Vestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philologyVestnik of Samara University. History, pedagogics, philology2542-04452712-8946Samara National Research University334110.18287/2542-0445-2013-19-2-77-80UnknownAMERICAN FEMINISM AND MULTICULTURALISM: DEBATES ON GENDER EQUALITYPopkovaL. N.morenov.sv@ssau.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1825-0097the Dept. of Foreign History, Samara State University, Samara, 443011, Russian Federation.0102201319277801002201710022017Copyright © 2013, Popkova L.N.2013<p>The article is devoted to the debates in American feminism on the problem of the policy of multiculturalism in the USA in 1990-ies. The author concludes that the main reason for feminist critique was the problem of compatibility of the policy of preserving traditional cultures with values of liberal democracy, personal autonomy, freedom and immigrant womens rights.</p>feminismmulticulturalismgender equalitywomen’s rightslaw system of the USA«honour killing»liberal democracyфеминизммультикультурализмгендерное равенствоправа женщинправовая система США«убийства чести»либеральная демократия