Zillah Eisenstein | |
|---|---|
 Eisenstein in 2016 | |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Title | Emerita Professor of Politics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
Ohio University University of Massachusetts |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ithaca College |
Zillah R. Eisenstein is an American political theorist and gender studies scholar and Emerita Professor of the Department of Politics at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. [1] Specializing in political and feminist theory; class, sex, and race politics; and construction of gender, [1] Eisenstein is the author of twelve books and editor of the 1978 collection Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism, which published the Combahee River Collective statement. [2]
Eisenstein received her B.A. in Political Science from Ohio University in 1968 and her M.A. and Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Massachusetts. [3] [4] She began teaching at Ithaca College in 1973 and was tenured in 1978. [4] Her papers (1966 to 2011) are held in the Feminist Theory Archives of Brown University's Pembroke Center in Providence, Rhode Island. [5]
Eisenstein writes an opinion column for Al Jazeera. [6]
In March 2022 she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance initiated by Russian feminists after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7]
Works
- 1978, ed., Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism (Monthly Review Press) [8]
- 1981, The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism (Longman) [9]
- 1984, Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America (Monthly Review Press) [10]
- 1988, The Female Body and the Law (University of California Press) [11]
- 1994, The Color of Gender: Reimagining Democracy (University of California Press)
- 1996, Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century (Routledge) [12]
- 1996, Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism and the Lure of Cyberfantasy (NYU Press)
- 2001, Manmade Breast Cancers (Cornell University Press)
- 2007, Sexual Decoys, Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2007, Against Empire: Feminisms, Race and the West (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2009, The Audacity of Races and Genders, A Personal and Global Story of the Obama Campaign (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2019, Abolitionist Socialist Feminism, Radicalizing the Next Revolution (Monthly Review Press)
References
- ^ a b "Zillah Eisenstein". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (2020-07-20). "Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ "ZILLAH EISENSTEIN" (PDF). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Zillah Eisenstein". The Ithaca Journal. 1978-05-31. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Feminist Theory Archive Collections | Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Zillah Eisenstein | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto". Specter Journal. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
-
^ Reviews for Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism:
- Kennedy, Liz; Lapidus, June (1980). "Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism". Feminist Studies. 6 (3): 571–582. doi: 10.2307/3177483. ISSN 0046-3663. JSTOR 3177483. S2CID 143570085.
- Barrett, Michèle (1980). "Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism; Feminism and Materialism: Women and Modes of Production". Signs. 5 (3): 527–531. doi: 10.1086/493737. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3173592.
-
^ Reviews for The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism:
- Pateman, Carole (1982). "Review of The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism". Political Theory. 10 (2): 320–323. doi: 10.1177/0090591782010002011. ISSN 0090-5917. JSTOR 190583. S2CID 220901832.
- Flammang, Janet A. (December 1981). "The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. (New York: Longman, 1981. Pp. xi + 260. $17.95.)". American Political Science Review. 75 (4): 1018–1020. doi: 10.2307/1962306. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1962306. S2CID 147792552.
- Held, Virginia. " The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism" by Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Signs; Chicago Vol. 7, Iss. 3, (Spring 1982): 696.
-
^ Reviews for Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America:
- Breines, Wini (1985). "Review of Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America". Contemporary Sociology. 14 (5): 608–610. doi: 10.2307/2069543. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 2069543.
- Meckel, Gamine. " Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America" Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Mid-American Review of Sociology; Lawrence, KS Vol. 10, Iss. 1, (Spring 1985): 87.
-
^ Revies for The Female Body and the Law:
- Cossman, Brenda (2017-02-10). "Book Review: Where Is Somewhere in Between? A Review of Zillah Eisenstein's The Female Body and the Law". Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. 9 (3): 575. ISSN 0737-089X.
- Buker, Eloise A. (1991). "Zillah R. Eisenstein, The Female Body and the Law. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1988". Hypatia. 6 (3): 221–226. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.1991.tb00266.x. ISSN 0887-5367. S2CID 145133510.
- Hirschmann, Nancy J. (March 1990). "The Female Body and the Law. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 280p. $25.00". American Political Science Review. 84 (1): 271–272. doi: 10.2307/1963644. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1963644. S2CID 251098830.
- McKenszie, Nancy F. (1990-05-01). "The Female Body and the Law". Monthly Review. 42 (1): 55–61.
