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Journal articles on the topic "Poststructuralist feminist theory"
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Moi, Toril. "“I Am Not a Feminist, But…”: How Feminism Became the F-Word." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 121, no. 5 (October 2006): 1735–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2006.121.5.1735.
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If PMIA invites us to reflect on the state of feminist theory today, it must be because there is a problem. Is feminist theory thought to be in trouble because feminism is languishing? Or because there is a problem with theory? Or—as it seems to me—both? Theory is a word usually used about work done in the poststructuralist tradition. (Luce Irigaray and Michel Foucault are “theory” Simone de Beauvoir and Ludwig Wittgenstein are not.) The poststructuralist paradigm is now exhausted. We are living through an era of “crisis,” as Thomas Kuhn would call it, an era in which the old is dying and the new has not yet been born (74–75). The fundamental assumptions of feminist theory in its various current guises (queer theory, postcolonial feminist theory, transnational feminist theory, psychoanalytic feminist theory, and so on) are still informed by some version of poststructuralism. No wonder, then, that so much feminist work today produces only tediously predictable lines of argument.
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Sekulic, Nada. "Identity, sex and 'women's writing' in French poststructural feminism." Sociologija 52, no. 3 (2010): 237–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1003237s.
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The paper discusses political implications of the feminist revision of psychoanalysis in the works of major representatives of 1970s French poststructuralism, and their current significance. The influence and modifications of Lacan's interpretation of imaginary structure of the Ego and linguistic structure of the unconscious on explanations of the relations between gender and identity developed by Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray and H?l?ne Cixous are examined. French poststructuralist feminism, developing in the 1970s, was the second major current in French feminism of the times, different from and in a way opposed to Simone de Beauvoir's approach. While de Beauvoir explores 'women's condition' determined by social and historical circumstances, French feminists of poststructuralist persuasion engage with problems of unconscious psychological structuring of feminine identity, women's psychosexuality, theoretical implications of gendered visions of reality, especially in philosophy, semiology and psychology, as well as opening up new discursive possibilities of women's and feminine self-expression through 'women's writing'. Political implications of their approach have remained controversial to this day. These authors have been criticized for dislocating women's activism into the sphere of language and theory, as well as for reasserting the concept of women's nature. Debates over whether we need the concept of women's nature - and if yes, what kind - and over the relation between theory and political activism, have resulted in the split between the so-called 'essentialist' and 'anti-essentialist' approaches in feminist theory, and the subsequent division into American (non-essentialist) and French (partly labeled as essentialist) strands. The division is an oversimplification and overlooks concrete historical circumstances that produced the divergence between 'materialist' and 'linguistic' currents in France.
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CULLIS, A. "Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory." Journal of Design History 2, no. 4 (January 1, 1989): 313–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jdh/2.4.313.
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RIBEIRO (UFPA), Joyce Otânia Seixas. "DIVERGÊNCIAS E CONVERGÊNCIAS ENTRE O FEMINISMO DECOLONIAL DE MARÍA LUGONES, A HISTORIOGRAFIA FEMINISTA E O FEMINISMO PÓS-ESTRUTURALISTA." Margens 16, no. 26 (June 30, 2022): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.18542/rmi.v16i26.11154.
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Our intention is to carry out an introductory comparative analysis of three relevant feminist approaches that divide the gender studies scene. Despite the risks, the methodological decision was made by theoretical research (Salvador, 1986; Apple, 1994), aware that it is politically informed, as theories reveal interests of the class, gender, sexuality, nation, race/ethnicity, generation, and are linked to social practice. To proceed with the study, we highlight three aspects, which are: the assumptions, the notion of gender, and the political commitment. The results we have reached inform about the existence of divergences and convergences between these feminist approaches, confirming the irreconcilable divergence between feminist historiography and poststructuralist feminism, inconsistent convergence between poststructuralist feminism, and decolonial feminism, and convergence between feminist historiography and decolonial feminism.Keywords: Feminist historiography. Poststructuralist feminism. Decolonial feminism.
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Gavey, Nicola. "Feminist Poststructuralism and Discourse Analysis: Contributions to Feminist Psychology." Psychology of Women Quarterly 13, no. 4 (December 1989): 459–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1989.tb01014.x.
