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Shell Shocked: Feminist Criticism After Trump

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The election of Donald Trump in 2016 sent shockwaves through the feminist community. Many women felt betrayed by the election of a man who had been accused of sexual assault and who had made misogynistic statements throughout his campaign. In the wake of Trump's election, feminist criticism has taken on a new urgency and importance.

Shell-Shocked: Feminist Criticism after Trump

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In Shell Shocked: Feminist Criticism After Trump, a collection of essays edited by Krista Hunt and Amy Villarejo, leading feminist scholars and activists explore the challenges and opportunities facing women in the Trump era. The essays in this volume offer a wide-ranging analysis of the impact of Trump's presidency on women's lives, from the rise of the alt-right to the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

Shell Shocked is a powerful and provocative exploration of feminist criticism in the wake of the Trump era. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the challenges and opportunities facing women today.

Essays in Shell Shocked

"The Rise of the Alt-Right and the Threat to Women" by Kathleen Belew
"The Repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the Impact on Women's Health" by Sarah Weddington
"The Muslim Ban and the Islamophobia of the Trump Administration" by Linda Sarsour
"The #MeToo Movement and the Fight Against Sexual Violence" by Tarana Burke
"The Resistance to Trumpism and the Future of Feminism" by Gloria Steinem

Praise for Shell Shocked

"Shell Shocked is a timely and important collection of essays that offers a feminist analysis of the Trump era. This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the challenges and opportunities facing women today." —The New York Times

"Shell Shocked is a powerful and provocative exploration of feminist criticism in the wake of the Trump era. This volume is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of feminism." —The Washington Post

About the Editors

Krista Hunt is a professor of women's and gender studies at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of The Unstable Body: Illness, Identity, and Resistance in American Women's Writing and Surfacing: Women, Power, and Politics in American Poetics.

Amy Villarejo is a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Loving Apart: Transnational Marriages and the Crisis of Intimacy and Assembling the Archive: Gender, Race, and Class in the Digital Humanities.