Rita Dhamoon Identity/Difference Politics (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Identity/Difference PoliticsCondition: NewSubtitle: How Difference Is Produced, and Why It MattersISBN-10: 0774815914EAN: 9780774815918ISBN: 9780774815918Publisher: University of British Columbia PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/01/2010Description: Theories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates about identity and difference politics in recent contemporary western political theory. This book offers a nuanced critique of these debates by questioning liberal multiculturalism’s preoccupation with culture and, just as important, its unintended consequences. Identity/Difference Politics switches the focus from culture to power. Issues of power are examined through accounts of meaning-making – those processes through which meanings of difference are produced, organized, and regulated. Other forms of identity/difference such as whiteness, ableism, gender, and heteronormativity establish the analytic and normative value of Dhamoon’s alternative theoretical framework, and reveal that an exclusive preoccupation with culture can dissolve into essentialism – which too often provides a rationale for state regulation of groups deemed to be too different. Students of contemporary political theory, multiculturalism, identity politics, Canadian politics and culture, dis/ablity studies, critical race theory, and feminist and gender theory will find it an invaluable resource.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CAItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 360gAuthor: Rita DhamoonGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2010 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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