CFP: Power Feminism (8/15/07; journal issue)

CALL FOR PAPERS - Special Issue - Women's Studies in Communication
"Power Feminism: Exploring Agency, Oppression and Victimage"

Guest Editors: Cindy L. Griffin and Karma R. Chávez

"Power feminism," also known as "anti-victim," "neo," "post," "dissident,"
or "post-ideological" feminism, is a position that contends that women need
to stop focusing on oppression and start enacting their own power. In recent
years, "power feminism," originally coined by Naomi Wolf in her book Fire
with Fire, has gained credence among academic and non-academic feminists
alike. No doubt many feminist teachers also encounter students who hold this
position in their classrooms. At recent conferences, feminists in
communication studies have readily engaged with the politics of power
feminism. Since there are few written academic resources that articulate the
issues at stake in the power feminism debate, this special issue seeks to
offer a forum to more formally engage these important topics, specifically,
the following types of questions: how is agency theorized within power
feminist epistemology? How might this be productive and/or problematic? What
is the form of power advocated by power feminists? What do power feminists
have to say about gender and sexism? What fruitful critiques do power
feminists have to offer to other types of feminists? What are the impacts of
power feminism on feminism in communication? What are the different ways
power feminism manifests in the classroom and what are appropriate feminist
pedagogical responses? How does power feminism translate to politics in
globalization?

To solicit an array of responses-from shorter and more self-reflexive to
longer and more traditionally academic-we welcome 15-35 page essays. Essays
may address a variety of topics and positions as they relate to power
feminism including but not limited to agency, power, oppression, third wave
feminism, pedagogy and globalization from a multitude of theoretical and
methodological positions.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: August 15, 2007

Papers should be formatted according to the 15th edition of the Chicago
Manual of Style. No material identifying the author(s) should be anywhere in
the text of the paper, but please include a detachable cover page with
contact information. **Papers should not be under review or published
elsewhere.
Four (4) copies should be submitted to:

Karma R. Chávez
Guest Editor, Women's Studies in Communication
Arizona State University
Hugh Downs School of Human Communication
Box 871205
Tempe, AZ. 85287-1205

Questions should be directed to Karma Chávez at karma.chavez_at_asu.edu.

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