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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454865503321

Autore

Bell Vikki <1967->

Titolo

Feminist imagination [[electronic resource] ] : genealogies in feminist theory / / Vikki Bell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-4462-7904-9

9786612262333

0-585-32883-8

1-282-26233-5

1-84860-934-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Theory, culture & society

Disciplina

305.42/01

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Race

Women - Political activity

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 bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 - AFFIRMING FEMINISM; 2 - PHANTASTIC COMMUNITIES AND DANGEROUS THINKING: FEMINIST POLITICAL IMAGINATION; 3 - SUFFERING: THINKING POLITICS WITH SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR AND RICHARD WRIGHT; 4 - APPEARANCE: THINKING DIFFERENCE IN THE POLITICAL REALM WITH HANNAH ARENDT; 5 - MIMESIS AS CULTURAL SURVIVAL: JUDITH BUTLER AND ANTI-SEMITISM; 6 - ESSENTIALISM AND EMBODIMENT: THE POLITICS BEHIND THE PARANOIA; 7 - CONCLUSION: TRAUMA AND TEMPORALITY IN GENEALOGICAL FEMINIST CRITIQUE; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

By examining contradictory challenges within feminist theory this text extends the argument beyond its usual boundaries and confronts the spectres within feminist thought.