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. Ed(S): Mui, Constance L.; Murphy, Julien S. - Gender Struggles - 9780742512559 - V9780742512559
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Gender Struggles

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Description for Gender Struggles Paperback. What is practical feminism in a postmodern world? Together, the 16 essays in this volume represent many different voices of feminists who boldly take up familiar, everyday concerns from unorthodox vantage points within new conceptual and theoretical frameworks. Editor(s): Mui, Constance L.; Murphy, Julien S. Series: Feminist Constructions. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JM; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 485.
Contemporary feminist theory and postmodernism have left significant marks on how we think about practical matters, most notably the old and new forms of gender struggles that many women confront in their daily lives. The essays collected in Gender Struggles are designed to highlight those influences by addressing the following questions: What is practical feminism in a postmodern world? How does rethinking the nature and boundaries of philosophy affect the way we understand practical issues that we confront daily? What new forms of freedom, autonomy, subjectivity, social welfare, motherhood, public and private space, and political resistance have emerged from this new philosophical sense? Together, the sixteen essays in this volume represent many different voices of feminists who boldly take up familiar, everyday concerns from unorthodox vantage points within new conceptual and theoretical frameworks. The essays in Gender Struggles address a wide range of issues in gender struggles, from the more familiar ones that, for the last thirty years, have been the mainstay of feminist scholarship, such as motherhood, beauty, and sexual violence, to new topics inspired by post-industrialization and multiculturalism, such as the welfare state, cyberspace, hate speech, and queer politics, and finally to topics that traditionally have not been seen as appropriate subjects for philosophizing, such as adoption, care work, and the home. Incorporating the latest, most 'cutting-edge' material on feminism, this volume aims at reaching a broad spectrum of readers by connecting postmodern feminist theory with concrete issues that are practical and relevant to their daily lives and experiences.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Feminist Constructions
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742512559
SKU
V9780742512559
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About . Ed(S): Mui, Constance L.; Murphy, Julien S.
Constance L. Mui is associate professor of philosophy at Loyola University in New Orleans. Julien S. Murphy is professor of philosophy at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.

Reviews for Gender Struggles
Gender Struggles represents the views of some of the most imaginative and provocative feminist thinkers of our time, demonstrating the practical significance of major theoretical innovations of the 20th Century for the everyday lives of women. These essays powerfully suggest that feminist philosophy can change the ways that we think about our lives, including work, child care and family, violence against women, our sense of self-worth, our speech, and our relations with each other.
Kelly Oliver, SUNY, Stony Brook A volume of first-rate essays, which demonstrates the continued vibrancy and diversity of feminist theory in the new century.
Sonia Kruks, Robert S. Danforth Professor of Politics, Oberlin College; author of Retrieving Experience This intriguing collection offers a unique combination of philosophically bold and theoretically astute essays on practical feminist issues concerning everyday life and 'real world' politics. Feminist philosophy in the best of both senses!
Linda Martín Alcoff, Hunter College

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