1. ? POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISM
From Poststructuralist Feminist Theory to the Real World:
Poststructuralism??
Through the lens of ?
FEMINISM
Criticism and expansion of structuralism starting in the 1960s with Jacques Derrida, Michael Foucault, Jacques Lacan, and more
Acknowledging the patriarchal foundations
of psychoanalysis as a continued means of
subordination of women
poststructuralist perspective-altering theory on intimate partner violence and child abuse
(or here)
Is poststructuralist feminism an oxymoron?
How can feminism exist without a female subject?
Does theory that is too radical lead to the apocalypse of feminism?
discursive nature of all meaning
rejecting binarism in qualitative social research and reconciling poststructuralism and feminism
in educational research
(start here)
Meaning itself has no meaning! Meanings of things like language are constructed and changing, depending on history and context
Judith Butler’s poststructuralist conceptions of gender becoming more widespread in pop culture
Poststructuralist critique of feminism: a dialogue
Important Thinkers
Destabilizing meaning itself through the paradox of a never-ending chain of signification
Deconstructing the socially constructed – identities, textual meaning, the social world, etc.
Rejection of binarism and logocentrism – binaries are constructed, harmful, limiting
Applying poststructuralism to feminist theory
Luce Irigaray
Larger context of how different feminist movements fit (or don’t fit) together
reject binarism
0 vs. 1
woman vs. man
good vs .bad
true vs. false
Political application of poststructuralist feminism
Hélène Cixous
Judith Butler
POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISM
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