Social Postmodernism : Beyond Identity Politics [ electronic resource ] / by Linda Nicholson and Steven Seidman.
By: Nicholson, Linda.
Contributor(s): Seidman, Steven [joint author].
Material type: TextSeries: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies. Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009ISBN: 9780511520792 ( e-book ).Subject(s): Sociology: General Interest | Sociology | Sociology of Gender | Social TheoryGenre/Form: Electronic booksDDC classification: 301.01 Online resources: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511520792 View to click Summary: Social Postmodernism defends a postmodern perspective anchored in the politics of the new social movements. The volume preserves the focus on the politics of the body, race, gender, and sexuality as elaborated in postmodern approaches. But these essays push postmodern analysis in a particular direction: toward a social postmodernism which integrates the micro-social concerns of the new social movements with an institutional and cultural analysis in the service of a transformative political vision.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Social Postmodernism defends a postmodern perspective anchored in the politics of the new social movements. The volume preserves the focus on the politics of the body, race, gender, and sexuality as elaborated in postmodern approaches. But these essays push postmodern analysis in a particular direction: toward a social postmodernism which integrates the micro-social concerns of the new social movements with an institutional and cultural analysis in the service of a transformative political vision.
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