The Feminist Canon

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A list compiled from various sources, of books considered to be ‘required reading’ for those in the Women’s Liberation Movement.

  1. 1.
    The Feminine Mystique
    by Betty Friedan

  2. 2.
    Fat Is a Feminist Issue
    by Susie Orbach

  3. 4.
    Scum Manifesto
    by Valerie Solanas

  4. 5.
    Cunt: A Declaration of Independence (Live Girls)
    by Inga Muscio

  5. 6.
    Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism
    by Jennifer Baumgardner

  6. 7.
    The Female Eunuch
    by Germaine Greer

  7. 8.
    A Vindication of the Rights of Women
    by Mary Wollstonecraft

  8. 9.
    The Second Sex
    by Simone De Beauvoir

  9. 10.

  10. 11.
    Sexual Politics
    by Kate Millett

  11. 12.
    Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
    by Bell Hooks

  12. 14.
    Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape
    by Susan Brownmiller

  13. 15.
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    Pornography: Men possessing women
    by Andrea Dworkin

  14. 16.
    Intercourse
    by Andrea Dworkin

  15. 17.
    Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
    by bell hooks

  16. 18.
    The Whole Woman
    by Germaine Greer

  17. 19.
    Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women
    by Susan Faludi

  18. 20.
    The Beauty Myth
    by Naomi Wolf

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Created by Anji on Apr 19, 2008.
 

Comments

Judith Butler — 2 years ago

Shouldn’t Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” be on this list?




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