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In this article I suggest that feminist poststructuralism (Weedon, 1987) is of great potential value to feminist psychologists seeking more satisfactory ways of theorizing gender and subjectivity. Some key elements of this theoretical perspective are discussed, including an understanding of knowledge as socially produced and inherently unstable, an emphasis on the importance of language and discourse, and a decentering of the subject. Discourse analysis is discussed as one way of working that is consistent with feminist poststructuralist theory. To illustrate this approach, an example is presented from my work on the sexual coercion of women within heterosexual relationships.
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Smart, Carol. "Law, Feminism and Sexuality: From Essence to Ethics?" Canadian journal of law and society 9, no. 01 (1994): 15–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0829320100003495.
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AbstractThis paper explores current thinking on the meanings of sex, gender and sexuality and on the relationship between each of these concepts. It suggests that whilst feminist theory has adopted a social constructionist view of gender and, to a lesser extent, sexuality, it has left sex to the conceptual domain of biology. It has also prioritised gender over sexuality conceptually. These issues are explored in the specific area of sexuality and law where it is argued that recent theoretical developments on sex and sexuality within poststructuralist thought have, as yet, failed to influence the dominant understanding of heterosexual relations. Arguably in the field of law and sexuality, feminism has remained wedded to a notion of binary sex and identity politics. The paper then works through two specific instances, namely rape and S/M sexual practice, to identify some of the problems associated with the latter approach. Ultimately it raises questions about whether a poststructuralist politics imbued with feminist ethics might provide us with less essentialist models of masculine/male and feminine/female sexuality without either abandoning feminist political action or falling into a new sexual conservatism.
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Al-Mahfedi, Mohammed. "The Laugh of the Medusa and the Ticks of Postmodern Feminism: Helen Cixous and the Poetics of Desire." International Journal of Language and Literary Studies 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2019): 54–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.36892/ijlls.v1i1.20.
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This paper aims to explore Helen Cixous’ postmodernist trends in her formulations of a new form of writing known as ecriture feminine. The paper attempts to validate the view that Cixous’ “The Laugh of the Medusa” is regarded as the manifesto of postmodern feminism. This is done by attempting a critical discourse analysis of Cixous' narrative of ecriture feminine. Deploying a multifaceted-framework, ranging from postmodernism to psychoanalysis through poststructuralist theory and semiotics, the study reveals Cixous' metamorphosing and diversified trend of feminist writing that transposes the subversion of patriarchy into a rather bio-textual feminism, known as bisexuality. The paper highlights the significance of Cixous’ essay as a benchmark of postmodern feminism.
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Schaefer, Donovan O. "Embodied Disbelief: Poststructural Feminist Atheism." Hypatia 29, no. 2 (2014): 371–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12039.
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“I quite rightly pass for an atheist,” Jacques Derrida announces in Circumfession. Grace Jantzen's suggestion that the poststructuralist critique of modernity can also be trained on atheism helps us make sense of this playfully cryptic statement: although Derrida sympathizes with the “idea” of atheism, he is wary of the modern brand of atheism, with its insistence on rationally arranging—straightening out—religion. In this paper, I will argue that poststructural feminism, with its focus on embodied epistemology, offers a way to re‐explain Derrida's “I rightly pass,” and also to carry it forward. Poststructural feminist atheism leads us through Derrida to an embodied disbelief drawing on three dimensions of poststructural feminism: feminist epistemology and material feminism, relationality, and affect theory.
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Petrushikhina, Svetlana V. "THE QUESTION OF FEMALE BODY IN ARCHITECTURAL THEORY IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY." Articult, no. 2 (2021): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2227-6165-2021-2-91-96.
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This article is devoted to the phenomenon of female body in the foreign theory of architecture in the 1980‑s–90‑s. The works of D. Agrest, E. Grosz, D. Bloomer and D. Fausch are examined in the present paper. There are two perspectives on the problem of female corporeality: poststructuralist and phenomenological. Jennifer Bloomer and Diane Agrest adopt a poststructuralist critical strategy in which the notion of the feminine is considered as the “Other” of the logocentric architectural discourse. Elisabeth Gross notes that women have always been displaced from the realm of architecture. This is indicated not only by the absence of female architects, but also by the fact that the inherent attributes of female corporeality have been completely disregarded. Diane Agrest suggests that these attributes were appropriated by male architects. The phenomenological perspective on the female corporeality is reflected in Deborah Fausch's concept of “feminist architecture”. “Feminist architecture” brings back the value of concrete, sensual bodily experience in the perception of architecture. The subject's perceptual experience through the body allows the semantic dimension to unfold in the building.
