WGST 3809 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Meritocracy, Feminist Theory, Wgst

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 3809
• Professor: Dr.Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin

Document Summary

Yale journal of law & feminism 4(1), 1-12: coming to theory from pain/trauma. Alice miller: imagine oneself in the space of childhood, to look again from that perspective: children as the best theorists. No prior understanding of our social norms, wondering estrangement, pose fundamental questions. Gender not the sole factor determining constructions of femaleness. Black women/women of colour + marginalised white women < white male scholars. Irony of feminist theory as using a narrow representation of critical thought to gain recognition in academic circles. Seeks to create a gap between theory & practice perpetuate class elitism. ** (cid:862) theory that (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:271)e shared i(cid:374) e(cid:448)eryday (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ersatio(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:374)ot (cid:271)e used to edu(cid:272)ate the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272)(cid:863: hegemonic trashing theory. False assumption that theory is not a social practice internalised. Concrete action is viewed to be more important than any theory written or spoken: anti-intellectualism. Using theoretical work on race (etc. ) to assert authority over black experience.