernism

entry |2 pages

Poststructuralism

entry |1 pages

Potter, Sally: Film Director

entry |2 pages

Psychoanalysis

letter Q|1 pages

entry |1 pages

Qualitative Research

entry |1 pages

Queer Theory

letter R|8 pages

entry |1 pages

Racism

entry |2 pages

Radical Feminism

entry |1 pages

Rape

entry |1 pages

Religious Fundamentalism

entry |2 pages

Reproductive Technologies

entry |1 pages

Re-Vision

entry |2 pages

Rich, Adrienne: Poet and Theorist

entry |1 pages

Richardson, Dorothy: Novelist

entry |2 pages

Riot Grrrls

entry |1 pages

Roiphe, Katie: Writer

entry |2 pages

Romance

entry |1 pages

Russ, Joanna: Science Fiction Writer and Literary Critic

entry |1 pages

Russell, Dora: Writer, Journalist, Educator, Political Activist And Peace Campaigner

letter S|19 pages

entry |1 pages

Sappho: Poet

entry |2 pages

Schreiner, Olive: Socialist Feminist

entry |1 pages

Science Fiction

entry |2 pages

Second Wave Feminism

entry |1 pages

Semiology

entry |1 pages

Semiotic

entry |1 pages

Seneca Falls Convention

entry |1 pages

Sex-Gender System

entry |1 pages

Sexism

entry |1 pages

Sexual Harassment

entry |1 pages

Sexual Politics

entry |1 pages

Shelley, Mary: Writer

entry |1 pages

Sherman, Cindy: Artist and Photographer

entry |2 pages

Showalter, Elaine: Literary Critic and Cultural Theorist

entry |1 pages

Silence

entry |1 pages

Sisterhood

entry |2 pages

Soap Opera

entry |1 pages

Socialist Feminism

entry |2 pages

Sontag, Susan: Essayist, Novelist and Cultural Critic

entry |1 pages

Spare Rib

entry |2 pages

Spectatorship

entry |1 pages

Spence, Jo: Photographer

entry |2 pages

Spender, Dale: Linguist and Critic

entry |1 pages

Spice Girls

entry |2 pages

Spinster

entry |1 pages

Spivak, Gayatri Chakravorty: Critic and Cultural Theorist

entry |2 pages

Sport

entry |2 pages

Sprinkle, Annie: Performance Artist

entry |1 pages

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady: Abolitionist and Women's Rights Activist

entry |1 pages

Stein, Gertrude: Modernist Writer

entry |1 pages

Steinem, Gloria: American Feminist and Writer

entry |1 pages

Stereotyping

entry |1 pages

Subaltern

entry |1 pages

Subjectivity

entry |1 pages

Suffragettes

entry |1 pages

Symbolic Order

letter T|5 pages

entry |1 pages

Taylor Mill, Harriet: Feminist Writer

entry |2 pages

Technology

entry |1 pages

Textiles

entry |1 pages

Third Wave

entry |1 pages

Third World Feminism

entry |2 pages

Tickner, Lisa: Cultural Historian

entry |1 pages

Transsexualism

entry |2 pages

Truth, Sojourner: Abolitionist and Evangelist

entry |1 pages

Tubman, Harriett: Abolitionist, Spy and Army Scout

letter U|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Unconscious

entry |2 pages

Utopia

letter V|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Victim Feminism

entry |2 pages

Virgin Mary

entry |1 pages

Visual Pleasure

letter W|11 pages

entry |1 pages

Walker, Alice: Novelist, Poet, Essayist and Activist

entry |1 pages

Walter, Natasha: Journalist and Writer

entry |2 pages

Warner, Marina: Novelist and Cultural Historian

entry |1 pages

West, Rebecca: Journalist and Writer

entry |2 pages

Wild Zone

entry |1 pages

Williamson, Judith: Journalist, Fllm-Maker, Lecturer in Cultural Studies

entry |2 pages

Wilson, Elizabeth: Writer, Editor, Journalist, Broadcaster, Professor of Social Studies

entry |1 pages

Witch

entry |2 pages

Wittig, Monique: Novelist And Theorist

entry |1 pages

Wolf, Naomi: American Feminist Writer

entry |2 pages

Wolff, Janet: Sociologist

entry |1 pages

Wollstonecraft, Mary: Feminist Theorist

entry |1 pages

Women Artists Slide Library (Women's Art Library)

entry |1 pages

Women's Liberation

entry |1 pages

Women's Magazines

entry |1 pages

Women's Studdies

entry |1 pages

Woolf, Virginia: Author

entry |2 pages

Working-Class Feminism

entry |1 pages

Wurtzel, Elizabeth: Writer

letter Y|2 pages

entry |1 pages

Young, Iris Marion: Philosopher

entry |2 pages

Youth Culture