What Are We Fighting For?

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher(s): St Martins Pr
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Summary

In What Are We Fighting For? Joanna Russ argues strongly against the shift in contemporary feminist theory - from the direct political struggle of the 1960s and '70s to a depoliticized focus on women's psychology and personal relations. Irreverent and rich with insight, this book connects the feminist movement to struggles for racial and class equality as it traces the highlights and low points of feminist thinking in the past twenty-five years on a range of issues: the parallels between the current state of feminism and the setbacks in American and English feminism after World War I; why feminism must accept the leadership of women of color; and the necessity of socialist and feminist theory, despite traditional clashes between feminists and the Left. What Are We Fighting For? will help feminists and their allies connect the issues, build coalitions, and revive the movement's radical spirit.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii(4)
Acknowledgments xvii
1. ADVANCING BACKWARD
1(17)
2. WHO'S ON FIRST, WHAT'S ON SECOND, AND I DON'T KNOW'S ON THIRD: FREUD TO DINNERSTEIN TO CHODOROW TO EVERYBODY
18(30)
3. MOMMY, WHERE DO BABY THEORIES COME FROM?
48(36)
4. FOR WOMEN ONLY: OR, WHAT IS THAT MAN DOING UNDER MY SEAT?
84(20)
5. SHE WASN'T, SHE ISN'T, SHE DIDN'T, SHE DOESN'T, AND WHY DO YOU KEEP ON BRINGING IT UP?
104(22)
6. I THEE WED, SO WATCH IT: THE WOMAN JOB
126(28)
7. WHY WE WOMEN, SLOPPY CREATURES THAT WE ARE, CAN NEVER FIND ANYTHING IN OUR POCKETBOOKS
154(30)
8. SEEING RED: MY LIFE IS HARDER BECAUSE YOURS IS EASIER
184(27)
9. "A SOCIALIST FEMINIST IS A WOMAN WHO GOES TO TWICE AS MANY MEETINGS"
211(25)
10. IS LABOR LABOR?
236(29)
11. LOOKING BACKWARD (AND FORWARD?)
265(27)
12. "THERE IS A VILLAGE / OVER / THAT HILL"
292(25)
13. "O.K., MOMMA, WHO THE HELL AM I?"
317(19)
14. "COALITION WORK IS NOT DONE IN YOUR HOME"
336(30)
15. SO
366(15)
LEFTOVERS
381(58)
1. THE DAILY CORRUPTION OF THESE SWEET SMALL BOYS
381(30)
2. SCALING THE OFFICE BUILDING
411(9)
3. HOME THOUGHTS FROM A (WHOLE LOT OF) BROAD(S)
420(9)
4. COMPARING NOTES
429(10)
Bibliography 439(20)
Index 459

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