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| Nouvelles Questions féministes | |
|---|---|
| Title | Nouvelles Questions féministes |
| Discipline | Feminist theory |
| Language | French |
| Country | France |
| Publisher | Editions des femmes |
| History | 1977–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
Nouvelles Questions féministes is a French feminist academic journal founded in the late 1970s that played a central role in feminist theory and activism in France and internationally. It served as a forum where writers, scholars, and activists debated issues linking psychoanalysis, Marxism, and feminist movements, attracting contributors from diverse intellectual and political circles. The journal engaged with debates around sexuality, labor, law, and social movements and connected French feminist thought with discussions in the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Argentina, and beyond.
The journal emerged from a milieu that included figures associated with the Mouvement de libération des femmes, intellectual currents shaped by the work of Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Lacan, Sigmund Freud, Karl Marx, and Friedrich Engels. Founders drew on networks linked to institutions such as the École Normale Supérieure, the Sorbonne, the Collège de France, and activist groups around Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, combining scholarship with direct action alongside organizations like Choisir la Cause des Femmes and events like the 1975 International Women's Year Conference. Early editorial activity intersected with debates following publications such as The Second Sex and conferences influenced by scholars from Harvard University, Université de Montréal, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Oxford.
The editorial board historically included academics, clinicians, and activists connected to institutions like Université Paris Diderot, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, and research centers such as the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Institut national d'études démographiques. Contributors spanned a wide range of prominent and emerging figures from France and abroad: voices in dialogue with Luce Irigaray, Monique Wittig, Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous, Judith Butler, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu, Alain Touraine, Noam Chomsky, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Sara Ahmed, Nancy Fraser, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Donna Haraway, Iris Marion Young, Christina Hoff Sommers, Carole Pateman, Nancy Hartsock, Simone Weil, Martha Nussbaum, Amartya Sen, Seyla Benhabib, Rosa Luxemburg, Gramsci, Antonio Negri, Slavoj Žižek, Jacques Derrida, Françoise Héritier, Raymond Williams, Edward Said, Homi K. Bhabha, Judith Butler, Sheila Rowbotham, Germaine Greer, Kate Millett, Adrienne Rich, Lori Allen, Susan Sontag, Hannah Arendt, Maxine Hong Kingston, Chantal Mouffe, Cornel West, Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Ernesto Laclau, Luc Boltanski, Pierre Vidal-Naquet).
The journal fostered cross-references between psychoanalysis associated with Jacques Lacan and Sigmund Freud, Marxist theory stemming from Karl Marx and Rosa Luxemburg, and feminist theory influenced by Simone de Beauvoir, Monique Wittig, and Julia Kristeva. It published work on sexuality in conversation with texts by Michel Foucault, alongside debates on intersectionality influenced by scholarship from bell hooks, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Patricia Hill Collins, and Angela Davis. The journal engaged legal theory debates referencing John Rawls and Carole Pateman, labor and class discussions invoking Antonio Gramsci and Ernesto Laclau, and colonial/postcolonial critiques dialoguing with Frantz Fanon, Edward Said, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, and Stuart Hall. It also intersected with disability studies linked to Tom Shakespeare and queer theory connected to Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick and Judith Butler, while addressing reproduction topics resonant with work by Dorothy Roberts and Sander L. Gilman.
Published originally on a periodic basis by publishers associated with feminist presses and later by publishers in Paris and elsewhere, the journal issued regular print editions and special thematic issues akin to periodicals like Signs (journal), Feminist Review, Gender & Society, and Differences (journal). Each issue assembled essays, case studies, interviews, and translations involving contributors from universities such as Columbia University, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Chicago, McGill University, and research institutes like the London School of Economics and the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology. The format mirrored scholarly journals that circulate through academic libraries such as the Bibliothèque nationale de France and indexes alongside titles including Hypatia (journal) and Women's Studies International Forum.
The journal influenced debates in French-speaking academia and activist circles, shaping curricula at institutions like Université de Lyon, Université de Strasbourg, Université Grenoble Alpes, and impacting policy discussions involving bodies such as the Conseil constitutionnel and legislative debates in the Assemblée nationale (France). Internationally, it was cited in work from scholars affiliated with University of Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, University of Cape Town, Australian National University, and University of Tokyo. Its dialogues contributed to conferences and symposiums at venues like the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, the Royal Society of Arts, and the American Political Science Association annual meetings, influencing later anthologies and translations appearing in collections from Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and Oxford University Press.
The journal became a focal point in disputes overlapping with public controversies involving figures such as Simone de Beauvoir debates, polemics related to Michel Foucault's legacy, and clashes with positions held by scholars like Christine Delphy and activists linked to Fédération nationale solidarité femmes. Critics invoked tensions between perspectives associated with Jacques Lacan versus Anglo-American analytic traditions linked to Judith Butler or bell hooks, and debates over secularism referencing controversies involving Laïcité policies and legislative acts such as debates in the Assemblée nationale (France). It faced critiques from feminist groups arguing about representation and from legal scholars invoking jurists like Michel Troper and Dominique Chagnollaud; commentators in media outlets linked to Le Monde, Libération, and Le Figaro further amplified disputes.
Category:Feminist journals