Journal of International Women's Studies articles from February 2007

Journal of International Women's Studies archives from February 2007

Identity, difference and new feminisms: introduction: winning and short-listed entries for the 2005 Feminist and Women's Studies Association, U.K. annual essay competition.
February 1, 2007... Feminist scholarship continues to have a high currency within and beyond the academy, and for this reason, there remains an unprecedented demand for spaces in which this scholarship can be shared, questioned, and evaluated. The organizers of...

Journalists in feminist clothing: men and women reporting Afghan women during Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001.
February 1, 2007... Abstract The following discussion is based on an extensive survey of UK mainstream television news reports broadcast between September and December 2001 during the military attacks on Afghanistan, known as Operation Enduring Freedom. Also...

The missing rhetoric of gender in responses to Abu Ghraib.
February 1, 2007... Abstract This paper explores Western responses to the torture inflicted upon Iraqi detainees by U.S. soldiers at the Abu Ghraib facility near Baghdad. More specifically, however, this paper examines responses to photographic...

As you wear: cross-dressing and identity politics in Jackie Kay's Trumpet.
February 1, 2007... Abstract This paper explores the theories and practices of cross-dressing through the lens of Jackie Kay's novel, Trumpet (1998). In the course of Trumpet, Kay explores the life of a fictional protagonist, 'Joss Moody', who was born a...

The Lady in the Looking-Glass: reflections on the self in Virginia Woolf.
February 1, 2007... Abstract This essay addresses Virginia Woolf's exploration of the concept of the self through reference to a range of her prose writings. In these writings, Woolf questions whether the self is unitary, constant and finally knowable, or...

Cyberqueers in Taiwan: locating histories of the margins.
February 1, 2007... Abstract In this paper I direct the focus to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) online communities in Taiwan. On the one hand, I argue that such online communities in Taiwan are worthwhile researching and deserve special...

Feminism and the politics of representation: towards a critical and ethical encounter with "others".
February 1, 2007... Abstract This essay begins from the position that a speaking subject in feminism occupies a place of power and authority which requires a commitment to an ethical involvement in the representation of 'others'. Specifically, this essay will...