Re: status abdication

Judy Diamondstone (diamonju who-is-at rci.rutgers.edu)
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 13:49:20 -0400

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I also have always been bothered by Gilligan's strictly gendered
analysis of girls' abdication of desire. De Certeau (_The
Practice of Everyday Life_) shows how such "abdication" may be
tactical, often a creative appropriation of available goods.
A mix of pragmatism (not to be confused with ethics) and, perhaps,
an abstract meta-ethical principle (the sort that, if hugged
tightly enough, can be made to dance).

- Judy

Judy Diamondstone
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Graduate School of Education
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