Negotiating Difference: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Positionality

by Michael Awkward

Book Overview

Encamped within the limits of experience and "authenticity," critics today often stake out their positions according to race and ethnicity, sexuality and gender, and vigilantly guard the boundaries against any incursions into their privileged territory. In this book, Michael Awkward raids the borders of contemporary criticism to show how debilitating such "protectionist" stances can be and how much might be gained by crossing our cultural boundaries...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226033015
• ISBN13: 9780226033013
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"