Reading Across Borders : Storytelling and Knowledges of Resistance
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Comparative Feminist Studies
ISBN-10
0312295677
ISBN-13
9780312295677
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 20th, 2004
Print length
249 Pages
Weight
346 grams
Dimensions
13.90 x 21.60 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -Feminism & feminist theoryPolitical science & 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?
IWhile 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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