Binding: Paperback
Description: This book explores the thought of Olive Schreiner the internationally famous writer feminist theorist social critic opponent of imperialism and nationalism and analyst of violence and war best known for her novels and short stories articles and critical commentaries and her feminist treatise Women and Labour. Expounding her groundbreaking ideas and analyses to a new generation of sociologists it presents Schreiner as one of the first proponents of an intersectional analysis in her treatment of the great questions of the age on labour women and race as mutually reinforcing and also bound together with capitalism imperialism and war in society. Through an analysis of her use of different genres of writing in representing the complexities of social life and oppressions the author reveals a combination of social theory with practical substantive examples and analysis at the core of Schreiner's intellectual and moral project an approach that put her at odds with her contemporaries but shows her to be a forerunner of present - day sociological thinking. An examination of the significance for sociology of the work of a figure the importance of whose thought is only now being recognised Reintroducing Olive Schreiner will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in the history of the discipline intersectionality and methods of research and analysis.
Title: Reintroducing Olive Schreiner Decoloniality Intersectionality And The Schreiner Theoria
Author(s): Stanley Liz (University Of Edinburgh Uk)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367765590
Pages: 110 Pages
Publication Date: 10/21/2022
Series: Reintroducing...
Category: Sociology: Work & Labour