Am I That Name?: Feminism and the Category of "Women" in History

by Denise Riley

Book Overview

Writing about changes in the notion of womanhood, Denise Riley examines, in the manner of Foucault, shifting historical constructions of the category of "women" in relation to other categories central... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816617317
• ISBN13: 9780816617319
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Am I That Name?

Throughout this book Riley does an excellent job of grappling with the idea of 'women' as a category that has been socially constructed. This book takes a historical look at how this socially constructed category of 'women' has shifted. In this compelling piece Riley disects the relationship between 'women' and feminism. "Am I That Name?" addresses how feminism is a battle ground for the unstable category of 'women'.