University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

A Politics of the Everyday: Identity and Normalizing Power

King, Lisa Anne

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Title
A Politics of the Everyday: Identity and Normalizing Power
Author(s)
King, Lisa Anne
Issue Date
2001
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Richard Schacht
Department of Study
Philosophy
Discipline
Philosophy
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Philosophy
Language
eng
Abstract
In Chapter Five, I reexamine feminist politics, arguing that its goal should be altering the very practices by which gender is constituted. This focus on micro-level practices of gender formation reveals that everyday, seemingly innocuous practices constitute the political and should be the target of public action that seeks to redress oppression based on identity.
Graduation Semester
2001
Type of Resource
text
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