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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456804303321

Titolo

The question of gender [[electronic resource] ] : Joan W. Scott's critical feminism / / edited by Judith Butler and Elizabeth Weed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-00153-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

21st Century studies ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

ButlerJudith <1956->

WeedElizabeth <1940->

Disciplina

305.4201

Soggetti

Sex role

Feminist theory

Feminism

Women - History

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Reading Joan Wallach Scott -- pt. 2. The case of history -- pt. 3. Seeing the question -- pt. 4. Body and sexuality in question.

Sommario/riassunto

A generation after the publication of Joan W. Scott's influential essay,                ""Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis,"" this volume explores                the current uses of the term -- and the ongoing influence of Scott's agenda-setting                work in history and other disciplines. How has the study of gender, independently or                in conjunction with other axes of difference -- such as race, class, and sexuality                -- inflected existing fields of study and created new ones? To what extent has this                concept modified or bee