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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Feminism and gender

Kimberly J. Stern

pp. 467-487

Abstract

This chapter presents an overview of major shifts in feminist theory from the latter part of the twentieth century to the present day, highlighting the recuperative power of critical approaches that have sometimes been treated as obsolete, incoherent, or even embattled. If scholars of gender often claim to have surpassed the work of their forebears, it is worth remembering that we all work within a critical tradition that we have created and imbued with the theoretical investments of the present. Tracking the development of literary approaches to gender from "recovery' feminism to more recent innovations in digital and transgender studies, Stern argues for a recursive approach to the history of feminism and gender, one that acknowledges a less linear and more variegated field of concerns.

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Stocker Barry, Mack Michael (2018) The Palgrave handbook of philosophy and literature. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 467-487

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54794-1_22

Full citation:

Stern Kimberly J. (2018) „Feminism and gender“, In: B. Stocker & M. Mack (eds.), The Palgrave handbook of philosophy and literature, Dordrecht, Springer, 467–487.