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Passing it Forward: Thoughts on Academic Feminists and the Future of Our Ideas
Passing it Forward: Thoughts on Academic Feminists and the Future of Our Ideas

Author(s): Maria Bucur
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Oral history, Gender history, Marxism, Political economy, History of Communism
Published by: Societatea de Analize Feministe AnA
Keywords: academia; feminist protest; empathy; communism;

Summary/Abstract: This article identifies a number of trends over the last two decades in the evolution of feminism in academia, with a focus on the significance of cultural studies, the experience of socialism and post-socialism for women, and new forms of feminist activism to suggest both points of tension and also necessary departures in order to render feminism still relevant.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1 (15)
  • Page Range: 8-16
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English