Feminism

Feminism is a diverse collection of social theories, political movements, and moral philosophies, largely motivated by or concerning the experiences of women, especially in terms of their social, political, and economic situation. As a social movement, feminism largely focuses on limiting or eradicating gender inequality and promoting women's rights, interests, and issues in society.

Books

• Antrobus, Peggy. The global women's movement - Origins, issues and strategies, London, Zed Books 2004
• Butler, Judith (1994). "Feminism in Any Other Name", differences 6:2-3: 44-45.
• Lorraine Code, ed., Encyclopedia of feminist theories, Routledge 2000
• Echols, Alice. Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America, 1967-1975, University of Minnesota Press 1990
• Farrell, Warren. Why Men Earn More 2005 (ISBN 0-8144-7210-9)
• French, Marilyn. Beyond Power; War Against Women; From Eve to Dawn, a 3-volume history of women
• Kampwirth, Karen. Feminism and the Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Chiapas, Ohio UP 2004
• Lerner, Gerda. The Creation of Feminist Consciousness: From the Middle Ages to Eighteen-Seventy, Oxford University Press 1994
• Mead, Margaret. Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies (1935)
• Silverman, Kaja. Male Subjectivity at the Margins, p.2-3. New York: Routledge 1992
• Sommers, Christina Hoff. Who Stole Feminism? - How women have betrayed women (1996)
• Thomas, Calvin. (ed.) "Introduction: Identification, Appropriation, Proliferation", Straight with a Twist: Queer Theory and the Subject of Heterosexuality, p.39n. University of Illinois Press (2000)
• Wertheim, Margaret. Pythagoras' Trousers - God, Physics, and the Gender Wars, W.W. Norton & Co. (1995, 1997)