{"product_id":"identitydifference-politics-rita-dhamoon-9780774815901","title":"Identity\/Difference Politics: How Difference Is Produced, and Why It Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheories of liberal multiculturalism have come to dominate debates about identity and difference politics in contemporary western political theory. \u003ci\u003eIdentity\/Difference Politics\u003c\/i\u003e offers a nuanced critique of these debates by switching the focus from culture to power. Issues of power are examined through accounts of meaning-making - those processes through which meanings of difference are produced, organized, and regulated. Other forms of identity\/difference such as whiteness, ableism, gender, and heteronormativity establish the analytic and normative value of Dhamoon's alternative theoretical framework, and reveal that an exclusive preoccupation with culture can dissolve into essentialism - which too often provides a rationale for state regulation of groups deemed to be too different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rita Dhamoon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774815906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774815901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 67","brand":"Rita Dhamoon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443677245695,"sku":"9780774815901","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91cebff0-7fd7-4a40-b30e-4befc142f059.jpg?v=1777207072","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/identitydifference-politics-rita-dhamoon-9780774815901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}