ISBN:
9780415900591
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (359 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction
Series Statement:
Thinking Gender
Parallel Title:
Print version Feminism/Postmodernism
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this anthology, prominent contemporary theorists assess the benefits and dangers of postmodernism for feminist theory. The contributors examine the meaning of postmodernism both as a methodological position and a diagnosis of the times. They consider such issues as the nature of personal and social identity today, the political implications of recent aesthetic trends, and the consequences of changing work and family relations on women's lives. Contributors: Seyla Benhabib, Susan Bordo, Judith Butler, Christine Di Stefano, Jane Flax, Nancy Fraser, Donna Haraway, Sandra Harding, Nancy Harts
Description / Table of Contents:
Feminism/Postmodernism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Feminism As Against Epistemology?; 1. Social Criticism without Philosophy: An Encounter between Feminism and Postmodernism; 2. Postmodernism and Gender Relations in Feminist Theory; 3. Dilemmas of Difference: Feminism, Modernity, and Postmodernism; 4. Feminism, Science, and the Anti-Enlightenment Critiques; 5. Epistemologies of Postmodernism: A Rejoinder to Jean-François Lyotard; Part II: The Politics of Location; 6. Feminism, Postmodernism, and Gender-Scepticism; 7. Foucault on Power: A Theory for Women?
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Travels in the Postmodern: Making Sense of the Local9. A Manifesto for Cyborgs: Science, Technology, and Socialist Feminism in the 1980s; 10. Mapping the Postmodern; Part III: Identity and Differentiation; 11. A Feminist Theory of Social Differentiation; 12. The Ideal of Community and the Politics of Difference; 13. Gender Trouble, Feminist Theory, and Psychoanalytic Discourse; Index; Contributors
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction
Permalink
