French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction

Gambaudo, S.A.

doi:10.1177/1350506807075816

French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction

Gambaudo, S.A.

Authors

S.A. Gambaudo

Abstract

This article opens with the questioning of a now established scholarly category, `French feminism'. It proposes that theoretical and polemical understandings of `French feminism' have been founded on an opposition to its counterpart, `Anglo-American feminism'. The measure of this opposition has been defined mostly as geographical, linguistic and cultural. But underneath such constructions often lies the old sameness vs difference debate that has captivated feminism since the suffragettes. The article argues for a less oppositional and less discounting definition of the two strands of feminism. It proposes to read oppositional classifications as motivation for a dialogue addressed to the `other ' of theoretical constructs; questioning the likelihood of foregoing oppositional classification.

Citation

Gambaudo, S. (2007). French Feminism vs Anglo-American Feminism : A Reconstruction. European Journal of Women's Studies, 14(2), 93-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807075816

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	2007-05
Deposit Date	Jan 27, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Feb 5, 2010
Journal	European Journal of Women's Studies
Print ISSN	1350-5068
Electronic ISSN	1461-7420
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	14
Issue	2
Pages	93-108
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807075816
Keywords	Anglo-American, Difference, Feminism, French, Other, Otherness.

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