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Mappings : Feminism and the Cultural Geographies of Encounter /

In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to chal...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Friedman, Susan Stanford
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1998.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to challenge modes of thought that exaggerate the boundaries of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and national origin. The author promotes a transnational and heterogeneous feminism, which, she maintains, can replace the proliferation of feminisms based on difference. She argues for a feminist geo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (360 pages).
ISBN:9781400822577