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<p><p>This major introduction to feminist cultural studies provides an important new synthesis of the feminist critique of culture. It also brilliantly reflects the interdisciplinary approach of cultural studies.<p>The book opens with an exploration of the development of feminist academic practice and an overview of the full range of feminist theory. It includes full coverage of the equality/difference debate. Chapters then examine the impact of women&#8217;s studies on linguistics, literary theory, popular culture, history, film theory, art history, theatre studies and musicology.<p>Part two explores the politics, theories and methods of feminist study including psychoanalysis, black criticism, lesbian studies and semiotics. This book is essential reading for anyone who needs a lively and accessible explanation of how feminism has taken culture and its academic study by storm. <p></p> <h3>Booknews</h3> <p>An introduction to feminist cultural studies, reflecting the interdisciplinary approach of cultural studies. Explores the development of feminist academic practice, overviews feminist theory, and discusses the equality/difference debate and its postmodern challenges. Examines the

Author

Rosemarie Buikema and Anneka Smelik

Publisher

London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Zed Books

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9781856493116

Subjects

Sociology, Gender Studies, Social Science