ABSTRACT

In Practising Feminism, contributors drawn from a range of backgrounds in anthropology, sociology and social psychology, explore different ways of practising feminism and their effect on gendered identities.
The contributors examine feminism and gender identities in different cultures, feminism as a politics of transformation, the call for recognition of heterosexuality as a politicised identity, the practical role of feminism in nationalist struggles, power relations and gender differences, and the methodological implications of feminist practices. They all discuss identity, difference and power and their importance to feminist political practice. Practising Feminism is an important contribution to the neglected middle ground between post-modern deconstructions of difference and identity, and continued feminist concern with grounded power relations and the validity of experience.

chapter |37 pages

Feminist Practices

Identity, difference, power

chapter |23 pages

Gender

Division or comparison?

chapter |25 pages

Being a Feminist in Contemporary Greece

Similarity and difference reconsidered

chapter |23 pages

Transgressions and Transformations

Experience, consciousness and identity at Greenham

chapter |26 pages

Feminist Witchcraft

A transformatory politics

chapter |21 pages

Deconstructing Heterosexuality

A feminist social-constructionist analysis

chapter |24 pages

Nationalism

Discourse and practice

chapter |22 pages

Experiencing Power

Dimensions of gender, ‘race' and class