Queer theory is the perspective that questions the perception that cisgender and heterosexual identities are in any sense 'standard.' It revisits such fields as literary analysis,philosophy,and politics with a 'queer' approach.
Femme is a term traditionally used to describe a lesbian woman who exhibits a feminine identity or gender presentation. While commonly viewed as a lesbian term,alternate meanings of the word also exist with some non-lesbian individuals using the word,notably some gay men,bisexuals,non-binary,and transgender individuals.
Postcolonial feminism is a form of feminism that developed as a response to feminism focusing solely on the experiences of women in Western cultures and former colonies. Postcolonial feminism seeks to account for the way that racism and the long-lasting political,economic,and cultural effects of colonialism affect non-white,non-Western women in the postcolonial world. Postcolonial feminism originated in the 1980s as a critique of feminist theorists in developed countries pointing out the universalizing tendencies of mainstream feminist ideas and argues that women living in non-Western countries are misrepresented.
Feminist sociology is an interdisciplinary exploration of gender and power throughout society. Here,it uses conflict theory and theoretical perspectives to observe gender in its relation to power,both at the level of face-to-face interaction and reflexivity within social structures at large. Focuses include sexual orientation,race,economic status,and nationality.
Patricia Hill Collins is an American academic specializing in race,class,and gender. She is a distinguished university professor of sociology emerita at the University of Maryland,College Park. She is also the former head of the Department of African-American Studies at the University of Cincinnati,and a past president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Collins served in 2009 as the 100th president of the ASA –the first African-American woman to hold this position.
Myra Marx Ferree is a former professor of sociology and director of the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison,where she was also a member of the Women's Studies Program. In 2005 she was a Berlin Prize Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and in 2004 the Maria-Jahoda Visiting Professor at the Ruhr University Bochum. Ferree retired in 2018.
Ariel Salleh is an Australian sociologist who writes on humanity-nature relations,political ecology,social change movements,and ecofeminism.
African feminism includes theories and movements which specifically address the experiences and needs of continental African women. From a western perspective,these theories and movements fall under the umbrella label of Feminism,but it is important to note that many branches of African "feminism" actually resist this categorization. African women have been engaged in gender struggle since long before the existence of the western-inspired label "African feminism," and this history is often neglected. Despite this caveat,this page will use the term feminism with regard to African theories and movements in order to fit into a relevant network of existing Wikipedia pages on global feminism. Because Africa is not a monolith,no single feminist theory or movement reflects the entire range of experiences African women have. African feminist theories are sometimes aligned,in dialogue,or in conflict with Black Feminism or African womanism. This page covers general principles of African feminism,several distinct theories,and a few examples of feminist movements and theories in various African countries.
Andrea Lee Press is an American sociologist and media studies scholar. She is the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Media Studies and Sociology,and Chair of the Media Studies Department,at the University of Virginia.
Gender and development is an interdisciplinary field of research and applied study that implements a feminist approach to understanding and addressing the disparate impact that economic development and globalization have on people based upon their location,gender,class background,and other socio-political identities. A strictly economic approach to development views a country's development in quantitative terms such as job creation,inflation control,and high employment –all of which aim to improve the ‘economic wellbeing’of a country and the subsequent quality of life for its people. In terms of economic development,quality of life is defined as access to necessary rights and resources including but not limited to quality education,medical facilities,affordable housing,clean environments,and low crime rate. Gender and development considers many of these same factors;however,gender and development emphasizes efforts towards understanding how multifaceted these issues are in the entangled context of culture,government,and globalization. Accounting for this need,gender and development implements ethnographic research,research that studies a specific culture or group of people by physically immersing the researcher into the environment and daily routine of those being studied,in order to comprehensively understand how development policy and practices affect the everyday life of targeted groups or areas.
Ecofeminism is a branch of feminism and political ecology. Ecofeminist thinkers draw on the concept of gender to analyse the relationships between humans and the natural world. The term was coined by the French writer Françoise d'Eaubonne in her book Le Féminisme ou la Mort (1974). Ecofeminist theory asserts a feminist perspective of Green politics that calls for an egalitarian,collaborative society in which there is no one dominant group. Today,there are several branches of ecofeminism,with varying approaches and analyses,including liberal ecofeminism,spiritual/cultural ecofeminism,and social/socialist ecofeminism. Interpretations of ecofeminism and how it might be applied to social thought include ecofeminist art,social justice and political philosophy,religion,contemporary feminism,and poetry.
Lise Vogel is a feminist sociologist and art historian from the United States. An influential Marxist-feminist theoretician,she is recognised for being one of the main founders of the Social Reproduction Theory. She also participated in the civil rights and the women's liberation movements in organisations such as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Mississippi and Bread &Roses in Boston. In her earlier career as an art historian,she was one of the first to try to develop a feminist perspective on Art History.
Chandra Talpade Mohanty is a Distinguished Professor of Women's and Gender Studies,Sociology,and the Cultural Foundations of Education and Dean's Professor of the Humanities at Syracuse University. Mohanty,a postcolonial and transnational feminist theorist,has argued for the inclusion of a transnational approach in exploring women’s experiences across the world. She is author of Feminism Without Borders:Decolonizing Theory,Practicing Solidarity,and co-editor of Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism,Feminist Genealogies,Colonial Legacies,Democratic Futures,Feminism and War:Confronting U.S. Imperialism,,and The Sage Handbook on Identities.
Feminism in Israel is a complex issue in contemporary Israeli society due to the varied demographic makeup of the country and the country's particular balance of religion and state issues. For secular Israeli women,the successive campaigns for women's rights and equality reflect a similar timeline and progression as Western democracies. For Israeli Arabs,however,the issue of feminism is strongly linked to Palestinian causes. And for Orthodox Jews,selected women's rights and women's representation in the Israeli Parliament are recently debated issues.
Cynthia Cockburn was a British academic,feminist,and peace activist.
Nancy A. Naples is an American sociologist,and currently Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Women's,Gender,and Sexuality Studies at the University of Connecticut,where she is also director of graduate studies. She has contributed significantly to the study of community activism,poverty in the United States,inequality in rural communities,and methodology in women's studies and feminism.
Lola Olufemi is a British writer. She is an organiser with the London Feminist Library,and her writing has been published in many national and international magazines and newspapers. She is the author of Experiments in Imagining Otherwise and Feminism,Interrupted:Disrupting Power,and the co-editor of A FLY Girl's Guide to University:Being a Woman of Colour at Cambridge and Other Institutions of Power and Elitism.
E. Tendayi Achiume is the Alicia Miñana Professor of Law and former Faculty Director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at the University of California,Los Angeles. She served as the United Nations special rapporteur on Racism,Racial Discrimination,Xenophobia and Related Intolerance from her appointment in September 2017 until November 2022. She was the first woman appointed to this position since its creation in 1993.
Gargi Bhattacharyya is a British sociologist. They are professor of sociology at the University of East London (UEL).
Ruth Pearce is a British sociologist who is known for her research in transgender studies. Her work explores issues of inequality,marginalisation,power,and how communities of marginalised peoples can work to transform their lives. She is a senior fellow at the Center for Applied Transgender Studies and a lecturer in community development at the University of Glasgow's School of Education.
