Essentially Speaking: Feminism, Nature and Difference

ISBN-13: 9780415901338 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 160 str.

Diana Fuss

Opis

Using a feminist, poststructuralist perspective, Diana Fuss addresses the 'nature v. culture' debate, asking whether femininity, race, or homosexuality have 'essential natures'. She examines critically both positions in the debate.

Recenzje

". . . a sinuously argued and carefully measured study of the work of feminist, gay, and Afro-American critics." -- Gillian Beer, Women: A Cultural Review

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The “Risk” of Essence; Chapter 2 Reading Like a Feminist; Chapter 3 Monique Wittig's Anti-essentialist Materialism; Chapter 4 Luce Irigaray's Language of Essence; Chapter 5 “Race” Under Erasure? Poststructuralist Afro-American Literary Theory; Chapter 6 Lesbian and Gay Theory: The Question of Identity Politics; Chapter 7 Essentialism in the Classroom;

O autorze

Diana Fuss