Identity Politics Reconsidered (Future of Minority Studies)

Based on the ongoing work of the agenda-setting Future of Minority Studies national research project, Identity Politics Reconsidered reconceptualizes the scholarly and political significance of social identity. It focuses on the deployment of identity within ethnic-, women's-, disability-, and gay and lesbian studies in order to stimulate discussion about issues that are simultaneously theoretical and practical, ranging from ethics and epistemology to political theory and pedagogical practice. This collection of powerful essays by both well-known and emerging scholars offers original answers to questions concerning the analytical legitimacy of identity and experience, and the relationships among cultural autonomy, moral universalism, and progressive politics. Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar -- Johnella E. Butler Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar -- Johnella E. Butler -- John Kuo Wei Tchen Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar -- Johnella E. Butler -- John Kuo Wei Tchen -- Raja Halwani Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar -- Johnella E. Butler -- John Kuo Wei Tchen -- Raja Halwani -- Dominick LaCapra Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty -- Tobin Siebers -- Rosaura Sánchez -- Juan Flores -- Paul Sawyer -- Michael Hames-Garcia -- Paula M.L. Moya -- Renato Rosaldo -- David Palumbo-Liu -- Ramón Saldívar -- José David Saldívar -- Johnella E. Butler -- John Kuo Wei Tchen -- Raja Halwani -- Dominick LaCapra -- Sandra Harding Linda Martín Alcoff and Satya P. Mohanty-- Tobin Siebers-- Rosaura Sánchez-- Juan Flores-- Paul Sawyer-- Michael Hames-Garcia-- Paula M.L. Moya-- Renato Rosaldo-- David Palumbo-Liu-- Ramón Saldívar-- José David Saldívar-- Johnella E. Butler-- John Kuo Wei Tchen-- Raja Halwani-- Dominick LaCapra-- Sandra Harding-- Sean Tenton. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Reconsidering Identity Politics: An Introduction....Pages 1-9 Disability Studies and the Future of Identity Politics....Pages 10-30 On a Critical Realist Theory of Identity....Pages 31-52 Reclaiming Left Baggage: Some Early Sources for Minority Studies....Pages 53-68 Identity as Calling: Martin Luther King on War....Pages 69-77 What’s at Stake in “Gay” Identities?....Pages 78-95 What’s Identity Got to Do With It? Mobilizing Identities in the Multicultural Classroom....Pages 96-117 Identity Politics: An Ethnography by a Participant....Pages 118-125 Multiculturalism Now: Civilization, National Identity, and Difference Before and After September 11....Pages 126-141 Américo Paredes and the Transnational Imaginary....Pages 142-151 Border Thinking, Minoritized Studies, and Realist Interpellations: The Coloniality of Power from Gloria Anzaldúa to Arundhati Roy....Pages 152-170 African American Literature and Realist Theory: Seeking the “true-true”....Pages 171-192 On Forming Dialogic-Analytic Collaborations: Curating Spaces within/between Universities and Communities....Pages 193-208 Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics of Sexual Identity: Recasting the Essentialism and Social Constructionism Debate....Pages 209-227 Experience and Identity....Pages 228-245 Transformation vs. Resistance Identity Projects: Epistemological Resources for Social Justice Movements....Pages 246-263 Internationalism and the American Indian Scholar: Native Studies and the Challenge of Pan-Indigenism....Pages 264-284 Back Matter....Pages 285-289 Based on the ongoing work of the agenda-setting Future of Minority Studies national research project, Identity Politics Reconsidered reconceptualizes the scholarly and political significance of social identity. It focuses on the deployment of 'identity' within ethnic, women's, disability, and gay and lesbian studies in order to stimulate discussion about issues that are simultaneously theoretical and practical, ranging from ethics and epistemology to political theory and pedagogical practice. This collection of powerful essays by both well-known and emerging scholars offers original answers to questions concerning the analytical legitimacy of 'identity' and 'experience', and the relationships among cultural autonomy, moral universalism and progressive politics publisher's description This book examines how the concept of "identity" shapes the discussion of major topics and issues in ethnic and gender studies.