UID:
almahu_9947414124402882
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511490392 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Contemporary political theory
Content:
Social and political theorists have traced in detail how individuals come to possess gender, sex and racial identities. This book examines the nature of these identities. Georgia Warnke argues that identities, in general, are interpretations and, as such, have more in common with textual understanding than we commonly acknowledge. A racial, sexed or gendered understanding of who we and others are is neither exhaustive of the 'meanings' we can be said to have nor uniquely correct. We are neither always, or only, black or white, men or women or males or females. Rather, all identities have a restricted scope and can lead to injustices and contradictions when they are employed beyond that scope. In concluding her argument, Warnke considers the legal and policy implications that follow for affirmative action, childbearing leave, the position of gays in the military and marriage between same-sex partners.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: reading individuals -- The tragedy of David Reimer -- Racial identification and identity -- Race and interpretation -- Sex and science -- Rethinking sex and gender identities -- Marriage, the military, and identity -- Hermeneutics and the politics of identity.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9780521882811
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511490392
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