Review

"Lloyd begins by addressing the complex, dynamic, unstable, and messy relationship between subject constitution and politics. She focuses on the space between essentialism and antiessentialism to examine what feminist politics looks like from the perspective of fluid and open identities. Rather than leading to the demise of feminist politics, this approach, she argues, gives ideas about power, domination, agency, and resistance a more powerful ability to critique." (C. Shrewsbury CHOICE )

"A core addition to academic library Women's Studies and Political Science reference collections, Beyond Identity Politics is very strongly recommended for anyone searching for a grasp of modern gender politics concerning the treatment and perspectives of women in the political arena." (Wisconsin Bookwatch The Political Science Shelf )

About the Author

Moya Lloyd explores feminist conceptions of power, patriachy, agency, critique and the political relating to subjectivity, engaging critically with the writing of some of the major feminist thinkers of the 1990's up to the present day, including Jucith Butler, Chantal Mouffe, Donna Haraway and Seyla Benhabib. Moya Lloyd is Senior Lecturer in Politics at Queen's University, Belfast