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Moi, Toril. "What Can Literature Do? Simone de Beauvoir as a Literary Theorist." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 124, no. 1 (January 2009): 189–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2009.124.1.189.
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The past twenty years have seen a beauvoir revival in feminist theory. Feminist philosophers, political scientists, and historians of ideas have all made powerful contributions to our understanding of her philosophy, above all The Second Sex. Literary studies have lagged somewhat behind. Given that Beauvoir always defined herself as a writer rather than as a philosopher (Moi, Simone de Beauvoir 52–57), this is an unexpected state of affairs. Ursula Tidd's explanation is that Beauvoir's existentialism is theoretically incompatible with the poststructuralist trends that have dominated feminist criticism:Viewed as unsympathetic to “écriture féminine” and to feminist differentialist critiques of language, Beauvoir's broadly realist and “committed” approach to literature has been deemed less technically challenging than experimental women's writing exploring the feminine, read through the lens of feminist psychoanalytic theory.(“État Présent” 205)
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Poststructuralist feminist theory"
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Lennie, June. "Gender and power in sustainable development planning : towards a feminist poststructuralist framework of participation." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36276/1/36276_Lennie_1996.pdf.
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While the topic of gender and power in participatory planning has been little researched, it is assuming greater importance both in Australia and overseas. This
is occurring as governments seek new community-based solutions to the long-term viability of resources, and planning begins to adopt a more participative, holistic
and inclusive perspective based on social justice principles. There are, however, many constraints and barriers to the equitable participation of
women in planning. Important factors are male dominance in the underlying
theories, ideologies and culture of planning, and gender differences in values, lived
experiences and communication practices. Planning and consultation processes have tended to exclude women because they often lack the technical skills, and
'legitimate' knowledge and experience required to contribute equitably. More empowering ways of involving women in planning are seen as essential because
of the urgent need to plan and create a more socially just and sustainable future, the fact that women are often most affected by poor planning decisions, take major responsibilities for everyday environmental decisions, and are making significant
contributions to creating an ecologically sustainable future. A feminist poststructuralist research framework is developed in this thesis to analyse the constraints on women's participation in planning for sustainable
development, and to suggest strategies for change. This framework is interdisciplinary, openly political, and takes a critical, praxis-oriented perspective.
Feminist poststructuralism is argued to provide a better framework for understanding the complexity and ambiguity of social and cultural practices, and to be a more effective means of contesting gendered power relations than earlier feminist theories. This study includes a review of a range of relevant feminist theories, a critical
analysis of the concepts 'citizenship', 'participation' and 'empowerment', discourse
analysis of a consultation policy document and interviews related to the evaluation of a community consultation process, and triangulation of data and theories.
The public/private dichotomy is identified as an important means by which women's exclusion from public participation has been maintained. Gilligan's (1982)
research into gender differences in ethics and values is considered relevant to the design of participatory processes since it suggests that unless the 'feminine' values of care and connection are used to inform the design of these processes they could be rejected by women or limit their contributions. The concept of communit)r participation is seen as intimately bound to the notion
of citizenship and the identity of the citizen within liberal discourse is exposed as masculine. Participation models based on friendship groups and feminist forms of
democratic organisation are argued to offer greater solidarity and less hierarchical models, but may impose some negative restrictions. McClure's (1992) notion of
political agency in everyday life offers a means of reconceptualising women's activities in community-building as political, thus more highly valued.
Foucault's concept of the power/knowledge nexus is used to highlight the role of planning specialists in the production of knowledge and in potentially controlling
the process. This validates a critical and empowering approach to community development, but also emphasises the limits to human agency by recognising the
relationship between the subject and the social. However, critiques of the concept of empowerment suggests that there are possible contradictions and a hidden
paternalism in its usage. Analysis of selected texts concerning the community consultation process
demonstrates the gendered hierarchies and exclusions created by the discourses drawn on in these texts, and the disciplinary nature of the participation process.
