Against Purity - Rethinking Identity with Indian and Western Feminisms (Paperback, New)

Against Purity confronts the difficulties that white Western feminism has in balancing issues of gender with other forms of difference, such as race, ethnicity and nation. This pioneering study places recent feminist theory from India in critical conversation with the work of key Western thinkers such as Butler, Haraway and Irigaray and argues that feminist thought can begin to work 'against purity' in order to develop more complex models of power, identity and the self, ultimately to redefine 'women' as the subject of feminism.
Theoretically-grounded yet written in an accessible style, this is a unique contribution to ongoing feminist debates about identity, power and difference. It will be of particular interest to advanced-level undergraduates and postgraduates in Women's Studies, and will also be useful for students of postcolonial and cultural studies, sociology and race and ethnicity.

eBook available with sample pages: HB:0415215862

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Irene Gedalof
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-21587-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
LSN:	0-415-21587-0
Barcode:	9780415215879

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