The Dictionary of Feminist Theory - Softcover

Humm, Maggie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748619089 ISBN 13: 9780748619085

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Maggie Humm is Associate Research Leader School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of East London.

About the Author:

Maggie Humm is a Professor of Cultural Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Science at the University of East London. She is the author of many books including Snapshots of Bloomsbury: The Private Lives of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell (Tate Publishing & Rutgers University Press, 2006) and Modernist Women and Visual Cultures: Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, Photography and Cinema (Edinburgh University Press & Rutgers University Press 2002).

About this edition

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0748619089
• ISBN 13: 9780748619085
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 360