Reintroducing Olive Schreiner - Decoloniality, Intersectionality and the Schreiner Theoria

This book explores the thought of Olive Schreiner, presenting her as both one of the first proponents of an intersectional analysis in her treatment of the great questions of the age, and a forerunner of contemporary sociological thinking, who combined social theory with practical substantive examples and analysis.

Sommario

1. Introducing Olive Schreiner 2. Schreiner, sociology and the public intellectual 3. The woman question: Labour and beyond 4. Imperialism and capitalism: On the sociological agenda 5. The world's great question: Race and racism 6. The state, war and social change 7. Decoloniality, intersectionality and the Schreiner theoria: A sociological conclusion

Info autore

Liz Stanley is Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is the editor of Olive Schreiner's The Dawn of Civilisation & Other Unpublished Wartime Writings and Documents of Life Revisited: Narrative and Biographical Methodology for a 21st Century Critical Humanism, and the co-author of The Archive Project: Archival Research in the Social Sciences and The World's Great Question: Olive Schreiner's South African Letters.

Riassunto

This book explores the thought of Olive Schreiner, presenting her as both one of the first proponents of an intersectional analysis in her treatment of the great questions of the age, and a forerunner of contemporary sociological thinking, who combined social theory with practical substantive examples and analysis.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Liz Stanley, Liz (University of Edinburgh Stanley
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367765545
• ISBN: 978-0-367-76554-5
• Pagine: 110
• Serie: Reintroducing...
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Ethnic Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Colonialism & imperialism, Sociology: family & relationships, Feminism & feminist theory, Colonialism and imperialism, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology: work & labour, Feminism and feminist theory, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: work and labour, Research methods: general, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity