Feminist Theory Books


A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished WomanA Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman
Best Price: $2.95
As a woman who just turned 30 years old, I found this book incredibly relevant to my life even...
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Plus)The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine (Plus)
Best Price: $6.98
Sue Monk Kidd captures the reader with her openness about how she became a feminist, almost by...
A Room of One's OwnA Room of One's Own
Best Price: $3.45
Transaction went smoothly and got the item quicky in the condition promised. Would purchase again.
He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should KnowHe's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know
Best Price: $8.24
Sexists will cringe at this clear, powerful book of not-all-together obvious double standards....
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch CultureFemale Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
Best Price: $4.80
Like most people in America, I once believed the male sex drive was the soul reason for our...


In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's DevelopmentIn a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development
Best Price: $4.30
Gilligan's book launched a cottage industry of teacher in-service seminars on the disadvantages...
The Feminine MystiqueThe Feminine Mystique
Best Price: $8.99
Betty Friedan's 1962 classic on feminism, based on her own interviews as well as research by...
The Second SexThe Second Sex
Best Price: $6.79
In "the second sex", de Beauvoir is conducting research to determine how females came...
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against WomenThe Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
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The Beauty Myth is a must have for every woman in the world and the men who love them. Naomi...
What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger SelfWhat I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self
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some authors included in this work give you enough background to understand why they advise...


The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and ImageThe Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image
Best Price: $8.85
I enjoyed this book a lot - it's very well written and I admire the breath of research the...
Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism MattersFull Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guide to Why Feminism Matters
Best Price: $8.95
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3PHVVFLI38VW7 I am no friend of radical...
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate PoliticsFeminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
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I read this book to do a critical analysis test in my Gender and Politics course. I went in to...
Cunt: A Declaration of Independence  Expanded and Updated Second EditionCunt: A Declaration of Independence Expanded and Updated Second Edition
Best Price: $8.43
I liked the the author's witticism in the beginning, but it soon turned into a negative, expose...
The Autobiography Of Eleanor Roosevelt (Quality Paperbacks Series)The Autobiography Of Eleanor Roosevelt (Quality Paperbacks Series)
Best Price: $5.12
I bought this book during a visit to Eleanor Roosevelt's Val-Kill Cottage in Hyde Park. I had...

Women's Ways Of Knowing: The Development Of Self, Voice, And Mind 10th Anniversary EditionWomen's Ways Of Knowing: The Development Of Self, Voice, And Mind 10th Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $5.95
As a practicing psychologist working with women I am always trying to help women understand not...
Women's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary ReadingsWomen's Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings
Best Price: $49.00
I bought and read this book for my Intro. to Women's Studies course when I was an undergrad. ...
Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem GirlhoodDreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood
Best Price: $4.51
Ms. Mernissi states that "The frontier is in the mind of the powerful", and that...
Women's America: Refocusing the PastWomen's America: Refocusing the Past
Best Price: $24.00
I needed this book for a class I'm taking. However, it is still an interesting read. You almost...
Learning to Drive: And Other Life StoriesLearning to Drive: And Other Life Stories
Best Price: $10.95
I went into Learning to Drive as a fan of KP's essays in The Nation and remain so. The author's...

Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing SolidarityFeminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
Best Price: $15.35
Feminism Without Borders is an excellent book, one of the best I have ever read. Mohanty is a...
Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Revised 10th Anniv 2nd Edition)Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Revised 10th Anniv 2nd Edition)
Best Price: $18.50
This book is dense with thoughts and ideas, written in a looping structure that weaves the vast...
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Best Price: $6.37
It has been years since I marked up a book as much as I did this one. This is so much more than...
Women: Images & Realities, A Multicultural AnthologyWomen: Images & Realities, A Multicultural Anthology
Best Price: $50.00
There are so many wonderful pieces in this collection, but my favorite is Aishe Berger's poem...
The WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young MenThe WAR AGAINST BOYS: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men
Best Price: $3.84
Im am going to try to make this short .When I went school I seen and hear the way the teachers...

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series)Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
Best Price: $7.53
I wish I'd read this book 30 years ago when it came out. It's still as relevant today as it was...
Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1650-1750
Best Price: $5.00
I am a passionate fan of A Midwife's Tale, and so expected to enjoy Good Wives. It is different,...
Heroine's JourneyHeroine's Journey
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I found this book to be extremely helpful in understanding how a woman heals. Women have a...
A RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost VirtueA RETURN TO MODESTY: Discovering the Lost Virtue
Best Price: $3.84
I read this when it was first published. My daughter was just starting high school at the time...
Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing YourselfOpting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself
Best Price: $6.75
Richards is a good writer and I enjoyed reading her story and thoughts. But this to me was a...

The Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to RealityThe Way Home: Beyond Feminism, Back to Reality
Best Price: $14.19
I'd like to learn which translation of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America"...
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Crossing Press Feminist Series)Zami: A New Spelling of My Name (Crossing Press Feminist Series)
Best Price: $2.94
I had been putting off this book for about 4 years and I finally read it. I was putting it off...
Feminist FrontiersFeminist Frontiers
Best Price: $40.00
i was expecting a faster delivery time. the package tracking was never updated so i never knew...
Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of SexBodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex
Best Price: $20.90
My initial reaction to reading Bodies that Matter by Judith Butler is that she writes from a...
A Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family LifeA Mother's Work: How Feminism, the Market, and Policy Shape Family Life
Best Price: $11.75
The question of how best to combine work and family life has led to lively debates in recent...

The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, Revised EditionThe World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America, Revised Edition
Best Price: $7.00
As an American woman, I believe this is a must read book for all men and women. Rosen has...
Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.45
Edgeworth wrote about the protestant upper class in Ireland around the turn of the 18th/19th...
Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the FutureManifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Best Price: $7.35
(This review was not actually written by Anthony Schmitz. I'm Anna Schmitz, his 15-year-old...
Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)Castle Rackrent and Ennui (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.45
Edgeworth wrote about the protestant upper class in Ireland around the turn of the 18th/19th...
Female DominationFemale Domination
Best Price: $26.75
This book was recommended to me by a Mistress as I was beginning. It is a great book that pushes...

Women, Race, & ClassWomen, Race, & Class
Best Price: $6.49
ALL WOMEN ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN SHOULD FEEL VERY PROUD OF THE KNOWLEDGE SET FORTH IN THIS BOOK....
BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch MagazineBITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine
Best Price: $6.00
I use this text to compliment the main textbook for an undergraduate course in gender and...
Sisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone WildSisterhood, Interrupted: From Radical Women to Grrls Gone Wild
Best Price: $7.89
This book is simply delicious - Sisterhood, Interrupted truly is brain candy for the thinking...
The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, & the Problem of DominationThe Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism, & the Problem of Domination
Best Price: $7.99
In remarkably clear language, Benjamin reworks Freudian psychoanalysis so to include the...
Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American CitizenWrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen
Best Price: $7.44
I greatly admired Griffin's CHORUS OF STONES and its deft handling of the personal and the...

Listen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation, New Expanded EditionListen Up: Voices from the Next Feminist Generation, New Expanded Edition
Best Price: $4.90
This book provides a very broad view of the struggles women face in every aspect of life. A new...
A Preface to MoralsA Preface to Morals
Best Price: $22.46
This book is about the clash between modernism as reflected in early 20th century American...
First Generations: Women in Colonial AmericaFirst Generations: Women in Colonial America
Best Price: $8.96
So many history books are dry and difficult to read. This was the exact opposite. Carol Berkin...
America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender,and Sexuality at the MoviesAmerica on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender,and Sexuality at the Movies
Best Price: $28.53
America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies is a lively...
It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable EnvironmentsIt's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments
Best Price: $8.03
Having read several good reviews of this book, I was excited about it, thinking it would...

WACK!: Art and the Feminist RevolutionWACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution
Best Price: $35.90
There had never been art like the art produced by women artists in the 1970s--and there has...
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and FeminismAin't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
Best Price: $8.45
This is an amazingly eye opening book for those who yearn to learn of the TRUE roots of American...
She Who Is, 10th Anniversary EditionShe Who Is, 10th Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $15.53
Johnson sets out in this book to articulate metaphors for God that are feminine in nature. This...
Think and Grow Rich, Original 1937 Classic EditionThink and Grow Rich, Original 1937 Classic Edition
Best Price: $8.11
What genius lies asleep in your brain? This is the question asked of us by Napoleon Hill....
Unbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About ItUnbending Gender: Why Family and Work Conflict and What to Do About It
Best Price: $11.99
My partner of more than half a decade and I, want to have children, but he is also facing the...

The Good BodyThe Good Body
Best Price: $5.50
Most reviews are quite descriptive, so my comment will be as brief as the book is in itself, but...
    
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