Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Gender in Late Modernity [Hardcover]

This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order  a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched.Acknowledgements? Introduction: Defining the Third Wave A Postfeminist Gender Order New Femininities and Feminist Subjectivities Experiencing Third-Wave Feminism A Politics of the Self The Limits of Choice Generational Dynamics and Feminist Futures Concluding Reflections Notes Bibliography IndexSHELLEY BUDGEON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and Society at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of Choosing a Self: Young Womenand the Individualization of Identity.