Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference [Paperback]

Feminism, Theory and the Politics of Difference looks at the question of difference across the full spectrum of feminist theory from liberal, radical, lesbian and socialist theories to Black and post-colonial feminisms.List of Illustrations.

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

1. The Question of Difference.

2. Challenging Patriarchy, Decentring Heterosexuality: Radical and Revolutionary Feminisms.

3. Lesbian Difference, Feminism and Queer Theory.

4. Psychoanalysis and Difference.

5. The Production and Subversion of Gender: Postmodern Approaches.

6. Class.

7. Race, Racism and the Problem of Whiteness.

8. Beyond Eurocentrism: Feminism and the Politics of Difference in a Global Frame.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

This is a book I would recommend to anyone wanting to understand recent developments in feminist theory. It offers excellent lucid accounts of theoretical debates, locates these effectively within a political context and offers a constructively critical, rather then hostile or celebratory, engagement with a politics of difference. New Formations

This is an extremely useful book for Women's Studies and Gender courses at whatever level . MLR

Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Cultural Politics (co-authored with Glenn Jordan, Blackwell, 1995) and Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory, Second Edition (Blackwell, 1996).Difference is a key term in contemporary feminism. Since the 1700s women have been concerned with how they are seen as different from men and the social consequences ols