Why feminism matters : feminism lost and found / Kath Woodward and Sophie Woodward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woodward, Kath.

Contributor:

Woodward, Sophie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminism--History.

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 192 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

This book is an innovative and creative critique of the theories and practices of feminism, revealing why it still matters in the twenty-first century, written by a mother and daughter author team. The co-authorship of the book reflects a cross-generational dialogue within feminism, which demonstrates feminism's continued relevance in the twenty-first century. Kath and Sophie Woodward write as two situated people who challenge the current distancing of feminist theories from lived experience and use discussion between past and present feminisms to reinvigorate what it means to speak as a woman and to engage with feminist politics today. The book starts with young women's voices in the present to initiate its themes, which are underpinned by feminist methodologies. The book includes discussion of the links between representations and materialities and difference and equality, the scope of technological changes, the status of bodies and embodiment and the invisibility and visibility of women. These debates are used to explore and visibility of women. These debates are used to explore and argue the relevance of a politics of difference.

Contents:

1 Contemporary Voices: Starting Out 12

2 I Said, She Said, We Said 35

3 The Promise of Technoscience 58

4 A Grown-up Politics of Difference 85

5 Visibility and Invisibility Silence, Absences 111

6 Material Bodies: Bodies as Situations 136

7 Conclusion 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230216198

0230216196

OCLC:

428776287