Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory
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Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
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Target entity: Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory Context triple: [Nancy Fraser, notableWork, Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory]
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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a foundational feminist text by bell hooks that critiques mainstream feminism’s focus on white, middle-class women and argues for a more inclusive, intersectional movement centered on the experiences of marginalized groups.
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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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Gender and the Politics of History
Gender and the Politics of History is a landmark feminist historiographical work by Joan W. Scott that reshaped the study of history by theorizing gender as a primary category of historical analysis.
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The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
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The Sociological Tradition
The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
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Target entity: Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory Target entity description: Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
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A.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center is a foundational feminist text by bell hooks that critiques mainstream feminism’s focus on white, middle-class women and argues for a more inclusive, intersectional movement centered on the experiences of marginalized groups.
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B.
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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C.
Gender and the Politics of History
Gender and the Politics of History is a landmark feminist historiographical work by Joan W. Scott that reshaped the study of history by theorizing gender as a primary category of historical analysis.
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D.
The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
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E.
The Sociological Tradition
The Sociological Tradition is a seminal work of social theory by Robert Nisbet that traces and interprets the major ideas and thinkers shaping classical sociology.
- F. None of above. chosen
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book
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essay collection ⓘ |
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gender studies
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philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| addresses |
gender inequality
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political justice ⓘ social justice ⓘ structures of domination ⓘ |
| author | Nancy Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor | Nancy Fraser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| examines |
contemporary social theory debates
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gender in social and political theory ⓘ relations between power and discourse ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
critical social theory
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feminist critiques of contemporary theory ⓘ intersection of discourse and gender ⓘ intersection of power and gender ⓘ |
| form | collection of essays ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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feminist theory ⓘ social philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | critical theorist ⓘ |
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critical theory
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feminist ⓘ |
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critical social theory
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feminist social theory ⓘ |
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academics
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researchers in gender studies ⓘ students of social theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
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contemporary social theory
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discourse ⓘ gender ⓘ political theory ⓘ power ⓘ |
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