| Am I That Name: Feminism and the Category of Women in History Contributor(s): Riley, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816642699 ISBN-13: 9780816642694 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $24.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2003 Annotation: A new edition of a classic work on the history of feminism. Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central to concepts of personhood: the soul, the mind, the body, nature, the social. Feminist movements, Riley argues, have had no choice but to play out this indeterminacy of women. This is made plain in their oscillations, since the 1790s, between concepts of equality and of difference. To fully recognize the ambiguity of the category of "women" is, she contends, a necessary condition for an effective feminist political philosophy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.42 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.28" W x 9.02" (0.40 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |