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Title: Feminist Contentions: A Philosophical Exchange (Thinking Gender) by Seyla Benhabib, Judith Butler, Drucilla Cornell, Nancy Fraser, Linda J. Nicholson ISBN: 0-415-91086-2 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: February, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Missing the mark?
Comment: This book presents a sophisticated dialogue between several prominant feminist theorists in academia today. While reading, however, I kept thinking that they just may have missed the mark. The book was intended to be a dialogue debating and unpacking many of the contemorary dilemmas in feminism today. However, I found this dialogue to be so personal and sometimes catty that I began to wonder what the point was. I liked Drucilla Cornell's essay on how to "do" ethical feminism because it dealt with tangible, workable issues in feminism. I found that many of the other essays smacked of metaphysical arguements that I just couldn't apply to my life or my own work in feminism. For example, there was a lengthy arguement over whether feminism is postmodern. While reading this banter I had the distinct feeling that it was becoming a linguistic, not a theoretical arguement. Also, throughout the book, obscure examples were used and not explained and I was left feeling inadequate and confused. This book is an excellent resource for those who are accomplished in feminist studies and who are interested in the personal relationships feminist theorists. It is imperative that those reading this collection have a strong base in feminist theory and a dictionary in tow. I felt about this book the way I feel about most contemporary feminist theory; that it is a lot of talk and no action, that it is inaccesible, written for the privileged. I am often saddened that such talent can be so misdirected and wasted on intra-babble within academia instead of trying to reach women and men that feminism should really be for.
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Title: Feminism As Critique: On the Politics of Gender (Feminist Perspectives) by Seyla Benhabib, Drucilla Cornell ISBN: 0816616361 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: November, 1987 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Gender Trouble (Tenth Anniversary Edition) by Judith P. Butler ISBN: 0415924995 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition by Nancy Fraser ISBN: 0415917956 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex by Judith P. Butler ISBN: 0415903661 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: October, 1993 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Feminist Theory and the Body: A Reader by Janet Price, Margrit Shildrick ISBN: 0415925665 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: July, 1999 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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