The Essential Feminist Reader

Herausgeber: Freedman, Estelle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Including: Susan B. Anthony Simone de Beauvoir W.E.B. Du Bois Hélène Cixous Betty Friedan Charlotte Perkins Gilman Emma Goldman Guerrilla Girls Ding Ling • Audre Lorde John Stuart Mill Christine de Pizan Adrienne Rich Margaret Sanger Huda Shaarawi • Sojourner Truth Mary Wollstonecraft Virginia Woolf The Essential Feminist Reader is the first anthology to present the full scope of feminist history. Prizewinning historian Estelle B. Freedman brings decades of teaching experience and scholarship to her selections, which span more than five centuries. Moving beyond standard texts by English and American thinkers, this collection features primary source material from around the globe, including short works of fiction and drama, political manifestos, and the work of less well-known writers. Freedman's cogent Introduction assesses the challenges facing feminism, while her accessible, lively commentary contextualizes each piece. The Essential Feminist Reader is a vital addition to feminist scholarship, and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of women.

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Produktdetails

• Modern Library Classics
• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 139mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9780812974607
• ISBN-10: 0812974603
• Artikelnr.: 22725933

Autorenporträt

Edited and with an Introduction by Estelle B. Freedman

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction xi DOCUMENTS 1. Christine de Pizan
The Book of the City of Ladies (France
1405) 3 2. Franc¸ois Poullain de la Barre
On the Equality of the Two Sexes (France
1673) 10 3. Sor Juana Ine´s de la Cruz
“The Reply to Sor Philotea” (Mexico
1691) 15 4. Mary Astell
A Serious Proposal to the Ladies (England
1694) 20 5. Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (England
1792) 24 6. Li Ju-chen
Flowers in the Mirror (China
c. 1800) 37 7. Sarah M. Grimke´
Letters on the Equality of the Sexes (United States
1837) 47 8. Flora Tristan
“The Emancipation of Working Class Women” (France
1843) 52 9. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions” (United States
1848) 57 10. Sojourner Truth
Two Speeches (United States
1851
1867) 63 11. Harriet Taylor Mill
“The Enfranchisement of Women” (England
1851) 67 12. John Stuart Mill
The Subjection of Women (England
1869) 73 13. Susan B. Anthony
“Social Purity” (United States
1875) 85 14. Henrik Ibsen
The Doll’s House (Sweden
1879) 92 15. Kishida Toshiko
“Daughters in Boxes” ( Japan
1883) 99 16. Friedrich Engels
The Origin of the Family
Private Property
and the State (Germany
1884) 104 17. Francisca Diniz
“Equality of Rights” (Brazil
1890) 112 18. Anna Julia Cooper
A Voice from the South (United States
1892) 116 19. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“The Solitude of Self ” (United States
1892) 122 20. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“The Yellow Wallpaper” (United States
1892) 128 21. Qasim Amin
The Liberation of Women (Egypt
1899) 145 22. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
“Sultana’s Dream” (India
1905) 153 23. Qiu Jin
Stones of the Jingwei Bird (China
1905—07) 165 24. Emma Goldman
“The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation” (United States
1906) 168 25. Alexandra Kollontai
“The Social Basis of the Woman Question” (Russia
1909) 175 26. three poems: 182 Sara Estela Rami´rez
“Rise Up! To Woman” (United States
1910) Yosano Akiko
“The Day the Mountains Move” (Japan
1911) James Oppenheim
“Bread and Roses” (United States
1911) 27. Luisa Capetillo
Mi opinión (Puerto Rico
1911) 186 28. Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffrage Speech at Old Bailey (England
1912) 192 29. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Resolutions of the Zurich Conference (1919) 199 30. W.E.B. Du Bois
“The Damnation of Women” (United States
1919) 204 31. Margaret Sanger
Woman and the New Race (United States
1920) 211 32. Shareefeh Hamid Ali
“East and West in Cooperation” (India
1935) 217 33. Virginia Woolf
Three Guineas (England
1938) 220 34. Alva Myrdal
Nation and Family (Sweden
1941) 231 35. Ding Ling
“Thoughts on March 8” (China
1942) 237 36. Huda Shaarawi
Speeches at Arab Feminist Conference (Egypt
1944) 243 37. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
“We Had Equality till Britain Came” (Nigeria
1947) 247 38. Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex (France
1949) 251 39. Federation of South African Women
Women’s Charter and Aims (South Africa
1954) 263 40. Betty Friedan
The Feminine Mystique (United States
1963) 269 41. Pauli Murray
Testimony
House Committee on Education and Labor (United States
1970) 283 42. Pat Mainardi
“The Politics of Housework” (United States
1970) 288 43. Boston Women’s Health Book Collective
Our Bodies
Ourselves (United States
1973) 295 44. Mariarosa Dalla Costa
“A General Strike” (Italy
1974) 300 45. Committee on the Status of Women in India
Towards Equality (India
1974) 304 46. Susan Brownmiller
Against Our Will: Men
Women and Rape (United States
1975) 311 47. He´le`ne Cixous
“The Laugh of the Medusa” (France
1975) 318 48. Combahee River Collective
“A Black Feminist Statement” (United States
1977) 325 49. Audre Lorde
“The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” (United States
1979) 331 50. United Nations
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979) 336 51. Domitila Barrios de la Chungara
“The Woman’s Problem” (Bolivia
1980) 346 52. Association of African Women for Research and Development
“A Statement on Genital Mutilation” (Senegal
1980) 351 53. Anonymous
“How It All Began: I Have Had an Abortion” (Germany
1981) 355 54. Monique Wittig
“One Is Not Born a Woman” (France
1981) 359 55. Adrienne Rich
“Notes Toward a Politics of Location” (United States
1984) 367 56. Gloria Anzaldu´a
“La Conciencia de la Mestiza: Toward a New Consciousness” (United States
1987) 385 57. Guerrilla Girls
“When Sexism and Racism Are No Longer Fashionable” and “Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get into the Met. Museum?” (United States
1989) 391 58. Kathleen Hanna / Bikini Kill
“Riot Grrrl Manifesto” (United States
1992) 394 59. Rebecca Walker
“Becoming the Third Wave” (United States
1992) 397 60. United Nations
Fourth World Conference on Women
Speeches (1995) 402 Gertrude Mongella (Tanzania)
Opening Address
Plenary Session Winona LaDuke (United States)
“The Indigenous Women’s Network
Our Future
Our Responsibility” Palesa Beverley Ditsie (South Africa)
Statement of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Gro Haarlem Brundtland (Norway)
Closing Address 61. Sylviane Agacinski
Parity of the Sexes (France
1998) 415 62. Jonah Gokova
“Challenging Men to Reject Gender Stereotypes” (Zimbabwe
1998) 420 63. Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards
Manifesta: Young Women
Feminism
and the Future (United States
2000) 424 64. Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
“Statement on the Occasion of International Women’s Day” (Afghanistan
2004) 427 Sources for Documents 431 Selected Bibliography 439 Acknowledgments 443 Permission Acknowledgments 445 Index 451