Identity Politics Reconsidered (Future of Minority Studies) - Softcover

Satya P. Mohanty; Paula M. L. Moya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1403964467 ISBN 13: 9781403964465

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

Synopsis

Based on the ongoing work of the agenda-setting Future of Minority Studies national research project, Identity Politics Reconsidered reconceptualizes the scholarly and political significance of social identity. It focuses on the deployment of "identity" w

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About the Author:

SATYA P. MOHANTY is Professor of English and a member of the South Asia Programme at Cornell University, New York, USA.

LINDA MARTÍN ALCOFF is Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at Syracuse University, New York, USA.

MICHAEL HAMES-GARCIA is Assistant Professor of English and a member of the Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture Programme at the State University of New York, Binghamton, USA.

PAULA M. L. MOYA is Assistant Professor of English and a member of the Centre for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University, California, USA.

Review:

'This brilliant collection of essays by intellectual activists is a seminal contribution to the critical debate over the complex field of identity politics. If you read one book on the subject this year, make it this one and join the conversation.' Nancy Cantor, Syracuse University President and Chancellor

'A great collection to understand current critical debates on identity politics in the humanities. As a social scientist, I have learned much from this discussion, which includes essays from well known 'intellectual activists,' both theorists and practitioners of identity-based liberation movements and minority studies.' Lourdes Beneria, Cornell University

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1403964467
• ISBN 13: 9781403964465
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Linda MartÃn Alcoff, Michael Hames-García