Beyond Accommodation Ethical Feminism, Deconstruction, and the Law

by Cornell, Drucilla

• ISBN13: 9780847692699
• ISBN10: 0847692698
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780742571525
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-20
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

This new edition of Drucilla Cornell's highly acclaimed book includes a substantial new introduction by the author, which situates the book within current feminist debates. In Beyond Accommodation, Drucilla Cornell offers a highly original vision of what feminist theory can give contemporary women. She challenges essentialist and naturalist accounts of feminine sexuality, arguing that any attempt to affirm woman's value and difference by either emphasizing her maternal role or repudiating the feminine only entraps women, once again, in a container that curtails feminine sexual difference, legitimates the masculine fantasy of woman, and reinstates, rather than dismantles, the gender hierarchy.

Author Biography

Drucilla Cornell is professor of women's studies, political science, and law at Rutgers University.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction to the New Edition: Feminist Hope	xv
Introduction: Writing the Manifesta: The Dilemma of Postmodern Feminism	1	(20)
The Maternal and the Feminine: Social Reality, Fantasy and Ethical Relation	21	(58)
The Feminist Alliance with Deconstruction	79	(40)
Feminism Always Modified: The Affirmation of Feminine Difference Rethought	119	(46)
Feminine Writing, Metaphor and Myth	165	(32)
Conclusion: ``Happy Days''	197	(10)
Notes	207	(28)
Index	235