Patricia S. Misciagno

Rethinking Feminist Identification

The Case for de Facto Feminism

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Produktbeschreibung

Is it possible to be a de facto feminist? This question is explored and debated in this book about the phenomenon of people who support feminist positions but do not call themselves feminists. The author examines the implications of de facto feminism on both the level of feminist theory as well as that of practical politics in the U.S. In a theoretical manner, the author considers how the problem of abstraction in many of the behavioral approaches to feminist identity have the unintended consequence of reinforcing elite depictions of social change. At the level of practical politics in the U.S., this has left feminism open to the many polemical attacks that have risen in recent years. The author asks whether the attempt to bring about beneficial policy can be rendered ineffective if women do not identify with the feminist organizations working on their behalf.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 336g
• ISBN-13: 9780275958251
• ISBN-10: 0275958256
• Artikelnr.: 25570203

Autorenporträt

PATRICIA S. MISCIAGNO is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Manhattanville College. She has written previously on Women and Politics and the American Presidency. She is currently at work on a book on the philosophy of social movements in America.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Historical Perspectives on the Origin of Feminism and
the Seeds of Divisiveness Feminist Identity and the Contemporary Sameness
and Difference Debate Structural and Institutional Dimensions of Feminist
Identification De Facto Feminism and the Politics of Identity The
Relationship Between De Facto Feminism and the Feminist Movement De Facto
Feminism and Autonomy De Facto Feminism and the Future: The Emergence of De
Facto Feminism as Political Leadership Bibliography Index