Visible identities : race, gender, and the self / Linda Martin Alcoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcoff, Linda Martín.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy.

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Ethnicity.

Race awareness.

Gender identity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Visible Identities' critiques the critiques of identity and of identity politics and argues that identities are real but not necessarily a political problem. The book explores the material infrastructure of gendered identity, and the experiential aspects of racial subjectivity for both whites and non-whites.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""PART ONE: IDENTITIES REAL AND IMAGINED""; ""Introduction: Identity and Visibility""; ""1. The Pathologizing of Identity""; ""2. The Political Critique""; ""3. The Philosophical Critique""; ""4. Real Identities""; ""PART TWO: GENDER IDENTITY AND GENDER DIFFERENCES""; ""5. The Identity Crisis in Feminist Theory""; ""6. The Metaphysics of Gender and Sexual Difference""; ""PART THREE: RACIALIZED IDENTITIES AND RACIST SUBJECTS""; ""7. The Phenomenology of Racial Embodiment""; ""8. Racism and Visible Race""; ""9. The Whiteness Question""; ""PART FOUR: LATINO/A PARTICULARITY""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-318) and index.

ISBN:

9780195137347

1-281-19667-3

9786611196677

0-19-803141-6

1-4237-6086-7

9780199785773

OCLC:

65189638