Risking Difference
Download or Read eBook Risking Difference PDF written by Jean Wyatt and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Jean Wyatt |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 297 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780791484883 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0791484882 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Risking Difference by : Jean Wyatt
Book excerpt: Risking Difference revisions the dynamics of multicultural feminist community by exploring the ways that identification creates misrecognitions and misunderstandings between individuals and within communities. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis, Jean Wyatt argues not only that individual psychic processes of identification influence social dynamics, but also that social discourses of race, class, and culture shape individual identifications. In addition to examining fictional narratives by Margaret Atwood, Angela Carter, Sandra Cisneros, Toni Morrison, and others, Wyatt also looks at nonfictional accounts of cross-race relations by white feminists and feminists of color.
