Examines the impact of racism and sexism on Black women, and feminism's blind spots.
Black feminismFeminist theoryUSAEnglish
From ₹420 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies. A staple of intersectional feminism courses.
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Books taught in gender studies, Dalit literature, feminist studies and movements courses. Lists are curated by members and admins. Usage notes are indicative, not official syllabi.
AllGender studiesDalit literatureFeminist studiesMovements
Examines the impact of racism and sexism on Black women, and feminism's blind spots.
Black feminismFeminist theoryUSAEnglish
From ₹420 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies. A staple of intersectional feminism courses.
Three stories about women's bodies, labour and state violence.
Short storiesFictionIndiaBengali
From ₹375 (sample price)
In courses: Gender studies. Taught in postcolonial and gender studies courses.
Links the witch hunts to the rise of capitalism and the control of women's labour and bodies.
Marxist feminismFeminist historyItalyEnglish
From ₹799 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies, Movements. Used in feminist political economy and history courses.
Argues that misogyny is the system that polices and punishes women who challenge male dominance.
Feminist theoryPhilosophyUSAEnglish
From ₹550 (sample price)
In courses: Gender studies.
Essays on how caste and gender shape each other in modern India.
Caste and genderAnthologyIndiaEnglish
From ₹425 (sample price)
In courses: Dalit literature, Feminist studies. A common anchor text for caste and gender seminars.
Argues that gender is performed rather than innate.
Queer theoryFeminist theoryUSAEnglish
From ₹700 (sample price)
In courses: Gender studies. Core reading in gender and queer theory.
A Dalit Christian woman's autobiography of caste, faith and the church, widely read as a founding text of Dalit women's writing.
From ₹350 (sample price)
In courses: Dalit literature. Often assigned in Dalit literature and caste studies courses.
Essays and speeches on difference, anger, poetry and the uses of the erotic.
EssaysBlack feminismUSAEnglish
From ₹650 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies. Frequently assigned in feminist theory and queer studies.
Looks at how the Indian state, law and citizenship shape women's lives.
From ₹650 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies, Movements. Used in gender, law and women's movements courses.
Beauvoir's landmark 1949 inquiry into how woman is made the Other, from biology and history to myth and lived experience.
Feminist theoryPhilosophyFranceFrench
From ₹599 (sample price)
In courses: Gender studies. Core reading in gender studies and feminist philosophy.
A two-volume anthology of women's writing in India across languages and centuries.
AnthologyWomen's literatureIndiaEnglish
From ₹899 (sample price)
In courses: Gender studies, Dalit literature. A standard reference for women's writing in India.
A history linking abolition, suffrage and labour to show how race and class shape feminist politics.
Black feminismMarxist feminismUSAEnglish
From ₹899 (sample price)
In courses: Feminist studies, Movements. Used for feminist movements and intersectionality courses.
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