ABSTRACT
In the introductory chapter, I discussed problems related to the naming of the fi eld of studies. I argued that I chose Feminist Studies because it does not fi x a bounded and ‘proper’ research object. However, to name the fi eld from the perspective of its location in feminist movements does not solve all the problems. Implicitly, I revitalized the question of ‘object,’ when, in Chapter 2, I discussed the capacity of Feminist Studies to pass as a discipline, but also problematized a mere ‘going discipline’ in favor of a defi nition of the fi eld as postdisciplinary discipline. To defi ne Feminist Studies as a discipline would traditionally beg an answer to the question: What is the core object of study? The present chapter begins with this question, but with the intention of fi rmly deconstructing the simple answer that gender/ sex should be such a core object of study.
