Bøger af Sara Ahmed
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338,95 - 1.146,95 kr. Showing how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist, Sara Ahmed highlights the ties between feminist theory and living a life that sustains it by building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship and discussing the figure of the feminist killjoy.
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- 338,95 kr.
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- Orientations, Objects, Others
313,95 - 963,95 kr. Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed demonstrates how queer studies can put phenomenology to productive use by analyzing what it means for bodies to be "oriented" in space and time.
- Bog
- 313,95 kr.
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133,95 kr. We have to keep saying it because they keep doing it.Do colleagues roll their eyes in a meeting when you use words like sexism or racism? Do you refuse to laugh at jokes that aren't funny? Have you been called divisive for pointing out a division? Then you are a feminist killjoy, and this handbook is for you.The term killjoy has been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes misery. But by naming ourselves feminist killjoys, we recover a feminist history, turning it into a source of strength as well as an inspiration.Drawing on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers, Sara Ahmed combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. The Feminist Killjoy Handbook unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime.
- Bog
- 133,95 kr.
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- On the Uses of Use
314,95 - 963,95 kr. Continuing the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word and following its historical, intellectual, and political significance, Sara Ahmed explores how use operates as an organizing concept, technology of control, and tool for diversity work.
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- 314,95 kr.
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361,95 - 1.073,95 kr. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who have made complaints about harassment, bullying, and unequal working conditions at universities, Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power.
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- 361,95 kr.
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138,95 kr. En killjoy er ikke bange for at udpege den sexisme, vold og racisme, der findes overalt i vores samfund. Og en killjoy nægter at se til i tavshed for at bevare den gode stemning.I "Killjoy manifest" opstiller feminist Sara Ahmed ti principper eller viljeserklæringer for hvad en killjoy vil (gøre eller være) eller ikke vil (gøre eller være). Sidste del af bogen består af et overlevelseskit for killjoys.Sara Ahmed (f. 1969) er en britisk-australsk akademiker og aktivist. Hun har stiftet Center for Feministisk Forskning på Goldsmiths College i London, men sagde i 2016 sit job op i protest over, at ledelsen ikke ville tage en række anklager fra de studerende om sexchikane alvorligt. I 2017 udgav hun bogen "Living a Feminist Life" (dansk: "Killjoy manifest"), og hun driver samtidig bloggen feministkilljoy.com.
- Lydbog
- 138,95 kr.
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336,95 - 1.144,95 kr. Cultural theorist Sara Ahmed explores how willfulness is often a charge made by some against others. By following the figure of the willful subject, who wills wrongly or wills too much, Ahmed suggests that willfulness might be required to recover from attempts at its elimination.
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- 336,95 kr.
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508,95 kr. South Asia's significant water resources are unevenly distributed, with about a fifth of the population lacking adequate access. By revealing the extent to which water access depends on power relations and politics, this book offers fresh perspectives on the relationship between gender equity and water issues in South Asia.
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- 508,95 kr.
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- Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life
268,95 - 953,95 kr. Argues that a commitment to diversity is frequently substituted for a commitment to actual change. This title traces the work that diversity does, examining how the term is used and the way it serves to make questions about racism seem impertinent.
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- 268,95 kr.
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336,95 - 998,95 kr. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression.
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- 336,95 kr.
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- Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality
652,95 - 1.875,95 kr. Using feminist and postcolonial theory this book examines the impact of multiculturalism and globalization on embodiment and community, whilst considering the ethical and political implication of its critique for post-colonial feminism.
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- 652,95 kr.