feminism

(noun)

A social theory or political movement supporting the equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life; specifically, a theory or movement that argues that legal and social restrictions on females must be removed in order to bring about such equality.

Related Terms

  • postmodern art
  • postmodern feminism

Examples of feminism in the following topics:

  • The Influence of Feminism

    • Feminism in art has always sought to change the reception of contemporary art and bring visibility to women within art history and practice.
    • Feminism has always existed and, generally speaking, prioritizes the creation of an opposition to this system.
    • Corresponding with general developments within feminism, the so-called "second wave" of the movement gained some prominence in the 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s.
    • During the heyday of second wave feminism, women artists in New York began to come together for meetings and exhibitions.
    • Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, and thus sees itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism towards a more intersectional concept of our reality.
  • Gender

    • Corresponding with general developments within feminism, and often including such self-organizing tactics as consciousness-raising groups, the movement began in the 1960s and flourished throughout the 1970s as an outgrowth of the so-called "second wave" of feminism.
    • Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, and thus sees itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism.
    • Postmodern feminism's major departure from other branches of feminism is perhaps the argument that gender is socially constructed through language; meaning that it has no inherent biological reality, but is a classification system that's been constructed or invented for societal purposes.
    • From the 1960s onward, feminism led to a significant increase in interest and scholarship involving women artists .
  • Postcolonial Discourse

    • As critical theory, post-colonialism presents, explains, and illustrates the ideology of neo-colonialism, and draws examples from numerous other fields — for instance history, political science, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, religion, linguistics, and feminism.
    • Postcolonial feminism, wherein feminists of color provide alternative viewpoints from the white, miffle-class rhetoric of Western feminism.
  • Neo-Expressionism

    • Critics questioned Neo-Expressionism's relation to marketability, the rapidly expanding art market, celebrity, the backlash against feminism, anti-intellectualism, and a return to mythic subjects and individualist methods that some deemed outmoded.
    • Critique the controversies around Neo-Expressionism related to marketability, celebrity, feminism, and intellectualism.
  • Political Art

    • Since 2002, Guerrilla Girls, Inc. have designed and installed billboards in Los Angeles during the Oscars to expose white male dominance in the film industry, such as: "Anatomically Correct Oscars," "Even the Senate is More Progressive than Hollywood," "The Birth of Feminism, Unchain the Women Directors. " Guerrilla Girls have also published books that include their statistical data, protest arts and goals regarding inequality in the art world.
  • Race and Ethnicity in Postmodernism

    • Primarily through a postmodern perspective, hooks has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media and feminism.
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