Pearce, R orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-303X (2019) Moving Through the World as a Woman. In: Crimmins, G, (ed.) Strategies for Resisting Sexism in the Academy: Higher Education, Gender and Intersectionality. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education . Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 17-34. ISBN 978-3-030-04851-8
Abstract
The category of womanhood is often under-analysed within academic ‘gender equality’ schemes, which can lead to the implicit exclusion of women who experience multiple intersecting forms of marginalisation from anti-sexist campaigns. This chapter offers an exploration of what it might mean to be (or not be) a woman, drawing on the author’s own experiences while also centring perspectives from black, disabled and trans writers. Reading across critical theory and feminist philosophy, it accounts both for the instability and incoherency of ‘womanhood’, and its continuing importance as a category for the conceptualisation of inequality and oppression. The chapter concludes by proposing the notion of ‘moving through the world’ as a model for conceptualising experiences of womanhood.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019. This is an author produced version of a chapter from Strategies for Resisting Sexism in the Academy. Uploaded in accordance with palgrave macmillan self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | feminism; womanhood; sexism; transgender; intersectionality |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2018 09:17 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2021 01:38 |
Published Version: | https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030048518 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Series Name: | Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-04852-5 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:137409 |