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Feminist Consequences: Theory for the New Century
Elisabeth Bronfen (Ed.)
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Description for Feminist Consequences: Theory for the New Century
Hardback. Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this work on feminist thinking aims to move away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?" Editor(s): Bronfen, Elisabeth; Kavka, Misha. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 472 pages, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 771.
Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this sophisticated meditation on feminist thinking over the past three decades moves away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on a wide-ranging body of feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?" As evidenced in the essays compiled here, the multiplicity of directions available to this new feminism ranges from poststructuralist academic theory through cultural activism to re-readings of law, literature, and representation. Contributors include Mieke Bal, ... Read more
Exploring the status of feminism in this "postfeminist" age, this sophisticated meditation on feminist thinking over the past three decades moves away from the all too common dependence on French theorists and male thinkers and instead builds on a wide-ranging body of feminist theory written by women. These writings address the question "Where are we going?" as well as "Where have we come from?" As evidenced in the essays compiled here, the multiplicity of directions available to this new feminism ranges from poststructuralist academic theory through cultural activism to re-readings of law, literature, and representation. Contributors include Mieke Bal, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Culture Series
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231117043
SKU
V9780231117043
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About Elisabeth Bronfen (Ed.)
Elisabeth Bronfen is the author, most recently, of The Knotted Subject: Hysteria and Its Discontents. Misha Kavka has published variously on male hysteria, modernist feminism, and gendered subjectivity in film. Both Bronfen and Kavka teach in the Department of English at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Reviews for Feminist Consequences: Theory for the New Century
Speaks to the continued vitality of feminism... a commitment to self-reflexivity and an aversion to dogmatic thinking.
Debra Bergoffen, George Mason University National Women's Studies Association Journal The book's range is impressive, and so is [Elisabeth] Bronfen's totalizing ambition to make connections across time and space... TLS
Debra Bergoffen, George Mason University National Women's Studies Association Journal The book's range is impressive, and so is [Elisabeth] Bronfen's totalizing ambition to make connections across time and space... TLS