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Methodology of the Oppressed

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Description for Methodology of the Oppressed Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 181 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.

A new approach to feminist thought that challenges current critical theories.

In a work with far-reaching implications, Chela Sandoval does no less than revise the genealogy of theory over the past thirty years, inserting what she terms "U.S. Third World feminism" into the narrative in a way that thoroughly alters our perspective on contemporary culture and subjectivity.

What Sandoval has identified is a language, a rhetoric of resistance to postmodern cultural conditions. U.S. liberation movements of the post-World War II era generated specific modes of oppositional consciousness. Out of these emerged a new activity of consciousness and language Sandoval calls the "methodology ... Read more

Utilizing semiotics and U.S. Third World feminist criticism, Sandoval demonstrates how this methodology mobilizes love as a category of critical analysis. Rendering this approach in all its specifics, Methodology of the Oppressed gives rise to an alternative mode of criticism opening new perspectives on any theoretical, literary, aesthetic, social movement, or psychic expression.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816627370
SKU
V9780816627370
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99-13

About Chela Sandoval
Chela Sandoval is associate professor of critical and cultural theory and Chicano studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews for Methodology of the Oppressed
"Methodology of the Oppressed represents a major contribution to theory and the understanding of contemporary consciousness. Sandoval has created a cornucopia of terms, concepts, and modes of analysis. Consolidating the work of a remarkable range of scholars, she takes the next step in proposing a genuine alternative to the blind alleys in which existing theory often finds itself." —Mary Louise ... Read more

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