Essays about: "Post-Constructionism"

Found 1 essay containing the word Post-Constructionism.

  1. 1. Countering the Menstrual Mainstream A Study of the European Menstrual Countermovement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Persdotter Josefin; [2013-11-11]
    Keywords : abjectfication; agential realism; autoethnography; autonetnography; Constructionism; Europe; essentialism; ethnography; feminism; hyper-personalisation; Menstrual Countermovement; menstrual; activism; menstruation; netnography; Post-Constructionism; political consumerism; queer feminism; social movement; women’s movement;

    Abstract : Introducing the term the ”Menstrual Countermovement”: the mass of actions, and agents that purposefully work towards challenging the repressive mainstream menstrual discourse of shame and silence, this research focuses on a spatiotemporal context previously unstudied: Europe, late 2000’s - early 2010‘s. The dual aim of the study is to contribute to a 1) diversification and broadening of the understanding of the movement as a whole, and (2) continuing the work of previous research further exploring the movement’s place within feminism. READ MORE