The Feminine Subject

The Feminine SubjectDiscover 'The Feminine Subject,' a groundbreaking book by Susan Hekman that explores the evolution of feminist theory since Simone de Beauvoir's pivotal question in 1949: 'What does it mean to be a woman?' Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2014, this insightful text provides a comprehensive synthesis of influential feminist thinkers such as Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, Carol Gilligan, Judith Butler, and more, positioning it as an essential reading

Discover 'The Feminine Subject,' a groundbreaking book by Susan Hekman that explores the evolution of feminist theory since Simone de Beauvoir's pivotal question in 1949: 'What does it mean to be a woman?' Published by John Wiley & Sons in 2014, this insightful text provides a comprehensive synthesis of influential feminist thinkers such as Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous, Carol Gilligan, Judith Butler, and more, positioning it as an essential reading for anyone interested in women's studies and feminist literature.

With engaging content across 240 pages, Hekman navigates through various strands of feminist theory, including feminist liberalism, radical feminism, postmodern feminism, and material feminism. She highlights the importance of relational self and critiques the inadequate definitions of 'woman' that have historically persisted in philosophical discourse.

'The Feminine Subject' offers an accessible yet deeply analytical perspective that critically examines how our understanding of 'woman' continues to evolve. This book is perfect for feminist scholars, students, and anyone keen on understanding the shifting dynamics of feminism and gender theory from the 1950s to the present.

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Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780745687841
Year: 2014
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)
Pages: 240


Description:
In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir asked, ?What does it mean to be a
woman?? Her answer to that question inaugurated a radical
transformation of the meaning of ?woman? that defined
the direction of subsequent feminist theory. What Beauvoir
discovered is that it is impossible to define ?woman?
as an equal human being in our philosophical and political
tradition. Her effort to redefine ?woman? outside these
parameters set feminist theory on a path of radical transformation.
The feminist theorists who wrote in the wake of Beauvoir?s
work followed that path.
 
Susan Hekman?s original and highly engaging new book traces
the evolution of ?woman? from Beauvoir to the present.
In a comprehensive synthesis of a number of feminist theorists she
covers French feminist thinkers Luce Irigaray and Helene Cixous as
well as theorists such as Carol Gilligan, Carole Pateman and Judith
Butler. The book examines the relational self, feminist liberalism
and Marxism, as well as feminist theories of race and ethnicity,
radical feminism, postmodern feminism and material feminism. Hekman
argues that the effort to redefine ?woman? in the
course of feminist theory is a cumulative process in which each
approach builds on that which has gone before. Although they have
approached ?woman? from different perspectives,
feminist theorists has moved beyond the negative definition of our
tradition to a new concept that continues to evolve.
 
The Feminine Subject is a remarkably succinct yet wide-ranging
analysis which will appeal to all feminist scholars and students as
well as anyone interested in the changing nature of feminism since
the 1950s.