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Record Nr.

UNINA9910959903503321

Autore

Sargisson Lucy <1964->

Titolo

Contemporary feminist utopianism / / Lucy Sargisson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

9781134767656

113476765X

9781134767663

1134767668

9780203282861

0203282868

9781280319747

1280319747

9780203438794

0203438795

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Women and politics

Disciplina

305.42

321.07

Soggetti

Utopias

Feminist theory

Feminist criticism

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.