Rosemary Hennessy (2 March 1950)
is an American academic and
socialist feminist. She is a Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at
Rice University. She has been a part of the faculty at Rice since 2006.
She has written extensively on
materialist feminism
Materialist feminism highlights capitalism and patriarchy as a central aspect in understanding women's oppression. It focuses on the material, or physical, aspects that define oppression. Under materialist feminism, gender is seen as a social cons ...
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Education
She received her
Ph.D in English from
Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
, her
M.A. in English from
Temple University, and her
B.A. in English from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Selected bibliography
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Material feminism
Materialist feminism highlights capitalism and patriarchy as a central aspect in understanding women's oppression. It focuses on the material, or physical, aspects that define oppression. Under materialist feminism, gender is seen as a social con ...
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Double burden
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Economic materialism
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Feminist economics
Feminist economics is the critical study of economics and economies, with a focus on gender-aware and inclusive economic inquiry and policy analysis. Feminist economic researchers include academics, activists, policy theorists, and practition ...
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Monique Wittig
Monique Wittig (; July 13, 1935 – January 3, 2003) was a French author, philosopher and feminist theorist who wrote about abolition of the sex-class system and coined the phrase "heterosexual contract". Her seminal work is titled ''The Straigh ...
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Christine Delphy
Christine Delphy (born 1941) is a French feminist sociologist, writer and theorist. Known for pioneering materialist feminism, she co-founded the French women's liberation movement (Mouvement de Libération des Femmes, or MLF) in 1970 and the j ...
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Further reading
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External links
Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rosemary Hennessy's biography.
1950 births
Feminism and social class
Feminism and the family
Marxist feminism
Rice University faculty
American socialist feminists
Syracuse University alumni
Temple University alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Living people
Materialist feminists
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