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"Howie constructs a genuinely critical feminist theory capable of unifying, dialectically, many of the diverse problems that exercise feminists today. Through a sophisticated, systematic deployment of a philosophically nuanced materialism, Howie defends the senses of 'realism,' 'objectivity,' 'essence,' 'woman,' and 'patriarchy,' which she argues are necessary for the identification of and struggle against the oppression of women. She also convincingly explains the form that oppression often takes by demonstrating the relevance of revivified Marxist categories (reification, commodification, alienation, exploitation), while bending a sometimes-reluctant Adorno into the service of feminism. This book should be read by anyone interested in the relation between feminist theory and politics and confirms Howie as one of the most important feminist materialist thinkers writing in English today." - Stella Sandford, Principal Lecturer in Modern European Philosophy, Kingston University London
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Book Title: Between Feminism and Materialism
Book Subtitle: A Question of Method
Authors: Gillian Howie
Series Title: Breaking Feminist Waves
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230113435
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10269-9Published: 17 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28713-0Published: 15 September 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11343-5Published: 11 October 2010
Series ISSN: 2945-6991
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 268
Topics: Gender Studies, Feminism