Preface

Introduction: Feminism in America

Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and Mary Rowlandson

Survey of Liberal Feminist Theory: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Betty Friedan

Liberal Feminism in Praxis: Mary Rowlandson's The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and Charlotte perkins Gilman

Survey of Marxist Feminist Theory: Emma Goldman, Michele Barrett, Lillian Robinson

Marxist Feminism in Praxis: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper and Selected Stories

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Consciousness; Psychoanalytic Feminism and Kate Chopin

Survey of Psychoanalytic Feminist Theory: Carol Gilligan, Jane Flax, Jane Gallop

Psychoanalytic Feminism in Praxis: Kate Chopin's The Awakening

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Nature: Eco-feminism and Willa Cather

Survey of Eco-feminist Theory: Carol Adams, Carol Bigwood, Carolyn Merchant

Eco-Feminism in Praxis: Willa Cather's Plains Fiction

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism and Adrienne Rich

Survey of Radical Feminist Theory: Shulamith Firestone, Andrea Dworkin, Mary Daly, Audre Lorde

Radical Feminism in Praxis: Adrienne Rich's Poetry

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and Ann Beattie

Survey of Socialist Feminist Theory: Juliet Mitchell, Sheila Rowbotham, Zillah Eisenstein

Socialist Feminism in Praxis: Ann Beattie's Secrets and Surprises

References and Selected Further Reading

Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and Alice Walker, Denise Chavez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston

Survey of Feminism of Colour: Gloria Anzaldua, Angela Davis, bell hooks, paula Gunn Allen

Third-World Feminism in Praxis: Alice Walker's The Color Purple, Denise Chavez's The Last of the Menu Girls, Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller, Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior

References and Selected Further Reading

Index