Reclaiming Identity: Realist Theory and the Predicament of Postmodernism (Paperback)

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Reclaiming Identity
Paula M. L. Maya
THE REALIST THEORY OF IDENTITY AND THE PREDICAMENT OF POSTMODERNISM
1. The Epistemic Status of Cultural Identity: On Beloved and the Postcolonial Condition
Satya P. Mohanty
2. Postmodernism, "Realism," and the Politics of Identity: Cherrie Moraga and Chicana Feminism
Paula M. L. Maya
3· "Who Are Our Own People?": Challenges for a Theory of Social Identity
Michael R. Hames-Garda
POSTPOSITIVIST OBJECTIVITY:USES OF ERROR, VALUES, AND IDENTITY
4· On Representing Others: Intellectuals, Pedagogy,and the Uses of Error
Caroline S. Hau
5. "It Matters to Get the Facts Straight": Joy Kogawa, Realism,and Objectivity of Values
Minh T. Nguyen
6. Racial Authenticity and White Separatism: The Future of Racial Program Housing on College Campuses
Amie A. Macdonald
REALIST CONCEPTIONS OF AGENCY, EXPERIENCE, AND IDENTITY
7· Who Says Who Says?: The Epistemological Grounds for Agency in Liberatory Political Projects
Brent R. Henze
8. Is There Something You Need to Tell Me?: Coming Out and the Ambiguity of Experience
William S. Wilkerson
9· Reading "Experience": The Debate in Intellectual History among Scott, Toews, and LaCapra
John H. Zammito
10. Who's Afraid of Identity Politics?
Linda Martin Alcoff
Contributors
Index