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Author(s): Bailey, Alison; Cuomo, Chris

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Author(s): Bailey, Alison; Cuomo, Chris

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

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The most comprehensive anthology of feminist philosophy available, this first edition reader brings together over 55 of the most influential and time-tested works to have been published in the field of feminist philosophy. Featuring perspectives from across the philosophical spectrum, and from an array of different cultural vantage points, it displays the incredible range, diversity, and depth of feminist writing on fundamental issues, from the early second wave to the present.

Preface, viii

Acknowledgments, x

Chapter 1. A FEMINIST TURN IN PHILOSOPHY, 1

Chapter 2. OPPRESSION AND RESISTANCE, 9

The Traffic in Women: Notes on the “Political Economy” of Sex Gayle Rubin, 13

Oppression Marilyn Frye, 41

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House Audre Lorde, 49

On Psychological Oppression Sandra Lee Bartky, 51

White Privilege and Male Privilege Peggy McIntosh, 61

Playfulness, “World”-Travelling, and Loving Perception María Lugones, 69

For Further Reading, 80

Media Resources, 80

Chapter 3. SEX AND GENDER, 83

Introduction to The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir Translated and edited by H. M. Parshley, 87

Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory Judith Butler, 97

Reconstructing Black Masculinity bell hooks, 107

Should There Be Only Two Sexes? Anne Fausto-Sterling, 124

Transgender Butch: Butch/FTM Border Wars and the Masculine Continuum Judith Halberstam, 144

Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects Oyèrónké Oyĕwùmí, 163

For Further Reading, 177

Media Resources, 178

Chapter 4. SEXUALITIES, 179

This Sex Which Is Not One Luce Irigaray Translated by Catherine Porter with Carolyn Burke, 183

A Desire of One's Own: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Intersubjective Space Jessica Benjamin, 188

Sexuality Catherine A. Mackinnon, 204

Sex War: The Debate Between Radical and Libertarian Feminists Ann Ferguson, 222

Kiss and Tell: Questioning Censorship Persimmon Blackbridge, Lizard Jones, and Susan Stewart, 227

Claiming the Right to Be Queer Chris Cuomo, 241

Toward a Genealogy of Black Female Sexuality: The Problematic of Silence Evelynn M. Hammonds, 249

For Further Reading, 259

Media Resources, 260

Chapter 5. RACE AND RACISM, 261

Gender & Race: The Ampersand Problem in Feminist Thought Elizabeth V. Spelman, 265

Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, 279

American Anthropological Association Statement on “Race” (1998), 309

Some Kind of Indian: On Race, Eugenics, and Mixed-Bloods M. Annette Jaimes, 312

Purity, Impurity, and Separation María Lugones, 329

Locating Traitorous Identities: Toward a View of Privilege-Cognizant White Character Alison Bailey, 344

Tiddas Speakin' Strong: Indigenous Women's Self-Presentation within White Australian Feminism Aileen Moreton-Robinson, 355

For Further Reading, 371

Media Resources, 372

Chapter 6. POSTCOLONIAL AND TRANSNATIONAL FEMINISMS, 375

Women Workers and Capitalist Scripts: Ideologies of Domination, Common Interests, and the Politics of Solidarity Chandra Talpade Mohanty, 379

Feminism and Globalization Processes in Latin America Ofelia Schutte, 401

The Prison Industrial Complex Angela Y. Davis, 412

Sexual Violence as a Tool of Genocide Andrea Smith, 421

Experiments with Freedom: Milieus of the Human Aihwa Ong, 439

From A Critique of Postcolonial Reason Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, 450

For Further Reading, 460

Media Resources, 461

Chapter 7. FEMINIST ETHICAL THEORY, 463

Moral Orientation and Moral Development Carol Gilligan, 467

The Generalized and the Concrete Other: The Kohlberg-Gilligan Controversy and Moral Theory Seyla Benhabib, 478

Taking Care: Care as Practice and Value Virginia Held, 497

Conflicted Love Kelly Oliver, 506

Separating from Heterosexualism Sarah Hoagland, 519

Seeing Power in Morality: A Proposal for Feminist Naturalism in Ethics Margaret Urban Walker, 539

The Moral Powers of Victims Claudia Card, 548

For Further Reading, 565

Media Resources, 566

Chapter 8. FEMINIST POLITICAL PHILOSOPHIES, 567

Autonomy, Social Disruption, and Women Marilyn Friedman, 570

Taking Dependency Seriously: The Family and Medical Leave Act, Dependency Work, and Gender Equality Eva Feder Kittay, 584

Vulnerability by Marriage Susan Okin, 600

After the Family Wage: Gender Equity and the Welfare State Nancy Fraser, 622

Difference and Social Policy: Reflections in the Context of Social Movements Iris Marion Young, 638

Updating the Gendered Empire: Where Are the Women in Occupied Afghanistan and Iraq? Cynthia Enloe, 649

For Further Reading, 667

Media Resources, 668

Chapter 9. FEMINIST EPISTEMOLOGIES, 669

Purification and Transcendence in Descartes's Meditations Susan Bordo, 672

Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology Alison M. Jaggar, 687

How Is Epistemology Political? Linda Martín Alcoff, 705

Taking Subjectivity into Account Lorraine Code, 718

“Strong Objectivity” and Socially Situated Knowledge Sandra Harding, 741

The Project of Feminist Epistemology: Perspectives from a Nonwestern Feminist Uma Narayan, 756

Coming to Understand: Orgasm and the Epistemology of Ignorance Nancy Tuana, 765

For Further Reading, 791

Media Resources, 792

Chapter 10. FEMINIST ONTOLOGIES, 793

The Moral Significance of Birth Mary Anne Warren, 796

A Phenomenology of Fear: The Threat of Rape and Feminine Bodily Comportment Ann J. Cahill, 810

Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability Susan Wendell, 826

Be-Longing: The Lust for Happiness Mary Daly, 841

Mothers, Monsters, and Machines Rosi Braidotti, 857

La Conciencia de la Mestiza/Towards a New Consciousness Gloria Anzaldúa, 870

For Further Reading, 878

Media Resources, 879

Credits, 881

Index, 883

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