Introduction : feminist studies as a site of critical knowledge production and praxis / Nancy A. Naples -- Feminist epistemology and its discontents. Biological determinism and essentialism / Sheila Greene -- Marxist and socialist feminisms / Elisabeth Armstrong -- Radical and cultural feminisms / Lauren Rosewarne -- Materialist feminisms / Bronwyn Winter -- Black feminism and womanism / Rose M. Brewer -- Intersectionality as critical inquiry / Patricia Hill Collins -- Queer, trans, and transfeminist theories / Ute Bettray -- Postcolonial feminism / Umme Al-wazedi -- Feminisms in comparative perspective / Anne Sisson Runyan, Rina Verma Williams, Anwar Mhajne and Crystal Whetstone -- Transnational feminisms / Gul Aldikacti Marshall -- Methodological diversity. Feminist methodologies / Cynthia Deitch -- Feminist empiricism / Gina Marie Longo -- Feminist science studies / Samantha M. Archer and A.E. Kohler -- Feminist economics / Valeria Esquivel -- Feminist ethnography / Dána-Ain Davis and Christa Craven -- Feminist historiography / Ariella Rotramel -- Feminism, gender, and popular culture / Diane Grossman -- Feminist praxis. Feminist pedagogy / Danielle M. Currier -- Feminist praxis and globalization / Manisha Desai and Koyel Khan -- Feminism and somatic praxis / Gill Wright Miller -- Feminist health movements / Meredeth Turshen and Marci Berger -- Feminist praxis and gender violence / Claire M. Renzetti and Margaret Campe -- Feminist political ecologies in Latin American context / Astrid Ulloa -- Feminism and social justice movements / Molli Spalter.