Though all women are women, no woman is only a woman, wrote
Elizabeth Spelman in "The Inessential Woman." Gone are the days
when feminism translated simply into the advocacy of equality for
women. Women's interests are not always aligned; race, class, and
sexuality complicate the equation. In recent years, feminist
ideologies have become increasingly diverse. Today, one feminist's
most ardent political opponent may well be another feminist. As
feminism grows increasingly diverse, the time has come to ask a
painful and frequently avoided question: what does it mean for
women to oppress women?
This pathbreaking, provocative anthology addresses this
troublesome dilemma from various feminist perspectives, offering an
interdisciplinary collection of writings that widens our
understanding of oppression to take into account women who are at
odds. The book examines the social, political, and psychological
ramifications of this phenomenon, as evidenced in a range of texts,
from women's antislavery writing to women's anti-abortion writing,
from mother-daughter incest stories to maternal surrogacy
narratives, from the Bible to the popular romance nove, from Jane
Austen to Alice Walker.
The value of the volume is perhaps best summed up by an early
response to the idea--This is a book that should never be written;
feminists should concentrate on how men oppress women. Ironically,
it is precisely because the subject triggers such responses, the
authors argue, that a volume such as "Feminist Nightmares" has
become a necessity.
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