Discourse analysis and deconstruction were found to be powerful methods for exploring the gender and power relations in these texts. The 'ethic of care' discourse women more often access was argued to provide a better model for community decision-making than the 'ethic of judgement' discourse traditionally available to men. Using the 'ethic of care' as a site of resistance was a valuable means of questioning assumptions about power,
knowledge, authority, gender and other differences. The effect of the dominance
of the 'ethic of judgement' was that scientific knowledge and expertise, rules and
procedures, objectivity, efficiency, rationality and rights, associated with 'the masculine', tended to be privileged over the local knowledge and abilities, ethics, subjectivities, community needs, equity considerations, solidarity and connection,
associated with 'the feminine'. Several constraints on women's participation in a community consultation process
were identified. These included the use of exercises which required 'bureaucratic' knowledge and specialist planning skills rather than local knowledge and
experience, and the separation of issues into distinct categories rather than taking a holistic approach. The process worked to construct the participants in gendered ways. For example, it was mainly women who used an 'incompetent participant' discourse. The all-women focus group was considered a more fruitful strategy for
exploring these issues compared with the mixed gender focus group.
A tentative framework for participation is constructed which is informed by
feminist poststructuralism and other feminisms, emancipatory and action-oriented models of education, planning and community development, and the outcomes of
the analysis conducted in this study. Strategies for improving community participation processes and enabling the equitable participation of women are suggested. Using a range of creative communication processes and interactive communication technologies which meet women's diverse needs is recommended. A key argument put forward is that alternative concepts, epistemologies and
methodologies for designing community participation processes are needed which would make gender differences, and the power relations inherent in gendered
relations, central issues of concern. This framework would place greater value onthe 'ethic of care' and the decision-making and knowledge-construction processes which are currently constructed as 'feminine'. The need for such rethinking andredesigning is seen as essential to create a more democratic, socially just,
sustainable future. As this study demonstrates, when issues of gender, power, knowledge and difference are ignored, existing inequalities and exclusions are often
perpetuated.
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Lynch, Ingrid. "South African bisexual women’s accounts of their gendered and sexualized identities : a feminist poststructuralist analysis." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25631.
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This feminist poststructuralist study explores discourses of gendered and sexualized subjectivity of South African women who self‐identify as bisexual. The discipline of psychology has typically upheld a monosexual binary, where heterosexuality and homosexuality are positioned as the only legitimate categories of sexual identification. Within such a structure bisexuality is not considered a viable sexual identity. In broader public discourses female bisexuality is generally constructed in delegitimising ways, such as through constructions that necessarily equate bisexuality with promiscuity or describe it as an eroticized male fantasy, as a threat to lesbian politics, or as a strategy to retain heterosexual privilege. Data collection entailed conducting individual interviews with thirteen bisexual women and the transcribed texts were analysed using discourse analysis. The analysis focused on how bisexuality is Constructed in the interview texts, how the various constructions of bisexuality function and how Gendered subjectivity intersects with participants’ identity as bisexual. The analysis identifies a number of discourses that impact on, in varied and contradictory ways, participants’ positioning as bisexual. In a post‐apartheid context, participants regard fixing their Identity along strictly defined lines of difference as oppressive and resist bisexuality as being primary To their identity. Participants challenge the traditional gender binary through unsettling the automatic Linking of sex, gender and sexuality in discourses of sexual desire. However, participants also demonstrate the coercive effects of dominant discourse in the gendered positioning of subjects, with Heterosexuality in particular functioning as a normative sexual category with implications for participants’ gendered subjectivity. It then appears that parallel to its ability to disrupt the gender binary, bisexual discourse also acts in ways to support it. The analysis further indicates that in claiming a bisexual identity, participants risk marginalization in The face of delegitimising discourses that construct them in negative terms of promiscuity, hypersexuality and decadence. Powerful silencing discourses further construct same‐sex attraction As un-African and as sinful. The analysis concludes with a discussion of participants’ strategies to Normalize bisexuality. This study contributes to research accounts that explore diversity in sexual identification and creates Greater visibility of bisexual women in South African discourses of sexuality. It also contributes to theories of female sexual identities and adds to theoretical debates around the challenge to dominant gender and sexuality binaries posed by bisexuality.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Levin, Julia Sullivan Shannon. "Bodies and subjects in merleau-ponty and foucault towards a phenomenological/poststructuralist feminist theory of embodied subjectivity." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2008. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-2511/index.html.
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Gomersall, Catherine. "On fate and fatalism : photography and fatal theories." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2011. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/425.
