Generational feminism : new materialist introduction to a generative approach / Iris van der Tuin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tuin, Iris van der, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminist theory--Methodology.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

xxii, 152 pages

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

Summary:

Iris van der Tuin redirects the notion of generational logic in feminism away from its simplistic conception as conflict. Generational logic is said to problematize feminist theory and gender research as it follows a logic of divide and conquer between the old and the young and participates in patriarchal structures. Examining the continental philosophies of Bergson and Deleuze together with French feminisms of sexual difference, van der Tuin paves the way for a more complex notion of generationality. This new conception of the term views generational cohorts as static measurements that happen in the flow of being. Prioritizing this generative flow gives what is measured its proper place as an effect. Generational Feminism: New Materialist Introduction to a Generative Approach experiments with a previously disregarded methodology's implications as an impetus for a new materialism and advances feminist politics for the twenty-first century. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction: on being an agent of feminism

The key terms of generational feminism

Classifixation in feminist theory

Dutiful daughters

Generation in genealogy

The transversality of Barbara McClintock

The full force of feminist genealogy

Conclusion: advancing generative feminism

Epilogue: rhythmical order

Bibliography

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-143) and index.

ISBN:

9780739190173

0739190172

OCLC:

889168731