Feminism Without Illusions (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Fox
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Social criticism
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Language or languages, United States or Americans, Philosophy or philosophers, Politics, Gender roles, Education or educators, Individuality, Feminism, Criticism, Abortion, Equality, Capitalism, Women’s movement, Women’s rights, Learning or scholarship, Pornography
Form and Content
Feminism Without Illusions: A Critique of Individualism is a work of history and social criticism, and as such it covers a wide range of opinion and a number of topics. There are nine chapters: The first four explore feminism and political life, and the next five deal with feminism and the intellectual life, particularly the issue of an academic canon. Elizabeth Fox-Genovese’s thesis is that a paradoxical relationship exists between feminism and individualism. The relationship is complex: One of the origins of individualism was the market revolution of...
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