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أقدم لك.. ما بعد الحركة النسوية
يتحدث هذا الكتاب عما بعد الحركة النسوية التي ظهرت في باريس منذ أواخر السيتنيات مسترشدة بالركائز الأساسية في الفكر المعاصر التحليل النفسى وما بعد البنيوية وما بعد الحداثة وما بعد الحركة الاستعمارية فقد افادت الحركة الجديدة من هذه العناصر جميعاً. وتكمن نقاط الخلاف الأساسية بين الحركة النسوية القديمة والحركة الجديدة في أنه إذا كانت الحركة القديمة تطالب بالمساواة بين الرجل والمرأة في الحقوق والواجبات والعمل والحرية وكل ما يجعل الإنسان إنساناً فإن هذه الحركة الجديدة لا تريد أن تحيل المرأة رجلاً بل أن تظل أمراة كما هي.
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First published April 13, 1995
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January 27, 2009
I think this book is a little out of my league. I didn't understand most of it, and came away with the single thought that Freud was a very creepy man.
October 20, 2019
Warning. There is nothing introductory about this text. It is written at a masters level of education and is incredibly dense, despite the collages and comic. It does provide a tremendous scope of all the philosophical tendencies and developments of feminism over the last 60 years or so and I learnt a heck of a lot. Unfortunately it does not touch on any on the ground organizing or movement building aspects of contemporary feminism and critiques.
May 24, 2024
fucking love this stuff
July 30, 2016
3.5 stars honestly.
As a book for beginners, this book fails. Luckily for me, I'm not quite a beginner to feminism or postmodernism. So in a way, this felt more like a quick run through of what I know which was nice. If I hadn't known about deconstructionism and Freud before, I don't think I would have enjoyed this book at all.
As someone who's passionate about psychology, art, and philosophy, it was a pleasure to read this. Some of the ideas were familiar to me but not in feminist lenses, like orientalism or ethical philosophy. I've never thought about how cyborgs connect to feminism and gender studies (heck yeah, if cloning becomes a thing, men might die out from an evolutionary standpoint). So that was very fun.
As I read this book for fun, if I didn't understand something, I didn't work too hard to get it. I just moved on. That meant there are things that I don't understand (goddammit, I've never understood what does Derrida want from me). Maybe if I tried again, I'd understand more but ultimately, the explanations in this book weren't the clearest and the author moved subjects so quickly, I could manage without wholly understanding each sentence.
All in all, I still have questions. I definitely have a lot more to read. I keep thinking about what a friend of mine once said, that in an ideal world, gender wouldn't be enforced and how true that rings to me. I wish this book talked about genderfluidity and how being female and a woman aren't synonyms. I want to hear about how sexism affects and effected us. I want to know the effects of the ideas, how they changed the world and how I see their influence now.
If you'd ask me now, I'm still not sure what postfeminism is and that's generally a problem. I wish that each philosopher discussed would be evolved properly. I don't need names, I need ideas.
I also want to scream at this book "THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT". That's generally my feelings towards overly analyzing things. The problem is, I love how the humanities takes these unanswerable questions and tries to answer them. How does language work? Why am I like this? Humanities attempt to answer me but I can't accept their answers because it just sounds like smart nonsense, so disconnected from everything. I could blabber about the Oedipal syndrome in my life or how Lacan's model of the subjective is the answer but come on, in real life, I don't see these things. I get that they're there but it's still difficult for me and often times, I end up feeling that it's simply the philosophers/ psychologist's imagination. It's too theoretical and abstract for me. Give me the answer simply please.
All in all, it was an interesting difficult read and I love the comics. Read at your own risk.
what I'm taking with me
� Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger were a thing. This is hilarious. (Omg look at me taking a woman and dumbing her accomplishments to her relationships)
� The feminist struggle is obviously about more than the white woman. This struggle is about racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, biphobia, and so on.
� I now know who bell hooks was. Also penis envy is a thing apparently.
