This dissertation explores the importance of critical social theory for womanist theology and ethics. Womanist theo-ethical discourse has done well in explaining the manner in which culture representations have contributed to the socio-economic subordination of poor urban black women. However, neo-liberal economic institutions that intensify and exacerbate the poverty of urban black women are not addressed within womanist discourse, which does not allow one to explore how culture and economy relate in structuring the life chances of these women. Deploying the critical social theory of Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib, and Nancy Fraser, I argue that critical social theory offers a rigorous methodology for womanist theo-ethical discourse, providing this discourse with the analytic categories to critique free-market ideology and its neo-liberal interests as well as articulate the conditions for the possibility of thriving for poor urban black women within advanced capitalist arrangements.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-09042009-112444 |
| Date | 21 September 2009 |
| Creators | Day, Keri Leigh |
| Contributors | Victor Anderson, Lewis Baldwin, Ted Smith, Melissa Snarr |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-09042009-112444/ |
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