Sociological Theory, 6/e

Contemporary Feminist Theory

Chapter 13 Chapter Outline

Basic Theoretical Questions
Historical Roots: Feminism and Sociology
Varieties of Contemporary Feminist Theory
1. Table: Overview of Varieties of Feminist Theory
2. Gender Difference
  1. Cultural Feminism
  2. Institutional Roles
  3. Existential and Phenomenological Analyses
3. Gender Inequality
  1. Liberal Feminism
4. Gender Oppression
  1. Psychoanalytic Feminism
  2. Radical Feminism
  3. Biographical Sketch: Dorothy E. Smith
5. Structural Oppression
  1. Socialist Feminism
  2. Intersectionality Theory
  3. Biographical Sketch: Patricia Hill Collins
6. Feminism and Postmodernism
A Feminist Sociological Theory
1. A Feminist Sociology of Knowledge
2. The Macro-Social Order
3. The Micro-Social Order
4. Subjectivity
Toward an Integrative Theory
Summary

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