Contemporary Feminist Theory |  |
Learning Objectives
discuss the major tenets of feminist theory and explain why it is distinct from other sociological theories; |
discuss the basic questions that feminist theorists ask and the different ways that feminist theorists have answered these questions; |
understand the historical roots of feminist theory, including the concerns of the first, second, and third Waves of feminist theorists; |
discuss the four basic varieties of feminist theory: gender difference, gender inequality, gender oppression, and structural oppression, and the different perspectives that constitute each of these theories; |
discuss the relationship between feminism and postmodernism; and |
discuss the five distinctive features of feminist sociological theory. |
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2004 McGraw-Hill Higher Education