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This PhD thesis, On Fate and Fatalism: Photography and Fatal Theories, is a twopart practice-led enquiry comprising a book of photographs and an exegesis. This exegesis, entitled Photography and Fatal Theories, is my written interpretation and response to two bodies of artwork presented in my book, On Fate and Fatalism, in which I examine the notion of fate and fatalism through a photographic practice. This project proceeds by posing the question: how can notions of fate and fatalism be explored, articulated and interpreted in a photographic practice? In my series, Femme Fatalist: Woman With Taxidermy, which comprises Part One of my book On Fate and Fatalism, I examine the notion of fate with pertinence to postfeminism and argue that the discourse of postfeminism is enclosed in a discourse of how women relate to popular culture and consumption. My femme fatalist is a parody of the postmodern femme fatale trope, and through conceptualizing popular postfeminism as a form of fatalism, I present a critique of conspicuous consumption as being an insufficient form of postfeminist empowerment. I suggest that the notion of the abject offers a perspective on the importance of the fatal to subjectivity in postmodernity, and my interest in the fatal follows through to my series, Body Bags: “I am a Trash Bag”, which comprises Part Two of my book of photographs. In this second series, in which I conceptualize the plastic bag as the quintessential icon of postmodern consumption, I move toward a consideration of waste as a means to explore the notions of fate and fatalism. Through this investigation I find that to be a fatalist, and to believe in fate, has lost much of its meaning in postmodernity, and I suggest that practice-led research offers opportunities for a meaningful reconsideration of fate and fatalism’s relevance to discussions of postmodern subjectivity and discourses of consumption.
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Betzer-Tayar, Moran. "The role of women in decision-making positions : the case of Israeli sport organisations." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2013. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/12089.
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This thesis analyses discourses about the roles and barriers to access for women to decision-making positions in Israeli sport organisations. In particular it focuses on the exploration of discourses of masculinity and femininity that underpin the relatively recent construction of Israel society and the institutions of sport within it. It is observed that for the most part, Israeli sport organisations are governed by men and have served the interests of forms of hegemonic masculinity. In order to understand and explore the social construction of these gendered discourses in Israeli sport, two innovative and significant policy initiatives toward gender equity in sport were explored through the perceptions and discourses of key actors. These include the establishment of a Volleyball Academy for Young Talented Girls (VAYTG) and the creation of the National Project for Women and Sport (NPWS). The theoretical framework for this thesis is informed by poststructuralist feminism, which provided an alternative way to understand and analyse voices of the (predominantly female) 'other' and thus to explore the historical contextual construction of current discourses of masculinity within Israeli sport organisations and society as a whole. The process of narrative revisions and production of gendered knowledge revealed how discourses produce and reinforce gender inequities in Israeli society, such as the discourse of militarisation or the unique political affiliation system in the sporting arena which continue to implicitly exclude women (and some men) from gaining access to leadership positions in sport organisations. Within this theoretical frame, Critical Discourse Analysis was employed as a methodological approach to analyse how female and male interviewees, all considered to be 'insiders' within their organisations, explained the process of the construction of gendered roles and barriers. Included in the interview data was also the auto-ethnographical accounts of the author, who was a primary actor in the process of developing policy in the two case study initiatives addressed. Dominant discourses of femininity (such as the discourse of sisterhood and of the processes of mentoring), and of masculinity (and how these promote uniformity) were identified as mechanisms for reproducing the gendered reality of sport leadership in Israel. The implication of a critical theoretical approach is that it should be emancipatory in its ambitions and impact, and the study is intended to contribute to enhancing the understanding of how discourse not only reflects but also creates barriers and opportunities so that the construction of such barriers can be challenged in progressive policy discourses.
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Skinner, Katharine Virginia. "The Castle/Nikki Heat Phenomenon: A Detailed Examination of Female Representation in Entertainment Media." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2016. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc955124/.
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As entertainment reflects a culture's ideology, it is important for researchers to study its messages and subsequently its potential meanings. Entertainment has the power to inform and persuade, creating models for behavior with which the public interacts. The entertainment texts for the purpose of this study are the Castle television series and the Nikki Heat novels. Together, they create a unique multi-layer fictional world. By using postmodern, feminist, communication, and entertainment theories, the results of this study provide a tightly focused lens which views a narrow aspect of entertainment media. Each text was thoroughly examined using textual analysis, Feminist Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis, and conversation analysis. Contrary to expectations, the results indicated that the Castle and Nikki Heat texts support hegemonic ideology, particularly through the use of exaggerated stereotypes, strict gender roles, imagery, and narrative choices that help perpetuate rape culture. The discussion outlines how these results can be interpreted through the dominant messages presented in the texts. This research is intended to serve as a foundation for future research regarding entertainment media.
