02932oam 22005654 450 991015469320332120161123115318.0978082236304097808223631949780822373377082237337810.1515/9780822373377(CKB)3710000000971726(MiAaPQ)EBC4769414964073978(OCoLC)1002904319(MdBmJHUP)muse79235(DE-B1597)551872(DE-B1597)9780822373377(OCoLC)1224279458(PPN)235277894(Perlego)1466976(EXLCZ)99371000000097172620161123d2017 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierLiving a feminist life /Sara AhmedDurham :Duke University Press,2017.1 online resource (xi, 299 pages) illOnline version: Ahmed, Sara, 1969- author. Living a feminist life Durham : Duke University Press, 2017 9780822373377 (DLC) 2016033775 Includes bibliographical references and index.Feminism is sensational -- On being directed -- Willfulness and feminist subjectivity -- Trying to transform -- Being in question -- Brick walls -- Fragile connections -- Feminist snap -- Lesbian feminism -- Conclusion 1: A killjoy survival kit -- Conclusion 2: A killjoy manifesto.In Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed shows how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist at home and at work. Building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship in particular, Ahmed offers a poetic and personal meditation on how feminists become estranged from worlds they critique—often by naming and calling attention to problems—and how feminists learn about worlds from their efforts to transform them. Ahmed also provides her most sustained commentary on the figure of the feminist killjoy introduced in her earlier work while showing how feminists create inventive solutions—such as forming support systems—to survive the shattering experiences of facing the walls of racism and sexism. The killjoy survival kit and killjoy manifesto, with which the book concludes, supply practical tools for how to live a feminist life, thereby strengthening the ties between the inventive creation of feminist theory and living a life that sustains it.Feminist theoryFeminismFeminist theory.Feminism.305.4201MS 3150rvk28.08. 20.08EP-CLASSAhmed Sara1969-711981NDDNDDBOOK9910154693203321Living a feminist life1525277UNINA