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Feminist Classics Series

This series revisits pioneering works within the feminist tradition, offering foundational texts that have shaped political, historical, and critical thought. It features influential writings from authors whose ideas continue to resonate and enrich contemporary discussions on feminism, particularly at the intersection of class and race. These essential volumes provide deep insights into the evolution of feminist thinking and its enduring legacy. It's a crucial collection for understanding the roots of modern feminist movements.

Beyond the Pale
Making Trouble
Heart Of The Race
De Colores Means All of Us
Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman
Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

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  • Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World

    • 275 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
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    A founding text of transnational feminism For twenty-five years, Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World has been an essential primer on the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century history of women’s movements in Asia and the Middle East. In this engaging and well-researched survey, Kumari Jayawardena presents feminism as it originated in the Third World, erupting from the specific struggles of women fighting against colonial power, for education or the vote, for safety, and against poverty and inequality. Journalist and human rights activist Rafia Zakaria’s foreword to this new edition is an impassioned letter in two parts: the first to Western feminists; the second to feminists in the Global South, entreating them to use this “compendium of female courage” as a bridge between women of different nations. Feminism and Nationalism in the Third World was chosen as one of the top twenty Feminist Classics of this Wave, 1970–1990, by Ms. magazine, and won the Feminist Fortnight Award in the UK.

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  • De Colores Means All of Us

    • 266 pages
    • 10 hours of reading
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    Elizabeth Martínez's work comprises one of the most important living histories of progressive activism in the contemporary era ... inimitable ... irrepressible ... indefatigable. -Angela Y. Davis

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  • Making Trouble

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    A moving defence of the pleasures and pains of human solidarity. -Melissa Benn, Guardian A fascinating record of the changing face of socialism and feminism, observed with poignancy and acuity ... a woman of worth. - Independent Funny, poignant, courageous and combative, Making Trouble teems with insights on the culture and politics of the last four decades ... A book for young rebels of all ages. -Sheila Rowbotham An engrossing tale ... an account of the rich contribution that second-wave feminism has made to modern Britain. - Times Higher Education Required reading ... Given today's political climate, Segal's writing is as relevant as ever. - V Magazine

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  • Close to Home

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    Classic analysis of gender relations and patriarchy under capitalism Close to Home is the classic study of family, patriarchal ideologies, and the politics and strategy of women’s liberation. On the table in this forceful and provocative debate are questions of whether men can be feminists, whether “bourgeois” and heterosexual women are retrogressive members of the women’s movement, and how best to struggle against the multiple oppressions women endure. Rachel Hills’s foreword to this new edition explores how Christine Delphy’s analysis of marriage as the institution behind the exploitation of unpaid women’s labor is as radical and relevant today as it ever was.

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