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Leonard, Pauline. "Gender/organization/representation : a critical and poststructuralist approach to gender and organizational theory." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295052.
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HARRISON, LYN MARGARET, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "(RE)PRODUCING POWER-KNOWLEDGE-DESIRE: YOUNG WOMEN AND DISCOURSES OF IDENTITY." Deakin University. School of Education, 1995. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20041214.103936.
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This study focuses on three young women in their final year of school using data gathered during a year-long process of individual conversational interviews, the contents of which were largely determined by their interests. Three themes arise from critical incidents during this year - the debutante ball, teenage pregnancy and dieting. These themes are used to focus wide ranging explorations of what it is to be a young woman at this particular time. The broader cultural production of discursive positions available to, and developed by, these young women as part of their identity formation is discussed. Methodological issues concerning power relationships between research participants are also the focus of critical attention.
It is considered that young women's bodies and bodily practices are central to understanding the processes involved in their identity formation. It is in this context that the focus turns to bodies that matter. In contemporary Western cultures 'adolescent bodies' could be said to matter 'too much' in the sense that they are increasingly the focus for disciplinary practices in institutions such as schooling, the church, the family, health care, health promotion and the media. This disciplining is legitimised because adolescence is socially constructed as a 'becoming'. In this case it is a matter of 'becoming woman'; a sort of apprenticeship which allows for knowledgeable others to provide not only guidance and nurturance, but discipline. Using insights gained from feminist poststructuralist theory and cultural feminism this thesis argues that the discourses and practices generated within and across institutions, which are normalised by their institutional base, are gender differentiated. The focus is on young women's embodied subjectivity and how the discourses and practices they engage with and in work to construct an ideal feminine body-subject.
The discursive production of a gendered identity has a considerable impact on young women's health and their health-related behaviours. This is explored specifically in the thesis in relation to sexuality and the cultural production of the 'ideal' female body. It is argued that health education and health promotion strategies which are designed to influence young women's health related behaviours, need to consider the forms of power, knowledge and desire produced through young women's active engagement with institutionalised discourses of identity if they are to have an ongoing impact
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Happel, Alison A. "Practicing Gender: A Feminist Ethnography of an All Girls' After-School Club." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/eps_diss/91.
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The institution of schooling is one of the most formative spaces in which young people learn about gender norms and expectations. Rather than being a biological given, gender identity is achieved through gender practices and gender achievements (Butler, 1990/1999; Nayak & Kehily, 2008). This study was a year-long ethnography during which I observed an all girls’ after-school club. The club included 15 girls who were in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade. The majority of the club’s participants were African American girls. This ethnography utilized participant observation and interviews. Club documents were also analyzed during data analysis. My primary research question was: How was girlness conceptualized, perpetuated, and performed in an after-school club for middle school girls? Using critical theory and feminist poststructuralism, I investigated the work that goes into creating and maintaining current binary gender formations, and how this is related to race, class, and sexuality.
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Berggren, Kalle. "Reading Rap : Feminist Interventions in Men and Masculinity Research." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Sociologiska institutionen, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-229518.
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The present thesis explores how masculinity is constructed and negotiated in relation to race, class and sexuality in hip hop in Sweden. Theoretically, the study contributes to the increasing use of contemporary feminist theory in men and masculinity research. In so doing, it brings into dialogue poststructuralist feminism, feminist phenomenology, intersectionality and queer theory. These theoretical perspectives are put to use in a discourse analysis of rap lyrics by 38 rap artists in Sweden from the period 1991-2011. The thesis is based on the following four articles: Sticky masculinity: Post-structuralism, phenomenology and subjectivity in critical studies on men explores how poststructuralist feminism and feminist phenomenology can advance the understanding of subjectivity within men and masculinity research. Drawing on Sara Ahmed, and offering re-readings of John Stoltenberg and Victor Seidler, the article develops the notion of “sticky masculinity”. Degrees of intersectionality: Male rap artists in Sweden negotiating class, race and gender analyzes how class, race, gender, and to some extent sexuality, intersect in rap lyrics by male artists. It shows how critiques of class and race inequalities in these lyrics intersect with normative notions of gender and sexuality. Drawing on this empirical analysis, the article suggests that the notion of “degrees of intersectionality” can be helpful in thinking about masculinity from an intersectional perspective. ‘No homo’: Straight inoculations and the queering of masculinity in Swedish hip hop explores the boundary work performed by male artists regarding sexuality categories. In particular, it analyzes how heterosexuality is sustained, given the affection expressed among male peers. To this end, the article develops the notion of “straight inoculations” to account for the rhetorical means by which heterosexual identities are sustained in a contested terrain. Hip hop feminism in Sweden: Intersectionality, feminist critique and female masculinity investigates lyrics by female artists in the male-dominated hip hop genre. The analysis shows how critique of gender inequality is a central theme in these lyrics, ranging from the hip hop scene to politics and men’s violence against women. The article also analyzes how female rappers both critique and perform masculinity.
Books on the topic "Poststructuralist feminist theory"
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Feminist practice and poststructuralist theory. Oxford, UK: B. Blackwell, 1987.
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Feminist practice and poststructuralist theory. 2nd ed. Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell Pub., 1996.
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Faraday, Fay. Can poststructuralist theory help us discover a feminist method for creating laws?: A case study on the debate about new reproductive technologies. Ottawa: National Association of Women and the Law, 1992.
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Poststructuralism, feminism, and religion: Triangulating positions. Amherst, N.Y: Humanity Books, 2002.
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Raab, Heike. Foucault und der feministische Poststrukturalismus. Dortmund, Germany: Edition Ebersbach, 1998.
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Beger, Nicole J. Present theories, past realities: Feminist historiography meets "Poststructuralisms". Frankfurt an den Oder: Viademica-Verlag, 1997.
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Poovey, Mary. Post-structuralism, history, and feminism: A crisis in politics. London, United Kingdon: Centre for Women's Studies and Feminist Research, University of Western Ontario, 1990.
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Wearing, Betsy. Leisure and feminist theory. London: SAGE, 1998.
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Fardon, Jill Vera Veley, and Sonja Schoeman. Feminist post-structuralism, critical media education and school history sources: A South African experience of deconstruction and reconstitution. Champaign, IL: Common Ground Pub., 2015.
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Tshuma, Bhekizulu Bethaphi, Lungile Augustine Tshuma, and Nonhlanhla Ndlovu. "Media Discourses on Gender in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe." In Health Crises and Media Discourses in Sub-Saharan Africa, 267–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95100-9_16.
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AbstractMedia institutions always have a public obligation to disseminate news that is fair, balanced and gender sensitive, more so in times of crisis. Within the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic, it is important that media provide a diverse, balanced and gender sensitive coverage that reflects existing inequalities in a society rather than merely prioritising statistics of the infection and its death rates. Informed by poststructuralist feminist theory and normative roles of the media, this chapter investigates the discursive parameters of gendered media discourses within the context of COVID-19. This chapter presents results from a case study of two main daily newspapers—the Chronicle and NewsDay—circulating in the country by investigating their representation of gender. Findings indicate that while there was generally more coverage of issues affecting women, both newspapers reinforced deeply rooted biases in their reporting. The findings further show that the emphasis was on gender-based violence with statistics indicating that it was on the rise during lockdown. We argue that newspapers must always strive for sensitive reporting that challenges hierarchical gender relations if the transformative potential of the media is to be realised.
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Frost, Nollaig, and Frauke Elichaoff. "Feminist Postmodernism, Poststructuralism, and Critical Theory." In Feminist Research Practice: A Primer, 42–72. 1 Oliver's Yard, 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781071909911.n3.
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Saeidzadeh, Zara. "Gender Research and Feminist Methodologies." In Gender-Competent Legal Education, 183–213. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14360-1_6.
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AbstractThis chapter is structured around the issue of gender research and what it means to conduct research with a gender perspective. Thus, it discusses research methodologies inspired by feminist ontological and epistemological approaches. Drawing on feminist standpoint theory, situated knowledge, feminist poststructuralism and intersectionality, the chapter shows how feminist scholars, especially feminist legal scholars, have adopted feminist epistemologies in challenging gender inequalities in law and society. The chapter draws on legal methods combined with feminist social theories that have assisted feminist scholars to go about legal reforms. Furthermore, focusing on qualitative methods, the chapter explains some of the methods of data collection and data analysis in gender research which have been applied interdisciplinarily across social science and humanities studies. The last part of the chapter concentrates on practical knowledge about conducting gender research that is informed with feminist epistemologies and methodologies. Finally, through some exercises, the students are given the opportunity to design and outline a gender research plan with a socio-legal approach.
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"Poststructuralist Epistemologies." In Feminist Theory Reader, 437–86. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203598313-15.
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Fischer, Eileen, and Julia Bristor. "A feminist poststructuralist analysis of the rhetoric of marketing relationships." In Postmodern Management Theory, 405–19. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429431678-18.
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"FEMINIST POSTSTRUCTURALIST PERSPECTIVES ON THE LANGUAGE OF READING ASSESSMENT." In Assessing Reading 1: Theory and Practice, 64–74. Routledge, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203019641-7.
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"Poststructuralism continued: feminism." In Literary Theory: The Basics, 159–82. Routledge, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203446447-10.
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"Poststructuralists and Feminists." In History and Theory in Anthropology, 145–57. 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108936620.011.
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"Poststructuralism on Trial." In Feminist and Queer Legal Theory, 409–24. Routledge, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315582207-29.
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Tickner, J. Ann, and Laura Sjoberg. "10. Feminism." In International Relations Theories. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198707561.003.0011.
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This chapter examines feminist perspectives on international relations. It first provides a historical background on the development of feminist IR, paying attention to feminist analyses of gender, before outlining a typology of feminist international relations, namely: liberal feminism, critical feminism, feminist constructivism, feminist poststructuralism, and postcolonial feminism. It then considers feminist perspectives on international security and global politics, along with developments in feminist reanalyses and reformulations of security theory. It illustrates feminist security theory by analysing the case of the United Nations Security Council sanctions on Iraq following the First Gulf War. The chapter concludes by assessing the contributions that feminist IR can make to the practice of world politics in general and to the discipline of IR in particular.
Conference papers on the topic "Poststructuralist feminist theory"
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Meškova, Sandra. "THE SENSE OF EXILE IN CONTEMPORARY EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LIFE WRITING: DUBRAVKA UGREŠIČ AND MARGITA GŪTMANE." In NORDSCI International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/nordsci2020/b1/v3/22.
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Exile is one of the central motifs of the 20th century European culture and literature; it is closely related to the historical events throughout this century and especially those related to World War II. In the culture of East Central Europe, the phenomenon of exile has been greatly determined by the context of socialism and post-socialist transformations that caused several waves of emigration from this part of Europe to the West or other parts of the world. It is interesting to compare cultures of East Central Europe, the historical situations of which both during World War II and after the collapse of socialism were different, e.g. Latvian and ex-Yugoslavian ones. In Latvia, exile is basically related to the emigration of a great part of the population in the 1940s and the issue of their possible return to the renewed Republic of Latvia in the early 1990s, whereas the countries of the former Yugoslavia experienced a new wave of emigration as a result of the Balkan War in the 1990s. Exile has been regarded by a great number of the 20th century philosophers, theorists, and scholars of diverse branches of studies. An important aspect of this complex phenomenon has been studied by psychoanalytical theorists. According to the French poststructuralist feminist theorist Julia Kristeva, the state of exile as a socio-cultural phenomenon reflects the inner schisms of subjectivity, particularly those of a feminine subject. Hence, exile/stranger/foreigner is an essential model of the contemporary subject and exile turns from a particular geographical and political phenomenon into a major symbol of modern European culture. The present article regards the sense of exile as a part of the narrator’s subjective world experience in the works by the Yugoslav writer Dubravka Ugrešič (“The Museum of Unconditional Surrender”, in Croatian and English, 1996) and Latvian émigré author Margita Gūtmane (“Letters to Mother”, in Latvian, 1998). Both authors relate the sense of exile to identity problems, personal and culture memory as well as loss. The article focuses on the issues of loss and memory as essential elements of the narrative of exile revealed by the metaphors of photograph and museum. Notwithstanding the differences of their historical situations, exile as the subjective experience reveals similar features in both authors’ works. However, different artistic means are used in both authors’ texts to depict it. Hence, Dubravka Ugrešič uses irony, whereas Margita Gūtmane provides a melancholic narrative of confession; both authors use photographs to depict various aspects of memory dynamic, but Gūtmane primarily deals with private memory, while Ugrešič regards also issues of cultural memory. The sense of exile in both authors’ works appears to mark specific aspects of feminine subjectivity.