Third Wave Feminism and the Politics of Gender in Late Modernity

Informationen zum Autor SHELLEY BUDGEON is Senior Lecturer in the School of Government and Society at the University of Birmingham, UK. She is the author of Choosing a Self: Young Womenand the Individualization of Identity. Klappentext This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order - a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched. Zusammenfassung This book critically assessesthird-wave feminist strategies for advancing a feminist 'politics of the self' within the late modern, postfeminist gender order – a context where gender equality has been mainstreamed, feminism has been dismissed, and a neoliberal culture of self-management has become firmly entrenched. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements  Introduction: Defining the Third Wave A Postfeminist Gender Order New Femininities and Feminist Subjectivities Experiencing Third-Wave Feminism A Politics of the Self The Limits of Choice Generational Dynamics and Feminist Futures Concluding Reflections Notes Bibliography Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction: Defining the Third Wave A Postfeminist Gender Order New Femininities and Feminist Subjectivities Experiencing Third-Wave Feminism A Politics of the Self The Limits of Choice Generational Dynamics and Feminist Futures Concluding Reflections Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: S Budgeon, S. Budgeon, Shelley Budgeon, BUDGEON SHELLEY
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.10.2011
• EAN: 9780230580909
• ISBN: 978-0-230-58090-9
• Pagine: 216
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; B, Gender Studies, Sociology, History of Ideas, Social Theory, Social History, Political Science, Social & cultural history, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, Intellectual History, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Intellectual life—History, Intellectual Studies, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Philosophy and social sciences