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Constituting Feminist Subjects

By Kathi Weeks

Constituting Feminist Subjects

By Kathi Weeks

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Kathi Weeks suggests that one of the most important tasks for contemporary feminist theory is to develop theories of the subject that are adequate to feminist politics. Although the 1980s modernist-postmodernist debate put the problem of feminist subjectivity on the agenda, Weeks contends that limited debate now blocks the further development of feminist theory. Both modernists and postmodernists succeeded in making clear the problems of an already constituted, essentialist subject. What remains as an ongoing project, Weeks contends, is creating a theory of the constitution of subjects to account for the processes of social construction. This book presents one such account. Drawing on a number of different theoretical frameworks, including feminist standpoint theory, socialist feminism and poststructuralist thought, as well as theories of peformativity and self-valorisation, the author proposes a nonessential feminist subject, a theory of constituting subjects.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2018-08-14
Publication Date:
2018-08-14
Publisher:
Penguin Random House LLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1786636034
ISBN13:
9781786636034
Weight:
259 g
Height:
137 cm
Width:
208 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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