As a book for beginners, this book fails. Luckily for me, I'm not quite a beginner to feminism or postmodernism. So in a way, this felt more like a quick run through of what I know which was nice. If I hadn't known about deconstructionism and Freud before, I don't think I would have enjoyed this book at all.
As someone who's passionate about psychology, art, and philosophy, it was a pleasure to read this. Some of the ideas were familiar to me but not in feminist lenses, like orientalism or ethical philosophy. I've never thought about how cyborgs connect to feminism and gender studies (heck yeah, if cloning becomes a thing, men might die out from an evolutionary standpoint). So that was very fun.
As I read this book for fun, if I didn't understand something, I didn't work too hard to get it. I just moved on. That meant there are things that I don't understand (goddammit, I've never understood what does Derrida want from me). Maybe if I tried again, I'd understand more but ultimately, the explanations in this book weren't the clearest and the author moved subjects so quickly, I could manage without wholly understanding each sentence.
All in all, I still have questions. I definitely have a lot more to read. I keep thinking about what a friend of mine once said, that in an ideal world, gender wouldn't be enforced and how true that rings to me. I wish this book talked about genderfluidity and how being female and a woman aren't synonyms. I want to hear about how sexism affects and effected us. I want to know the effects of the ideas, how they changed the world and how I see their influence now.
If you'd ask me now, I'm still not sure what postfeminism is and that's generally a problem. I wish that each philosopher discussed would be evolved properly. I don't need names, I need ideas.
I also want to scream at this book "THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT". That's generally my feelings towards overly analyzing things. The problem is, I love how the humanities takes these unanswerable questions and tries to answer them. How does language work? Why am I like this? Humanities attempt to answer me but I can't accept their answers because it just sounds like smart nonsense, so disconnected from everything. I could blabber about the Oedipal syndrome in my life or how Lacan's model of the subjective is the answer but come on, in real life, I don't see these things. I get that they're there but it's still difficult for me and often times, I end up feeling that it's simply the philosophers/ psychologist's imagination. It's too theoretical and abstract for me. Give me the answer simply please.
All in all, it was an interesting difficult read and I love the comics. Read at your own risk.
what I'm taking with me
� Hannah Arendt and Martin Heidegger were a thing. This is hilarious. (Omg look at me taking a woman and dumbing her accomplishments to her relationships)
� The feminist struggle is obviously about more than the white woman. This struggle is about racism, transphobia, homophobia, ableism, biphobia, and so on.
� I now know who bell hooks was. Also penis envy is a thing apparently.
September 8, 2017
Not really a beginner text, even it's with big comic panels.
The author tried to briefly cover all major theories in humanities ,Freudian and Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Semiotics, Structuralism, Post-modernism and more, then offer (one or more) feminist critique to each of them. It's probably too ambitious a project for such a short text and it does presume some working knowledge of these theories from the readers, especially those of Lacan and Foucault.
My own reading experience, as a reader who only know these theories by key points, was actually quite enjoyable. The critique did help me see more clearly the hidden gender elements embedded within these theories and the implications of such. Of course sometimes I had no idea what I was reading but it didn't affect the reading much. There are just so many (unconnected) domains discussed that you can always flip the page and move on to the next one. The author even managed to cram science, dance, visual art and film in it.
The views presented here are so diverse that you will probably note at least one theorist or a domain for further reading. For me it's the feminist view(s) on ethics, and science.
The author tried to briefly cover all major theories in humanities ,Freudian and Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Semiotics, Structuralism, Post-modernism and more, then offer (one or more) feminist critique to each of them. It's probably too ambitious a project for such a short text and it does presume some working knowledge of these theories from the readers, especially those of Lacan and Foucault.
My own reading experience, as a reader who only know these theories by key points, was actually quite enjoyable. The critique did help me see more clearly the hidden gender elements embedded within these theories and the implications of such. Of course sometimes I had no idea what I was reading but it didn't affect the reading much. There are just so many (unconnected) domains discussed that you can always flip the page and move on to the next one. The author even managed to cram science, dance, visual art and film in it.
