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| Feminist Studies (journal) | |
|---|---|
| Title | Feminist Studies |
| Discipline | Women's studies |
| Abbreviation | Feminist Stud. |
| Editor | (see Editorial Structure and Governance) |
| Publisher | (see Publication and Access) |
| Country | United States |
| Frequency | Triannual |
| History | 1972–present |
Feminist Studies (journal) is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1972 that focuses on feminist scholarship and activism across disciplines. The journal has intersected with debates involving figures and institutions such as Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, bell hooks, Angela Davis, and organizations like National Organization for Women, Combahee River Collective, and Ms. (magazine), positioning itself within networks that include Smith College, Barnard College, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University.
Founded in 1972 amid the aftermath of the Stonewall riots, the journal emerged alongside movements led by activists such as Audre Lorde, Shulamith Firestone, Adrienne Rich, Evelyn Hooker, and institutions like Radcliffe College and New York University. Early editorial conversations referenced theoretical currents from scholars associated with Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, and Hélène Cixous while responding to policy developments exemplified by Title IX and cultural moments like the Miss America protest (1968). Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the journal published work engaging with debates involving Susan Sontag, Roland Barthes, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Edward Said, and events such as the Women’s Liberation Movement conferences and collaborations with archives at Schlesinger Library.
The journal's remit spans intersections that invoke scholars and projects connected to Kimberlé Crenshaw, Patricia Hill Collins, Nancy Fraser, Michel de Certeau, Stuart Hall, Edward Said, Frantz Fanon, and cultural producers like Toni Morrison and Zora Neale Hurston. Content addresses legal and policy inflections tied to Roe v. Wade, Equal Rights Amendment, and debates involving courts such as the Supreme Court of the United States, while engaging with transnational issues related to United Nations, World Health Organization, International Criminal Court, and movements like #MeToo movement and Third-wave feminism. Thematic ranges include queer theory with references to Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Michael Foucault, postcolonial critiques linked to Homi K. Bhabha and Edward Said, and historical recovery projects invoking Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Editorial governance has encompassed collective and institutional models informed by examples from editorial boards at journals such as Signs (journal), Gender & Society, Differences (journal), and universities including University of Michigan, University of Chicago, and Yale University. The journal’s editorial practices reference collaborative traditions connected to activist collectives like the Combahee River Collective and academic networks affiliated with centers such as the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Columbia University and the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University. Governance has negotiated funding and nonprofit relationships with entities like Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and library consortia including HathiTrust.
Published triannually and historically distributed through university presses and nonprofit publishers akin to University of California Press, Routledge, and Duke University Press, the journal has balanced subscription models with open-access initiatives paralleling projects from Directory of Open Access Journals, Project MUSE, and institutional repositories at JSTOR. Distribution networks have connected to academic conferences including the Modern Language Association and American Historical Association, and digitization efforts have collaborated with archives such as Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
Scholars and critics from institutions like Princeton University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Brown University, and University of Toronto have cited the journal in debates alongside works by Michel Foucault, Judith Butler, Gayatri Spivak, bell hooks, and Patricia Hill Collins. Its impact is visible in curricular adoptions at Barnard College, CUNY Graduate Center, Northwestern University, and policy citations linked to discussions in hearings at the United States Congress and commissions such as UN Commission on the Status of Women. Reviews and commentaries have appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Nation, and The Guardian.
The journal has published influential articles and thematic issues that engaged with authors and topics involving bell hooks, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Donna Haraway, Laura Mulvey, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Gayle Rubin, Adrienne Rich, Kate Millett, Gloria Anzaldúa, Luce Irigaray, and archival projects centered on figures like Sojourner Truth and Mary Wollstonecraft. Special issues have intersected with international debates involving Rwanda, South Africa, India, Brazil, and Palestine and forums convened at institutions such as Harvard Kennedy School and London School of Economics.
The journal and its contributors have received recognition comparable to honors given by organizations such as the Modern Language Association, American Association of University Publishers, American Council of Learned Societies, and prizes connected to foundations like the Guggenheim Fellowship and MacArthur Foundation, with contributors later awarded fellowships and honors from universities including Stanford University, Columbia University, and Yale University.
Category:Feminist journals