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Syracuse University

2018

Activism

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Theory And Practice: The Formation And Limitation Of Feminist Scholarship In The Study Of Religion, Hayden Elizabeth Hains Aug 2018

Theory And Practice: The Formation And Limitation Of Feminist Scholarship In The Study Of Religion, Hayden Elizabeth Hains

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My thesis explores the methodological and political im/possibilities opened up by the incorporation of feminist theory and WGS into the study of religion. Drawing on intersectional feminist scholarship, my thesis will be organized around case studies of feminist and womanist scholarship in the study of religion and theological studies in order to examine the history of how feminist theory became institutionalized within the academic study of religion and theology, fields that are both masculine and hierarchical in structure, in order to locate the possible limitations this institutionalization has for creating space for political activism. In addition to religious studies, I …


The Third World Women’S Alliance: History, Geopolitics, And Form, Ariane Vani Kannan Jun 2018

The Third World Women’S Alliance: History, Geopolitics, And Form, Ariane Vani Kannan

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This dissertation focuses on the work of the Third World Women’s Alliance (TWWA), a women-of-color-led activist organization that maintained active chapters in New York City and the Bay Area between 1971-80. Drawing on archival research and qualitative interviews, I reconstruct how the group invoked, constructed, and circulated intersecting Third World histories and geopolitical analyses through political education, publications, and cultural events. In addition to this historical study, I seek to understand the ongoing presence of the TWWA in educational spaces through interviews with archivists and professors across disciplines. This project makes three contributions to the field of Rhetoric and Composition: …