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he Western focus on ‘Islamic feminism’ takes two extreme forms: it is often dismissed as an oxymoron for attaching a religious (patriarchal) adjective to an emancipatory feminist project, or it is hailed as a road to a liberal, reformed Islam. Many Muslim feminists refuse to use this term; some reje...

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The paper aims to critically analyze the construction of feminist East/West debates in the context of the anthology Gender Politics and Post-Communism (Funk, Mueller 1993). It does so from the perspective of other critical feminist voices as well as global power relations, taking effect in the inter...

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The round table titled “A ti pa kar sama tukaj?: Izkušnje, izzivi in uspehi raziskovalk na terenskem delu” (“Are You Here All Alone?: The Experiences, Challenges, and Successes of Female Researchers in Fieldwork”) took place on 21 May 2024 at the Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology at...

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The growing interest in gender studies, the small number of works about the transformation of the concept of feminism in Iran, insufficient knowledge of the role of Iranian women in the formation of female identity, and the feminine worldview determine the relevance of the issue. The subject of the...

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This paper examines how a feminist approach can help relaunch flagging science-fiction franchises in the context of what Sarah Banet-Weiser has called today’s “popular feminism” (2018). Ghostbusters (Feig, 2016) and Mad Max: Fury Road (Miller, 2015) are part of the feminization of contemporary franc...

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Manja Visschedijk reviews Catrina Brown’s (2024) edited collection Reframing trauma through social justice: Resisting the politics of mainstream trauma discourse. Routledge. 356pp. ISBN 9781032459899, ISBN 9781003379591 (ebook).

Although important demographic shifts have generated both an interest and profound transformations in sociocultural interpretations of ageing and old age, the experience of growing older is still perceived negatively and is often measured according to how successfully people adapt to the current Wes...

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Book review of Walby, Sylvia. 2011. The Future of Feminism. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Suat Derviş (1905-72), who began collaborating with a newspaper at the age of sixteen and published the first gothic story in Turkish literature, is a representative figure of the changes that occurred during the transition from empire to nation. After having written psychological stories with stron...

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This article examines the case study of Real-Life Legends: 50 Women to Grow Up with in Israel, a local anthology published in 2019 as part of the global trend of women’s biographical collections aimed at empowering girls. Investigating the dissemination of current feminist ideas in global popular cu...

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On August 15, 1945, World War II came to an end with Japan's unconditional surrender. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP), flew from the Philippines to Japan with a mission to occupy and demilitarize the defeated nation. The place and manner of MacArthur’s...

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The paper explores the topic of the Jewish religious spatial practice of a mechitza - the physical separation of women and men in synagogues. At first glance, the mechitza appears to be an indisputable given as a normal part of Orthodox Judaism. At second glance, however, it poses a problem: through...

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