Skeptical Feminism: Activist Theory, Activist Practice

by Carolyn Dever

Book Overview

A clarion call for a new approach to feminist thought

In this major work, Carolyn Dever considers the ambivalence or outright hostility many feminists feel toward theory, arguing that a fundamental skepticism toward abstraction has been vital to the development of the movement.

Dever analyzes the politics of feminist theory by looking at its popular, activist, and academic modes, from the liberation movements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816642532
• ISBN13: 9780816642533
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"