| Feminism and the New Democracy: Resiting the Political Contributor(s): Dean, Jodi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803976186 ISBN-13: 9780803976184 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $71.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1997 Annotation: Feminism and the New Democracy responds to and moves beyond recent debates about the relationship between feminism and politics to offer a vision for the future of feminist theory. Leading figures have combined to offer a broad framework through which to articulate the "new democracy"??one that transgresses the traditional oppositions of equality and difference, sex and gender, and essential and constructed, to view the political as complex, layered, and relational. This volume offers a multifaceted backdrop of theory and analysis against which new debate may flourish. The individual chapters address questions around gender, ethnicity, culture, and sexual orientation, always embracing the multiple terrains and spaces producing and produced by politics. It will be invaluable for students and academics in feminist and critical social theory, women?'s studies, gender and cultural studies, philosophy, and politics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.42 |
| LCCN: 96-072302 |
| Series: Philosophy and Social Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.22" W x 9.24" (1.09 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This wide-ranging book responds to and moves beyond recent debates about the relationship between feminism and politics to offer a vision for the future of feminist theory. Leading figures have combined to offer a broad framework through which to articulate a new democracy′ - one that transgresses the traditional oppositions of equality and difference, sex and gender, essential and constructed, to view the political′ as complex, layered and relational. Issues addressed include: gender, ethnicity, culture and sexual orientation, always embracing the multiple terrains and spaces produced by politics. |