1st Edition
The Oppositional Imagination (RLE Feminist Theory) Feminism, Critique and Political Theory
Edited By Joan Cocks
Copyright 1989
254 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
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Routledge
254 Pages
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Routledge
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The Oppositional Imagination draws together elements from Marxism, analytical philosophy, post-structuralism, and post-colonial criticism to analyse the elusive interplay of culture and power. It focuses its attention on cultural domination, opposition and evasion in the realm of sex and gender.
Joan Cocks reflects on questions crucial to both political theorists and feminists: the... Read more
Acknowledgments. Introduction: Things in Twos are Sometimes, but not Always, Dichotomies. Part 1: On Theory 1. Consciousness and Culture 2. Dominative Power 3. Criticism and Resistance 4. Theory’s Practical Relation to the World 5. Theory’s Contemplative Relation to the World Part 2: On Masculine/Feminine 6. Point and Counterpoint 7. Impositions and Evasions 8. Power, desire and the Meaning of the Body 9. A Regime Without a Master 10. Loyalists, Eccentrics, Critics, Traitors and Rebels. Conclusion: On Practice. Notes. Index.
Biography
Joan Cocks
