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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450346503321

Autore

Sargisson Lucy <1964, >

Titolo

Contemporary feminist utopianism / / Lucy Sargisson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-76766-8

0-203-28286-8

1-280-31974-7

0-203-43879-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Women and politics

Disciplina

305.42

321.07

Soggetti

Utopias

Feminist theory

Feminist criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-250) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; INTRODUCTION; FORM-BASED AND CONTENT-BASED APPROACHES TO UTOPIANISM; FUNCTION-BASED APPROACHES TO UTOPIANISM; FEMINISM: SETTING THE TONE FOR A NEW UTOPIANISM; UTOPIA AS NO PLACE: THE TRANSGRESSIVE DISCOURSES OF DECONSTRUCTION AND LIBIDINAL FEMINITY; FEMINIST UTOPIAN TRANSGRESSION OF THE SPIRIT/MATTER RELATION; FEMINIST UTOPIAN TRANSGRESSION OF THE SELF/OTHER RELATION; FEMINIST UTOPIAN TRANSGRESSION OF CODES AND GENRE; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Sargisson explores current debates around feminist theory, utopian studies and deconstruction. She argues for utopianism as a way out of the dilemma of contemporary feminism, as well as a way of conceptualizing its current situation.