Reading Across Borders : Storytelling and Knowledges of Resistance

Name: Reading Across Borders
Brand: St Martin's Press
SKU: 9780312295660
Price: 8100 KES
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ISBN: 9780312295660

by S. Stone-Mediatore

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Format Hardback

Book Series Comparative Feminist Studies

ISBN-10 0312295669

ISBN-13 9780312295660

Publisher St Martin's Press

Imprint St Martin's Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 20th, 2004

Print length 249 Pages

Weight 408 grams

Product Classification: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 1900 -Feminism and feminist theory Feminism & feminist theory Political science & theory Political science and theory

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In light of postcolonial and feminist critiques of 'experience' and 'identity', how can feminists engage stories of marginalized peoples' experience in the development of feminist theories and modes of activism that take account of the diversity of women's situations?

While social movements from workers'' rights campaigns to environmental justice coalitions publicize their struggles by narrating people''s experiences, recent critiques of ""experience"" and ""identity"" challenge the authority of such texts. How can we acknowledge the dangers of appeals to experience and identity, and yet still use the powerful tools of storytelling to counter ideological narratives? Bringing together the work of Hannah Arendt and transnational feminist theory, Shari Stone-Mediatore investigates the role that narration can play in resistant knowledge and politics. She argues that ""storytelling,"" although not objective truth, is nonetheless crucial to responsible public debate, and identifies the specific narrative practices that impede, and those that facilitate, feminist and democratic struggles.

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