Mappings : feminism and the cultural geographies of encounter / Susan Stanford Friedman.

In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to chal...

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Main Author: Friedman, Susan Stanford
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
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Summary:In this powerful work, Susan Friedman moves feminist theory out of paralyzing debates about us and them, white and other, first and third world, and victimizers and victims. Throughout, Friedman adapts current cultural theory from global and transnational studies, anthropology, and geography to challenge modes of thought that exaggerate the boundaries of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, class, and national origin. The author promotes a transnational and heterogeneous feminism, which, she maintains, can replace the proliferation of feminisms based on difference. She argues for a feminist geo.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 314 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-302) and index.
ISBN:9781400822577
1400822572
1400811678
9781400811670
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.