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Reclaiming identity : realist theory and the predicament of postmodernism /
Moya M. L. Paula and Hames-Garcia R. Michael
Reclaiming identity : realist theory and the predicament of postmodernism / edited by Paula M.L. Moya and Michael R. Hames-Garcia. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2000. - x, 354 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reclaiming Identity
THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition
2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism
3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity
POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY: USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
4. On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error
5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values
6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses
REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
7. Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects
8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience
9. Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra
10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics?
Contributors
Index
0520223489 0520223497 9780520223486 9780520223493 (pbk)
Group identity.
Social perception.
Postmodernism.
305 MOY
Reclaiming identity : realist theory and the predicament of postmodernism / edited by Paula M.L. Moya and Michael R. Hames-Garcia. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2000. - x, 354 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reclaiming Identity
THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition
2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism
3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity
POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY: USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
4. On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error
5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values
6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses
REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
7. Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects
8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience
9. Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra
10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics?
Contributors
Index
0520223489 0520223497 9780520223486 9780520223493 (pbk)
Group identity.
Social perception.
Postmodernism.
305 MOY