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It's difficult to describe exactly what Imani Perry does in 'Vexy Thing' because she does so, so much. In the simplest of terms, we can say that 'Vexy Thing' is a deconstruction of patriarchy through the lens of liberation feminism. In that deconstruction, Perry asserts that patriarchy is not an ideology—it’s an architecture rooted in the Enlightenment and Age of Exploration. Since its inception, patriarchy has always had a footing in the law and shaped notions of sovereignty, property, and pers...
This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in having a framework to use for thinking about our current political moment. It’s a history of personhood, textual analysis, an argument for the necessity of art, and a brilliant analysis of feminism and patriarchy. It’s also a great introduction to Black feminist thought. If you love listening to people talk about Toni Morrison, you will enjoy this book, a lot. Highly recommend for anyone doing feminist work.
I love this book. I'm using it in a course called Understanding Gender and students have responded to the text really well. Perry's voice is compelling, challenging, and her approach to analysis that incorporates the kind of imagination in literature and art is stunningly rendered.
Finally a nuanced feminist articulation of patriarchy and it's roots in the Age of Enlightenment and how racialized subjects were brought under it as non-persons to labor and how that mechanism extends to the 21st century
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Meaningful, artistic and also super dense. A bit of a slog in places.
The relation between the one speaking and the ones spoken for is fractured by economic interests.An excellent book on personhood, sovereignty, gender, race and much, much more.
Just incredible--thought-provoking, and really makes me want to be more attentive to like my entire life. I think if you've read many of the women of color feminists she cites, you might feel like this book isn't saying much new, but it draws all of these lines of thought together in such a slim little volume that is ultimately pretty accessible. (I would say maybe a challenge to undergrads without much experience, but I think they could definitely take to it with interest if it was done careful...
This is a failed attempt to write about patriarchy. We desperately need more theoretical work addressing patriarchy and how it manifests in myriad forms as bound up with all other forms of oppression. But this book is merely more grist for the academic mill. Rather than clear, focused arguments, Perry writes long, wandering paragraphs that consist largely of close readings of literature and art (with far too many long block quotes thrown in). Her definition of patriarchy largely ignores the spec...
If you’re thinking about adding another Black Feminist Theory text to your TBR, take this as your sign.“Vexy Thing” by Dr. Imani Perry is everything.It introduced me to the concepts of the “entrepreneurial woman” and the “failed man.” And by the time Perry began to dissect the commodification of “self-love” and “self-care” in our media-obsessed world, I was screaming. Yes, this text is THAT wonderfully-made & someone needs to crown her. Now.My biggest takeaway? Patriarchy may be considered a “bu...
“The structures of social services and education and even the importation of social science into policing, assert a desire to reduce physical violence and maintain order, but they also rest on punitive bureaucratic structures that while reducing the immediate brutality of certain forms of violence, often by patriarchy seekers, do overwhelmingly still fall into the logic of patriarchal order and domination”“..I believe the transformation of both the interior self and the relations we have with ot...
This book was challenging to read as someone who is out of practice reading critical theory, but it was a rewarding challenge. Perry is examining identity and personhood entangled with patriarchy and race and capitalism in a way that is multifaceted and deep and thoughtful and, well, vexing. I hope anyone concerned with feminism or otherwise is interested in unraveling patriarchy will read this book. I especially would recommend it to others who found value in Silvia Federici's Caliban and the W...
I read this for a critical theory class and really enjoyed it!
