Feminism/postmodernism
Feminism/Postmodernism asks the question, is a postmodern feminist politics possible? This anthology draws on prominent contemporary theorists to attempt a response. The contributors examine the meaning of postmodernism both as a position of method and a diagnosis of the times. They consider issues such as: the nature of personal and social identity today, the relevance of location in constituting theory, the political implications of recent aesthetic trends, and the consequence of changing wor…
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- Full title :Feminism/postmodernism / edited and with an introduction by Linda J. Nicholson.
Summary
Feminism/Postmodernism asks the question, is a postmodern feminist politics possible? This anthology draws on prominent contemporary theorists to attempt a response. The contributors examine the meaning of postmodernism both as a position of method and a diagnosis of the times. They consider issues such as: the nature of personal and social identity today, the relevance of location in constituting theory, the political implications of recent aesthetic trends, and the consequence of changing work and family relations on women's lives.
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- Publication Date:1990.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1990.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (ix, 348 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781135200855, 1135200858, 9780203699386, 0203699386, 041590059X, 9780415900591, 9781135200800, 1135200807, 9781135200848, 113520084X, 9781299477186, 1299477186
- DOI:10.4324/9780203699386
- oclc:ocn556766559
- LC Classification:HQ1206
- Dewey Decimal:305.42/01
Table of Contents
Introduction ---- Part I. Feminism as against epistemology? 1. Social criticism without philosophy: an encounter between feminism and postmodernism / Nancy Fraser and Linda J. Nicholson -- 2. Postmodernism and gender relations in feminist theory / Jane Flax -- 3. Dilemmas of difference: feminism, modernity, and postmodernism / Christine Di Stefano -- 4. Feminism, science, and the anti-enlightenment critiques / Sandra Harding -- 5. Epistemologies of postmodernism: a rejoinder to Jean-François Lyotard / Seyla Benhabib ---- Part II. The politics of location. 6. Feminism, postmodernism, and gender-scepticism / Susan Bordo -- 7. Foucault on power: a theory for women? / Nancy Hartsock -- 8. Travels in the postmodern: making sense of the local / Elspeth Probyn -- 9. A manifesto for cyborgs: science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s / Donna Haraway -- 10. Mapping the postmodern / Andreas Huyssen ---- Part III. Identity and differentiation. 11. A feminist theory of social differentiation / Anna Yeatman -- 12. The ideal of community and the politics of difference / Iris Marion Young -- 13. Gender trouble, feminist theory, and psychoanalytic discourse / Judith Butler.
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