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Differences that Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism

By Sara Ahmed

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0521592259, 9780521592253, 9780511004636
LCC
HQ1190 .A35 1998
Open Library ID
OL360019M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
863 kB (883349 bytes)
Pages
232\232
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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