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The Great Feminist Denial
Monica Dux And Zora Simic

$34.95 – Paperback book / Pan Macmillan

Feminism, if not dead, is at least seriously ill. It is now common to hear women declare themselves 'Not Feminists', whereas in the 1970s it was taken as given that any thinking woman would be proud to wear that label.

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Feminist Theory In Pursuit Of The Public
Robin Truth Goodman

$43.00 – Paperback book / Palgrave

Feminist Theory in Pursuit of the Publicargues that feminism needs to develop a theory of the public. The waning of power in the public sphere diminishes the influence that citizens can have in deciding on the conditions... Buy or find out more 



The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir

$12.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

A New translation by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevalier

'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'. First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risque book tha... Buy or find out more 


The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir

$12.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

Of all the writing that emerged from the existentialist movement, Simone de Beauvoir's groundbreaking study of women will probably have the most extensive and enduring impact. It is at once a work of anthropology and soc... Buy or find out more 



Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism
Natasha Walter

$35.00 – Trade paperback / Little Brown

Empowerment, liberation, choice. Once the watchwords of feminism, these terms have now been co-opted by a society that sells women an airbrushed, highly sexualised and increasingly narrow vision of femininity. While the ... Buy or find out more 


Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women And The Rise Of Raunch Culture
Ariel Levy

$22.95 – Paperback book / Black Inc

Meet the ‘female chauvinist pigs’ – a new generation of ‘empowered women’. If the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear saw women as pieces of meat, today’s female chauvinist pigs go one better, wearing the Playboy bunny wi... Buy or find out more 



The Female Eunuch
Germaine Greer

$19.99 – Paperback book / Harper Collins

A worldwide bestseller, translated into over twelve languages, THE FEMALE EUNUCH is a landmark in the history of the women's movement. Drawing liberally from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Ger... Buy or find out more 


Gender Trouble
Judith Butler

$32.95 – Paperback book / Routledge

Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexualit... Buy or find out more 



This Sex Which Is Not One
Luce Irigaray

$29.95 – Paperback book / Cornell Univ Pr

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Stigmata
Helene Cixous

$39.95 – Paperback book / Routledge

Hèléne Cixous -- author, playwright and French feminist theorist -- is a key figure in twentieth-century literary theory. Stigmata brings together her most recent essays. Buy or find out more 



Cyborgs And Barbie Dolls: Feminism, Popular Culture And The Posthuman Body
Kim Toffoletti

$54.00 – Paperback book / I B Tauris

Bringing a lively and accessible style to a complex subject, "Cyborgs and Barbie Dolls" explores the idea of the 'posthuman' and the ways in which it is represented in popular culture. Toffoletti explores images of the p... Buy or find out more 


The Female Thing: Dirt, Sex, Envy, Vulnerability
Laura Kipnis

$22.95 – Paperback book / Vintage

With the gleeful, viperish wit of Dorothy Parker (Slate), Kipnis offers a fresh and provocative assessment of the female condition in the post-post-feminist world of the twenty-first century. For every advance towards se... Buy or find out more 



Are Women Human And Other International Dialogues
Catharine Mackinnon

$43.95 – Paperback book / Harvard Univ Pr

More than half a century after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights defined what a human being is and is entitled to, Catharine MacKinnon asks: Are women human yet? If women were regarded as human, would they be sol... Buy or find out more 


Happy Stripper
Jackie Wilson

$0.00 – Paperback book / I B Tauris

If the burlesque stripper, with her bawdy spirit and unruly insubordination, has emerged for many as a new 'empowering' model for the sexually aware woman, then she also strikes horror in the heart of second wave feminis... Buy or find out more 



Next Wave Cultures: Feminism, Subcultures, Activism
Anita Harris

$64.00 – Paperback book / Routledge

Whereas once young women’s feminist activism could be easily identified, today this resistance seems obscure, transitory, and disorganized. In Next Wave Cultures, established and emerging scholars provide an interdiscipl... Buy or find out more 


Fight Like A Girl: How To Be A Fearless Feminist
Megan Seely

$29.95 – Paperback book / Sage

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Talking Visions : Multicultural Feminism In A Transnationalage
Ella Shohat

$79.95 – Trade paperback / Mit Press

This multivoiced collection of essays and images presents the perspectives of activists, scholars, artists, and curators from a broad range of constituencies. Challenging traditional disciplinary and cultural boundaries,... Buy or find out more 


Third Wave Feminism
Stacy Gillis

$67.00 – Paperback book / Palgrave

This revised and expanded edition, new in paperback, provides a definitive collection on the current period in feminism known by many as the 'third wave'. Three sections - genealogies and generations, locales and locatio... Buy or find out more 



Feminist Review 87 Italian Feminisms
Feminist Review Collective

$45.00 – Paperback book / Palgrave

This issue of Feminist Review engages critically and imaginatively with Italian feminism, where precariousness has become an organising principle for articulating conditions of work, life, politics and creativity. Topics... Buy or find out more 


Making Space For Indigenous Feminism
Joyce Green

$53.00 – Paperback book / Zed Books

The majority of scholarly and activist opinion by and about Indigenous women claims that feminism is irrelevant for them. Yet there is also an articulate, theoretically informed and activist constituency that identifies ... Buy or find out more 



Interrogating Postfeminism Gender And Politics Of Popular Culture
Tasker Yvonne And Negra Dianne Eds

$49.95 – Paperback book / Duke Univ Pr

This timely collection brings feminist critique to bear on contemporary postfeminist mass media culture, analyzing phenomena ranging from action films featuring violent heroines to the “girling” of aging women in product... Buy or find out more 


Outlaw Culture
Bell Hooks

$32.95 – Paperback book / Routledge

According to the Washington Post, no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee, Out... Buy or find out more 



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