The Moral Landscape and Women’s Agency: Toward a Feminist Theory of Transnational Responsibilities

1970 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-82
Author(s):  
Khaled Rajeh
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Postcolonial Feminism ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Moral Landscape ◽  
Feminist Discourse ◽  
Women’S Agency

The emergence of postcolonial feminism in the late 20th century ushered in new debates surrounding the theory of agency and women in non-Western countries. In feminist discourse, agency can be defined as a woman’s capacity for individualized choice and action, free from the invasive influence or coercion of any other individual.

scholarly journals Collective Female Identities in Discussions about Pussy Riot’s Performance

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 184-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Agaltsova
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Data ◽  
Critical Event ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
General Lack ◽  
Pussy Riot ◽  
Feminist Discourse ◽  
Women’S Agency

In this paper, I address the issue of collective female identities in contemporary Russia. The Pussy Riot performance is regarded as a critical event that serves as a trigger for certain ‘groupness’. Taking critical event perspectives avoids framing the respondents with the researcher’s predetermined categories. The empirical data is collected via collective interviews with the diverse group of Moscovites. Analysis highlights the domination of an authoritarian/collectivistic interpretative repertoire in older participants’ discussions about the performance, which has resulted in the articulation of the image of the disadvantaged female and the denial of women’s agency. The younger participants, being familiar with a co-existing liberal interpretative repertoire, have continued to use a conservative repertoire to discuss Pussy Riot. This and a general lack of gender problematisation in the interviews indicate that feminist discourse is not at all widespread in the Moscovites’ everyday discourse.

Religious Agency and the Limits of Intersectionality

Hypatia ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 657-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Identity Politics ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Women’S Agency ◽  
Two Bodies ◽  
Scholarly Attention

This article probes the relative absence of religion within discussions of intersectionality, and begins to address this absence by bringing intersectionality studies into conversation with another significant field within feminist theory: the study of religious women's agency. Although feminist literatures on intersectionality and religious women's agency have garnered a great deal of scholarly attention, these two bodies of work have rarely been engaged together. After surveying both fields, I argue that research on religious women's agency not only exposes an ambiguity at the heart of intersectionality between identity and oppression, but also challenges several aspects of intersectionality studies, especially as recent theorists increasingly turn away from identity politics in favor of a structural critique of power. These aspects of intersectionality include its often unsituated critique of power, as well as its reliance on a negatively defined consensus on anti‐oppression.

“Band Wagon and Gravy Train”: uses and abuses along the Silk Road

Afghanistan ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-194
Author(s):  
Warwick Ball
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Silk Road ◽  
Late 20Th Century ◽  
Ancient Trade ◽  
International Image ◽  
Academic Discussion ◽  
The Silk Road

The Silk Road as an image is a relatively new one for Afghanistan. It appeals to both the pre-Islamic and the perceived Islamic past, thus offering an Islamic balance to previous identities linked to Bamiyan or to the Kushans. It also appeals to a broader and more international image, one that has been taken up by many other countries. This paper traces the rise of the image of the Silk Road and its use as a metaphor for ancient trade to encompass all contacts throughout Eurasia, prehistoric, ancient and modern, but also how the image has been adopted and expanded into many other areas: politics, tourism and academia. It is argued here that the origin and popularity of the term lies in late 20th century (and increasingly 21st century) politics rather than any reality of ancient trade. Its consequent validity as a metaphor in academic discussion is questioned

The Women's Agency Scale 61 (Was-61): A Comprehensive Measure of Women's Intrinsic, Instrumental, and Collective Agency

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn M. Yount ◽  
Zara Khan ◽  
Stephanie Miedema ◽  
Yuk Fai Cheong ◽  
Ruchira T. Naved
Keyword(s):  
Collective Agency ◽  
Women's Agency ◽  
Women’S Agency
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