Aan de orde komen theoretische discussies zowel over identiteit als over de economische en politieke positie van vrouwen. Aan de hand van het gender vraagstuk wordt niet alleen getoond hoe de wereld georganiseerd is maar ook hoe die wereld begrepen en geïnterpreteerd wordt. Er wordt in het bijzonder ingegaan op de interactie tussen etniciteit, klasse, gender en seksualiteit.
Interdisciplinairy reader containing extracts from past and present feminist writers that give a perspective on the variety of feminisms emerged in the twentieth century. Contains a glossary of key terms.
This book on critical race theory, black feminism, and queer theory argues that theoretical and political analyses of race have largely failed to understand and describe the profound ordinariness of racism and the ways that it operates as a quotidian practice. If racism has an everyday life, how does it remain so powerful and yet mask its very presence? To answer this question, Holland moves into the territory of the erotic, understanding racism's practice as constitutive to the practice of racial being and erotic choice. Reemphasizing the black/white binary, Holland reinvigorates critical engagement with race and racism. She argues that only by bringing critical race theory, queer theory, and black feminist thought into conversation with each other can we fully envision the relationship between racism and the personal and political dimensions of our desire.