Living a Feminist Life

Name: Living a Feminist Life
Author: Sara Ahmed
ISBN: 0822363194

by Sara Ahmed

In Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed shows how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist at home and at work. Building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship in particular, Ahmed offers a poetic and personal meditation on how feminists become estranged from worlds they critiqueoften by naming and calling attention to problemsand how feminists learn about worlds from their efforts to transform them. Ahmed also provides her most sustained commentary on the figure of the feminist killjoy introduced in her earlier work while showing how feminists create inventive solutionssuch as forming support systemsto survive the shattering experiences of facing the walls of racism and sexism.…

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Bidisha

"This is a thoughtful, nuanced and well-considered book by the UK writer and academic. It goes well beyond polemic and has a literary slant which makes it extremely compelling in its contemplation of what it means, not just to believe in equality, but to live an ethical and principled feminist existence. In particular, it looks at the challenges of doing so within the institutions, organisations and structures of the real world, in which feminists are challenged by inequality, stereotypes, oppression and aggression. At times, it’s a very moving read, as it takes into account the pain of being discrminiated against or misunderstood and weighs the cost of misogyny and marginalisation on women’s lives. This book will become a classic of philosophical feminist thought."

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