- Littleton, Christine A. (1992). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". Signs. 17 (4): 852–854. doi: 10.1086/494775. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3174546.
- Aulette, Judy Root (1991). "The Female Body and the Law". Deviant Behavior. 12: 339.
- Glass, Becky L. (1991). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". Gender and Society. 5 (2): 250–252. doi: 10.1177/089124391005002016. ISSN 0891-2432. JSTOR 189496. S2CID 220519913.
- Schulhofer, Stephen J. (1992). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". The Journal of Modern History. 64 (4): 747–750. doi: 10.1086/244551. ISSN 0022-2801. JSTOR 2124907.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon (1990). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". NWSA Journal. 2 (2): 308–311. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4316034.
- Kuehl, Sheila James (1989-06-04). "The Female Body And The Law". The Los Angeles Times. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
-
^ Reviews for Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century:
- Vuille, Marilène (1998). "Zillah Eisenstein - Hatreds. Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. New York and London. Routledge. 1996". Les Cahiers du Genre. 22 (1): 151–153.
- Gedalof, Irene (1998). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century". Women's Philosophy Review (20): 106–108. doi: 10.5840/wpr1998/1999209. ISSN 1369-4324.
- Fonow, Mary Margaret (1997-06-01). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century". Gender & Society. 11 (3): 374–377.
- Holland, Carolsue (June 1997). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. By Zillah Eisenstein. New York and London: Routledge, 1996. 223p. $17.95". American Political Science Review. 91 (2): 500. doi: 10.2307/2952435. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 2952435. S2CID 148208611.
External links
-
Official website
- Zillah Eisenstein's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
Categories:
- Living people
- 20th-century American philosophers
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American feminists
- American political philosophers
- American political scientists
- American women non-fiction writers
- American women philosophers
- American women political scientists
- American gender studies academics
- Ithaca College faculty
- Ohio University alumni
- Social theorists
- University of Massachusetts alumni
Zillah Eisenstein | |
|---|---|
|
Eisenstein in 2016 | |
| Years active | 1972-present |
| Title | Emerita Professor of Politics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
Ohio University University of Massachusetts |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Ithaca College |
Zillah R. Eisenstein is an American political theorist and gender studies scholar and Emerita Professor of the Department of Politics at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York. [1] Specializing in political and feminist theory; class, sex, and race politics; and construction of gender, [1] Eisenstein is the author of twelve books and editor of the 1978 collection Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism, which published the Combahee River Collective statement. [2]
Eisenstein received her B.A. in Political Science from Ohio University in 1968 and her M.A. and Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Massachusetts. [3] [4] She began teaching at Ithaca College in 1973 and was tenured in 1978. [4] Her papers (1966 to 2011) are held in the Feminist Theory Archives of Brown University's Pembroke Center in Providence, Rhode Island. [5]
Eisenstein writes an opinion column for Al Jazeera. [6]
In March 2022 she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance initiated by Russian feminists after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [7]
Works
- 1978, ed., Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism (Monthly Review Press) [8]
- 1981, The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism (Longman) [9]
- 1984, Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America (Monthly Review Press) [10]
- 1988, The Female Body and the Law (University of California Press) [11]
- 1994, The Color of Gender: Reimagining Democracy (University of California Press)
- 1996, Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century (Routledge) [12]
- 1996, Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism and the Lure of Cyberfantasy (NYU Press)
- 2001, Manmade Breast Cancers (Cornell University Press)
- 2007, Sexual Decoys, Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2007, Against Empire: Feminisms, Race and the West (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2009, The Audacity of Races and Genders, A Personal and Global Story of the Obama Campaign (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
- 2019, Abolitionist Socialist Feminism, Radicalizing the Next Revolution (Monthly Review Press)
References
- ^ a b "Zillah Eisenstein". Ithaca College. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta (2020-07-20). "Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
- ^ "ZILLAH EISENSTEIN" (PDF). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Zillah Eisenstein". The Ithaca Journal. 1978-05-31. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
- ^ "Feminist Theory Archive Collections | Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women". www.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Zillah Eisenstein | Al Jazeera News | Today's latest from Al Jazeera". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
- ^ "Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto". Specter Journal. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
-
^ Reviews for Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism:
- Kennedy, Liz; Lapidus, June (1980). "Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism". Feminist Studies. 6 (3): 571–582. doi: 10.2307/3177483. ISSN 0046-3663. JSTOR 3177483. S2CID 143570085.
