Moral Textures Feminist Narratives in the Public Sphere
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Univ of California Pr
- Publish date: 01/01/1999
Description:
In this original work, the Mexican political philosopher, Maria Pia Lara, develops a new approach to public sphere theory and a novel understanding of the history of the feminist struggle. When dominated groups create publicly-oriented social movements, she argues, they seek to frame their demands in compelling narrative forms. Through these new tales, they can become, for the first time, active subjects in their own stories.
Expand description
In making her argument, Lara examines a very wide range of women's narratives: autobiographies of eighteenth-century salonnieres, the novels of Jane Austen, the writings of contemporary women activists, and the portrayal of women in television and film. Taking stock of contemporary feminist writings in social science, history, literature, jurisprudence, and philosophy, she suggests that they can be viewed not only as empirical accounts of injustice but also as cultural narratives. Lara contends that these narratives have transformed the individual identities of women even as they have expanded universal moral claims in a revolutionary way.
Product notice
Returnable at the third party seller's discretion and may come without consumable supplements like access codes, CD's, or workbooks.
| Seller | Condition | Comments | Price |
|
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
|
Very Good |
$4.91
|
|
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
|
Very Good |
$5.12
|
|
Midtown Scholar Bookstore
|
Good |
$5.40
|
|
Books From California
|
Very Good |
$6.27
|
|
discount_scientific_books
|
New |
$48.51
|
|
Basi6 International
|
New |
$49.50
|
|
Just one more Chapter
|
New |
$66.06
|
Please Wait