Confronting the difficulties that white Western feminism has in balancing issues of gender with other forms of difference, such as race, ethnicity and nation, this study argues that feminist thought can begin to work "against purity" in order to develop more complex models of power, identity and the self. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1FKA; 1KBB; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 294. . 1999. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Title: Against Purity: Rethinking Identity with Indian and Western Feminisms (Gender, Racism, Ethnicity)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1999
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415215870
ISBN 13: 9780415215879
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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Theoretically-grounded yet written in an accessible style, this is a unique contribution to ongoing feminist debates about identity, power and difference, focused around the relationship of Western feminism to feminism in India.

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Irene Gedalof is Lecturer in Women's Studies at the University of North London, and an Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick.

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