Feminist Perspectives Across the Board: Analyses and Approaches (original) (raw)

Abstract

Feminism is one of the most contentious terms in current discourse, being continually invoked, rejected, dismissed, and appropriated by a number of subjects, in the academic, the political and the social activism spheres. This special issue was spurred by a desire to reduce the gap between feminist theory and practice, and to create conversations across a diversity of disciplines and perspectives. From social psychology to media studies, postcolonial literature and the intersection between visual arts and politics, the contributions of this issue offer a broad range of approaches to crucial questions in 21st century feminisms: what is the role of women’s participation in political protests? What are the models of female representation in popular culture and the arts? To what extent do the personal and the political intersect in contemporary societies? How are diverse feminist agendas pursued, in current feminist activism and in the academia? We hope that this issue will appeal not only to the scholars of feminism from across such fields as literature, art and cultural studies, as well as the social sciences, social geography, religious studies and history, but also to the activist, the blogger, the journalist – anyone genuinely interested in the significance and variety of feminisms today.

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