Feminist International Relations: An Unfinished Journey: 77 (Cambridge Studies in International Relations, Series Number 77)
Cambridge University Press, 12/20/2001
EAN 9780521791779, ISBN10: 0521791774
Hardcover, 368 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Language: English
In this book, Christine Sylvester examines the history of feminists' efforts to include gender relations in the study of international relations. Tracing the author's own 'journey' through the subject, as well as the work of other leading feminist scholars, the book examines theories, methods, people and locations which have been neglected by conventional scholarship. It will be of interest to scholars and students of international relations, women's and gender studies, and postcolonial studies.
Part I. Introductions
Part II. Sightings
1. Handmaids' tales of Washington power
the abject and the real Kennedy White House
2. Reginas in international relations
occlusions, cooperations, and Zimbabwean cooperatives
3. The white paper trailing
4. Picturing the Cold War
an eyegraft/art graft
5. Four international Dianas
Andy's tribute
Part III. Sitings
6. The emperors theories and transformations
looking at the field through feminist lenses
7. Feminists and realists view autonomy and obligation in international relations
8. Some dangers in merging feminist and peace projects
9. Gendered development imaginaries
shall we dance Pygmalion?
10. Emphatic cooperation
a feminist method for IR
Part IV. Citings
11. Feminist arts of international relations
12. Internations of feminism and international relations.
‘… a tantalizing read that teases the reader into critical reflection about feminist theory and IR theory as much through its style as through its substantive claims. Most of all, it provokes the reader through its refusal to assert any definitive conclusion about what feminism brings to IR or IR to feminism. The book is more than an intellectual autobiography (though it certainly is that) - it also a serious contribution to the ongoing dialogue between feminist and IR theory.’ Ethics and International Affairs