WMST-L File Collection:
Feminist Theories
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Last updated: Oct. 3, 2008
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WMST-L File Collection:Feminist Theories
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The following files from the WMST-L file collection offer discussion of feminist theory/theories:
- Conservative Feminism: An Oxymoron?
- (December 1998; see also Radical Feminism, below)
- Feminist Epistemology
- (February 1996; 2 parts [incl. reading list])
- Feminist Theories of Law
- (Suggested readings about feminist theories of law, including religious law. These suggestions were offered on WMST-L in February 2002.)
- Feminist Theory: Suggested Readings
- (Suggested books and articles that any student of feminist theory should read. Results of a 1997 query posed by WMST-L member Joya Misra, who then compiled the responses.)
- Feminist Theory: Suggested Readings II
- (A request for suggested feminist theory texts produced the following WMST-L discussion in November 1999. Of related interest may be What is 'Feminist Theory'?)
- Gender Theory Readings
- (Recommended books and articles for an undergraduate course in Gender Theory. WMST-L discussion, September 2003.)
- Global Feminisms Texts
- (Recommendations for feminist theory texts that give students a sense of the issues concerning global feminisms. WMST-L discussion, June 2003.)
- Guardian of Language: An Interview with Hélène Cixous
- (A 1996 interview with French feminist literary critic and philosopher Hélène Cixous, conducted by WMST-L member Kathleen O'Grady.)
- The Language of Feminist Theory
- (Is there justification for feminists to use the sometimes inaccessible language of high theory? A WMST-L discussion that took place in March 1993.)
- Marxist Feminism
- (Attempts to define/explain Marxist Feminism. WMST-L, August 1994)
- Nomadic Philosopher: A Conversation with Rosi Braidotti
- (A 1995 interview with postmodern feminist philosopher Rosi Braidotti, conducted by WMST-L member Kathleen O'Grady.)
- Patriarchy: Use of the Term
- (Discussions from May 1994 and March 2003. See also the later file Teaching About Patriarchy)
- Postmodernism: Intro Readings
- (Recommended readings to introduce students to feminism and postmodernism. WMST-L discussion, August 1998.)
- Radical Feminism
- (November/December 1998; 2 parts. See also Conservative Feminism, above.)
- Radical Feminism: Readings for a Course
- (This WMST-L discussion from February 2007 offers suggested readings for a course in radical feminism and also includes some discussion of radical feminist thought about transgender issues. See also Radical Feminism, above.)
- Recent Work on Feminist Theory
- (Responses to an August 2008 query on WMST-L about recommended new books on feminist theory.)
- Religion in a Feminist Theory Course
- (A May 2006 WMST-L discussion about ways to deal with religion in a feminist theory course.)
- Resources on Anarchist Feminism
- (Resources for learning about anarchist feminism. WMST-L discussion, April 2006)
- Revitalizing a Feminist Theory Course
- (WMST-L discussion in December 2003 on how to revitalize a graduate course in feminist theory. In particular, how does one make such a course include not just problems but also solutions and applications to real life?)
- Teaching About Patriarchy
- (A brief discussion of how to teach about patriarchy that took place on WMST-L in August 2006. See also the earlier file Patriarchy: Use of the Term.)
- Teaching Butler and Haraway
- (Suggestions for teaching difficult texts by theorists Judith Butler and Donna Haraway. WMST-L discussion, February 2001)
- Theory As Activism
- (Writings that discuss theory as activism, and a consideration as well of activism as theory. WMST-L discussion, January 2004.)
- What is 'Feminist Theory'?
- (WMST-L discussion in October 1997 about what we mean by and how we teach "feminist theory.")
- Women and the Body
- (A WMST-L discussion from March/April 2006 and some additional messages from May 2008 identify sources associating women with the body.)
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