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Between Feminism and Materialism: A Question of Method (Breaking Feminist Waves)

By Gillian Howie

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2010
ISBN
0230102697, 9780230102699
LCC
HQ1190 .H69 2010
Open Library ID
OL24880204M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3628772 bytes)
Series
Breaking Feminist Waves
Pages
281\281
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Between Feminism and Materialism is a bold attempt to make sense of the relationship between feminist theory and capitalism. Addressing a number of philosophical problems that have engaged feminists over the last few decades--universals and reason, nature and essentialism, identity and non-identity, sex and gender, power and patriarchy, local and global--this innovative book breaks through feminist waves and explains the paradoxes of feminist theory by demonstrating the on-going relevance of dialectics and the concepts of exploitation, ideology, and reification. Drawing on first, second, and third "waves" of feminist theory, this exciting combination of existentialism, phenomenology, and critical theory delivers a proactive feminism ready to respond to the challenges presented by our thoroughly modern times.

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