Place and the Politics of Identity

by Michael C. Keith

Book Overview

In the last two decades, new political subjects have been created through the actions of the new social movements; often by asserting the unfixed and overdetermined' character of identity. Further, in attempting to avoid essentialism, people have frequently looked to their territorial roots to establish their constituency. A cultural politics of resistance, as exemplified by Black politics, feminism, and gay liberation, has developed struggles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415090091
• ISBN13: 9780415090094
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.6"