Women's Studies and Culture

by Buikema, Rosemarie; Smelik, Anneke

• ISBN13: 9781856493123
• ISBN10: 1856493121
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-09-15
• Publisher: Zed Books

Summary

This major introduction to feminist cultural studies provides an important new synthesis of the feminist critique of culture. It also brilliantly reflects the interdisciplinary approach of cultural studies. The book opens with an exploration of the development of feminist academic practice and an overview of the full range of feminist theory. It includes full coverage of the equality/difference debate. Chapters then examine the impact of women's studies on linguistics, literary theory, popular culture, history, film theory, art history, theatre studies and musicology. Part two explores the politics, theories and methods of feminist study including psychoanalysis, black criticism, lesbian studies and semiotics. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs a lively and accessible explanation of how feminism has taken culture and its academic study by storm.

Table of Contents

About the authors
Preface
Windows in a round house: feminist theory	p. 3
Of stories and sources: feminist history	p. 14
A manual for self-defence: feminist literary theory	p. 26
Language and gender: feminist linguistics	p. 40
A perfect fit: feminist media studies	p. 56
What meets the eye: feminist film studies	p. 66
Women in the limelight: feminist theatre studies	p. 82
How purple can purple be? Feminist art history	p. 94
Theme and variations: feminist musicology	p. 106
Heterosexual screening: lesbian studies	p. 119
Strangers and double self-consciousness: feminism and black studies	p. 135
The colour of the sign: feminist semiotics	p. 148
In the footsteps of Anna and Dora: feminism and psychoanalysis	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 179
Afterword: forward-looking strategies	p. 182
Glossary of key terms	p. 189
Student assignments	p. 194
Bibliography	p. 204
Index	p. 222
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