Xenofeminism / Helen Hester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hester, Helen, 1983- author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Theory redux

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism.

Feminist theory.

Physical Description:

v, 169 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2018.

Summary:

In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism? How should gender politics be reconfigured in a world being transformed by automation, globalization, and the digital revolution? These questions are addressed in this bold new book by Helen Hester, a founding member of the Laboria Cuboniks collective, which developed the acclaimed manifesto 'Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation'. Hester develops a three-part definition of xenofeminism grounded in the ideas of technomaterialism, anti-naturalism, and gender abolitionism. She elaborates these ideas in relation to assistive reproductive technologies and interrogates the relationship between reproduction and futurity, while steering clear of a problematic anti-naturalism. Finally, she examines what xenofeminist technologies might look like in practice, using the history of a specific device to argue for a future-oriented gender politics that can facilitate alternative models of reproduction. Challenging and iconoclastic, this visionary book is the essential guide to one of the most exciting intellectual trends in contemporary feminism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What is Xenofeminism? 6

2 Xenofeminist Futurities 33

3 Xenofeminist Technologies 70.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781509520626

1509520627

9781509520633

1509520635

OCLC:

992779765