feminist theory

collocation in English

meaningsoffeministandtheory

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feminist
adjective
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/ˈfem.ɪ.nɪst/us
/ˈfem.ə.nɪst/
relating ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθɪə.ri/us
/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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(Definition offeministandtheoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She teaches courses in medical ethics andfeministtheory.
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Hers is afeministtheoryof purposeful - even sacred - evolution.
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This reductionism seems to ignore much of the history of bothfeministtheoryand cultural studies.
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Its opening ' ' position ' ' chapter is, in fact, a bombarding of the reader with half-digested summaries of postmodernfeministtheory.
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To 'do' men is not to comprehend masculinity, or masculinist theory, orfeministtheoryfor that matter.
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In addition,feministtheorychallenges the idea of a harmony of interests among all members of a family.
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Indeed, the study of gender and the issues raised byfeministtheorypresent real challenges to archaeology.
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Rather, it appliesfeministtheoryin relation to caring in a way that makes it more accessible to students.
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The concept of identity is central to genderoriented research, but the version offered by the speech community framework contradicts basic insights of recentfeministtheory.
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Is it possible for men to study gender and masculinity using discourses common infeministtheorywithout clinging to an androcentric perspective?
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Contemporary female music critics, informed byfeministtheoryand their own experience, have played an important role in critiquing this dominant ideology of rock criticism.
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His use offeministtheoryto do so was interesting and worthy of further attention, although it was unconvincing at this stage.
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How then, if at all, has 'masculinist' theory or 'men's studies', particularly those aspects informed by and based largely infeministtheory, contributed to the study of gender?
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An archaeology informed byfeministtheorytakes gender as a critical variable or organising principle of society, and challenges existing disciplinary paradigms and structures of knowledge.
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Her findings argue against essentialistfeministtheoryby demonstrating that female police officers are not "naturally" more sensitive to women's issues than are their male counterpar ts.
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Of course, the development of women's studies and evolution offeministtheoryin the 1970s and 1980s had a significant impact on this area of inquiry.
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Feministtheoryfocuses on analyzing gender inequality.
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She is also interested infeministtheoryand gender studies.
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She specializes infeministtheoryand qualitative research methods.
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Feministtheoryhas much to say on the subject.
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She is known for her work onfeministtheory.
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Feministtheoryhas often been critical of religion.
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She specializes in philosophy of mind, epistemology,feministtheory, and philosophy of language.
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Feministtheoryaims to understand gender inequality and focuses on gender politics, power relations, and sexuality.
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According to thefeministtheory, gender may be a factor in how human beings represent reality.
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