Differences that matter: feminist theory and postmodernism

Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask 'is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?' Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist t...

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Main Author: Ahmed, Sara 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1998
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Summary:Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask 'is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?' Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist theorists to speak (back) to postmodernism, rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. Such a 'speaking back' involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalisable condition of the world and requires closer readings of what postmodernism is actually 'doing' in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Sara Ahmed hence examines constructions of postmodernism in relation to rights, ethics, subjectivity, authorship, meta-fiction and film
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 222 Seiten)
ISBN:9780511489389
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511489389

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