- Barrett, Michèle (1980). "Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism; Feminism and Materialism: Women and Modes of Production". Signs. 5 (3): 527–531. doi: 10.1086/493737. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3173592.
-
^ Reviews for The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism:
- Pateman, Carole (1982). "Review of The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism". Political Theory. 10 (2): 320–323. doi: 10.1177/0090591782010002011. ISSN 0090-5917. JSTOR 190583. S2CID 220901832.
- Flammang, Janet A. (December 1981). "The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. (New York: Longman, 1981. Pp. xi + 260. $17.95.)". American Political Science Review. 75 (4): 1018–1020. doi: 10.2307/1962306. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1962306. S2CID 147792552.
- Held, Virginia. " The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism" by Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Signs; Chicago Vol. 7, Iss. 3, (Spring 1982): 696.
-
^ Reviews for Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America:
- Breines, Wini (1985). "Review of Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America". Contemporary Sociology. 14 (5): 608–610. doi: 10.2307/2069543. ISSN 0094-3061. JSTOR 2069543.
- Meckel, Gamine. " Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America" Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Mid-American Review of Sociology; Lawrence, KS Vol. 10, Iss. 1, (Spring 1985): 87.
-
^ Revies for The Female Body and the Law:
- Cossman, Brenda (2017-02-10). "Book Review: Where Is Somewhere in Between? A Review of Zillah Eisenstein's The Female Body and the Law". Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. 9 (3): 575. ISSN 0737-089X.
- Buker, Eloise A. (1991). "Zillah R. Eisenstein, The Female Body and the Law. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1988". Hypatia. 6 (3): 221–226. doi: 10.1111/j.1527-2001.1991.tb00266.x. ISSN 0887-5367. S2CID 145133510.
- Hirschmann, Nancy J. (March 1990). "The Female Body and the Law. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 280p. $25.00". American Political Science Review. 84 (1): 271–272. doi: 10.2307/1963644. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1963644. S2CID 251098830.
- McKenszie, Nancy F. (1990-05-01). "The Female Body and the Law". Monthly Review. 42 (1): 55–61.
- Littleton, Christine A. (1992). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". Signs. 17 (4): 852–854. doi: 10.1086/494775. ISSN 0097-9740. JSTOR 3174546.
- Aulette, Judy Root (1991). "The Female Body and the Law". Deviant Behavior. 12: 339.
- Glass, Becky L. (1991). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". Gender and Society. 5 (2): 250–252. doi: 10.1177/089124391005002016. ISSN 0891-2432. JSTOR 189496. S2CID 220519913.
- Schulhofer, Stephen J. (1992). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". The Journal of Modern History. 64 (4): 747–750. doi: 10.1086/244551. ISSN 0022-2801. JSTOR 2124907.
- Shanley, Mary Lyndon (1990). "Review of The Female Body and the Law". NWSA Journal. 2 (2): 308–311. ISSN 1040-0656. JSTOR 4316034.
- Kuehl, Sheila James (1989-06-04). "The Female Body And The Law". The Los Angeles Times. p. 21. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
-
^ Reviews for Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century:
- Vuille, Marilène (1998). "Zillah Eisenstein - Hatreds. Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. New York and London. Routledge. 1996". Les Cahiers du Genre. 22 (1): 151–153.
- Gedalof, Irene (1998). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century". Women's Philosophy Review (20): 106–108. doi: 10.5840/wpr1998/1999209. ISSN 1369-4324.
- Fonow, Mary Margaret (1997-06-01). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century". Gender & Society. 11 (3): 374–377.
- Holland, Carolsue (June 1997). "Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. By Zillah Eisenstein. New York and London: Routledge, 1996. 223p. $17.95". American Political Science Review. 91 (2): 500. doi: 10.2307/2952435. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 2952435. S2CID 148208611.
External links
-
Official website
- Zillah Eisenstein's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
Categories:
- Living people
- 20th-century American philosophers
- 20th-century American women scientists
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American philosophers
- 21st-century American women scientists
- 21st-century American women writers
- American feminists
- American political philosophers
- American political scientists
- American women non-fiction writers
- American women philosophers
- American women political scientists
- American gender studies academics
- Ithaca College faculty
- Ohio University alumni
- Social theorists
- University of Massachusetts alumni