Heli Mahkonen: Love: Patriarchal oppression or emancipatory potential? Aspects of feminist love critique
Description
In this second episode, Heli Mahkonen elaborates on a key aspect of Beauvoir's Second Sex, namely her critique of romantic love. How does that classic, feminist critique relate to Black feminist thought on romantic love?
Hosted by Ashika Singh and Liesbeth Schoonheim
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Collins, Patricia Hill (2000): Black Feminist Thought, London/New York: Routledge
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Fallaize, Elizabeth (1998): Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London/New York: Routledge
Ferguson, Ann & Jónasdóttir, Anna (2014): Love. A Question for Feminism in the 21. Century. London/New York: Routledge
García-Andrade, Adriana, Gunnarson, Lena & Jónasdottir, Anna (2018): Feminism and the Power of Love. Interdisciplinary Interventions. London/New York: Routledge
Lorde, Audre (1984): Sister Outsider, Berkeley: Crown Publishing
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