What's at stake in contemporary feminist theory?: A review of current writings on women, gender and feminism

Sonya Andermahr; Mary Davis

doi:10.3828/theory.2023.18

What's at stake in contemporary feminist theory? A review of current writings on women, gender and feminism

Sonya Andermahr
, Mary Davis

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Abstract

There has been flurry of publications on feminism and on women and gender in the past three or four years. This is to be welcomed especially in the light of the pervasive hostile environment in the academic world which has witnessed the extinction of women’s studies and the antagonistic cancellation of feminist academics. Thus, this review, although critical of current writings on contemporary feminist theory, is presented in the light of our understanding of this current context which has also seen the penetration of the now dominant gender identity ideology into what was once mainstream feminist theory.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-132
Number of pages	9
Journal	Theory & Struggle
Volume	124
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3828/theory.2023.18
Publication status	Published - 30 May 2023

Bibliographical note

©Liverpool University Press 2023. This is the Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Liverpool University Press in Theory & Struggle. The Version of Record is available at: https://doi.org/10.3828/theory.2023.18.
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SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

Feminist Theory
new materialism
Marxism
radical feminism
Postmarxism
posthumanism

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