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Review Of Susan Stern’S Film, Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour, Jeannie Thomas
Review Of Susan Stern’S Film, Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour, Jeannie Thomas
English Faculty Publications
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Negotiating Difference: Singaporean Women Building An Ethics Of Respect, Lenore T. Lyons
Negotiating Difference: Singaporean Women Building An Ethics Of Respect, Lenore T. Lyons
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
Extract: The problem of difference emerged as a significant issue in western feminist theory making during the 1980s-1990s. In response to claims that western feminism ignored the lives and voices of third world women1, attention was increasingly been placed on the need to forge broad-based coalitions that embrace difference and commonality. But, in the call to build coalitions, little work focused on the meaning of difference in the everyday lives of feminist activists; how do feminists work with women who are different to themselves? In this paper I examine the lives of women who belong to the Singaporean feminist organisation …