德博拉·L.马德森著的《女权主义理论与文学实践》是一部阐释与应用女权主义理论各主要流派的作品，其内容包括对女权运动史、女权主义流派和女权主义文本的介绍，并通过女权主义理论对于美国女性文学经典文本的解读，从不同侧面探讨了文学理论与文学实践的内在关系与协和作用。全书目标集中、讲解详细、语言通俗易懂，可为我国研究美国女权主义与女性创作的学者提供极大的便利。

Preface
Introduction: Feminism in America
1 Gender and Rhetoric: Liberal Feminism and
Mary Rowlandson
Survey of Liberal Feminist Theory: Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Betty Friedan
Liberal Feminism in Praxis: Mary Rowlandson's
The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
References and Selected Further Reading
2 Gender and Work: Marxist Feminism and
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Survey of Marxist Feminist Theory: Emma Goldman,
Michele Barrett, Lillian Robinson
Marxist Feminism in Praxis: Charlotte Perkins
Gilman's 'The Yellow Wallpaper' and Selected Stories
References and Selected Further Reading
3 Gender and Consciousness: Psychoanalytic
Feminism and Kate Chopin
Survey of Psychoanalytic Feminist Theory:
Carol Gilligan, Jane Flax, Jane Gallop
Psychoanalytic Feminism in Praxis: Kate Chopin's
The Awakening
References and Selected Further Reading
4 Gender and Nature: Ecofeminism and
Willa Cather
Survey of Ecofeminist Theory: Carol Bigwood,
Carolyn Merchant, Carol Adams
Ecofeminism in Praxis: Willa Cather's Plains
Fiction
References and Selected Further Reading
5 Gender and Sexuality: Radical Feminism
and Adrienne Rich
Survey of Radical Feminist Theory: Shulamith
Firestone, Andrea Dworkin, Mary Daly, Audre Lorde
Radical Feminism in Praxis: Adrienne Rich's Poetry
References and Selected Further Reading
6 Gender and Class: Socialist Feminism and
Ann Beattie
Survey of Socialist Feminist Theory: Juliet Mitchell,
Sheila Rowbotham, Zillah Eisenstein
Socialist Feminism in Praxis: Ann Beattie's Secrets
and Surprises
References and Selected Further Reading
7 Gender and Race: Feminism of Colour and
Alice Walker, Denise Chavez, Leslie Marmon
Silko, Maxine Hong Kingston
Survey of Feminism of Colour: Angela Davis,
bell hooks, Paula Gunn Allen, Gloria Anzaldua
Third-World Feminism in Praxis: Alice Walker's
The Color Purple, Denise Chavez's The Last of
the Menu Girls, Leslie Marmon Silko's Storyteller,
Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior
References and Selected Further Reading