Feminism and Deconstruction

ISBN-13: 9780415091664 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 166 str.

Diane Elam

Opis

Essential reading for anyone who needs an accessible but stimulating guide to the relationship between feminism and deconstruction. A clear and stimulating guide through one of the mazes of contemporary theory.

Recenzje

'Awesome and lively introduction to key debates in contemporary feminist thought.' - Cathy Blackford, East London University

'A lucid and precisely-written book which addresses issues crucial to current feminist theoretical debates ... Without being reductive or oversimplifying (Elam) is able to make the interconnections between a series of complex thinkers clear to the reader.' - Elsie B.Michie, Louisiana State University

Spis treści

1. Unnecessary Introductions: Introductions, Definitions, Theories, Movements, Philosophies, Cross-Disciplines, And, Estrangement, Tool-Boxes and Pedagogics, The Abyss, Obligations 2. Questions of Women: Undetermined or Determined? Her-story or His-story? Gender or Sex? Linguistic or Material Girl? 3. Towards a Groundless Solidarity: Political Differences, Subject to Change: Identity Politics, To Be Negotiated: The Politics of the Undecidable 4. Institutional Interruptions: Institutions? Academic? Disciplines? Philosophy? Women's Studies? The Future of Disciplinarity? 5. Groundless Solidarity: Ethical Activism, Turning Away From Subjective Agency, Taking a Distance From Pragmatism, Approaching the Impossible Justice

O autorze

Diane Elam