'Post-Feminism' in the Legal Academy?
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Against the background of the political swing from social liberalism to neo-liberalism in Australia, this paper considers the discomfiting relationship between feminism and the legal academy over the last three decades. It briefly traces the trajectory of the liaison, the course of the brief affair, the parting of the ways and the cold shoulder. In considering the reasons for the retreat from feminism, it is suggested that it has been engineered by neo-liberalism through the market's deployment...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Thornton, Margaret | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T21:54:37Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0141-7789 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/39023 | |
dc.description.abstract | Against the background of the political swing from social liberalism to neo-liberalism in Australia, this paper considers the discomfiting relationship between feminism and the legal academy over the last three decades. It briefly traces the trajectory of the liaison, the course of the brief affair, the parting of the ways and the cold shoulder. In considering the reasons for the retreat from feminism, it is suggested that it has been engineered by neo-liberalism through the market's deployment of third-wave feminism, particularly the popular manifestation of girlpower. The focus on promotion of the self, consumerism, free choice and sexuality has deflected attention away from collective harms. Girlpower has also facilitated a revival of gendered binarisms on the social script, which does not bode well for the future of women in the legal profession. The proposition is illustrated by reference to the representation of women's breasts on the cover of a law students magazine containing articles on sexed crime. | |
dc.publisher | Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group | |
dc.source | Feminist Review | |
dc.subject | Keywords: corporeality; feminism; girl power; law students; legal academy; neo-liberalism | |
dc.title | 'Post-Feminism' in the Legal Academy? | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 95 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 180199 - Law not elsewhere classified | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4046278xPUB170 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Thornton, Margaret, ANU College of Law, ANU | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 92 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 98 | |
local.identifier.doi | 10.1057/fr.2010.1 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 940113 - Gender and Sexualities | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-02-24T10:31:02Z | |
local.identifier.scopusID | 2-s2.0-77954853029 | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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