Women's Oppression Today

“Michèle Barrett’s excellent and lucid discussion of the issues and debates within contemporary feminist theory makes a major contribution to our understanding of the nature of that oppression.” —Mary Evans, London School of Economics

“This book is a school of thought.” —Frigga Haug, author of Female Sexualization: A Collective Work of Memory

“Historically significant and deeply relevant to today’s discussions, Barrett’s interrogation of Marxism, feminism, patriarchy and the state is serious yet accessible: this is a key text in the history (and present) of both Marxism and feminism.” —Nina Power, author of One-Dimensional Woman

“Barrett’s eloquent elucidation of the ties and ruptures between feminism and Marxism at the close of the 1970s is especially timely today … as austerity measures hit women in particular hardest.” —Lynne Segal, Birkbeck College, University of London