Deborah L. Madsen is Professor of American Literature at the University of Geneva, and the author of numerous books on aspects of literature, genre, gender and allegory, including Beyond the Borders (Pluto Press, 2003) and Feminist Theory and Literary Practice (Pluto Press, 2000).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Feminism in America1. Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and Mary Rowlandson2. Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and Charlotte Perkins Gilman3. Gender and Consciousness: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Kate Chopin4. Gender and Nature: Ecofeminism and Willa Cather5. Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism and Adrienne Rich6. Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and Ann Beattie7. Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and Alice Walker, Denise Chávez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong KingstonBibliographyIndex

Deborah L. Madsen is Professor of American Literature at the University of Geneva, and the author of numerous books on aspects of literature, genre, gender and allegory, including Beyond the Borders (Pluto Press, 2003) and Feminist Theory and Literary Practice (Pluto Press, 2000).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Feminism in America1. Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and Mary Rowlandson2. Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and Charlotte Perkins Gilman3. Gender and Consciousness: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Kate Chopin4. Gender and Nature: Ecofeminism and Willa Cather5. Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism and Adrienne Rich6. Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and Ann Beattie7. Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and Alice Walker, Denise Chávez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong KingstonBibliographyIndex

Deborah L. Madsen is Professor of American Literature at the University of Geneva, and the author of numerous books on aspects of literature, genre, gender and allegory, including Beyond the Borders (Pluto Press, 2003) and Feminist Theory and Literary Practice (Pluto Press, 2000).

• PrefaceIntroduction: Feminism in America1. Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and Mary Rowlandson2. Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and Charlotte Perkins Gilman3. Gender and Consciousness: Psychoanalytic Feminism and Kate Chopin4. Gender and Nature: Ecofeminism and Willa Cather5. Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism and Adrienne Rich6. Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and Ann Beattie7. Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and Alice Walker, Denise Chávez, Leslie Marmon Silko, Maxine Hong KingstonBibliographyIndex