Summary
Contents
Subject index
The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field. Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming. Each of the entries: • begins with a concise definition • outlines the history of each term and the debates surrounding it • includes illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field • offers examples which allow a critical re-evaluation of the concept • is cross-referenced with the other key concepts • ends with guidance on further reading. A must-buy for undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of social science and humanities disciplines.
Standpoint
Standpoint
In everyday life, the notion of a standpoint expresses the idea that our view of something (say, of a painting) is influenced by where we stand in relation to it (for example, close or at a distance). In simple terms, standpoint theorists in gender studies similarly propose that understanding of the world is related to (gendered) social position. This basic idea of the importance of social position or location has been developed by standpoint theorists into complex arguments about the production, status and purpose of research-generated knowledge, and has formed an important critique of ‘traditional’ scientific epistemologies (or theories of knowledge). A standpoint, then, is an identification of ‘a morally and scientifically preferable grounding for [the] interpretation and explanation of nature and social life’ ...
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