Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference by Chris Weedon

Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference by Chris Weedon

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Summary

This study looks at the question of difference in feminist theory, from liberal, radical, lesbian and socialist theories to black and post-colonial feminisms. It relates feminist approaches to difference and diversity to the tendency within postmodernism to celebrate them without due attention.

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Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference by Chris Weedon

Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference looks at the question of difference across the full spectrum of feminist theory from liberal, radical, lesbian and socialist theories to Black and post-colonial feminisms.
"This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theoryIt offers excellent lucid accounts of theoretical debates, locates these effectively within a political context and offers a constructively critical, rather then hostile or celebratory, engagement with a politics of difference." New Formations

"This is an extremely useful book for Women's Studies and Gender courses at whatever level". MLR

Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Cultural Politics (co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Blackwell, 1995) and Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1996).
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ISBN 13 9780631198246
ISBN 10 0631198245
Title Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference
Author Chris Weedon
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1999-01-09
Number of pages 232
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