The power of feminist theory : domination, resistance, solidarity /
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| Author / Creator: | Allen, Amy, 1970- author. |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Feminist theory and politics Feminist theory and politics. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11155007 |
| Summary: | Power is clearly a crucial concept for feminist theory. Insofar as feminists are interested in analyzing power, it is because they have an interest in understanding, critiquing, and ultimately challenging the multiple array of unjust power relations affecting women in contemporary Western societies, including sexism, racism, heterosexism, and class oppression.In "The Power of Feminist Theory, " Amy Allen diagnoses the inadequacies of previous feminist conceptions of power, and draws on the work of a diverse group of theorists of power, including Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, and Hannah Arendt, in order to construct a new feminist conception of power. The conception of power developed in this book enables readers to theorize domination, resistance, and solidarity, and, perhaps more importantly, to do so in a way that illuminates the interrelatedness of these three modalities of power. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 150 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-145) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429489348 1429489340 9780429495939 0429495935 0813390729 9780813390727 0813365554 9780813365558 0429975562 9780429975561 |