
Women's Oppression Today
The Marxist/Feminist Encounter
Michele Barrett(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 12. August 2014
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-78168-014-8 (ISBN)
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Description
Women's Oppression Today is now a classic text in the debate about Marxism and feminism and has been reprinted many times since its first publication in 1980. Acknowledging the book as a product of the specific political climate of the time it was written, Michele Barrett in this revised edition surveys the political and intellectual changes that have subsequently taken place, changes which would make the writing of such a text now impossible.
In an additional essay she discusses the symptomatic absence from the book of any consideration of ethnicity, race and racism, and also reviews the significant developments that have occurred since its first publication. While defending the central arguments of the book in their own terms, she points to fundamental changes in the context in which such a debate might be conducted today. The philosophical challenge of various forms of poststructuralism to the certainties of the book's materialist premises are discussed, as is the challenge of postmodernism to grand political projects such as socialism and feminism.
In an additional essay she discusses the symptomatic absence from the book of any consideration of ethnicity, race and racism, and also reviews the significant developments that have occurred since its first publication. While defending the central arguments of the book in their own terms, she points to fundamental changes in the context in which such a debate might be conducted today. The philosophical challenge of various forms of poststructuralism to the certainties of the book's materialist premises are discussed, as is the challenge of postmodernism to grand political projects such as socialism and feminism.
Reviews / Votes
Michele Barrett's excellent and lucid discussion of the issues and debates within contemporary feminist theory makes a major contribution to our understanding of the nature of that oppression. -- Mary Evans * New Society * This book is a school of thought. -- Frigga Haug * Das Argument *More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
528 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78168-014-8 (9781781680148)
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Persons
Michele Barrett is Professor of Modern Literary and Cultural Theory in the School of English and Drama, Queen Mary, University of London. She is the author, among other works, of Women's Oppression Today, The Anti-Social Family, and Politics of Diversity (co-authored with Roberta Hamilton).