Deconstruction, Feminist Theology, and the Problem of Difference: Subverting the Race/Gender Divide (Religion and Postmodernism)
By Ellen T. Armour.
Description
The term "feminism" conjures up the promise of resistance to the various forms of oppression women face. But feminism's ability to fulfill this promise has been undermined by its failure to deal adequately with the difference that race makes for gender. In this book, Ellen T. Armour forges an alliance between deconstruction and feminist theology and theory by demonstrating deconstruction's usefulness in addressing feminism's trouble with race.Armour shows how the writings of Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray can be used to uncover feminism's white presumptions ...
ISBN(s)
0226026906, 9780226026909
