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cmt2779

Women, Race and Class

Sep 17, 2008 15:29

Angela Y. Davis's Women, Race and Class (1983) is one of the best histories of the feminist movement I've ever read. Most such histories have limited their scope to a particular issue (e.g., reproductive rights, suffrage, housework) and to a particular constituency (women of a particular race or class), but Davis masterfully brings together issues ( Read more... )

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partial_charge September 19 2008, 03:07:50 UTC

Can a sociology layperson read this book? When I'm done with Foucault's Pendulum I'll need another nonfiction book to read, and that sounds pretty interesting.

cmt2779 September 19 2008, 03:27:49 UTC

Totally. It's a really good book and is remarkably jargon-free and clearly explained for a feminist theory/cultural theory text. Plus, the issues and analyses hold up quite well, considering it was written over 20 years ago and the field and culture have changed (or seemed to change, at the very least) so in that time period.