What is a Woman?: And Other Essays

by Toril Moi

Book Overview

What is a woman? And what does it mean to be a feminist today? In her first full-scale engagement with feminist theory since her internationally renowned Sexual/Textual Politics (1985), Toril Moi challenges the dominant trends in contemporary feminist and cultural thought, arguing for a feminism of freedom inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. Written in a clear and engaging style What is a Woman? brings together two brand new book-length...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198186754
• ISBN13: 9780198186755
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Philosophical Essential

Toril Moi's "What is a Woman? And Other Essays" is essential reading for further development of a feminist consciousness, compelling and clearly delivered. Complex feminist theory is presented in logical, comprehensible full detail; the philosophical esoterica of feminist thought is coupled with its practical relevance. A definitive thinker at her very best.