Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism

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Somer Brodribb teaches feminist theory/politics and women’s social andpolitical thought at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. She has workedwith the Yukon Indian Women’s Association to establish an emergency shelterfor Native and non-Native women, and as a Canadian contact for the FeministInternational Network in Resistance to Reproductive and Genetic Engineering(FINRRAGE). She studied in the Feminist focus of the Ontario Institute forStudies in Education, University of Toronto where she was active in the Centrefor Women’s Studies. For nine years she has been associated with the journal,Resources for Feminist Research.
Page 5 and 6: NOTHING MAT(T)ERS:A Feminist Critiq
Page 9 and 10: AcknowledgementsMany friends and co
Page 11 and 12: Preface“Postmodernism has become
Page 13: contributions, and feminist respons
Page 17 and 18: IntroductionTHE LABYRINTHDionysus,
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Page 21 and 22: xixPostmodernism exults female obli
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Page 37 and 38: A SPACE ODYSSEY 5Male-stream litera
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Page 41 and 42: A SPACE ODYSSEY 9Deconstruction is
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A SPACE ODYSSEY 21suffering from th
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24 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSrepudiate the b
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26 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSLike Rubin, Sim
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28 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSThe totalising
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30 NOTHING MAT(T)ERS‘we’ merely
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32 NOTHING MAT(T)ERS(Lévi-Strauss:
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34 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSBut there is an
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36 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSWe can see in t
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38 NOTHING MAT(T)ERS“waiting’ f
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40 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSintellectuals.
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42 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSIt is humanism
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44 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSwill disappear
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46 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSThe editors of
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48 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSspace. At the s
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50 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSIn his view, fe
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52 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSThe order of th
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54 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSsignificant (19
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56 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSbut discontinuo
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58 NOTHING MAT(T)ERStheir faith wer
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60 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSsupport feminis
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62 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSmisogynist. We
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64 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSGay Science, Ma
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66 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSvenerable as su
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68 NOTHING MAT(T)ERShas no father,
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70 NOTHING MAT(T)ERS(1983, p. 958).
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72 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSAh! (He abruptl
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74 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSidealizes circu
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76 NOTHING MAT(T)ERShow the predomi
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78 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSFoucault’s pr
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80 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSdisqualificatio
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82 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSwoman lays clai
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84 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSStyle will jut
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86 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSwhen she was ou
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88 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSBig Brother is
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90 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSLacan’s Écri
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92 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSexperience is n
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94 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSWhat is this my
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96 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSbirth from the
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98 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSTo continue to
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100 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSGood French ph
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102 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSA reconsiderat
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104 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSp. 20). What h
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106 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSIrigaray’s i
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108 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSIn order to co
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110 NOTHING MAT(T)ERScome about wit
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112 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSdemonstrated h
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114 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSopposing disco
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116 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSLacanian categ
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118 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSself-critique,
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120 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSof nothing. Ma
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122 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSEx-tase (stand
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124 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSFigure 2: Frag
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126 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSFigure 4: Matt
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128 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSplace: we can
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130 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSequilibrium, n
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132 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSsignificance,
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134 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSraised above t
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136 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSwork of de Bea
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138 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSAnother soluti
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140 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSFigure 6: Kyli
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142 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSSome recent fe
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144 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSsuch a concern
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146 NOTHING MAT(T)ERSThe stories of
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ReferencesAbelard, Pierre. (1964).
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REFERENCES 151Brennan, Teresa. (Ed.
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REFERENCES 153Connor, Steven. (1989
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REFERENCES 155Descombes, Vincent. (
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REFERENCES 157Forman, Frieda Johles
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REFERENCES 159Habermas, Jürgen. (1
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REFERENCES 161Irigaray, Luce. (1987
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REFERENCES 163(Eds.) Exceedingly Ni
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REFERENCES 165Lorde, Audre. (1984).
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REFERENCES 167Nietzsche, Friedrich.
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REFERENCES 169Raulet, Gerard. (1983
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REFERENCES 171Second Sex: New Direc
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PermissionsExcerpt from The Story o
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IndexAAbelard, The Story of, 74, 14
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INDEX 177LLabyrinth, ix, xiii-xxix,
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