Essentially Speaking
Feminism, Nature and Difference
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-415-90133-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this brief and powerful book, Diana Fuss takes on the debate of pure essence versus social construct, engaging with the work of Luce Irigaray and Monique Wittig, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Houston Baker, and with the politics of gay identity.
Reviews / Votes
". . . a sinuously argued and carefully measured study of the work of feminist, gay, and Afro-American critics." -- Gillian Beer, Women: A Cultural ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
242 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-90133-8 (9780415901338)
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01/2013
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Person
Diana Fuss
Content
Chapter 1 The "Risk" of Essence; Chapter 2 Reading Like a Feminist; Chapter 3 Monique Wittig's Anti-essentialist Materialism; Chapter 4 Luce Irigaray's Language of Essence; Chapter 5 "Race" Under Erasure? Poststructuralist Afro-American Literary Theory; Chapter 6 Lesbian and Gay Theory: The Question of Identity Politics; Chapter 7 Essentialism in the Classroom;