by Helen Hester
- Author(s)
- Helen Hester
- Publication, year
- Cambridge : Polity Press, 2018
- Scope
- 170 Pages, 19 cm.
- ISBN
- 9781509520633
In an era of accelerating technology and increasing complexity, how should we reimagine the emancipatory potential of feminism? How should gender politics be reconfigured in a world being transformed by automation, globalization and the digital revolution? These questions are addressed in this new book by Helen Hester, a founding member of the 'Laboria Cuboniks' collective that developed the acclaimed manifesto 'Xenofeminism: A Politics for Alienation'. Hester develops a three-part definition of xenofeminism grounded in the ideas of technomaterialism, anti-naturalism, and gender abolitionism. She elaborates these ideas in relation to assistive reproductive technologies and interrogates the relationship between reproduction and futurity, while steering clear of a problematic anti-natalism. Finally, she examines what xenofeminist technologies might look like in practice, using the history of one specific device to argue for a future-oriented gender politics that can facilitate alternative models of reproduction.
- Keywords
- feminisme / feminism , toekomst scenario's / future scenario's , technology , cyber culture
- Location
- Cabinet 30 - 6: Seksualiteit ; gender en ruimte / Sexuality ; Gender and Space
- Contains
- noten / notes
