Editorial Review:

The essays in this interdisciplinary collection share the conviction that modern western paradigms of knowledge and reality are gender-biased. Some contributors challenge and revise western conceptions of the body as the domain of the biological and 'natural, ' the enemy of reason, typically associated with women.

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Great summary and intro to the different types feminism:

This work summarizes and introduces the reader to the different types of feminist theories. For anyone who thinks there is only one feminism, or they think they know what radical feminism means -- they should read this book.

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