Feminist Studies: An Introductory Reader - Paperback

by Hemangini Gupta (Editor), Kelly Sharron (Editor), Carly Thomsen (Editor)

Feminist Studies: An Introductory Reader introduces readers to key feminist theories and texts through both well-known classic feminist texts and original contemporary research by Feminist Studies scholars. It is an ideal resource for students of Feminist Studies, as well as Gender studies, sociology, and other social science.

Author Biography

Hemangini Gupta is Lecturer in Gender and Global Politics at the University of Edinburgh. She is the author of Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India.Her work is published in Feminist Review, Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, and Feminist Studies journals amongst others. Gupta completed her Ph.D. in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Emory University.

Kelly Sharron is Assistant Teaching Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas. Sharron's work has been published in Somatechnics, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, and Abolition Journal. Sharron completed her Ph.D. in Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Arizona.

Carly Thomsen is Associate Professor of English and the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University. She is the author of Visibility Interrupted: Rural Queer Life and the Politics of Unbecoming. Her work appears in various academic journals and media outlets, including Signs, Political Geography, New York Times, Ms., and others. Her Feminist Studies Ph.D. is from the University of California Santa Barbara.

Abraham Weil is a scholar of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a focus on radical political formations, anti-black racism, trans theorizing, and philosophy. Weil completed their Ph.D. in Gender & Women's Studies at the University of Arizona. Their work appears in Social Text, Critical Inquiry, The Black Scholar, TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, and Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities.