AUSOC 275 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Postcolonial Feminism, Postmodern Feminism, Transfeminism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Sociology
• Course: AUSOC 275
• Professor: Kierstin Hatt

Document Summary

Oppose the idea that women all over the world experience comparable gender oppression. Criticize the tendency of privileged western women to speak for, misunderstand, and stereotype non-western women. We do gender in order to be recognized as properly gendered subjects. The gender system actually produces the sexed body. We should not posit universal categories like women . Identifies that there are multiple intersecting systems of inequality and interlocking oppressions. Intersectionality of different types of oppression race, class, gender, age, etc. Explosion of the internet contributed to the growth of third-wave feminism within pop culture, such as music. Celebrates ethnic diversity, complex identity, gender fluidity, individual agency, and self-expression issues. Multiracial feminism: all forms of domination were seen as feminist. Ecofeminism: gender and environmental justice is linked. Intersectionality: describes the multiple axes on which women are located, all of which contribute to their experience of marginalization.