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Record Nr.

UNISA996202227003316

Autore

Charles Nickie

Titolo

Practising feminism [[electronic resource] ] : identity, difference, power / / Nickie Charles and Felicia Hughes-Freeland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-83430-6

1-280-32043-5

0-203-42766-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Hughes-FreelandFelicia <1954->

Disciplina

305.42

Soggetti

Feminism

Feminist theory

Women - 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Practising Feminism: Identity, Difference, Power; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Feminist Practices: Identity, Difference, Power; 2. Gender: Division or Comparison?; 3. Being a Feminist in Contemporary Greece: Similarity and Difference Reconsidered; 4. Transgressions and Transformations: Experience, Consciousness and Identity at Greenham; 5. Feminist Witchcraft: A Transformatory Politics; 6. Deconstructing Heterosexuality: A Feminist Social-constructionist Analysis; 7. Nationalism: Discourse and Practice

8. Experiencing Power: Dimensions of Gender, 'race' and Class9. Women Returners and Fractured Identities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Practising Feminism, contributors drawn from a range of backgrounds in anthropology, sociology and social psychology, explore different ways of practising feminism and their effect on gendered identities. The contributors examine feminism and gender identities in different cultures, feminism as a politics of transformation,  the call for recognition of heterosexuality as a politicised identity, the practical role of feminism in nationalist struggles, power relations and gender differences, and the methodological implications of feminist practices.  



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