Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Feminism / Postmodernism analyses the benefits and dangers of postmodernism for feminist theory. In her introduction, Linda J. Nicholson reviews the major tensions that have arisen as these two traditions meet.
Synopsis
In this anthology, prominent contemporary theorists assess the benefits and dangers of postmodernism for feminist theory. The contributors examine the meaning of postmodernism both as a methodological position and a diagnosis of the times. They consider such issues as the nature of personal and social identity today, the political implications of recent aesthetic trends, and the consequences of changing work and family relations on women's lives. Contributors: Seyla Benhabib, Susan Bordo, Judith Butler, Christine Di Stefano, Jane Flax, Nancy Fraser, Donna Haraway, Sandra Harding, Nancy Hartsock, Andreas Huyssen, Linda J. Nicholson, Elspeth Probyn, Anna Yeatman, Iris Young.
Table of Contents
Social criticism without philosophy : an encounter between feminism and postmodernism / Nancy Fraser and Linda J. Nicholson -- Postmodernismand gender relations in feminist theory / Jane Flax -- Dilemmas of difference : feminism, modernity, and postmodernism / Christine Di Stefano -- Feminism, science, and the anti-enlightenment critiques / Sandra Harding -- Epistemologies of postmodernism : a rejoinder to Jean-Franøcois Lyotard / Seyla Benhabib -- Feminism, postmodernism, and gender-scepticism / Susan Bordo -- Foucault on power : a theory for women? / Nancy Hartsock -- Travels in the postmodern : making sense of the local / Elspeth Probyn -- A manifesto for cyborgs : science, technology, and socialist feminism in the 1980s / Donna Haraway -- Mapping the postmodern / Andreas Huyssen.