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Differences That Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism

Sara Ahmed

Differences That Matter challenges theories of the relationship between feminism and postmodernism that ask "is/should feminism be modern or postmodern?" Pointing out how postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates, Sara Ahmed argues instead that feminism must itself ask questions of postmodernism; that feminist theorists speak (back) to postmodernism rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. This "speaking back" involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalizable condition of the world, using close readings of postmodern constructions of rights, ethics, "woman," subjectivity, authorship and film.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: Nov 26th, 1998
  • Pages: 232
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.99in - 6.01in - 0.59in - 0.83lb
  • EAN: 9780521597616
  • Categories: Feminism & Feminist TheoryGender Studies

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