A new approach to feminist thought that challenges current critical
theories. In a work with far-reaching implications, Chela Sandoval
does no less than revise the genealogy of theory over the past
thirty years, inserting what she terms "U.S. Third World feminism"
into the narrative in a way that thoroughly alters our perspective
on contemporary culture and subjectivity. What Sandoval has
identified is a language, a rhetoric of resistance to postmodern
cultural conditions. U.S. liberation movements of the post-World
War II era generated specific modes of oppositional consciousness.
Out of these emerged a new activity of consciousness and language
Sandoval calls the "methodology of the oppressed." This
methodology—born of the strains of the cultural and identity
struggles that currently mark global exchange—holds out the
possibility of a new historical moment, a new citizen-subject, and
a new form of alliance consciousness and politics. Utilizing
semiotics and U.S. Third World feminist criticism, Sandoval
demonstrates how this methodology mobilizes love as a category of
critical analysis. Rendering this approach in all its specifics,
Methodology of the Oppressed gives rise to an alternative mode of
criticism opening new perspectives on any theoretical, literary,
aesthetic, social movement, or psychic expression.
General
Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Theory Out Of Bounds |
Release date: |
May 2000 |
First published: |
May 2000 |
Authors: |
Chela Sandoval
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Dimensions: |
253 x 178 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-2737-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8166-2737-1 |
Barcode: |
9780816627370 |
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