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Social Science Feminism & Feminist Theory

Reconsidering Radical Feminism

Affect and the Politics of Heterosexuality

by (author) Jessica Joy Cameron

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2018
Category
Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774837316
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $27.99
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774837286
    Publish Date
    Apr 2018
    List Price
    $75.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774837293
    Publish Date
    Oct 2018
    List Price
    $27.95

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What’s the right way to be a feminist? Reconsidering Radical Feminism is not only a clear, precise summary of late-twentieth-century feminist debates about the politics of heterosexuality. It’s also an examination of how we become invested in arguments that position us as particular kinds of feminists – and as gendered subjects. Through the lens of poststructuralism, queer theory, and affect theory, Jessica Joy Cameron investigates the legacy of the passionate dispute between radical feminism and sex-positive feminism. In doing so, she reveals the timeliness of her subject as contemporary policies about sexual assault, consent, and safe spaces come under scrutiny.

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Contributor Notes

Jessica Joy Cameron is a feminist theorist and visual artist. Her video and performance art has been exhibited across Canada and in the United States and Europe. She is currently exploring subjectivity and negations of self in a new fibre and painting series. This is her first monograph.