Essentially Speaking by Diana Fuss

Essentially Speaking by Diana Fuss

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Summary

Using a feminist, poststructuralist perspective, Diana Fuss addresses the 'nature v. culture' debate, asking whether femininity, race, or homosexuality have 'essential natures'. She examines critically both positions in the debate.

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Essentially Speaking by Diana Fuss

In this brief and powerful book, Diana Fuss takes on the debate of pure essence versus social construct, engaging with the work of Luce Irigaray and Monique Wittig, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Houston Baker, and with the politics of gay identity.

". . a sinuously argued and carefully measured study of the work of feminist, gay, and Afro-American critics." -- Gillian Beer, Women: A Cultural Review

Diana Fuss is the Louis W. Fairchild Class of '24 Professor of English at Princeton University. William A. Gleason is professor and chair of English at Princeton. Both Fuss and Gleason have led teaching seminars for graduate students and received Princeton's President's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
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ISBN 13 9780415901338
ISBN 10 0415901332
Title Essentially Speaking
Author Diana Fuss
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 1989-12-13
Number of pages 160
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.