Please send manuscripts to:
Annette Geelink
The European Journal of Women's Studies
Utrecht University
Heidelberglaan 2
3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Call for Papers
The Traffic in Feminism: Contemporary Women's Movements in Europe
European Journal of Women's Studies - Special Issue August 2002
Edited by Judith Ezekiel ([log in to unmask]), and
Mieke Verloo ([log in to unmask])
This issue hopes to bring together articles on the circulation of people,
ideas, representations, and practices of feminist movements in post-World
War II Europe and between Europe and other parts of the world.
The seeming commonality of feminist movements throughout Europe rests, no
doubt, on shared political conceptualization of the subject "women" but
also on the concrete circulation of people and ideas. Examples abound, be
it the spread of new notions such as consciousness-raising and marital rape
or a specific call to "show us how" to organize shelters. Yet upon
examination, the "similarity" is often the tip of a culturally-specific
iceberg. Women's movements export, adopt and adapt things selectively,
serving domestic as well as international agendas. The trafficking in
feminism is a situated process within the contexts of historical, cultural
and political dynamics. Thus, we encourage comparative approaches that
elucidate these processes.
We welcome articles, from all disciplines, about the trafficking of
feminist ideas and practices between countries, between centers and
peripheries, between generations of activists, and along and across
societal cleavages. Studies might also cover regional, international and
diaspora networks or coalitions, or focus on connections and disjunctures
with other political and social movements.
Some of the questions that might be addressed are the following: How has
circulation occured in the changing configurations of Europe (Central and
Eastern Europe, the EU, Austria)? How have movements positioned themselves
faced with histories of extreme violence ("ethnic cleansing," the Shoah)?
How have European connections reinforced or eroded the marginization of
minority groups within the movement? In what ways are networks affected by
language boundaries? How have feminist texts "translated"? What has been
the impact of the diverse channels used (mainstream and alternative media,
ICT)? How are "foreign feminisms" represented and used domestically
(American feminism, French feminism, third world feminism). Are European
movements part of "global feminism"? How have various goals and strategies
produced different outcomes, in terms of national institutions, lifestyles
and cultures and the state of the movement itself?
Please send manuscripts to:
Annette Geelink
The European Journal of Women's Studies
Utrecht University
Heidelberglaan 2
3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Deadline for the submission of articles is May 1, 2001
Annette Geelink
WISE International Secretariat
Postal address: Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 2531881 - Fax: +31 30 2531277
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Http://women-www.uia.ac.be/women/wise
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