Feminist poststructuralism: discourse, subjectivity, the body, and power. The case of the burkini

Weedon, Chris and Hallak, Amal 2021. Feminist poststructuralism: discourse, subjectivity, the body, and power. The case of the burkini. The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender, and Sexuality, Taylor & Francis Group,

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Abstract

This essay looks at feminist poststructuralist methods of approaching gender, language, and sexuality. It briefly outlines the principles of a feminist poststructuralist approach to language and how it is relevant and useful in the study of gender and sexuality. Focusing on the discursive, embodied production of gender and sexuality and on gender as performance, it examines the example of the competing and contrasting ideas and materialities of freedom, the body, gender, and sexuality produced within Western feminisms and Islamic feminism. It takes the highly contested issues of the hijab, hijab fashion, the niqab, and the burkini to exemplify a feminist poststructuralist approach. The chapter will conclude with a brief consideration of the strengths and weaknesses of this approach and a guide to further reading.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN:	9781138200265
Last Modified:	07 Sep 2021 11:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143902

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