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Article: Feminism.(NEW REFERENCE WORKS IN WOMEN'S)(Feminism: Opposing Viewpoints)(Book review)
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- Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
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- December 22, 2008
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Christina Fisanick, editor, FEMINISM: OPPOSING VIEWPOINTS. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press, 2008. 264p. $36.20, ISBN 978-0737737691; pap., $24.95, ISBN 978-0737737707.
Is feminism still relevant, or are we at the dawn of a post-feminist existence? Do women really earn less than men, and, if so, is it because they choose to do so? The titles in Greenhaven Press's Opposing Viewpoints series--in this case the latest version on feminism (1)--aims to teach students how to look critically at broad questions by breaking them into concise and easily digested parts. The founders of the series encourage students to evaluate arguments based on the "authors' credibility, ...