The Essential Difference

by Elizabeth Weed and Naomi Schor

Book Overview

What is essentialism? What is anti-essentialism? The Essential Difference attempts to answer questions at the heart of current feminist theory and cultural study. The book deals with origins and contexts of the debate; relationships between essentialism, anti-essentialism, and the power of language; reasons for the demonization of essentialism within the academy; the relationship between essentialism and Third World studies.

The essays...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025335093X
• ISBN13: 9780253350930
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher