Assessing womanist thought: The rhetoric of Susan L. Taylor

This essay focuses on the rhetoric of Susan L. Taylor, communications director and former editor of Essence, a national magazine targeted to African American women. Taylor is also the author of the magazine's monthly column, “In the Spirit.” Her monthly columns focusing on African American women's empowerment epitomize the tenets of womanist epistemology and methodology and therefore are worthy of scholarly attention.     

Behavioural objectives in a reading programme: An experiment

Maria Edgeworth was a nineteenth century novelist, primarily remembered for her adult and children's novels. Yet her book, Letters for literary ladies discussed the importance of science education for girls and in conjunction with her father, Richard Edgeworth, she wrote several treatises on education. Their book Practical education advocates an inquiry approach to teaching science and also using scientific practices, such as observation and data collection, to examine and plan children's education. They emphasised the importance and the role of experimentation, observation and critical thinking in the development of children's knowledge, skills and attitudes towards learning. However, the history of science education has to date ignored this seminal work and Maria's contributions to women's science education.     

从女性主义心理学的角度再读《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》

本文主要从女性主义心理学的角度重新解读了《献给爱米丽的一朵玫瑰花》,分析了爱米丽之所以具有困惑性与悲剧性意义的原因,试图补充一种以往被践踏、被压抑和被忽视了的不同的声音——女性的声音,让人们可以从女性心理和思维出发,学会构建自我,更加关注女性的心理健康与人类的心灵家园。     

当代女性文学与精神分析学

20世纪80年代以来弗洛伊德主义在中国文学中的复归并取得辉煌的成绩，首先应归功于女性作家，她们在性别意识觉醒的同时找到了弗洛伊德主义作为自己最为契合的理论资源。当代女性文学的料神分析学特征主要表现在以下方面：“黑暗大陆“的守梦者；创伤经验与童年固结；变态心理的艺术聚焦。     

论《我的光辉生涯》中女主人公形象

本文通过对迈尔斯·富兰克林的代表作<我的光辉生涯>中女主人公西比拉的形象分析,探讨了被边缘化的丛林女人如何追寻自己的命运以及在追寻的过程中所遇到的理想与爱情、本我与自我、传统道德与人性欲望的冲突.此外,本文通过西比拉与简·爱的对比,揭示了西比拉身上所反映出的女权主义思想.     

从《德伯家的苔丝》看哈代的男性思维与女权意识

在《德伯家的苔丝》中,哈代接受了父权制社会中的妇女观念,在小说创作中使用男性观察视角、男性叙述模式、男性话语和人物的二元对立语言,体现一定的男性思维。但小说中又含有一定的女权主义意识,这显露出哈代创作意识中的矛盾性。     

美丽的乌托邦梦——从《简·爱》的结局看夏绿蒂·勃朗特的女性意识

《简.爱》是19世纪女性作家夏绿蒂.勃朗特的代表作品,小说大团圆式的结局,历来遭到评论界的批评。但本文却认为,这样的一个结局恰恰反映了19世纪女作家对于女性问题的思考,即女性要独立必须要有独立的经济基础,在家庭关系中要获得真正平等的地位。当然,小说的结局也反映了作者对于女性出路问题思考的不彻底,这是时代局限性的反映。     

浅议女性主义翻译观

文章从文化批评视角,阐述女性主义翻译理论的渊源及其对翻译研究的影响。作者认为,女性主义翻译理论颠覆了传统翻译研究中译作与原作的二元对立关系,并强调翻译不仅仅是语言之间的简单转换过程,更是一项政治行为,目的是反抗原文的男性中心和女性歧视。     

Reading gender: a feminist,queer approach to children's literature and children's discursive agency

Children's literature helps young people make sense of gender. However, while books offer children the imaginative ability to create their own worlds, normative gender can manifest in characters and stories. The study described in this article draws upon ‘disruptive’ storytimes with 114 preschool children, interviews with 20 parents and staff, and observations at 20 preschools. Employing a feminist, queer approach, I develop two derivative books that switch a boy-hero for a girl and vice versa. These books are read to children in educational settings. This method interrogates gendered characters and stories’ attachments to such concepts as love, acceptance, bodily agency, and adventure. Results show how children interact with these characters and stories and how they use categorisation and narrative construction to make sense of gender. I focus on the gender discourses at play and moments of childhood discursive agency. Themes include literature, doing and being, positioning, bodies, and feminist tales.     

Blending in: reconciling feminist pedagogy and distance education across cultures

Distance education’s mandate to expand outreach to those with limited access to higher education makes it a particularly welcome mode for non-traditional women learners. Feminist pedagogy, which has tended to privilege the classroom space in the learning experience, has stopped short of a wholehearted acceptance of distance education which relies heavily on self-study and has become increasingly defined by technology aided learning in recent years. Despite this conflicted relationship, their shared democratising mandate and learner-centric approaches have made it possible to envision a rapprochement between the two. This has been aided by a revised understanding of ‘distance’, a dislodging of real/virtual dichotomies and an exploration of ‘hybrid’ spaces in the interest of feminist goals. After mapping these developments on an international canvas, I explore a similar reconciliation in the context of developing countries, specifically India. Here, I argue that despite the significance of democratisation, challenges posed by consumerist trends in mass-based open education call for suitable strategies, including a re-adaptation of the ‘hybrid’. Using the example of a ‘blended approach’ programme, I attempt to show how contextualised innovations may help to sustain the partnership between feminist pedagogy and Open & Distance Learning. It is hoped that such an illustration, despite its limitations and specificity, may provoke other experimentations in diverse socio-cultural contexts.