Zillah Eisenstein Explained

Period:	1972-present
Emerita Professor of Politics

Zillah R. Eisenstein is an American political theorist and gender studies scholar and Emerita Professor of the Department of Politics at Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York.^[1] Specializing in political and feminist theory; class, sex, and race politics; and construction of gender, Eisenstein is the author of twelve books and editor of the 1978 collection Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism, which published the Combahee River Collective statement.^[2]

Eisenstein received her B.A. in Political Science from Ohio University in 1968 and her M.A. and Ph.D. (1972) from the University of Massachusetts.^{[3] [4]} She began teaching at Ithaca College in 1973 and was tenured in 1978. Her papers (1966 to 2011) are held in the Feminist Theory Archives of Brown University's Pembroke Center in Providence, Rhode Island.^[5]

Eisenstein writes an opinion column for Al Jazeera.^[6]

In March 2022 she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Feminist Anti-War Resistance initiated by Russian feminists after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[7]

Works

• 1978, ed., Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism (Monthly Review Press)^[8]
• 1981, The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism (Longman)^[9]
• 1984, Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America (Monthly Review Press)^[10]
• 1988, The Female Body and the Law (University of California Press)^[11]
• 1994, The Color of Gender: Reimagining Democracy (University of California Press)
• 1996, Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century (Routledge)^[12]
• 1996, Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism and the Lure of Cyberfantasy (NYU Press)
• 2001, Manmade Breast Cancers (Cornell University Press)
• 2007, Sexual Decoys, Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
• 2007, Against Empire: Feminisms, Race and the West (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
• 2009, The Audacity of Races and Genders, A Personal and Global Story of the Obama Campaign (Zed Press, London; Palgrave, U.S.)
• 2019, Abolitionist Socialist Feminism, Radicalizing the Next Revolution (Monthly Review Press)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zillah Eisenstein. 2021-10-29. Ithaca College. en.
2. Taylor. Keeanga-Yamahtta. 2020-07-20. Until Black Women Are Free, None of Us Will Be Free. 2021-10-31. The New Yorker. en-US.
3. Web site: ZILLAH EISENSTEIN . 30 October 2021.
4. News: 1978-05-31. Zillah Eisenstein. 4. The Ithaca Journal. 2021-11-02.
5. Web site: Feminist Theory Archive Collections Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. 2021-10-29. www.brown.edu.
6. Web site: Zillah Eisenstein Al Jazeera News Today's latest from Al Jazeera. 2021-10-29. www.aljazeera.com. en.
7. Web site: Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto . 17 March 2022 . Specter Journal . 31 March 2022 .
8. Reviews for Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism:
   • Kennedy. Liz. Lapidus. June. 1980. Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism. Feminist Studies. 6. 3. 571–582. 10.2307/3177483. 3177483. 143570085 . 0046-3663.
   • Barrett. Michèle. 1980. Review of Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism; Feminism and Materialism: Women and Modes of Production. Signs. 5. 3. 527–531. 10.1086/493737. 3173592. 0097-9740.
9. Reviews for The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism:
   • Pateman. Carole. 1982. Review of The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism. Political Theory. 10. 2. 320–323. 10.1177/0090591782010002011. 190583. 220901832. 0090-5917.
   • Flammang. Janet A.. December 1981. The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. (New York: Longman, 1981. Pp. xi + 260. $17.95.). American Political Science Review. en. 75. 4. 1018–1020. 10.2307/1962306. 1962306. 147792552 . 0003-0554.
   • Held, Virginia. "The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism" by Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Signs; Chicago Vol. 7, Iss. 3,  (Spring 1982): 696.
10. Reviews for Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America:
    • Breines. Wini. 1985. Review of Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America.. Contemporary Sociology. 14. 5. 608–610. 10.2307/2069543. 2069543. 0094-3061.
    • Meckel, Gamine. "Feminism and Sexual Equality: Crisis in Liberal America" Zillah R. Eisenstein (Book Review)." Mid-American Review of Sociology; Lawrence, KS Vol. 10, Iss. 1,  (Spring 1985): 87.
11. Revies for The Female Body and the Law:
    • Cossman. Brenda. 2017-02-10. Book Review: Where Is Somewhere in Between? A Review of Zillah Eisenstein's The Female Body and the Law. Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality. 9. 3. 575. 0737-089X.
    • Buker. Eloise A.. 1991. Zillah R. Eisenstein, The Female Body and the Law. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1988.. Hypatia. en. 6. 3. 221–226. 10.1111/j.1527-2001.1991.tb00266.x. 145133510 . 0887-5367.
    • Hirschmann. Nancy J.. March 1990. The Female Body and the Law. By Zillah R. Eisenstein. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 280p. $25.00.. American Political Science Review. en. 84. 1. 271–272. 10.2307/1963644. 1963644. 251098830 . 0003-0554.
    • McKenszie. Nancy F.. 1990-05-01. The Female Body and the Law. Monthly Review. English. 42. 1. 55–61.
    • Littleton. Christine A.. 1992. Review of The Female Body and the Law. Signs. 17. 4. 852–854. 10.1086/494775. 3174546. 0097-9740.
    • Aulette. Judy Root. 1991. The Female Body and the Law. Deviant Behavior. 12. 339.
    • Glass. Becky L.. 1991. Review of The Female Body and the Law. Gender and Society. 5. 2. 250–252. 10.1177/089124391005002016. 189496. 220519913. 0891-2432.
    • Schulhofer. Stephen J.. 1992. Review of The Female Body and the Law. The Journal of Modern History. 64. 4. 747–750. 10.1086/244551. 2124907. 0022-2801.
    • Shanley. Mary Lyndon. 1990. Review of The Female Body and the Law. NWSA Journal. 2. 2. 308–311. 4316034. 1040-0656.
    • News: Kuehl. Sheila James. 1989-06-04. The Female Body And The Law. 21. The Los Angeles Times. 2021-11-02.
12. Reviews for Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century:
    • Vuille. Marilène. 1998. Zillah Eisenstein - Hatreds. Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. New York and London. Routledge. 1996. Les Cahiers du Genre. 22. 1. 151–153.
    • Gedalof. Irene. 1998. Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. Women's Philosophy Review. 20. 106–108. 10.5840/wpr1998/1999209. 1369-4324.
    • Fonow. Mary Margaret. 1997-06-01. Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. Gender & Society. English. 11. 3. 374–377.
    • Holland. Carolsue. June 1997. Hatreds: Racialized and Sexualized Conflicts in the 21st Century. By Zillah Eisenstein. New York and London: Routledge, 1996. 223p. $17.95.. American Political Science Review. en. 91. 2. 500. 10.2307/2952435. 2952435. 148208611 . 0003-0554.