1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789687303321

Autore

Chanter Tina <1960->

Titolo

Gender [[electronic resource] ] : key concepts in philosophy / / Tina Chanter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Continuum, c2006

ISBN

1-283-20692-7

9786613206923

1-4411-6968-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

Key concepts in philosophy

Disciplina

305.4201

Soggetti

Feminist theory

Sex role

Gender identity

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. 157-172) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: The Challenge of Transgendered Identity: The End of Gender as We Know it?; 1. Formative Moments and Concepts in the History of Feminism; 2. Feminism and Marxism: The Usefulness and the Limitations of Parallel Models; 3. Disciplining, Controlling, and Normalizing Female Sexuality with Foucault and Feminist Friends: Docile and Resistant Bodies; 4. Feminist Epistemology: Science, Knowledge, Gender, Objectivity; 5. Postcolonial Feminist Theory: the Rhetorical Clash of 'East' and 'West'; 6. Psychoanalytic and Poststructuralist Feminist Theory, and Deleuzian Responses

7. Concluding ReflectionsAnnotated Bibliography; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of philosophy. Specially written to meet the needs of students and those with an interest in, but little prior knowledge of, philosophy, these books open up fascinating, yet sometimes difficult ideas. The series builds to give a solid grounding in philosophy and each book is also ideal as a companion to further study. Gender: Key Concepts in Philosophy provides clear and comprehensive exposition and analysis of the main philosophical theories, ideas a



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784385303321

Autore

Visweswaran Kamala

Titolo

Fictions of feminist ethnography [[electronic resource] /] / Kamala Visweswaran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1994

ISBN

0-8166-8544-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

305.42/0954

305.420954

Soggetti

Feminist anthropology - India

Women anthropologists - Attitudes

Women - India - Social conditions

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

Contents; Acknowledgments; A Feminist Fable; 1. Introduction: Fictions of Feminist Ethnography; 2. Defining Feminist Ethnography; 3. Betrayal: An Analysis in Three Acts; 4. Refusing the Subject; 5. Feminist Reflections on Deconstructive Ethnography; 6. Feminist Ethnography as Failure; 7. Identifying Ethnography; 8. Introductions to a Diary; 9. Sari Stories; Glossary; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Although feminist ethnography is an emerging genre, the question of what the term means remains open. Recent texts which fall under this rubric rely on unexamined notions of "sisterhood" and the recovery of "lost" voices. In these essays about her work with women in Southern India, Kamala Visweswaran addresses such troubled issues. Blurring distinctions between ethnographic and literary genres, these essays employ the narrative strategies of history, fiction, autobiography and biography, deconstruction, and post-colonial discourse to reveal the fictions of ethnography and the ethnography in fi