Differences that matter : feminist theory and postmodernism / Sara Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Sara, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask 'is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?' Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist theorists to speak (back) to postmodernism, rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. Such a 'speaking back' involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalisable condition of the world and requires closer readings of what postmodernism is actually 'doing' in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Sara Ahmed hence examines constructions of postmodernism in relation to rights, ethics, subjectivity, authorship, meta-fiction and film.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Speaking back; 1 Rights; 2 Ethics; 3 Woman; 4 Subjects; 5 Authorship; 6 (Meta)fictions; 7 Screens; Conclusion: Events that move us; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11434-9

0-511-00463-X

1-280-43212-8

0-511-17222-2

0-511-15034-2

0-511-32465-0

0-511-48938-2

0-511-05432-7

OCLC:

475915140