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Riley, Denise

 
9780816642694: "Am I That Name?" Feminism and the Category of Women in History
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ISBN 10: 0816642699 ISBN 13: 9780816642694
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 2003

Sinopsis

Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social.

Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.

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Críticas

"A classic of feminist intellectual history. 'Am I That Name?' is a sort of Anglo-American end of innocence for anyone who tries to speak of 'women.' Riley makes the word run, since she cannot make it stand still. She offers a history of how feminism has faced its paradoxical core." "Essential reading for philosophers, historians, and feminist theorists."

Reseña del editor

A new edition of a classic work on the history of feminism. Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy.

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Editorial
University of Minnesota Press
Año de publicación
2003
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816642699
ISBN 13 
9780816642694
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
136
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