Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory - Softcover

Weedon, Chris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631151885 ISBN 13: 9780631151883

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1987

Inhaltsangabe

What do the theories of poststructuralism have to offer contemporary feminism? In a discussion which assumes no prior knowledge of these complex theoretical issues, the author argues that feminism is a politics which depends for its effectiveness on an alliance of theory and practice. Making the case that poststructuralism is the theory with the most explanatory and practical relevance to feminism, she examines the possibilities for a feminist practice. In "Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory" she suggests that patriarchal power is structural: it exists in institutions and social practices and not merely in individual intentions. It is, therefore, not a part of immutable nature but open to effective theoretical analysis and practical change. To develop this view, she mobilizes recent poststructuralist developments in the theory of language, subjectivity and power to develop a sophisticated feminist politics that takes into account not only questions of language and gender but also of class and race. Her argument, finally, is that it is through poststructuralist theory that an adequate feminist practice may emerge.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1987
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0631151885
• ISBN 13: 9780631151883
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 224
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