Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference / Edition 1

by Chris Weedon

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780631198246
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/12/1999
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. The Question of Difference.

2. Challenging Patriarchy, Decentring Heterosexuality: Radical and Revolutionary Feminisms.

3. Lesbian Difference, Feminism and Queer Theory.

4. Psychoanalysis and Difference.

5. The Production and Subversion of Gender: Postmodern Approaches.

6. Class.

7. Race, Racism and the Problem of Whiteness.

8. Beyond Eurocentrism: Feminism and the Politics of Difference in a Global Frame.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

"This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theory. It 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

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