PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Gender Binary, Queer Theory, Deconstruction
22 Apr 2014
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Deconstruct the colonialism of western feminism and theorize from the material (political and economic) realities of women, and men, in the global south. Gender liberation is not possible without dealing with colonialism and colonial legacies. Racism and sexism part of colonial project historically. Present critique of capitalist recolonization under global neoliberalism. Includes attention to explaining and ending racist and sexist violence; example: murdered and missing aboriginal women in canada. Therefore, cannot deal with sexism (and racism) without questioning colonialisms past and present. Indigenous feminisms key word is sovereignty; recovery of indigenous traditions of valuing women and of relationships to the land also. Transnational feminisms key word is solidarity, not simple sisterhood . Question the construction of third world or indigenous woman as western. Woman"s other in the same way that woman has historically been constructed as man"s other. Contextual (positive not negative theory) and relational (north-south power imbalance) theorizing can lead to more effective political strategy and alliances.
