La gran historia del feminismo

Feminism is a political, social and cultural movement whose current importance is undeniable. But feminist ideas have existed since ancient times and throughout the world, confronting misogynistic and patriarchal discourses established as dominant. Where, how and why do these ideas emerge? What is its history, who are its protagonists? Using data, testimonies, anecdotes and literary texts, Séverine Auffret traces the development of different feminist ideas from their earliest manifestations to contemporaneity, from ancient Egypt, through pre-Columbian America to the most current formulations, incorporating the figures of the Amazons. , Safo, Virginia Woolf, Simone de Beauvoir, Teresa de Ávila, sexual dissidences... The variety and interest of the many problems addressed, together with the deployment of original prose, make this book a fundamental work to understand the Present.