Gender and Agency: Reconfiguring the Subject in Feminist and Social Theory

by Lois McNay

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This book reassesses theories of agency and gender identity against the backdrop of changing relations between men and women in contemporary societies. McNay argues that recent thought on the formation of the modern subject offers a one-sided or negative account of agency, which underplays the creative dimension present in the responses of individuals to changing social relations. An understanding of this creative element is central to a theory of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0745613497

ISBN13:9780745613499

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:Polity Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Discrimination & Racism Feminist Theory Gender Studies Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Women's Studies

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