Feminist Frontiers

Feminist Frontiers, eleventh edition, is an intersectional, and interdisciplinary introduction to the field of women's, gender, and sexuality studies. Featuring both classic readings and cutting-edge feminist writings on urgent and timely topics, it offers a comprehensive framework for analyzing gender, society, and culture. Organized into seven parts, the book opens with the foundations of feminism, including definitions of gender and sex, the concept of privilege, and the complexities of intersectional feminist research. The book then introduces students to key readings in culture and socialization; sex, families, and relationships; bodies; work; violence; and closes with a set of readings on feminist activism. Section-opening introductions introduce key ideas and encourage students to think both critically and self-reflexively before beginning the unit, while introductions to each reading offer further context. Discussion questions foster engaging classroom conversations and encourage readers to apply concepts from the book to their own lives. Combining research articles with shorter essays, blogs, and other online writings written by academics and well-known feminist intellectuals, the book offers multiple levels of entry that meet the needs of students with varied backgrounds and learning styles. The eleventh edition features twenty-nine new readings to showcase all of today's most important issues.


New to this edition:
· Twenty-nine new selections offer both up-to-date research on previously explored topics as well as new inclusions responding to current attacks on women, people of color, and LBGTQ+ communities
· Expanded range of topics in the section “Violence” explore interpersonal violence as well as collective violence faced by many groups today
· Article summaries at the beginning of each chapter, bookended with an increased number of discussion questions, supplement reading and deepen engagement with the material
· Updated seven-part structure offers instructors a compact-yet thorough-organization for a course.