Feminist Frontiers

Verta A. Taylor, Nancy Whittier, Leila J. Rupp

McGraw-HIll, 2007 - Social Science - 559 pages

The most widely used anthology of feminist writings and the first to incorporate issues of sexual orientation and sexual diversity, "Feminist Frontiers" has stood the test of time. With classic and contemporary readings that cut across disciplines and generational lines, "Feminist Frontiers" presents the full diversity of women's issues and experiences, exploring their similarities as well as their interconnected differences. "Feminist Frontiers" offers analyses of the causes and consequences of gender inequality in a global context and introduces students to feminist theory and methodology. A sociological analysis opens each of the four parts and eleven sections of the book. Boxed inserts featuring personal stories, news articles, and other items from popular culture complement the readings.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• Haole Girl Identity and White: 16
• Paula Gunn Allen: 31

About the author

Verta Taylor is Associate Professor of Sociology and a member of the Graduate Faculty of the Center for Women’s Studies at The Ohio State University, where she teaches courses on gender, women’s studies, and social movements. She has won numerous teaching awards at Ohio State, including a University Distinguished Teaching Award, and a multicultural teaching award. In 195 she was co-recipient of the Sociologists for Women in Society’s Mentoring Award at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, and was voted Chair-Elect of the Section on Sex and Gender of the American Sociological Association. She has written and co-authored many different books and her writings have appeared in numerous scholarly collections and in journals such as The American Sociological Review, Social Problems, and Journal of Marriage and Family. Nancy Whittier is Associate Professor of Sociology and a member of the Women's Studies Program Committee at Smith College. She teaches courses on gender, social movements, queer politics, and research methods. She received her Ph.D. from the Ohio State University, where she held a University Fellowship and a Presidential Dissertation Fellowship.Professor Whittier is the author of Feminist Generations: The Persistence of the Radical Women's Movement, which traces the evolution of radical feminism over the past 25 years and examines intergenerational differences within the women's movement. Her work on the women's movement, social movement culture and collective identity, and activist generations has appeared in numerous scholarly collections and journals. She is currently co-editing a volume on new directions in social movement theory. She is also working on a book about the gender politics of the movement against child sexual abuse and its opponents.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Feminist Frontiers
• Authors: Verta A. Taylor, Nancy Whittier, Leila J. Rupp
• Edition: 7, illustrated
• Publisher: McGraw-HIll, 2007
• ISBN: 0073196088, 9780073196084
• Length: 559 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory; Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science / Women's Studies