Feminist Legal Theory: An Anti-Essentialist Reader - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814719139 ISBN 13: 9780814719138

Publisher: NYU Press, 2008

Synopsis

Feminist Legal Theory is a groundbreaking collection of feminist work proceeding from the core assumption that the differences among women are essential to feminist analysis. Rather than presenting feminist legal theory sequentially, with “African American feminism” or “critical race feminism” added on at the end, the volume thoroughly integrates key readings from non-white, non-middle class, and non-mainstream writers throughout.

The volume explores the intersections of race, class, and gender in such areas as theory, family, work and economic issues, and violence against women. Each section of the book begins with an introduction providing context and insights into how the particular pieces included challenge norms and create new paradigms. This vibrant, challenging collection of work by a broad range of authors represents the cutting edge of feminist theory in concrete applications essential to gender equality.

Contributors include: Patricia Hill Collins, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Angela P. Harris, Sylvia A. Law, Mari Matsuda, Martha Minow, Esther Ngan-Ling Chow, john a. powell, Jenny Rivera, and Maxine Baca Zinn.

About this title

Book Description:

Explores the convergence of race, class, and gender in the study of theory, family, work, and economic issues especially as they pertain to women.

About the Author:

Nancy Dowd is Professor and David Levin Chair in Family Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  She is the editor of the Families, Law and Society series at NYU Press, and author or editor of numerous books, including A New Juvenile Justice System (NYU 2015).

Michelle S. Jacobs is Professor of Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.

About this edition

• Publisher: NYU Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0814719139
• ISBN 13: 9780814719138
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430
• Editor: Dowd Nancy E.