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Reconcilable Differences

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This volume examines controversial faultlines in contemporary feminism—pornography, the beauty myth, sadomasochism, prostitution, and the issue of rape—from an original and provocative perspective....
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This volume examines controversial faultlines in contemporary feminism—pornography, the beauty myth, sadomasochism, prostitution, and the issue of rape—from an original and provocative perspective. Lynn Chancer focuses on how, among many feminists, the concepts of sex and sexism became fragmented and mutually exclusive. Exploring the dichotomy between sex and sexism as it has developed through five current feminist debates, Chancer seeks to forge positions that bridge oppositions between unnecessary (and sometimes unwitting) "either/or" binaries. Chancer's book attempts to incorporate both the need for sexual freedom and the depth of sexist subordination into feminist thought and politics.
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Price: $31.95
Pages: 330
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date: 15 May 1998
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520209237
Format: Paperback
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Acknowledgments 
Introduction: Sex versus Sexism 
PART 1: FEMINIST DEBATES IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
1. Why Split Sex from Sexism? 
2. A Problem from Within 
PART 2: FIVE CASE EXAMPLES
3· Feminist Offensives:Beyond Defending Pornography 
4· The Beauty Context:Looks, Social Theory, and Feminism 
5· Prostitution and Feminist Theory:Notes from the Sociological Underground 
6. Feminism and Sadomasochism:Regarding Sadomasochism in Everyday Life 
7· Victim Feminism or No Feminism? The Case of Rape 
PART 3: FEMINIST FUTURES
8. Beyond Gender versus Class 
9· Third-Wave Feminisms and Beyond 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index