基本説明
Exposing the fact that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates, Sara Ahmed argues instead that feminism must itself ask questions of postmodernism, feminist theorists speak (back) to postmodernism rather than simply speak on (their relation to) it.
Full Description
Differences That Matter challenges existing ways of theorising the relationship between feminism and postmodernism which ask 'is or should feminism be modern or postmodern?' Sara Ahmed suggests that postmodernism has been allowed to dictate feminist debates and calls instead for feminist theorists to speak (back) to postmodernism, rather than simply speak on (their relationship to) it. Such a 'speaking back' involves a refusal to position postmodernism as a generalisable condition of the world and requires closer readings of what postmodernism is actually 'doing' in a variety of disciplinary contexts. Sara Ahmed hence examines constructions of postmodernism in relation to rights, ethics, subjectivity, authorship, meta-fiction and film.
Contents
Introduction: speaking back; 1. Rights; 2. Ethics; 3. Woman; 4. Subjects; 5. Authorship; 6. (Meta)fictions; 7. Screens; Conclusion: events that move us.
