TY - JOUR
T1 - The Personal is Work is Political is Theoretical
T2 - Continuities and Discontinuities in Women's Studies, (Pro)feminism, “Men” and My Selves
AU - Hearn, Jeff
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - This essay reflects on some specific questions posed by the organizers of the Past, Present, Future conference held at Umeå University, Sweden, in June 2007 to the keynote speakers on their personal experiences of the influences, inspirations, challenges, and problems in and around Women’s/Gender Studies over the last 30 years. It extends the notion of “the personal is political” to: the personal is work is political is theoretical. It also critically reflects on continuities and discontinuities in women’8s studies, (pro)feminism, “men” and my selves. Four kinds of (spheres of) activity and experience (the personal, work, the political, the theoretical) are considered in relation to four social spaces, social sites, or social institutional formations (in this context, primarily: selves, “men”, feminism/profeminism, women’s/gender studies).
AB - This essay reflects on some specific questions posed by the organizers of the Past, Present, Future conference held at Umeå University, Sweden, in June 2007 to the keynote speakers on their personal experiences of the influences, inspirations, challenges, and problems in and around Women’s/Gender Studies over the last 30 years. It extends the notion of “the personal is political” to: the personal is work is political is theoretical. It also critically reflects on continuities and discontinuities in women’8s studies, (pro)feminism, “men” and my selves. Four kinds of (spheres of) activity and experience (the personal, work, the political, the theoretical) are considered in relation to four social spaces, social sites, or social institutional formations (in this context, primarily: selves, “men”, feminism/profeminism, women’s/gender studies).
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77950693767&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08038740802440982
DO - 10.1080/08038740802440982
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77950693767
VL - 16
SP - 241
EP - 256
JO - NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
JF - NORA - Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research
SN - 0803-8740
IS - 4
ER -