Reclaiming Identity: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Reclaiming Identity -- 1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition -- 2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherríe Moraga and Chicana Feminism -- 3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity -- 4. On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy, and the Uses of Error -- 5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism, and Objectivity of Values -- 6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses -- 7. Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects -- 8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience -- 9. Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra -- 10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics? -- Contributors -- Index