Reclaiming Identity
Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 14. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-0-520-22349-3 (ISBN)
Description
'Identity' is one of the most hotly debated topics in literary theory and cultural studies. This bold and groundbreaking collection of ten essays argues that identity is not just socially constructed but has real epistemic and political consequences for how people experience the world. Advocating a 'postpositivist realist' approach to identity, the essays examine the ways in which theory, politics, and activism clash with or complement each other, providing an alternative to the widely influential postmodernist understandings of identity. Although theoretical in orientation, this dynamic collection deals with specific social groups - Chicanas/os, African Americans, gay men and lesbians, Asian Americans, and others--and concrete social issues directly related to race, ethnicity, sexuality, epistemology, and political resistance. Satya Mohanty's brilliant exegesis of Toni Morrison's "Beloved" serves as a launching pad for the collection.
The essays that follow, written by prominent and up-and-coming scholars, address a range of topics - from the writings of Cherrie Moraga, Franz Fanon, Joy Kogawa, and Michael Nava to the controversy surrounding racial program housing on college campuses - and work toward a truly interdisciplinary approach to identity.
The essays that follow, written by prominent and up-and-coming scholars, address a range of topics - from the writings of Cherrie Moraga, Franz Fanon, Joy Kogawa, and Michael Nava to the controversy surrounding racial program housing on college campuses - and work toward a truly interdisciplinary approach to identity.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-22349-3 (9780520223493)
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Paula M. L. Moya | Michael R. Hames-García
Reclaiming Identity
Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism
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Persons
Paula M. L. Moya is Assistant Professor of English at Stanford University. Michael R. Hames-Garcia is Assistant Professor of English at SUNY Binghamton.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reclaiming Identity
Paula M. L. Maya
THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition
Satya P. Mohanty
2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism
Paula M. L. Maya
3? "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity
Michael R. Hames-Garda
POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY:USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
4? On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy,and the Uses of Error
Caroline S. Hau
5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism,and Objectivity of Values
Minh T. Nguyen
6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses
Amie A. Macdonald
REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
7? Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects
Brent R. Henze
8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience
William S. Wilkerson
9? Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra
John H. Zammito
10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics?
Linda Martin Alcoff
Contributors
Index
Introduction: Reclaiming Identity
Paula M. L. Maya
THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition
Satya P. Mohanty
2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism
Paula M. L. Maya
3? "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity
Michael R. Hames-Garda
POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY:USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
4? On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy,and the Uses of Error
Caroline S. Hau
5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism,and Objectivity of Values
Minh T. Nguyen
6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses
Amie A. Macdonald
REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
7? Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects
Brent R. Henze
8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience
William S. Wilkerson
9? Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra
John H. Zammito
10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics?
Linda Martin Alcoff
Contributors
Index