The views presented here are so diverse that you will probably note at least one theorist or a domain for further reading. For me it's the feminist view(s) on ethics, and science.
October 19, 2017
Must read for anyone interested in feminism.
June 24, 2024
A WELL-ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF VARIOUS INFLUENCES UPON POSTFEMINISM
Sophia Phoca wrote the text for this 1999 book, and Rebecca Wright did the illustrations.
The book begins, “Postfeminism does not mean feminism is over. It signifies a shift in feminist theory. Feminism is identified with a desire for gender equality in a long historic struggle which advocated change through political action. Feminism draws attention to the linguistic differentiation associated in English with the two adjectives for the terms woman and man. One adjectival derivation---feminine and masculine---is used by feminists to refer to social, cultural and psychic constructions. The other---female and male---represents the biological aspects of gendered identities. This linguistic distinction has been broadly understood as an ideological one which postfeminists have interrogated. Postfeminism has developed since the late 1960s from the deconstruction of patriarchal discourses. This is a development of feminism informed by the key analytical strategies of contemporary thought---psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism.� (Pg. 3)
The remainder of the book contains 1-2 page descriptions of a wide variety of ideologies and influences upon Postfeminism, such as: Essentialism; Freudian Psychoanalysis; Melanie Klein and Object Relations; Saussure and Linguistics; Structuralism; Jacques Lacan; Deconstruction; Julia Kristeva; Popular Culture and Advertising; Romantic Fiction and Pornography; Postmodernism; Jean Baudrillard and Hyperreality; Michel Foucault; Lesbianism and Queer Theory; Existentialism; Genetic Engineering; Cyberfeminism; Feminist Cyberpunk, and much more.
The book is useful for providing an engaging overview of a variety of different ideas and theories; as an ‘introduction� to Postfeminism, it is less useful.
Sophia Phoca wrote the text for this 1999 book, and Rebecca Wright did the illustrations.
The book begins, “Postfeminism does not mean feminism is over. It signifies a shift in feminist theory. Feminism is identified with a desire for gender equality in a long historic struggle which advocated change through political action. Feminism draws attention to the linguistic differentiation associated in English with the two adjectives for the terms woman and man. One adjectival derivation---feminine and masculine---is used by feminists to refer to social, cultural and psychic constructions. The other---female and male---represents the biological aspects of gendered identities. This linguistic distinction has been broadly understood as an ideological one which postfeminists have interrogated. Postfeminism has developed since the late 1960s from the deconstruction of patriarchal discourses. This is a development of feminism informed by the key analytical strategies of contemporary thought---psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, postmodernism and postcolonialism.� (Pg. 3)
The remainder of the book contains 1-2 page descriptions of a wide variety of ideologies and influences upon Postfeminism, such as: Essentialism; Freudian Psychoanalysis; Melanie Klein and Object Relations; Saussure and Linguistics; Structuralism; Jacques Lacan; Deconstruction; Julia Kristeva; Popular Culture and Advertising; Romantic Fiction and Pornography; Postmodernism; Jean Baudrillard and Hyperreality; Michel Foucault; Lesbianism and Queer Theory; Existentialism; Genetic Engineering; Cyberfeminism; Feminist Cyberpunk, and much more.
The book is useful for providing an engaging overview of a variety of different ideas and theories; as an ‘introduction� to Postfeminism, it is less useful.
September 5, 2012
I really liked this one. The entire tone of the text has the effect of making it seem resistant to male critique. The more I thought about that impression,the more impressed I became with the way the subject was handled in general - Particularly since it was painfully clear throughout the entire book that the foundation of pf theory rests squarely on the shoulders of male thinkers that seem to believe they can generate a useful opinion on just about anything.
Slick trick! Show mre that one again.
