From Revolution to Deconstruction: Exploring Feminist Theory and Practice in Australia - Couverture souple

Papadelos, Pam

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3034303513 ISBN 13 : 9783034303514

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2010

Synopsis

Feminist theory is no longer guiding the development of policy interventions in Australia because it is seen to be irrelevant to modern women. Many leading feminists are locked into a politics that is based on liberal or socialist principles and do not want, or know, how to move away from these, even when this type of politics is failing to change many women's circumstances. This book confronts feminism and challenges its relationship to philosophy, which the author argues impacts on the reception of poststructural theories, like deconstruction. It provides a narrative of why the potential for deconstruction has been denied, as well as where it has been taken on. It gives an account of deconstruction that tackles some of its more difficult aspects, namely its political applications. The book also outlines the history of Women's Studies as a discipline, that is, its institutionalization, and identifies its theoretical concerns as a social movement with a political agenda. The book maps deconstruction's impact on feminism in Australia and more specifically its introduction to Women's Studies programs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Pam Papadelos is a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide (Australia) where she received a Ph.D. in Women's Studies/Gender Studies. Her research and teaching focus on gender studies, cultural studies and media, and poststructuralist theory and feminism.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3034303513
• ISBN 13: 9783034303514
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible