{"product_id":"decolonising-gender-caroline-rooney-9780415424189","title":"Decolonising Gender: Literature and a Poetics of the Real","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough examination of the functions of language and cross-cultural readings of literature - from African queer reading to postcolonial Shakespeare - Rooney explores the nature of the real, providing: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ea way out of some of the current deadlocks of feminist theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ean anti-essentialist approach to gender in which both male and female readers may address a consciousness of the feminine\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea platform for postcolonial and postmodernist thinkers to engage in a dialogue around the status of the performative in regard to the other\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea new theory of poetic realism in both canonical and postcolonial literatures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea re-reading of the Enlightenment legacy in terms of postcolonial liberation theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea comparison of contemporary debates on the real across the humanities and the sciences.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring current ideas of performativity in literature and language, and negotiating a path between feminist theory's common pitfalls of essentialism and constructivism, Caroline Rooney argues convincingly that by rethinking our understanding of gender we might also equip ourselves to resist racism and totalitarianism more effectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Rooney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415424186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415424189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Caroline Rooney","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136085340415,"sku":"9780415424189","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4ef589c9-e4d6-4c9a-8c14-a1399044767e.jpg?v=1770160410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/decolonising-gender-caroline-rooney-9780415424189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}