COM 239 Chapter Notes - Chapter 30: Donna Haraway, Dualism, Standpoint Feminism
25 Sep 2016
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Understanding women"s positions relative to the systems of power! Gives authority to women"s own voices ! Women"s (and all peoples) experiences, knowledge, and comm behaviors are shaped in large part of social groups to which they belong ! Everyday people provide framework for feminist standpoint : standpoint comes from resisting those in power and refusing to accept the way in which society de nes their group , resists status quo of dominance ! Each social group perceives a partial view of society ! Position of worker shapes the workers access to knowledge! Nancy hartstock / marxist theories : absence of women"s issues in marxist theory hartstock wanted to make women present! Feminism an ideology and a movement focusing on women"s social position and desiring to end oppression based on gender and sex ! Marx critique of capitalism was most helpful to feminists ! Julia wood brought fst to communication how social location relative to power structure impacts women"s interactions !
