Rajah, Valli, Palmer, Jane, Duggan, Marian (2022) The Personal is Political and so is Discomfort: Intersectional, Anti-Racist Praxis in Feminist Criminology. Race and Justice, . (doi:10.1177/21533687221101793) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:95086)
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Abstract
The phrase “the personal is political” is commonly associated with 1970s feminists, for whom it denoted the relationship between personal experiences and broad
systems of inequality. However, considering bell hooks’ argument that feminists have lost the power analysis fundamental to the relationship between the personal and the political, we assess the relevance of the notion the ‘personal is political,’ to our work as feminist criminologists. Building on hooks’ insight, we argue there is a need to take up an intersectional and anti-racist feminist praxis that centers multiple forms of oppression in scholarship and seeks greater accountability for sexism, racism, and transphobia both within and beyond academic spaces. We elaborate our ideas by, first, outlining the intellectual history and evolution of feminist criminology. Second, we examine how the relationship between the personal and political figures in the work of minoritized scholars. Third, we discuss the necessary discomforts associated with working towards an intersectional and antiracist feminist criminology.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1177/21533687221101793 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Intersectionality, feminism, feminist criminology, anti-racism, academia |
Subjects: |
H Social Sciences H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1236 Women and the state. Women's rights. Women's political activity |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Marian Duggan |
Date Deposited: | 18 May 2022 13:37 UTC |
Last Modified: | 15 Nov 2022 12:27 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/95086 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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