4212 - Feminist Sociology and Social Justice

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Feminist Sociology has celebrated its long roots within a social justice frame. This stream of scholarship has also advanced through robust debates and disagreements about feminism, social justice, and appropriate frameworks to advance research agendas. This session presents three such contemporary discussions: standpoint epistemology and the study of intersex, the voices of feminists in Africa on questions of feminism and justice, and social justice feminism in the US today.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut

Presider

• Marlese Durr, Wright State University

Individual Presentations

• Standpoint Epistemology and the Study of Intersex - Georgiann Davis, University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Alishia Alexander, University of Illinois

• Feminist Sociology and Social Justice: African Feminist Voices and Perspectives - Josephine A. Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University

• What Does Social Justice Feminism Look Like? - Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut