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Utilising the “post” in postfeminism as a conceptual tool allows us
to avoid creating a static bricolage in the form of a new feminist category.
In this light, postfeminism is not just a scrapbook of random ideas broad
ly delineating a new version of feminism. In the process of transtemporal
interaction, we can apply the idea of transgenerational cooperation to it,
while grounding it in basic feminist values – those of justice, solidarity, in
terdisciplinarity and interconnectedness. By doing so, we engage in a gen
erative practice, opening up the potential for redefining and reimagining
social relations of power and seeing the world in a different light. And is
this not exactly what feminism is all about?
Literature
Brooks, A. (2003) Postfeminisms: Feminism, cultural theory and cultural
forms. London: Routledge.
Collins, P. H. (1990) Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and
the politics of empowerment. Boston: Unwin Hyman.
Crenshaw, K. (1991) Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity poli
tics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review 43 (6),
pp. 1241–1299.
Epstein, D., Elwood, J., Hey, V., Maw, J. (1998) Failing boys?: Issues in gender
and achievement. Buckingham, Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Francis, B. (2001) Commonality AND difference? Attempts to escape
from theoretical dualisms in emancipatory research in education.
International Studies in Sociology of Education 11 (2), pp. 157–172.
Francis, B., Skelton, C. (2005) Reassesing Gender and Achievement – ques-
tioning contemporary key debates. London, New York: Routledge.
Gill, R. (2016) Post-postfeminism?: new feminist visibilities in postfeminist
times. Feminist Media Studies 16 (4), pp. 610–630.
Gill, R., and Scharff, C. (2011) New femininities: Postfeminism,
Neoliberalism and Subjectivity. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire,
New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hughes, C. (2002) Key concepts in feminist theory and research. London:
Sage.
Jaggar, A. (1992) Feminist ethics. In Becker, L., Becker, C. (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Ethics. New York: Garland Press, pp. 363–364.
Kavka, M. (2002) Feminism, Ethics, and History, or What is the »Post« in
Postfeminism?. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 21 (1), pp. 29–44.
Kohli, W. R., Burbules, N. C. (2013) Feminisms and educational research.
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
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Utilising the “post” in postfeminism as a conceptual tool allows us
to avoid creating a static bricolage in the form of a new feminist category.
In this light, postfeminism is not just a scrapbook of random ideas broad
ly delineating a new version of feminism. In the process of transtemporal
interaction, we can apply the idea of transgenerational cooperation to it,
while grounding it in basic feminist values – those of justice, solidarity, in
terdisciplinarity and interconnectedness. By doing so, we engage in a gen
erative practice, opening up the potential for redefining and reimagining
social relations of power and seeing the world in a different light. And is
this not exactly what feminism is all about?
Literature
Brooks, A. (2003) Postfeminisms: Feminism, cultural theory and cultural
forms. London: Routledge.
Collins, P. H. (1990) Black feminist thought: Knowledge, consciousness, and
the politics of empowerment. Boston: Unwin Hyman.
Crenshaw, K. (1991) Mapping the margins: intersectionality, identity poli
tics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review 43 (6),
pp. 1241–1299.
Epstein, D., Elwood, J., Hey, V., Maw, J. (1998) Failing boys?: Issues in gender
and achievement. Buckingham, Philadelphia: Open University Press.
Francis, B. (2001) Commonality AND difference? Attempts to escape
from theoretical dualisms in emancipatory research in education.
International Studies in Sociology of Education 11 (2), pp. 157–172.
Francis, B., Skelton, C. (2005) Reassesing Gender and Achievement – ques-
tioning contemporary key debates. London, New York: Routledge.
Gill, R. (2016) Post-postfeminism?: new feminist visibilities in postfeminist
times. Feminist Media Studies 16 (4), pp. 610–630.
Gill, R., and Scharff, C. (2011) New femininities: Postfeminism,
Neoliberalism and Subjectivity. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire,
New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hughes, C. (2002) Key concepts in feminist theory and research. London:
Sage.
Jaggar, A. (1992) Feminist ethics. In Becker, L., Becker, C. (eds.),
Encyclopedia of Ethics. New York: Garland Press, pp. 363–364.
Kavka, M. (2002) Feminism, Ethics, and History, or What is the »Post« in
Postfeminism?. Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature 21 (1), pp. 29–44.
Kohli, W. R., Burbules, N. C. (2013) Feminisms and educational research.
Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
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