Feminism and power : the need for critical theory / Mary Caputi.

By:

Caputi, Mary, 1957-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 195 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780739175804
0739175807

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Feminism and powerDDC classification:

305.42 23

LOC classification:

HQ1190

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Contents:

1. Women's Empowerment and the Need for Critical Theory -- 2. Instrumental Rationality and the "Brave New Girl" -- 3. American Rugged Individualism and "New Girl" Toughness -- 4. "Now Fight!": Violence and Vulgarity -- 5. Feel-Good Feminism and the Power of Aesthetic Reasoning -- 6. Listening, a Feminist Practice.

Summary: This book offers a critique of power feminism using the critical theories of Theodor Adorno and Jacques Derrida. It counters a triumphalist reading of female empowerment using the "negative," parergonal philosophies of these two authors, and advocates listening to the sufferer rather than celebrating the triumphalism of the reigning neoliberal order.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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This book offers a critique of power feminism using the critical theories of Theodor Adorno and Jacques Derrida. It counters a triumphalist reading of female empowerment using the "negative," parergonal philosophies of these two authors, and advocates listening to the sufferer rather than celebrating the triumphalism of the reigning neoliberal order.

Text in English.

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