Feminist and Queer Legal Theory [Hardcover]

Martha Albertson Fineman (Author, Editor), Jack E. Jackson (Author, Editor), Adam P. Romero (Author, Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0754675513 | ISBN-13: 978-0754675518 | Publication Date: October 1, 2009

A groundbreaking new collection, "Feminist and Queer Legal Theory: Intimate Encounters, Uncomfortable Conversations" brings together major voices in feminist and queer theory to create a truly interdisciplinary dialogue that will define the terms of the debates between and within feminist and queer theoretical frameworks for the next decade. These debates primarily revolve around the multiple interrelated issues - such as gender, identity, intimacy, privacy, and sex harassment - that all extend from the emphasis given to gender on the one hand and sex and sexuality on the other. These two theories have much in common but also much that distinguishes them from one another, and that causes tension. Together and in relation to each other, the authors in this volume engage in a rigorous and sometimes contentious exploration of the legal, political, social and cultural implications of their distinct theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality.

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About the Author

Martha Albertson Fineman is an internationally recognized law and society scholar and a leading authority on family law and feminist jurisprudence. Fineman is founder and director of the Feminism and Legal Theory Project, which was inaugurated in 1984 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is a Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. Professor Fineman has authored three books: The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency (New Press, 2004); The Neutered Mother, The Sexual Family and Other Twentieth Century Tragedies (Routledge, 1995); and The Illusion of Equality: The Rhetoric and Reality of Divorce Reform (Univ. of Chicago Press, 1991). She has also edited six books, including Ashgate's forthcoming Children's Rights, and has written many book chapters and scholarly papers. Jack E. Jackson is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Theory at UC Berkeley. He received his J.D. from Cornell Law School where he was recipient of the Freeman Award for Civil-Human Rights and a member of the Order of the Coif. Jackson served as an Ella Baker Fellow at the Center for Constitutional Rights and has taught at the University of Miami Schoolof Law. He recently published "Erasures and Imaginings" in Critical Sense: A Journal of Political and Cultural Theory (2005). Adam P. Romero is law clerk to Hon. M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Adam holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he won the Kelley Prize and was a Coker Fellow and a director of the Complex Federal Litigation Clinic. He received his A.B. from Cornell University, graduating summa cum laude and winning the Sherman-Bennett Prize. Previously a fellow at the Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Adam has published in the Yale Journal of Law and Feminism as well as several scholarly volumes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 504 pages
• Publisher: Ashgate (October 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0754675513
• ISBN-13: 978-0754675518
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book with Diverse Viewpoints!, December 11, 2009

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This review is from: Feminist and Queer Legal Theory (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful collection of essays discussing the differences and convergences between two fields (although there is nothing easy about such categorizations). I am writing my dissertation in this area and this book was truly inspiring and provocative!