A Politics of Impossible Difference: The Later Work of Luce Irigaray

by Penelope Deutscher

Book Overview

The influential philosopher and theorist Luce Irigaray has been faulted for giving more importance to sexual difference than to race and multiculturalism. Penelope Deutscher's eagerly awaited book, the first to focus on the scholar's controversial later works, addresses this charge. Through a learned critique of these lesser-known writings, the book examines Irigaray's claim that the politics of feminism and multiculturalism are intrinsically linked...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487978
• ISBN13: 9780801487972
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher