Women and Romance: A Reader more books like this

by Susan Ostrov Weisser (Editor)

Romantic love has challenged and vexed feminist thought from its origins. Judging from the shelves of books advising women on love problems, there seems to be an ongoing difficulty in maintaining equality in romantic relationships. "Women and Romance" includes historical as well as contemporary selections, personal letters as well as theoretical ...

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Feminist Nightmares: Women at Odds: Feminism and the Problems of Sisterhood more books like this

by Susan Ostrov Weisser (Editor), Jennifer Fleischner (Editor)

A text on oppression among women. Women's interests are not always aligned: race, class and sexuality complicate the equation and one feminist may be a political opponent of another feminist. This anthology addresses the dilemma from various feminist perspectives.

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A Craving Vacancy: Women and Sexual Love in the British Novel, 1740-1880 more books like this

by Susan Ostrov Weisser

Susan Ostrov Weisser scrutinizes sexuality by questioning the changing ideas of romantic love and femininity in Victorian England. Focusing her analysis on the works of Samuel Richardson, George Eliot, and Emily and Charlotte Bronte, Weisser reveals the complex relationship between conceptions of romantic passion and tenets of sexuality. She ...

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