Christine Delphy

Separate and Dominate: Feminism and Racism after the War on Terror Christine Delphy

Marc Notes: Translated from the French.; This title dismantles the absurd claim that Afghanistan was invaded to save women, and that homosexuals and immigrants alike should reserve their self-expression for private settings, calling instead for a true universalism that sacrifices no one at the expense of others. Biographical Note: Christine Delphy is a French feminist writer, sociologist, and theorist. She cofounded, with Simone de Beauvoir, "Nouvelles questions feministes," and is the author of "Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Women s Oppression." "From the Trade Paperback edition.""Review Quotes: France s most exciting feminist writer. Simone de Beauvoir Christine Delphy cuts through ideology like a knife. Her critical analyses of the justifications for the war on terror are sharp, accurate and anger-inducing. Her ability to hone in on the contradictions that sustain racism and sexism and perpetuate exclusion is second to none. Delphy s insight and materialist approach lends her arguments a rare clarity she deserves to be much more widely recognized in the anglophone world. Nina Power, author of "One Dimensional Woman" "From the Trade Paperback edition.""Review Quotes: "France's most exciting feminist writer." --Simone de Beauvoir "Christine Delphy cuts through ideology like a knife. Her critical analyses of the justifications for the 'war on terror' are sharp, accurate and anger-inducing. Her ability to hone in on the contradictions that sustain racism and sexism and perpetuate exclusion is second to none. Delphy's insight and materialist approach lends her arguments a rare clarity--she deserves to be much more widely recognized in the anglophone world." --Nina Power, author of "One Dimensional Woman" "From the Trade Paperback edition."Publisher Marketing: An examination of how mainstream feminism has been mobilized in support of racist measures Feminist Christine Delphy co-founded the journal "Nouvelles questions feministes" with Simone de Beauvoir in the 1970s and became one of the most influential figures in French feminism. Today, Delphy remains a prominent and controversial feminist thinker, a rare public voice denouncing the racist motivations of the government s 2011 ban of the Muslim veil. Castigating humanitarian liberals for demanding the cultural assimilation of the women they are purporting to save, Delphy shows how criminalizing Islam in the name of feminism is fundamentally paradoxical. "Separate and Dominate" is Delphy s manifesto, lambasting liberal hypocrisy and calling for a fluid understanding of political identity that does not place different political struggles in a false opposition. She dismantles the absurd claim that Afghanistan was invaded to save women, and that homosexuals and immigrants alike should reserve their self-expression for private settings. She calls for a true universalism that sacrifices no one at the expense of others. In the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, her arguments appear more prescient and pressing than ever. "From the Trade Paperback edition.""

Contributor Bio:  Gay, Roxane Roxane Gay is the author of the novel An Untamed State and the story collection Ayiti. Her work has also appeared in Glamour, Best American Short Stories, and the New York Times Book Review.