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Line Drawings : Defining Women through Feminist Practice /

At the heart of feminist theory lies the seemingly intractable issue of essentialism. Feminism has thus far failed to transcend critiques of essentialism and currently offers only two inadequate positions against it. One response reifies the category "women," representing the experience of...

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Auteur principal: Heyes, Cressida J.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledaments
  • Introduction: Philosophy and Purity
  • 1. Essentialism and Anti-Essentialism in Feminist Theory
  • 2. Feminist Method and Generalizing about Women
  • 3. Philosophical Investigations (in a Feminist Voice)
  • 4. "Look and See": Gilligan and Feminist Research
  • 5. Between Theory and Practice: MacKinnon and Feminist Activism
  • Conclusion: "Back to the Rough Ground!"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index