Segregrated Sisterhood: Racism and the Politics of American Feminism. (book reviews)

American Political Science Review, September, 1993 by Bower, Lisa C.

The title of this book may suggest that its intended audience is solely feminists, specifically American feminists, and that its topical concern is white racism in feminist theory. Such an impression would overlook related themes that animate Caraway's argument. Taking seriously the historical problem of racism in feminism and the tendencies of white feminists to colonize the field of feminist theory, Caraway develops a theory of liberation that draws on black feminist theory, postmodernism, and principles of radical democracy. This theory addresses, as she puts it, "the political conditions for a transformed multicultural feminist political" (p. 1). The central themes of her argument thus also engage a number of dilemmas and problems that drive political theorists who...

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