Product Description: In the context of the ongoing crisis in literary criticism, The Social Imperative reminds us that while literature will never by itself change the world, it remains a powerful tool and important actor in the ongoing struggle to imagine better ways to be human and free...read more

Product Description: Based on the ongoing work of the agenda-setting Future of Minority Studies national research project, Identity Politics Reconsidered reconceptualizes the scholarly and political significance of social identity. It focuses on the deployment of 'identity' within ethnic, women's, disability, and gay and lesbian studies in order to stimulate discussion about issues that are simultaneously theoretical and practical, ranging from ethics and epistemology to political theory and pedagogical practice...read more

An argument for identity-based work in ethnic studies looks at such Chicana feminists as Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua, and Hena Maria Viramontes. (view table of contents)

Ten essays offer a 'postpositivist realist' approach to identity, arguing that identity has real political and epistemic consequences for how people experience the world and their place in society. (view table of contents)

Ten essays offer a 'postpositivist realist' approach to identity, arguing that identity has real political and epistemic consequences for how people experience the world and their place in society. (view table of contents)