Location
Main Entry - Personal Name
Title Statement Why stories matter : the political grammar of feminist theory
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Durham, [N.C.] ; London : Duke University Press, 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
SAB Classification Code
Physical Description
Series Statement
Series Added Entry - Uniform Title
Bibliography, etc. Note Pp. 245-263: Bibliography
Formatted Contents Note Progress -- Loss -- Return -- Amenability -- Citation tactics -- Affective subjects.
Subject - Topical Term
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Hemmings, Clare. Why stories matter Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2011 ISBN 9780822393702
ISBN 9780822349167 0822349167 0822348934 9780822348931
Waiting
*000 cam a 7a 4500
*00146224
*00520180323084403.0
*008110311s2011 ncu||||f||||||001 0|eng|c
*020 $a9780822349167$c¹15.99
*020 $a0822349167$c¹15.99
*020 $a0822348934$c¹64.00
*020 $a9780822348931$c¹64.00
*035 $aDAW18864070
*035 $a(SE-LIBR)12107918
*040 $aStDuBDS$cStDuBDS$dH$ea
*041 $aeng
*042 $9KVIN
*050 0$aHQ1190$b.H466 2011
*08204$a305.4201$222
*084 $aOhja$2kssb/8 (machine generated)
*1001 $aHemmings, Clare
*24510$aWhy stories matter :$bthe political grammar of feminist theory /$cClare Hemmings.
*264 1$aDurham, [N.C.] ;$aLondon :$bDuke University Press,$c2011
*300 $ax, 272 p.$c24 cm.
*340 $b24 cm.
*4901 $aNext wave
*504 $aPp. 245-263: Bibliography
*5058 $aProgress -- Loss -- Return -- Amenability -- Citation tactics -- Affective subjects.
*599 $aDawson
*650 7$aFeministisk teori$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Feministisk%20teori$2sao
*650 0$aFeminist theory.
*650 0$aWomen's studies.
*650 0$aCulture$xStudy and teaching.
*650 7$aFeministisk teori$xpolitik$xsociologi$2kao
*650 7$aKvinnorörelsen$xandra vågens kvinnorörelse$xpostfeminism$2kao
*650 0$aFeminist theory
*77608$iOnline version:$aHemmings, Clare.$tWhy stories matter$dDurham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2011$z9780822393702$wIMP(SE-LIBR)12298216
*830 0$aNext wave
*841 $5Ko$ax a$b190527||0000|||||000||||||000000$e|
*852 $5Ko$bKo$hOhj
*887 $a{"@id":"xg89vph81qp1j7j","modified":"2018-03-23T08:44:03+01:00","checksum":"94861716599"}$2librisxl
*887 $5Ko$a{"@id":"3d9hk7gq1g97qtxf","modified":"2019-05-27T13:08:54.341+02:00","checksum":"66067766036"}$2librisxl
^
No reviews exists for this book.
Click here
to be the first to write a review.
Why Stories Matter is a powerful critique of the stories that feminists tell about the past four decades of Western feminist theory. Clare Hemmings examines the narratives that make up feminist accounts of recent feminist history, highlights the ethical and political dilemmas raised by these narratives, and offers innovative strategies for transforming them. Drawing on her in-depth analysis of feminist journals, such as Signs , Feminist Review , and Feminist Theory , Hemmings argues that feminists portray the development of Western feminism through narratives of progress, loss, and return. Whether celebrating the move beyond unity or identity, lamenting the demise of a feminist political agenda, or proposing a return to a feminist vision from the past, by advancing these narratives feminists construct a mobile "political grammar" too easily adapted for postfeminist agendas. Hemmings insists that it is not enough for feminist theorists to lament what is most often perceived as the co-optation of feminism in global arenas. They must pay attention to the amenability of their own stories, narrative constructs, and grammatical forms to broader discursive uses of gender and feminism if history is not simply to repeat itself. Since citation practices and the mobilization of affect are central to how the narratives of progress, loss, and return persuade readers to suspend disbelief, they are also potential keys to telling the story of feminism's past, present, and future differently.
Acknowledgments p. ix Introduction p. 1 Progress p. 31 Loss p. 59 Return p. 95 Amenability p. 131 Citation Tactics p. 161 Affective Subjects p. 191 Notes p. 227 Bibliography p. 245 Index p. 265