Differences That Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism

Differences That Matter challenges theories of the relationship between feminism and postmodernism that ask is/should feminism be modern or postmodern? Pointing out how postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates, Sara Ahmed argues instead that feminism must itself ask questions of postmodernism; that feminist theorists speak (back) to postmodernism rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. This speaking back involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalizable condition of the world, using close readings of postmodern constructions of rights, ethics, woman, subjectivity, authorship and film.

Author: Sara Ahmed
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/26/1998
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.01w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780521597616
ISBN10: 0521597617
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Social Science | Gender Studies

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