In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and

In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self (SUNY Series, Philosophy and Race)

Draws from Latina feminism, existential phenomenology, and race theory to explore the concept of selfhood.

This original study intertwining Latina feminism, existential phenomenology, and race theory offers a new philosophical approach to understanding selfhood and identity. Focusing on writings by GlorÃa AnzaldÃºa, MarÃa Lugones, and Linda MartÃn Alcoff, Mariana Ortega articulates a phenomenology that introduces a conception of selfhood as both multiple and singular. Her Latina feminist phenomenological approach can account for identities belonging simultaneously to different worlds, including immigrants, exiles, and inhabitants of borderlands. Ortegaâ€™s project forges new directions not only in Latina feminist thinking on such issues as borders, mestizaje, marginality, resistance, and identity politics, but also connects this analysis to the existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger and to such concepts as being-in-the-world, authenticity, and intersubjectivity. The pairing of the personal and the political in Ortegaâ€™s work is illustrative of the primacy of lived experience in the development of theoretical understandings of who we are. In addition to bringing to light central metaphysical issues regarding the temporality and continuity of the self, Ortega models a practice of philosophy that draws from work in other disciplines and that recognizes the important contributions of Latina feminists and other theorists of color to philosophical pursuits.
Country USA
Brand State University of New York Press
Manufacturer State Univ of New York Pr
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-08-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781438459769

Country	USA
Brand	State University of New York Press
Manufacturer	State Univ of New York Pr
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-08-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781438459769

In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self (SUNY Series, Philosophy and Race)

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