Feminism has radically altered the everyday relations between women and men. However, it has always been organised around multiple agendas, and issues such as pornography, sexual identity and politics have been consistently disputed within the movement itself. But now the very future of feminism is under attack. The ideas of the feminist of the 1960s and 70s are being questioned by a younger generation who argue for the necessity to redefine feminism's aims in the light of women's increased access to equality in the modern world.
This book begins with a series of essays that trace the development of feminist thought and outline its influence on various aspects of contemporary culture, such as technology, religion, literature and film, followed by an A-Z of important names and terms which enables readers to further deepen their understanding of an important social, political and theoretical movement.
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