I really enjoyed the outline of pf development of "virtue theory" in contemporary moral philosophy.
I'd like to give it five stars, but it seemd to cover a little more ground than I can in too few leaps.
Slick trick! Show mre that one again.
I really enjoyed the outline of pf development of "virtue theory" in contemporary moral philosophy.
I'd like to give it five stars, but it seemd to cover a little more ground than I can in too few leaps.
October 15, 2013
I liked to read it since the book offers a grand perspective on feminist developments within theoretical discourse especially from the second wave feminism onwards. Modernist and Postmodernist concepts are discussed with reference to gender and women studies. Due to the fact that the book tries to cover many (if not all famous) theorists and theories of the respective periods and developments, it's explanations and portrayals are at some points too superficial and vague so that they are not easily understood in depth. However, the book offers many starting points for further consideration and in sum, offers a great overview on postfeminist perspectives. It would be interesting to edit it now, circa 14 years after its first publication in order to reevalute the use and meaning of the term.
February 2, 2016
I think this book tries to do too much. As well as introducing postfeminist thinkers and their ideas, it goes on a whirlwind tour of semiotics, structuralism and postmodernism. The end result is a dense, difficult book that really isn't for beginners because - just like the thinkers - it doesn't use clear language ("valorise"? had to look that one up).
As bell hooks says... "It is sadly ironic that the contemporary discourse... still directs its critical voice primarily to a specialised audience that shares a common language rooted in the master narratives it claims to challenge."
As bell hooks says... "It is sadly ironic that the contemporary discourse... still directs its critical voice primarily to a specialised audience that shares a common language rooted in the master narratives it claims to challenge."
December 20, 2015
الكتاب فى مضمونة جيد عندما يستعرض تاريخيا وثقافيا ما بعد ظهور الحركات النسوية و ما وجهاته فى مقابل مدارس اخرى مثل المدارس الحداثية وما بعد الحداثية
ولكنى أعتقد أن المعلومات داخل الكتاب كانت بحاجة أن تسرد بشكل أعمق من ذلك .. المعلومات مسرودة بطريقة بسيطة زائدة عن اللزوم جعلتها تخرج من الأطار العلمى الأكاديمى
ولكنى أعتقد أن المعلومات داخل الكتاب كانت بحاجة أن تسرد بشكل أعمق من ذلك .. المعلومات مسرودة بطريقة بسيطة زائدة عن اللزوم جعلتها تخرج من الأطار العلمى الأكاديمى
November 25, 2007
good start for a beginner
November 13, 2014
I could have gotten this information from a wiki page. Interesting illustrations though.
April 20, 2017
الكتاب السابق (النسوية) كنت على معرفة وتصور بالوضع لذلك نقصني فقط ترجمة جيدة أو النسخة الأصلية من الكتاب
هنا مختلف تمامًا، مدارس جديدة، نظرة مختلفة، بدأ العالم يحاول استيعاب التغيير، اسماء جديدة تقوم بأدوار بطولية وهذا كله يسرد بسطور قليلة!
أنا محتاجة معلومات أكثر عشان أقدر أتصور الوضع،
حتى مع الترجمة السيئة هنا، الكتاب لايشبع فضول القارئ اللي محتاج يفهم الوضع أكثر
+ مازالت الترجمة سيئة + اخطاء املائية كثيرة جدًا + صور من اليسار إلى اليمين
هنا مختلف تمامًا، مدارس جديدة، نظرة مختلفة، بدأ العالم يحاول استيعاب التغيير، اسماء جديدة تقوم بأدوار بطولية وهذا كله يسرد بسطور قليلة!
أنا محتاجة معلومات أكثر عشان أقدر أتصور الوضع،
حتى مع الترجمة السيئة هنا، الكتاب لايشبع فضول القارئ اللي محتاج يفهم الوضع أكثر
+ مازالت الترجمة سيئة + اخطاء املائية كثيرة جدًا + صور من اليسار إلى اليمين
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