本书是英美文学文库丛书之一，是一部阐释与应用女权主义理论各主要流派的作品，其内容包括对女权运动史、女权主义流派和女权主义文本的介绍，并通过女权主义理论对于美国女性文学经典文本的解读，从不同侧面探讨了文学理论与文学实践的内在关系与协和作用。

本书是一部阐释与应用女权主义理论各主要流派的作品，其内容包括对女权运动史、女权主义流派和女权主义文本的介绍，并通过女权主义理论对于美国女性文学经典文本的解读，从不同侧面探讨了文学理论与文学实践的内在关系与协和作用。全书目标集中、讲解详细、语言通俗易懂，同时提供了学界一些最新的观点和论争，可为我国研究美国女权主义与女性创作的学生与学者提供极大的便利。

Preface

Introduction：Feminism in America

1 Gender and Rhetoric：Liberal Feminism and

 Mary Rowlandson

 Survey of Liberal Feminist Theory：Elizabeth Cady

 Stanton，Charlotte Perkins Gilman，Betty Friedan

 Liberal Feminism in Praxis：Mary Rowlandson’s

 The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

 References and Selected Further Reading

2 Gender and Work：Marxist Feminism and

 Charlotte Perkins Gilman

 Survey of Marxist Feminist Theory：Emma Goldman，

 Michele Barrett．Lillian Robinson

 Marxist Feminism in Praxis：Charlotte Perkins

 Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper’and Selected Stories

 References and Selected Further Reading

3 Gender and Consciousness：Psychoanalytic

 Feminism and Kate Chopin

 Survey of PsVchoanalVtic Feminist Theory：

 Carol Gilligan，Jane Flax，Jane Gallop

 PsVchoanalVtic Feminism in Praxis：Kate Chopin’s

 TheAwakening

 References and Selected Further Reading

4 Gender and Nature: Ecofeminism and

 Willa Cather

 Survey of Ecofeminist Theory: Carol Bigwood,

  Carolyn Merchant, Carol Adams

 Ecofeminism in Praxis: Willa Cather's Plains

 Fiction

 References and Selected Further Reading

5 Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism

 and Adrienne Rich

 Survey of Radical Feminist Theory: Shulamith

 Firestone, Andrea Dworkin, Mary Daly, Audre Lorde

 Radical Feminism in Praxis: Adrienne Rich's Poetry

 References and Selected Further Reading

6 Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and

 Ann Beattie

 Survey of Socialist Feminist Theory: Juliet Mitchell,

 Sheila Rowbotham, Zillah Eisenstein

 Socialist Feminism in Praxis: Ann Beattie's Secrets

 and Surprises

 References and Selected Further Reading

7 Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and

 Alice Walker, Denise Chavez, Leslie Marmon

 Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston

 Survey of Feminism of Colour: Angela Davis,

 bell hooks, Paula Gunn Allen, Gloria Anzaldfia

 Third-World Feminism in Praxis: Alice Walker's

 The Color Purple, Denise Chavez's The Last of

 the Menu Girls, Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller,

 Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior

 References and Selected Further Reading