POLS 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Class Discrimination, Eurocentrism, Feminist Theory
19 Jan 2016
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Diversity: normalized absence/pathologyized presence, black feminist challenges, aboriginal feminism, queer theory. Take into account the context" of women"s lives. Historically sisterhood and solidarity was desirable: inherent eurocentrism", early first-wave feminism was racist and classist. Difference led to suppression in two ways: normalized absence rendering diverse women invisible, pathologized presence if diverse women were included, they represented problems/victims inside of culturalist" stereotypical frames (pettman 1992) An example: gemma tang nain (1982) qustions dominant. Western feminist approaches to: reproduction, patriarchy, family from a black feminist perspective. Reproduction: dominant feminist theory: critique women"s responsibility as primary reproducers of children and caregivers. Black feminists: job of domestic caregiving done by lower class women of colour for upper class (mainly white) women: black women reproduce this domestic workforce. Patriarchy: challenged by black feminists who note that some white women are dominant over men of colour.
