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| DC Field | Value | Language |
|---|---|---|
| dc.contributor.author | Graham, J.K. Gibson | - |
| dc.contributor.editor | Ana Cecilia Dinerstein | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-09T12:20:20Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-09T12:20:20Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | - |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-319-47776-3 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/20131 | - |
| dc.description | The story of this book begins with an intuition. I had an idea that made me happy and I had to pursue it. As I was walkinghomefromworkthatday,Iwassmilingalone,duetothejoybrought about by the simple thought that others would feel the same and would join in. I thought of several female academic-activists who I admire,read and cite inmyownwork,whoIknowinpersonorwhoseworkIfollow,andwhoIfeel closeto.Ibelievedthatwewerealldoingsomethingverysimilar,despitethe obvious differences in the topics or areas of study. What was it? I considered several ideas. Clearlywe wereall critical, committed, responsible, interesting. Wewerealldiscussingnewformsofcriticalthinking,prefiguration,etc.Allof whichwastrue.ButIwasnotconvinced.Afterawhile,nowhavingdinneron myown,Ithoughttomyself:whatwearedoingis ‘venturingbeyond’.Ilove thisexpressionthatBlochusesinhisThePrincipleofHope,thatis,‘thinkingis venturingbeyond’.Ihaveusedthisexpressionbefore.Venturingbeyondthe given.Másallá...and‘venturingbeyondthewire’asametaphordrawnfrom the Movement of Rural Landless Workers when they trespass by cutting the wire of a fertile but unoccupied land, to then occupy and plant their seeds. | - |
| dc.language | en | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | en_US |
| dc.subject | Women Theorizing Without Parachutes | en_US |
| dc.title | Social Sciences for an Other Politics Women Theorizing Without Parachutes | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Gender | |
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| J.K. Gibson-Graham.pdf | 3.38 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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