Date: Monday 4th September, 13:15 -15:00

Acitivity: Lecture

Teacher: HM

Venue: 419

Description: This lecture addresses the issues of what is meant when feminism is used differently in different contexts. The lecture OUTLINES the ideological concerns surrounding the distinctions in theory and practice of feminism. It does so by highligting the critical concepts. It also deals with the issue of who and what is a feminist? On what grounds are claims laid on being feminist? It also addresses some the meanings and phasings in feminist narratives.

Readings:

hooks, Bell, chpt. 2

Goodman Truth, Robin (2019), “Introduction”, in Goodman Truth, Robin (ed.) The Bloomsbury handbook of 21st-century feminist theory. London: Bloomsbury.

Moses, Claire Goldberg (2012), “’What’s in a Name’ On Writing the History of Feminism”, Feminist Studies; 38(3):757; ProQuest

Recommended reading:

1. Mann, Susan Archer, "Doing Feminist Theory" in, Susan Archer Mann (2012), Doing Feminist Theory - from Modernity to Postmodernity, Chapter 1. Oxford: OUP.