Mrovlje, M. orcid.org/0000-0003-3721-3141 and Kirkpatrick, J. (Cover date: November–December 2023) Beauvoir and Lorde Confront the Honorary Man Trope: Toward a Feminist Theory of Political Resistance. Women's Studies International Forum, 101. 102839. ISSN 0277-5395
Abstract
Feminist historians of political resistance have drawn attention to the ‘honorary man’ tradition—the belief women resisters must overcome their feminine bodies and act like their male counterparts to be taken seriously in resistance movements. Yet they have not fully explored the resources of feminist theory to counter it. Building a bridge between history and theory, we address this gap by turning to the work of Simone de Beauvoir and Audre Lorde. We highlight their shared understanding that resistance is embodied and situated in social contexts shot through by oppressive gender, race, and class norms. We sketch out a view of feminist resistance that reveals that women resisters have novel possibilities for action, confront gendered vulnerabilities, and encounter difficult dilemmas that have no easy answers. Our paper deepens our understanding of the failures of the honorary man tradition, and it offers conceptual tools for scholars and activists to think beyond it.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Embodiment, Political resistance, Feminist history, Sovereignty, Feminist theory |
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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 Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Sep 2023 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2023 15:38 |
Published Version: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.wsif.2023.102839 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:203723 |
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