Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies

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Feminist Theory and Cultural Studies is written by Sue Thornham and published by Bloomsbury Academic. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0340718986 (ISBN 10) and 9780340718988 (ISBN 13).

Feminist theory has become a central strand of cultural studies. This book explores the history of feminist cultural studies from the early work of Mary Wollstonecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, through the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement. It also provides a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary key approaches, theories and debates of feminist theory within cultural studies, offering a major re-mapping of the field. It will be an essential text for students taking courses within both cultural studies and women's studies departments.