Ebert, Teresa L., 1951-

Ludic feminism and after : postmodernism, desire, and labor in late capitalism / Ludic feminism and after : Postmodernism, desire, and labour in late capitalism Teresa L. Ebert. - xiii, 338 pages ; 24 cm. - Critical perspectives on women and gender . - Critical perspectives on women and gender. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-332) and index.

Preface -- Feminism, Critique, and the Matter of Materialism -- Cyborgs, Lust, and Labor: The Crisis of Ludic Socialist Feminism -- Feminism and Resistance Postmodernism -- Post-al Politics: Maverick Feminism and Emancipation -- Excess-ive Bodies: Essentialism, Indeterminacy, and Retrofeminism -- Women and/as the Subaltern -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Ch. 6.

A materialist critique of contemporary feminism, and in particular of postmodernist feminist discourse and its displacement of economics, labour, and class struggle from feminist theory and politics.

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Feminist theory
Postmodernism.

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