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Micro-politics : agency in a postfeminist era / Patricia S. Mann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mann, Patricia S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Feminist theory.
- Gender identity--Philosophy.
- Gender identity.
- Postmodernism--Social aspects.
- Postmodernism.
- Social sciences--Philosophy.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Offers a radical alternative to feminist identity politics. According to Mann's bold and original analysis, our political agency is prior to our sense of identity today. Micro-Politics provides a framework in which hierarchies of race, sex, class, as well as gender are figured as contested sites of struggle in our everyday lives.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; Introductory Reflections; 1. Love and Injustice in Families; 2. Glancing at Pornography: Recognizing Men; 3. Cyborgean Motherhood and Abortion; 4. A Genealogy of Individualism; 5. Agency and Politics in a Postfeminist Decade; Epilogue: Engaging on a Postfeminist Frontier; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8423-5
- OCLC:
- 476093474
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