Doing Time: Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture

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CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii INTRODUCTION 1 TIMELY MEDITATIONS 1. NOTHING TO DECLARE 33 IDENTITY, SHAME, AND THE LOWER MIDDLE CLASS 2. NEW CULTURAL THEORIES OF MODERNITY 55 3. THE INVENTION OF EVERYDAY LIFE 77 4. JUDITH KRANTZ, AUTHOR OF THE CULTURAL LOGICS OF LATE CAPITALISM 99 5. THE DOXA OF DIFFERENCE 116 6. FIN DE SIÈCLE, FIN DE SEXE 137 TRANSSEXUALITY AND THE DEATH OF HISTORY 7. IMAGES OF THE INTELLECTUAL 154 FROM PHILOSOPHY TO CULTURAL STUDIES 8. WHY FEMINISM DOESN’T NEED AN AESTHETIC (AND WHY IT CAN’T IGNORE AESTHETICS) 175 9. FEMINISM, POSTMODERNISM, AND THE CRITIQUE OF MODERNITY 193 INDEX 211 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 215 ...