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Association: Name: 34th Annual National Council for Black Studies URL: http://www.ncbsonline.org
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Watkins, Valethia. "Toward a Post-Feminist Orientation for the Study of Women in Africana Studies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 34th Annual National Council for Black Studies, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA, <Not Available>. 2013-05-04 <http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p406119_index.html>

Watkins, V. "Toward a Post-Feminist Orientation for the Study of Women in Africana Studies" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 34th Annual National Council for Black Studies, Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, New Orleans, LA <Not Available>. 2013-05-04 from http://citation.allacademic.com/meta/p406119_index.html

Publication Type: Panelist Abstract Abstract: Toward a Post-Feminist Orientation for the Study of Women in Africana Studies By Valethia Watkins Olive-Harvey College The academic and political agenda of mainstreaming feminism is motivated and informed, not just by the intent of privileging feminism as a paradigm, but by the idea of making it compulsory in every historical examination of women. A variety of rhetorical strategies invented to “mainstream” and universalize feminist’s interpretations, assumptions, and definitions of the human condition are deliberately designed to position this framework as a ‘compulsory filter’ and the ‘exclusive lens’ for constructing and establishing what are explicitly designated or implicitly inferred to be the “authentic” knowledge claims about women. The purpose of this paper is to identify and examine several specific ways in which the discourses of feminism attempt to routinely center itself in a monopolistic and compulsory manner as a form of intellectual imperialism, consequently colonizing information about non-Eurocentric women and by extension non-Eurocentric cultures. Demystifying the different rhetorical strategies and methods used in this process by advocates of feminism, will raise our consciousness about the compulsory dynamics embedded in feminist thought. The challenge for Africana Studies and the objective for this paper is to problematize, deconstruct, and make manifest how the compulsory tendencies operate within the core assumptions and practices of traditional Women’s Studies which are used to frame, guide, and determine how research is done on women in general. Ultimately, regaining autonomous voices and perspectives develops a strong foundation for independent analyses of women which are African-centered, Non-sexist, Non-feminist nor rooted in an anti-male orientation. Fulfilling this imperative will move us conceptually outside of the context and beyond the parameters of the continuum of feminist thought. Contact Information: Valethia Watkins Olive-Harvey College 5342 South Ingleside Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60615 773-952-6478 email: vwatkins2286@aol.com

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