{"product_id":"9780809324347","title":"Feminism Beyond Modernism","description":"\u003cp\u003eMisunderstanding and denigration of postmodern feminism are widespread. Elizabeth Flynn’s \u003ci\u003eFeminism Beyond Modernism \u003c\/i\u003ecomes to its defense in a cogent and astute manner by first distinguishing between postmodern and antimodern feminisms and then reclaiming postmodern feminism by reconfiguring its relationship to modernism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo often postmodern feminism is unfairly identified as opposed to modernism and associated with subjectivism and relativism. Flynn\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eaddresses these problems by provisionally defining postmodern feminism as problematizing and critiquing modernism without directly opposing it. Flynn also suggests that feminist traditions that reject modernism, such as radical and cultural feminisms, are antimodern rather than postmodern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this interdisciplinary study, Flynn defines feminist traditions broadly, situating her discussions within the contexts of literary studies and rhetoric and composition while simultaneously exploring the troubled relationship between these fields. Departing from accepted definitions of modernism, Flynn distinguishes between aesthetic modernism and Enlightenment modernism and uses the work of John Locke, Sigmund Freud, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Michel Foucault, Donna Haraway, and others as benchmarks for historical placement. In addition, rereadings of works by Virginia Woolf, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Louise Rosenblatt, and others demonstrate the complex ways in which they respond to modernist pressures and tendencies. From this context, Flynn’s \u003ci\u003eFeminism Beyond Modernism \u003c\/i\u003ereconfigures feminist traditions by defining postmodern feminism as a critique of modernism rather than as an antimodern opponent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southern Illinois University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016456093936,"sku":"9780809324347","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780809324347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}