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Reclaiming identity : realist theory and the predicament of postmodernism / edited by Paula M.L. Moya and Michael R. Hames-Garcia.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2000.Description: x, 354 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520223489
  • 0520223497
  • 9780520223486
  • 9780520223493 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305 MOY
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Contents:
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
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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