ABSTRACT

Highly original and stimulating, this book provides a detailed overview of postmodern feminist theory and practice. Subjects covered include:
*the differences between the feminism of the 1970s and contemporary feminism
*liberal, radical, socialist and postmodern feminisms
*feminist reactions to the growth in reproductive technologies
*how feminism informs debates about the subject, epistemology and political action
*feminism into the new millennium

chapter 1|28 pages

Introduction

Different feminist theories

chapter 2|46 pages

The gulf

Theoretical differences

chapter 3|30 pages

Modernist feminisms and reproductive technologies

Thinking theory through practice

chapter 4|23 pages

Postmodernist feminisms and reproductive technologies

Thinking theory through practice

chapter 5|15 pages

‘Recovering’ feminisms?