Differences that matter : feminist theory and postmodernism / / Sara Ahmed [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Ahmed Sara <1969->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 222 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 305.42/01
• Soggetto topico: Feminist theory; Postmodernism
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-213) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Speaking back; 1 Rights; 2 Ethics; 3 Woman; 4 Subjects; 5 Authorship; 6 (Meta)fictions; 7 Screens; Conclusion: Events that move us; Notes; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask 'is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?' Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist theorists to speak (back) to postmodernism, rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. Such a 'speaking back' involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalisable condition of the world and requires closer readings of what postmodernism is actually 'doing' in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Sara Ahmed hence examines constructions of postmodernism in relation to rights, ethics, subjectivity, authorship, meta-fiction and film.
• Titolo autorizzato: Differences that matter
• ISBN: 1-107-11434-9; 0-511-00463-X; 1-280-43212-8; 0-511-17222-2; 0-511-15034-2; 0-511-32465-0; 0-511-48938-2; 0-511-05432-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817840103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II