Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Daughterhood is Powerful: The Emergence of Feminism's Third Wave
2. Finding Ourselves in the Past: Feminist Generations and the Development of Second Wave Feminism
3. Taking Feminism to Bed: The Third Wave Does the Sex Wars
4. Neither My Mother Nor My Lover: Generational Relations in Queer Feminism
5. To Be, or Not to Be, Real: Black Feminists and the Emerging Third Wave
Afterword

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Rebellious generations and the emergence of new feminisms

About the Author

Astrid Henry is Louise R. Noun Chair in Women’s Studies at Grinnell College, where she teaches in the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program. Her essays have been published in the journals Women's Studies Quarterly and PMLA, as well as in anthologies such as Rethinking Women’s and Gender Studies, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style, Reading "Sex and the City," and Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century.

Reviews

""Henry makes a convincing case that third-wave feminism can be viewed as the rebellion of young women against their mothers and as their desire to have a feminism of their own... "" —R. Claire Snyder, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2008

"Through analysis of second- and third-wave literature, Not My Mother's Sister provides an interesting psychological and sociological analysis of the conflict that has emerged between younger and older feminists... [The] issues raised in this text make a contribution to our understanding of the history of feminism and should be a welcome addition to women's studies courses...." —Psychology of Women Quarterly