<nettime> Re: feminisms

[Danny Butt <db@dannybutt.net>]

On 12/10/2006, at 5:35 AM, Benjamin Geer wrote:

> If you like, take my comment as a reflection on
> one man's experience of the feminist discourse that seemed to be "in
> the air" in American universities in the 1980s and 90s, rather than on
> feminism as a whole

Ben, you might find the work of Haraway and other UC Santa Cruz  
feminst-science-studies work from the 80s and 90s to be fairly male- 
friendly and closely engaged with the kind of anthropological and  
sociological questions you're raising. That was the work I cut my  
theoretical teeth on and it doesn't make the kinds of generalisations  
that you suggest are characteristic of the field. It's also a very  
handy toolbox for engaging with political issues in technological  
capitalism, so it seems appropriate to mention them on this list.

Best,

Danny


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