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This first major study of feminist theory, revised and updated here inits fourth edition, now takes the reader into the twenty-first century.It addresses the basic question, "What is feminism?'' by outlining thevarious strands of feminist theory: liberal, cultural, Marxist-socialist,Freudian, and radical. This fourth edition brings the discussion up-to-date,integrating the developments in feminist theory that have emerged in thelast two decades, such as ecofeminism, multiculturalism, postmodernism,and global feminism-including new material since the publication of thethird edition (2000).