Feminist nightmares: women at odds : feminism and the problems of sisterhood / edited by Susan Ostrov Weisser and Jennifer Fleischner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weisser, Susan Ostrov, Author.

Contributor:

Fleischner, Jennifer.

Weisser, Susan Ostrov.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--United States.

Feminism.

Feminism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [1994]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though all women are women, no woman is only a woman, wrote Elizabeth Spelman in The Inessential Woman . Gone are the days when feminism translated simply into the advocacy of equality for women. Women's interests are not always aligned; race, class, and sexuality complicate the equation. In recent years, feminist ideologies have become increasingly diverse. Today, one feminist's most ardent political opponent may well be another feminist. As feminism grows increasingly diverse, the time has come to ask a painful and frequently avoided question: what does it mean for women to oppress women?. T

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I. SISTERS UNDER THE SKIN?; 1. U.S. ACADEMICS AND THIRD-WORLD WOMEN: IS ETHICAL RESEARCH POSSIBLE?; 2. SCOLDING LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU? THE PROBLEMATICS OF SISTERHOOD IN FEMINIST CRITICISM; 3. LOUISA SUSANNA McCORD: SPOKESWOMAN OF THE MASTER CLASS IN ANTEBELLUM SOUTH CAROLINA; 4. WOMANISM REVISITED: WOMEN AND THE (AB)USE OF POWER IN THE COLOR PURPLE; 5. MIXED BLOOD WOMEN: THE DYNAMIC OF WOMEN'S RELATIONS IN THE NOVELS OF LOUISE ERDRICH AND LESLIE SILKO; II. BONDS OF MOTHERHOOD

6. MOTHERS AND SISTERS: THE FAMILY ROMANCE OF ANTISLAVERY WOMEN WRITERS7. TRUE CRIMES OF MOTHERHOOD: MOTHER-DAUGHTER INCEST, MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER, AND THE TRUE CRIME NOVEL; 8. EQUALITY, OPPRESSION, AND ABORTION: WOMEN WHO OPPOSE ABORTION RIGHTS IN THE NAME OF FEMINISM; 9. THE POLITICS OF SURROGACY NARRATIVES: NOTES TOWARD A RESEARCH PROJECT; III. WOMEN IN THE HOUSE OF THE FATHER; 10. WOMEN AT ODDS: BIBLICAL PARADIGMS; 11. POST-FEMINIST AND ANTI-WOMAN: THE REVOLUTIONARY REPUBLICAN WOMEN IN FRANCE, 1793-1794; 12. THE BURDEN OF MYTHIC IDENTITY: RUSSIAN WOMEN AT ODDS WITH THEMSELVES

13. THE WONDERFUL-TERRIBLE BITCH FIGURE IN HARLEQUIN NOVELSIV. FAMILY LIKENESSES; 14. THE PROBLEM OF SPEAKING FOR OTHERS; 15. FEMINISM MEETS POST-COMMUNISM: THE CASE OF THE UNITED GERMANY; 16. REHABILITATING MARY CRAWFORD: MANSFIELD PARK AND THE RELIEF OF ""THROWING RIDICULE""; 17. LOST IN SPACE BETWEEN ""CENTER"" AND ""MARGIN"": SOME THOUGHTS ON LESBIAN-FEMINIST DISCOURSE, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND SPECULATIVE FICTION; 18. IN THE ZONE OF AMBIVALENCE: A JOURNAL OF COMPETITION; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8147-8494-1

0-585-31992-8

OCLC:

782878077