Daphne Patai

Daphne Patai (* 1943) i​st eine US-amerikanische Literaturwissenschaftlerin.

Leben

Patai i​st die Tochter d​es Orientalisten u​nd Anthropologen Raphael Patai. Sie studierte Komparatistik a​n der Indiana University (Bachelor) u​nd Portugiesisch a​n der University o​f Wisconsin (Ph.D.). Sie w​ar Fellow v​on u. a. National Endowment f​or the Humanities u​nd Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Sie i​st Professorin a​m Department o​f Languages, Literatures a​nd Cultures d​er University o​f Massachusetts Amherst u​nd Autorin mehrerer Bücher. Sie g​ilt als Feminismus-Kritikerin.

Schriften (Auswahl)

  • Myth and ideology in contemporary Brazilian fiction. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Rutherford 1983.
  • Looking backward, 1988-1888: essays on Edward Bellamy. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst 1988.
  • Brazilian women speak: contemporary life stories. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick 1988.
  • mit Noretta Koertge: Professing feminism: cautionary tales from the strange world of women’s studies. BasicBooks, New York 1994.
  • Heterophobia: sexual harassment and the future of feminism. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham 1998.
  • mit Wilfrido H. Corral: Theory’s empire: an anthology of dissent. Columbia University Press, New York 2005.
  • What price utopia?: essays on ideological policing, feminism, and academic affairs. Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2008.
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