Rosemary Hennessy (born March 2, 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
William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres.
Rice University comp ...
. She has been a part of the faculty at Rice since 2006.
She has written extensively on
materialist feminism.
Education
Hennessy 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, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
, her
M.A. in English from
Temple University
Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...
, and her
B.A. in English from the
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
.
Selected bibliography
Books
*
*
*
*
* Hennessy, Rosemary (2023). ''In the Company of Radical Women Writers.'' University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781517914905.
Book chapters
*
Journal articles
*
*
*
*
*
*
See also
*
Double burden
*
Economic materialism
Economic materialism can be described as either a personal attitude that attaches importance to acquiring (and often consuming) material goods, or as a logistical analysis of how physical resources are shaped into consumable products.
The use ...
*
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 practitio ...
*
Monique Wittig
References
Further reading
*
External links
Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Rosemary Hennessy's biography.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hennessy, Rosemary
1950 births
Feminism and social class
Feminism and the family
Rice University faculty
American socialist feminists
Syracuse University alumni
Temple University alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Living people
Materialist feminists